i currently live in atlanta, and since i recently turned 21 - i've been doing alot of bar hopping these days. since the WPT, hold'em has become so popular that all the bars in atlanta take turns holding "hold'em tournament nights".

since i've just recently turned 21 (and i look pretty young for my age....probably like 16-17 to most people), when i sit down at these tourneys i get no respect whatsoever. EVERYBODY there thinks they know everything there is to know about the game.....talking about how to bluff, how to slowplay, etc etc. bunch of crap. (one guy who was full of sh#t in my opinion, even invited me to come over to his house to play in a $500 buyin game....ya right)

the thing is, i sit down at these tables, and these guys just think they're like poker gods or something. they chasing cards, talk smack, and go all in when they hit a TPTK, etc etc. then they sit there criticizing my play and about "oh, you play too tight...we all know when you have a good hand". (too bad they didn't realize that after the blinds got high enough to put dents in stacks, i was bluffing a majority of the time) then after i beat them at the final table - THEN they ask me what my name is, etc etc. seriously, no respect whatsoever - and all just because i'm young.

sorry this turned into a rant , but do any of you guys get the same thing in your home town?

(seriously though, these bar tourneys are a joke and shouldn't even be considered real poker......anybody here could probably easily play the entire tourney without looking at their hole cards....they wear their tells like a neon sign)