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Date: 15 Dec 2006 17:34:41
From: alan
Subject: changing seats, changing tables
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Is it just superstition or is there something "real" to it??
Like... a winning player cashes out and leaves, and there is a scrable
among other players to get his seat.... or... a losing player asks to
move to another table.
Im excluding the "honest" reasons for changing a seat or table
(obnoxious players, odorous players, or being in seat 9 or 10 and the
dealer scoops up your cards too often)... just what appear to be
"fantasy" reasons for changing.
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Date: 15 Dec 2006 23:35:56
From: Kenneth Sloan
Subject: Re: changing seats, changing tables
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alan wrote:
> Is it just superstition or is there something "real" to it??
>
> Like... a winning player cashes out and leaves, and there is a scrable
> among other players to get his seat
depends on who was (and still is) sitting to the right of that seat......
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Date: 15 Dec 2006 18:39:53
From: alan
Subject: Re: changing seats, changing tables
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today, I saw two players arguing over who should get the seat being
vacated by a big winner. they had to call a floorman to resolve the
dispute-- both players said they "claimed" the seat first.
it was hilarious to watch.
earlier, at my table, two players who were losing asked to be moved to
other tables. did they think their luck would be different?
I also overheard players talking about the automatic card shufflers
"favoring" certain seats. really? (I chuckled to myself.)
but obviously these beliefs persist.
now, i do concede that gamblers have their superstitions. as a craps
player I have superstitions that I follow. but at least I concede they
are "superstitions."
MeesterBeeg wrote:
> Seems to me that a particular seat can get a string of good cards, but
> poker's much more about what you do with your cards than what you get
> dealt, I think.
>
> The corollary of my above theory, moving to another seat or table can
> certainly change your luck, but sometimes it just changes it from bad
> luck at table 12 to bad luck at table 6. I've had runs of good cards
> that lasted over a series of tables, and I've had the same of bad cards
> that followed me out to the parking lot (or maybe it just seemed that
> way).
>
> At least that's been my experience. And there's always the theory that
> if you're losing with dang good cards, something else is going on
> (that's my take on not being able to spot the sucker at the table...
> heh-heh).
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Date: 16 Dec
From: crazed_actor
Subject: Re: changing seats, changing tables
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On Dec 15 2006 8:39 PM, alan wrote:
> > now, i do concede that gamblers have their superstitions. as a craps
> player I have superstitions that I follow.
I don't think gamblers have anything on actors when it comes to superstitions.
I think we invented them. At least the really ridiculous ones.
You want to see an actor lose his/her mind? Say "MacBeth" in their presence,
particularly in a theatre.
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Date: 15 Dec 2006 18:04:26
From: MeesterBeeg
Subject: Re: changing seats, changing tables
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Seems to me that a particular seat can get a string of good cards, but
poker's much more about what you do with your cards than what you get
dealt, I think.
The corollary of my above theory, moving to another seat or table can
certainly change your luck, but sometimes it just changes it from bad
luck at table 12 to bad luck at table 6. I've had runs of good cards
that lasted over a series of tables, and I've had the same of bad cards
that followed me out to the parking lot (or maybe it just seemed that
way).
At least that's been my experience. And there's always the theory that
if you're losing with dang good cards, something else is going on
(that's my take on not being able to spot the sucker at the table...
heh-heh).
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