Texas hold em players...do you feel like c**p when someone in their early twenties takes you out?

Question

Im just curious, cause i am a player who can win and im 22. Ive had some older people give me some dirty looks when i took them out of a tournament. Im asking this cause i know there are plenty of older players who dont like kids that play cards.

Answer 1

I feel like c**p when I get taken out, period.  But age is one of the few things I really DON'T fixate on while I'm walking to the rail.  What bugs me is how the guy played.  If he got lucky and hit a two outer then I'm just a cursed, unlucky SOB.  If he held a moderate hand and called a monster bluff he's a donkey for making the call, even if it was the right play (no, it doesn't make sense, and I realize that).  If he was playing suited connectors and called a big raise out of position then hit the flop, well, he's a donkey for making the call and a sign of all that's wrong with poker.

No matter what happens I don't feel good when I bust out of a tournament.  But age, s*x, and race don't mean a thing to me.  I find a way to blame their play.  Even though I'll go over what happened to learn my lessons later, when I'm walking to the rail it's all about how the action went.

Answer 2

No, I don't feel bad at all.  Age has nothing to do with whether one is a good player or not, and in the vast majority of tournaments, at least those of any size, you are going to be put out.  It is the internet style of play that alot of older folks have a hard time dealing with, the very LAG style that many young players use, personally it doesn't bother me. The card room I frequent has alot of players, if not the majority of players, in your age bracket (it is less than 30 minutes from FSU and not far from Valdosta State University in Ga. also) because of the number of LAG players in the ring games and tournaments, us old foggies just tighten up, expect to be drawn out on at times, and generally do better than the kids.  I actually appreciate the younger kids, because they try to play the same way in ring games for the most part and the lines at the atm are generally players in your age bracket, so to answer your question, no it doesn't bother me.  

What is really fun is when you get them in a game other than nlhe, normally omaha 8ob.  The LAG style will break them quick.  We normally convince them to sit at the table, because, as we tell them, you aren't a poker player if you are a one pony show, ie, only play texas hold'em.  An aside bar, during one omaha session of a rotation limit cash game, a college kid who always brags about being a great all around poker player proudly turned over his cards and claimed he had 4 of a kind (the board wasn't paired) he was capping all the way to the river with 4 7's as his hole cards.  I have met some very good young players who I enjoy at my table, because they are good, and play solid poker, the pots aren't as big, but they make you think hard for every dollar you win, they make me a better player.  Good luck.

Answer 3

I have no problem with the age, race, gender or whatever when I get taken out.

If a player has a problem with that then he cannot be a good player.  I do( like others) have a problem when taken out by real stupid plays like ;losing with aces verse 7/6 offsuit when  someone was 'bluffing

Answer 4

No, I don't think it hasn't anything to do with your age.  Maybe they think you sucked out on them.  Maybe they're just bad sports.  They'd probably be giving who ever knocked them out the dirty look so I would give it too much thought - those are the types of players who are easy to knock off their game and go on tilt anyway.  Personally I don't care who knocks me out - I only care how I played and if I thought I lost because I screwed up or because "that's poker" as they say.

Answer 5

I'm 24 and love owning the older folks at the tables just cause they'll think I'm a pushover and they just haaate it, but that makes it even better for me, cause I can take advantage of the fact that they get steamy everytime I take some money..but I'm also more of a cash game player than a tournament style player. The fact is, experience isn't always everything in a game full of odds and chances.

Answer 6

I think any player feels like c**p when they get taken out.  Probably since you are young they feel like it's ok to give you the stink eye, where as they would have a bit more respect for players near their own age.  Good luck!

Answer 7

No. I usually feel bad when they hit there 2 outer on the river. Or play like c**p and get lucky and win. Those are the worst no matter how old they are.

Age doesn't have a whole lot to do with poker, but then again these older players are used to the old school games with no young guys.

They might be upset that theres so many young people playing and alot of them don't really know what they are doing but act like they do.

One good way to ease the tension that I noticed is say "tough break." Now whether you were ahead or behind to start, this usually calms them down a little bit. And they realize it's just a game. Anyone who gives you a dirty look after saying "tough break, good game" is just a jerk and their bad poker ettiquite is Karma and thats why they are out.

Answer 8

I don"t have a problem with older or younger.  They probably lost cause they can't keep there eyes off you.

Answer 9

Naaa.

I've seen good play and bad from both young guys and old guys.

And I've lost to good play and bad from both.

About the only time I get irritated is when someone makes an idiot play, takes me out, and then preens like he's a genius because his 6-outer came through on the river ....

And unfortunately, it's usually been the young guys I've played against who think "That's Poker" means "I should call with this slop, because the river might be a face card."

Answer 10

they'd give you a dirty look regardless of how old you are.

Answer 11

no