Do you try to crush your home game? (5 Viewers)

[JScott]

No. In my experience, it's generally not the losing that stops people from coming back. It's if the people winning make that person feel bad for losing. Often times people are not playing poker with the expectation of being a long term winner. As long as they have fun and win from time to time they will keep coming.

1000% times this. If I host a game and someone wins and is a dick about it, or guys that make bad beats and berates the other guy over it, or anyone that constantly talks about how poorly someone played a hand that they lost, they’re not coming back.

Joking is fine, but I had one guy at our games who ran luckier than a skinny turkey at thanksgiving. Now that’s not bad at all, but when he started justifying all of his bad plays that he sucked out and talking about how great a poker player he was... he just irked everyone to the point no one wanted him back.

Me, I host, but I try to make it such a great experience that my guests don’t care if they lose money, to me or anyone else.

I’m also investing in better equipment all the time so me winning benefits all. Win/win

 

[grantc54]

I play to win BUT when I play at my home game I treat it as a social event and may be in a sub-optimal mental condition (drink too much, etc).

 

[Legend5555]

1000% times this. If I host a game and someone wins and is a dick about it, or guys that make bad beats and berates the other guy over it, or anyone that constantly talks about how poorly someone played a hand that they lost, they’re not coming back.

Joking is fine, but I had one guy at our games who ran luckier than a skinny turkey at thanksgiving. Now that’s not bad at all, but when he started justifying all of his bad plays that he sucked out and talking about how great a poker player he was... he just irked everyone to the point no one wanted him back.

Me, I host, but I try to make it such a great experience that my guests don’t care if they lose money, to me or anyone else.

I’m also investing in better equipment all the time so me winning benefits all. Win/win

I lost a whale in my 1/1 game back in the day. Was common to have 3-4k on the table with him typically contributing 300-500. He was the nicest guy, but just one of the worst players ever. But people could not stop giving him a hard time about his "I have a feeling" moments. He eventually stopped coming after too many beratings. He even made it known that he knew he wasn't a good player and understood that he lost more than he won. And commented that he was there to have fun and that we should be happy he is there. I apologized to him for the other's behavior and told him I understood why he stopped coming.

While him leaving was not the main cause of the game dying, it definitely contributed.

 

[trigs]

I should also mention that if I had kids I would beat them at everything relentlessly. How else will they get used to life?

 

[detroitdad]

I should also mention that if I had kids I would beat them at everything relentlessly. How else will they get used to life?

Lol.....It took my son 7 years to beat me at chess lol.

 

[BGinGA]

Lol.....It took my son 7 years to beat me at chess lol.

The first time I beat my father at chess -- at age 10 -- was the last game he ever played with me. He didn't like losing.

 

[JScott]

The first time I beat my father at chess -- at age 10 -- was the last game he ever played with me. He didn't like losing.

Funny that, my dad is no stranger to gambling (blackjack usually), but growing up poor and Later making a fortune working hard he’s scared shitless of losing money. He hates that I play poker even though I’m A.) well enough off myself I never play with more than I can comfortably lose. B.) winning usually.

I offered to play him heads up to show him it’s not just luck. I absolutely destroyed him and he won’t play me again. Not because he didn’t like losing, he didn’t like me proving him wrong. Fact is, he’s brilliant and if we played regularly he’d probably turn it around very quickly.

 

[detroitdad]

The first time I beat my father at chess -- at age 10 -- was the last game he ever played with me. He didn't like losing.

That sucks. We played regularly for about 15 years. Off and on now when we have time.

 

[SendThatStack]

I play to win BUT when I play at my home game I treat it as a social event and may be in a sub-optimal mental condition (drink too much, etc).

Yeah thats why Im usually on cruise control, tired and buzzed.

 

[MattyMatt]

Home cash game with friends, I play solid and to win but not to "crush". Tourneys are different, I want all the chips.

I'm sympathetic to that. It can be a bit difficult though. I've noticed I play poorly against aggressive players that really, really want to win every hand and take as much chips as possible. So I actually think I have to adapt and play more aggressively and solid or whatever to compensate. Otherwise I'll always be losing. It's not like that all the time, but depending on who's playing it's definitely the case a fair amount of the time.

 

[Marhault]

I play to win always. However I play much more loose in tournament than cash.

It comes out strange really. In tourney I usually end up winning money on the year but I might only place in 2-3 out of 12-14 games but the payouts are high because of so many buy ins. I start feeling bad for guys that are always donating and I find myself going into pots with them to almost give out chips lol. I feel like if I focused more I could win more tourneys but I feel that's where I can let my guard down and have more social interaction than in a cash.

Cash games tend to be more serious around here. I only get to have them 6-8 times a year and I absolutely try to crush. Previous to this year I was break even at best, but this year I seem to have flipped a switch. I'm way up this year in cash games. I've been in the black in all 7 games, and number 8 is coming up in a few weeks. Maybe I've finally learned how to play poker

I'll let you know after our tourney tonight. This is usually our smallest game of the year because it's the first weekend of shotgun season so most of our players are sitting in tree stands. It will likely be one table, 2 tops so I'll try to turn on my cash game mindset

 

[SendThatStack]

Well someone crushed my game for $650 off of a $100 buyin, so I will definitely be trying to crush him at the next game .

 

[Pitbull888]

I lost a whale in my 1/1 game back in the day. Was common to have 3-4k on the table with him typically contributing 300-500. He was the nicest guy, but just one of the worst players ever. But people could not stop giving him a hard time about his "I have a feeling" moments. He eventually stopped coming after too many beratings. He even made it known that he knew he wasn't a good player and understood that he lost more than he won. And commented that he was there to have fun and that we should be happy he is there. I apologized to him for the other's behavior and told him I understood why he stopped coming.

While him leaving was not the main cause of the game dying, it definitely contributed.

"Don't tap the aquarium."

 

[SendThatStack]

"Don't tap the aquarium."

Host should tell the players to stfu. Discreetly if necessary.

 

[LotsOfChips]

I always play to win, but I don’t always win. I seldom if ever play to crush any individual player in a home game. I’d rather try to sheer a sheep regularly than skin him once.

 

[RET258]

I play to win, however I find my self getting splashy and loose quite often amongst my friends. My home game is more a a social game than competitive one.