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Message: [QUOTE="ObbleeXY, post: 6222641, member: 437841"] [b]Clock runners are self-admitted below average players[/b] I disagree with the general view that "they have a clock, they can use it" philosophy for several reasons: 1. There is also a chat bar, but that doesn't mean you can get away with saying anythin you like...you can easily get banned for chat misuse. 2. Excessive time wasting ruins the game and is therefore bad for poker in general. What is bad for poker, is bad for all of us. 3. I don't begrude someone using their time to make an important decision. But to be fair, there are few situations where you really need to run your clock all the way down hand after hand after hand. 4. I don't begrudge people using their time on the run up to the blinds increasing. Totally fair play there. I think that can be quite strategic if there is a short stack (folded) UTG and the blinds are about to go up. 5. I can understand running your clock when you're on the bubble and short stacked and trying to make it into the cash. 6. If course, if you do this against me, I will simply log on to my mobile, where I can send a horshoe throwable at you repeatedly until you play nice. (No delay on my mobile for throwable re-use)...you'll get tired of it pretty quickly and we can return the relative peace and quiet without the slow play. Indeed I do take issue with people who just run it all the time. Honestly that demonstrates that you are a poor player who disrespects your opponents and the game. Why poor? Well, bottom line -- are you, on average, a better player than those at your table or worse? If you are better, then you should WANT to see more hands so you can generate more chips. The slower someone plays, the fewer hands they will see. The fewer you see, the fewer you can win. Only someone who has got lucky and doesn't know how to stay there needs to run the clock every time. Disrespecting your opponents? This is clear. You are using the game itself as a tool for winning. That may seem clever -- we should use MANY tools for winning. However, trying to put someone on tilt by time wasting is just not cool. Love to see what happens to you if you do it everytime in a real casino or cards hall. I think it is generally a good policy to avoid behaviour online which you would not do live and in person. Another way to look at it is: if someone would beat the crap out of you for your behaviour in person, it is probably NOT ok online. Cheers, ObbleeXY [/QUOTE]

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