[Southern Yankee]

Those are good commandment and I try to live by them at the tables. However, I don't think most people do. At least the ones I play. They break all the commandments and still end up winning long enough to knock good players out of the tourneys.

[axtiltxk]

When you have a guy just sitting there betting every hand make sure you have a good hand high pocket pair, dont call with JQ or KQ WAIT!

[Thinkerbell]

I feel your pain. Over the weekend, I played in a freeroll (one of those with about a zillion players to start). I was doing well, playing a little conservatively but making good progress on my chip stack. Hours passed, and there were about 100 players left. I had a great chip stack, but nowhere near the leaders. I was at a table where I saw that one player was always chasing people out of the hand with preflop all-ins, even when players had committed a fair number of chips to betting pre-flop. So I get AK suited, and raise pre-flop. This clown goes all in, everybody folds. I am positive he has nothing, and if I double up I'll be in amuch better position to keep going against the biger stacks. So I call. Cards are turned over. He has 3,5 offsuit. I am happy; I was right; he had squat. So flop comes Q,10,7 rainbow. I'm still way ahead. Turn is a 2. And then a 5 comes on the river!!! I howled like a wounded basset hound. That's when I hate those clowns who play like that. They should be punished for their foolish and arrogant ways. Of course, if I'd have won, I'd be singing a different tune.

[Laurie]

Loved the 10 Commandments. As long as there are players there will be Clowns, Donkeys and just plain stupid people playing. But hey thats where the money comes from.

[hankbennett452]

those guys are everywhere, you can't avoid them. Eventually though if you play long enough, goodness will prevail like always.

[Jagrbst]

My tip to you is that if it's not really your night, you should go home and read a nice book instead of playing poker.
There's nothing worse than playing when you don't want to play.