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 Sportsmanship your thoughts
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You can go on any poker internet site any day of the week and see the same behaviors and worse from Joe Schmoe from nowhere who has accomplished nothing. Someone takes a bad beat and they can go a little nuts. Someone else bets badly on a poor hand and blames everyone but themselves. You will hear the game is rigged, the site punishes aggressive players, and of course let us not forget the calling players 'Donk' among other colorful names.
It's poker. By definition it is a game. A competitive game but still a game.
If you watched any of the World Series you would have seen some good examples of players that had a right to be upset. They took some pretty bad beats. But most of them, not all, handled themselves with grace and style.
Having four months from getting down to the final nine to when the final table was actually played was really a different idea this year. It was surprising to learn that all nine were coached to behave like ambassadors of the sport during that time.
It is important to learn to accept defeats gracefully and try working on your own game rather than bad-mouthing/name-calling your opponents or calling it all a game of LUCK!
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Originally Posted by kardmania
