But it just gets to me that they call with absolutely anything - the first sign of any picture card in their hand (no matter what else they have) and they almost start to have an orgasm. I must have been knocked out in at least the last 4 or 5 tourneys by people calling with jack shit and hitting stuff on the flop.
Playing yesterday - we start with 500 chips each and we were a fair way into the tournament, with blinds at 35/70. Three of us left (top 2 get paid) and I was fairly short stacked. I was small blind and dealt pocket nines. Not the best hand, but the third player folded so I chose to raise by twice the big blind (total of 210) hoping to at least pick up the blinds. The big blind thinks, then calls.
He didn't call straight away, so I put him on a mid strength hand - I'm thinking maybe Q - 10, J - 9, OS, something like that.
The flop comes 8 - 8 - 6. Great I'm thinking....I reckon hes got higher cards than 8 but I still have top pair. So I go all in. He calls....and whats he got, K - 8 off suit!! Trip 8's takes me out of the tourney.
ARRRRRGHHH. Is it just me or what??? I mean would you be calling with that hand and a raise to 3 x the blind? And this isn't just a one off - the same guy also took me out yesterday by calling an all in on the turn with a straight draw (whaddya know he hits it on the river) and he's also taken me out in the past when he called my pocket aces with K - 5 OS and hit two pair on the flop.
I've always said I go out and play with my mates for a laugh and the social side - but it's really getting on my tits. They call with anything and play nearly every hand - another of my mates played for the first 40 minutes of a tourney yesterday without folding a hand!
