Most annoying things your guests say or request at your home game? (2 Viewers)

[grandgnu]

If I had played this hand I would've had a full house, I folded XX! I KNEW I shoulda played it!

 

[MoscowRadio]

And it's always Q2 or J3 or something ridiculous like that.

 

[grandgnu]

And it's always Q2 or J3 or something ridiculous like that.

With my players it's always 83 or some such

 

[stocky]

"I'm out of money, I'm going"

 

[spikeithard]

"where's the plunger at?"

 

[detroitdad]

I really hate when they say "Call" on one of my bluff attempts.

 

[Zippity]

Amazingly enough, the people I know either live in too small space, or do not have a large enough table to host a group of 8-10. So it's mostly reduced to just me and one other person.

 

[Sal Bandini]

"Let's see the last card."

"We're not in Vegas" when the rules aren't followed. Person leads out with $2.50 next person raises to $3. Yet then someone new to game string bets innocently and they get on him. I say "we're not in Vegas", and oddly enough, they don't like that.

 

[Milo013]

Lately, it's been "Where are the dimes?" We play a 5 cent 10 cent game. The first set of chips I ever used for it after heaving the dice chips into the bin, were ceramics that included dimes. I have since learned the error of my ways, and have been slowly bringing our game up to speed . . . at least when I host, anyway. Nickels, quarters, and dollars are ALL that is needed. I am thinking of having some chips made.

 

[ovo]

Anyone have money I can borrow ? I admit I've run short on cash and wanted to keep playing, but if I do borrow, I pay you back the next time I see you, (usually that night . I don't have to be reminded or say something stupid like next paycheck. We have a pretty good group of friends, but you should never have to ask "do you have my money"

 

[grandgnu]

Anyone have money I can borrow ? I admit I've run short on cash and wanted to keep playing, but if I do borrow, I pay you back the next time I see you, (usually that night . I don't have to be reminded or say something stupid like next paycheck. We have a pretty good group of friends, but you should never have to ask "do you have my money"

This kinda reminds me of a buddy of mine years ago who wanted me to stake him (for a home game tourney) and he thought it would be fair that if he cashed he would pay me my money back, and if he didn't cash, he wouldn't have to pay me back.

I tried explaining the concept of a backer receiving a percentage of any winnings but he just didn't get such a simple concept. Needless to say I did not enter into any backing arrangement with him

 

[bergs]

- Can I play Rush on Pandora? (No, Jose, you can't).
- Can I rebuy for $3K? (No, Guinness, you can't)
- Can we have domestic beer next time (Jose, any beer from a brewery in the United States of America is domestic....even if it's from the Republic of California)
- I'm down $x .....where x is an integer more than 1 and less than 5 (Yes, Chicken, we know you are breakeven specialist)
- Pot, Pot, Pot, All in, Twice (actually, I love when we say this, this isn't annoying at all)
- I'm cashing out (sad face, I want to keep playing and never want people to leave)
- I don't like hi/lo games (Sorry, JM, Big O is our game du jour)
- How much is the pot? (I dunno, it's all the chips in the middle, I'm hammered and there are like 6 guys in the room with math doctorates, ask them)

 

[atomiktoaster]

The slippery cards comments, but I'm sympathetic to the top of a deck of Copags sometimes having a mind of it's own. What really blows my mind is the complete inability to use a cut card. It gets shuffled in the deck, it gets left on the table, anywhere but on the bottom. If you just use it and keep the deck in your hand, there's no problem with the cards moving around. Most often you just get half the table with a free peak at the bottom card because the dealer can't figure out the concept.

Also, "can I borrow some money", or "can I break $100" from players that have been to 3 or 4 of these $10 buy in tourny nights... you can remember to bring some beer, but not cash? The rabbit hunting, live hand peaking, beer on the table topper placing, out of position calling, unintentional string betting and other violations of poker rules usually go without mentioning when we're still working on "You need cash to gamble."

 

[detroitdad]

Also, "can I borrow some money","

When I first started hosting cash games I had a co worker show up to play. I went to collect his buy in and he said he didn't have any money. That he was planning on playing, but not keeping any of the money.

GTFO..........he wasn't invited back.

 

[Quicksilver-75]

I played at a table this one time where three or four guys were against having the tourney goes heads up with two "Canadians".
So they kept chanting USA, USA, USA! It was hard to think because I couldn't stop laughing....

 

[courage]

- Can I play Rush on Pandora? (No, Jose, you can't).
- Can I rebuy for $3K? (No, Guinness, you can't)
- Can we have domestic beer next time (Jose, any beer from a brewery in the United States of America is domestic....even if it's from the Republic of California)
- I'm down $x .....where x is an integer more than 1 and less than 5 (Yes, Chicken, we know you are breakeven specialist)
- Pot, Pot, Pot, All in, Twice (actually, I love when we say this, this isn't annoying at all)
- I'm cashing out (sad face, I want to keep playing and never want people to leave)
- I don't like hi/lo games (Sorry, JM, Big O is our game du jour)
- How much is the pot? (I dunno, it's all the chips in the middle, I'm hammered and there are like 6 guys in the room with math doctorates, ask them)

Gold, esp. the last one.

