Open Letter to Dirty Scott

[rduckham]

I don’t know why you have taken such a visceral dislike to me, If I have offended you by anything that I have said let me unreservedly apologize, if you don’t like the way I play poker, you will just have to lump it.

If you think that all the vitriol hurled my way will make me leave HF, you have to rethink that as I AM HERE TO STAY.

I will never play poker as stylishly as you do; as I can’t calculate pot odds in my head and speak Old Norse as you can. I fully admit to having holes in my game; I think everyone, up to and including Yoda and Rose have parts of their games that they would like to improve. Here are some of mine:

Do I play too many small pairs out of position, YES!

Am I as patient as I should be; NO, especially at a final table.

Am I lucky, I WOULD HOPE SO. I think every gambler would want to be lucky and skilled at what they do. I leave you with a quote from; I believe it was Amarillo Slim: “There are just some times in my life I would rather be lucky than good.” In the long run, if I am relying on more luck than skill I would eventually get ground down, but I am not, so I am not.

It must be maddening to you to lose to a person like me, it gets you madder and madder. All this madness and anger pointed towards me is a great advantage to me. The madder you the closer you get to tilting, the closer you get to tilting, the dumber mistakes that you will make. The dumber mistakes you make the easier it is for me to take money from you. You keep this up I WILL BE A VERY RICH MAN by the time I am finished with you.

You violate the cardinal rule of poker: NEVER let it get personal. I wear your scorn and ridicule as a badge of honor.

And in conclusion; IMHO you are the HF’s version of Mike Matusow, a pretty good all around poker player who would be even better if he ran his cards instead of his mouth.

Yours Sincerely,

RDuckham

[Raise, Ha!]

I dunno what caused this but here's my 2 cents. I've heard it said a thousand times that people pay their money and can play any way they want. I fully agree to a point. If however you're play is bazarre and obviously bad don't get all wrankled when you get taken to task for it. In my view it's fine to take someone to task for a bad move, an undeserved suckout and the like. Pointing out bad plays (even when they pan out) should be helpful to players who don't have all the answers. If a player is a calling station, luck box, lucksack, card rack, blaster, suckout king, Ace magnet, loose or whatever, I think it's almost a public service to tell them (and the table) so, however, there's a line that should not be crossed. When it get's personal, with swearing, stalking or an unwillingness to let it go, then that is unacceptable.

Work it out.

[KMCWA]

I only got maybe a penny and a half's worth to add. I'm not sure Scott is even serious in what he says. He talks alot of trash to all of us. A bit passionately to be sure. As to what my frind "The Duck" pointed out, You pay the buy in, play as you like. I been known to get my panties in a wad over a hand or two from time to time. If I ever get all in your face, please don't worry about it. 5 minutes, a beer and a shot later and I am all better. LMAO....

[DiRtYScOtT]

1st off i do not have a dislike 4 u at all, i dont even know u! 2nd the whole donkey thing was misunderstood, saterday at the Full Tilt game ur avitar was a donkey so instead of callin u rduckham i just said "the donkey" like i called ed "the shark" and so on! and 4 last nite well shit happens and im over it, so dont take it personal, what happens at poker table stays at poker table! and i am also a guest here at holdem freaks as r u and i would never try to run any1 away from r games, this is an equil oppertunity forum, so gl and welcome to the forum

[Sick Fish]

I feel the love. :hippie:

[rduckham]

I have never had a donkey as an avatair.

[skippy76]

I would like to remind ALL PLAYERS that this forum was started to be a place where friends get together and play friendly poker. Please refrain from name calling and harassment at the tables. If you have a problem with the way a hand or two is played, calmly and rationaly post the hand history in the forum with your thoughts on how it should have been played. Remember that we are not professionals and some who are playing are trying to learn the game and might welcome some well worded constructive critisism. Above all though....HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!!

[stlouisray]

Pass the lotion.

[Melina 07]

actually rduckham your avatar on full tilt was a donkey mine was a ninja ed was shark cali was a blonde rose was sexy bikini top girl ect.....you must have had your avatars off and didnt notice

[CaliNaughti]

actually rduckham your avatar on full tilt was a donkey mine was a ninja ed was shark cali was a blonde rose was sexy bikini top girl ect.....you must have had your avatars off and didnt notice

< Loves the way Meli calls me a blonde! LOL :hippie:

[DiRtYScOtT]

thanx mel...