stupid ploppies

Last night a particularly annoying ploppie really pushed me to the point of no return. This old hag was playing the Royal Match sucker bet and scrapping BS to play it. Now I am not ordinarily bothered by the way people play because I know it doesn't impact my game in the long run. However, the way she was screwing herself was just idiotic. $5 table, and she has $12 bet and a $2 suckers' bet. She matches her first two cards and totals 16 against a 6. The sucker bet pays 2.5 to 1, so she wins $5. She then says "I know this might screw it for the table but I'm going for a match". She then hits and busts (16 vs. 6) and to top it off, she doesn't make her match bet. If she got her side bet she would have won $5 but seriously endangered her $12 regular bet. I told her how incredibly stupid she was to risk busting her $12 bet to win $5. I flew off the handle on her because she's one of those people who DOES NOT shut up. EVER. She reminded me of the character created on SNL by Mike Meyers. The older jewish lady with thick glasses and blue dress and who wouldn't shut up.

Thanks for listening to my rant, it helps me from going Postal from time to time on these people.

The casino has to get that money from somewhere so that you can come and get it.

Be thankful for her.

It can be very tempting to give advice at the table, but it is also very dangerous. If I can not restrain myself in these types of situations, then I at least make sure to put it in "Ploppy Speak". I might say something like "damn, you ruined the flow of the cards". I never say anything that might give even a remote idea that I have a clue about how to play this game. Actually, when a ploppy ruins the flow of the cards, it is a great excuse to add a hand (or sit out a hand).

Then again, I have zero compassion for Ploppies who lose their gambling allowance a little quicker than they otherwise might. I have even been known to give terrible BS advice to a Ploppy based on whether I did / did not want them to eat cards.

By the way, I try to avoid playing at tables with the Royal Match side bet. The added benefit of seeing other players cards before playing your hand is overcome by the reduced hands per hour.