My game:

- Are you going upstairs? (this is right after I bust and player wants me to fetch them food, beer, etc. NHGGFU!)
- Can you put me down for 200? (is the ATM that far out of your way?)
- Floor! Need towels on table 1! (after spilling a gallon of hard-to-get IPA on my Paulson cloth because you're too cool to use a cupholder)
- A good host would have ... (insert whatever item requires Carnac mind-reading to have said item available -- fav soccer game on Brazilian TV, rare French pastry, etc.)
- We need a new deck. (can you fuckers quit driving your thumbnail into my cards? I've gone thru 100 setups in one year)
- This music sucks. (sorry, maybe put your earbuds back in, use your 1 veto per session, or play some other game)
- I like your other chips. (they're like my children, they can hear you. We try to give them equal time)

 

[grandgnu]

- Floor! Need towels on table 1! (after spilling a gallon of hard-to-get IPA on my Paulson cloth because you're too cool to use a cupholder)

QFT. So many guys don't use the cupholders. Or my wife will put our home-baked chocolate chip cookies and right next to them are little plates and napkins, and the guys will grab the cookie and just walk off chomping it in their hand without anything to catch the crumbs, ARGH!

 

[Whiteside]

I don't find this annoying but we have rotating dealers and one player needles one of the other players everytime he deals - every street - by saying "Did you burn one?". You would think it would become a bit tedious but I suppose what with the drink and the fact that it takes us an eternity to get a full circle done, he manages to do it in a way that I still find amusing. Maybe that's because of how much it winds up the other player too.

 

[Sal Bandini]

QFT. So many guys don't use the cupholders. Or my wife will put our home-baked chocolate chip cookies and right next to them are little plates and napkins, and the guys will grab the cookie and just walk off chomping it in their hand without anything to catch the crumbs, ARGH!

Cupholders have no place on the poker table. Side tables ftw.

 

[Ben]

2 that come immediately to mind:

-Game starts at 8:00. My kids are asleep at approximately 7:59:47 CST - this is timed down to a science. However quite often, 1 or 2 donkeys will arrive a few minutes early and head upstairs to "hang out," and it takes me a couple of minutes to get up there. Since said donkeys are obviously incapable of operating a device as complex as a remote control, I am invariably greeted within 0.00012578 milliseconds of entering the room with "hey, can we get the football game on here?!?!"

-when asking for change: "Hey, can I get some whites?" Depending on the game and context, this may refer to quarters or $1 chips - neither of which is white in any of my chip sets. The correct response is "no, no you can't."

 

[Schmendr1ck]

- A good host would have ... (insert whatever item requires Carnac mind-reading to have said item available -- fav soccer game on Brazilian TV, rare French pastry, etc.)

Putting in my DCS5 request now for low carb hamburger buns made from coconut flour and Quest faux potato chips.

 

[Schmendr1ck]

My favorite is when I have a four handed cash game scheduled, and I get a cancelation email 30 minutes before game time because someone decided they didn't want to play short handed and/or got a last minute booty call.

I may literally choke a b**** next time that happens.

 

[Quicksilver-75]

Despite repeated warnings and arguments amongst the same crowd for years now...We still get the analytical prowess of John Madden / Vince Van Patton with the flop of big hands. Why do people NOT in the hand call out the obvious draws and nuts?...

"If you're not in the hand, shut the F@*# UP!"

 

[guinness]

My favorite is when I have a four handed cash game scheduled, and I get a cancelation email 30 minutes before game time because someone decided they didn't want to play short handed and/or got a last minute booty call.

I may literally choke a b**** next time that happens.

Be thankful you get any notification. My degen cancellations are worse. They txt an hour or two after the game starts that they are "late but on my way" but never show.

 

[Schmendr1ck]

Be thankful you get any notification. My degen cancellations are worse. They txt an hour or two after the game starts that they are "late but on my way" but never show.

That's some removal-from-the-list level behavior there. Unless it's bergs; the entertainment value of his hijinks would outweigh an occasional no-show.

 

[sat guru]

1. Endless commentary on the board cards when a player isn't in the hand
2. Specifically asking people not to put push their cards partially under the racetrack yet having them do it repeatedly (I know, I know, my bad for not having a nice table without a racetrack)
3. Questioning the "house" ruling, even though the rule is explicitly in RRoP

and the one that will get you barred:

4. Sneaking my good scotch from the cupboard when there's a complimentary bottle of Bushmills and/or Jameson on the counter

 

[tommythecat]

Be thankful you get any notification. My degen cancellations are worse. They txt an hour or two after the game starts that they are "late but on my way" but never show.

I have a buddy like this. We will plan to head to a bar or something on Saturday night and I get the text "on my way." It is about a half hour drive to my house. 2 hrs later a text comes in "sorry...fell asleep...heading out now." 1.5 hrs later another text comes in "sorry...got caught up doing a couple things...really on my way now." Little does he know, that I have already gone to bed and never even bothered to get ready.

 

[krafticus]

"Do we really have to stop at 2AM???"

 

[Schmendr1ck]

"Do we really have to stop at 2AM???"

I'm usually the one saying this when I host. [emoji4]

 

[Milo013]

3. Sneaking my good scotch from the cupboard when there's a complimentary bottle of Bushmills and/or Jameson on the counter

Someone partakes of my booze WITHOUT my say so and banning is the least of their worries.