"Nice Hand," or, Having Grace in Poker September 10, 2010
“Nice hand,” Or, Having Grace In Poker By B. Butler There’s nothing worse, in any kind of game or sport, than a sore losera guy who can’t step beyond the grace of a toddler to accept that not all things will go his way, especially playing online poker. Seeing a grown man thrown a tantrum when the flush draw hits against his top pair, or when losing in any kind of circumstances, is just beyond embarrassing. That’s why, if you are going to seat yourself at the poker table with a group of other adults, having the grace to act like an adult playing an adult game, especially one where luck can be such a changing factor, and should be expected. In the face of spots where the better part of you wants to explodesay, for instance, seeing the donkey at the Everest Poker telecharger table getting all his money in with one card to come, and two outs to his name, then hitting it on the river for all the moneythe best response, over the long haul, is to say “Nice hand.” He knows you don’t mean it, and that small, polite phrasing is meant in the opposite way, for the most part, but you will be respected at the table as someone who can take his punchesa fact that, I believe, comes back to you in the future.