What annoys you the most in a poker game?

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The truth is, poker is more annoying than anything else.This is when too much is lost.
 
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When someone constantly times out. They're watching TV or something
 
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What irritates me in a poker game is taking too many bad beats in a row. When that happens, I prefer to leave the computer and come back another day.
 
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Late registration is not the worst thing For example, me annoys that I lost 10 flips in a 50/50 chance.
But that’s part of poker. For example, I sometimes go through whole periods where I just can’t win because of constant bad beats — during those times, I try to play less.
 
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But that’s part of poker. For example, I sometimes go through whole periods where I just can’t win because of constant bad beats — during those times, I try to play less.
So we're talking about annoying things in poker.
 
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What annoys me the most is when players take forever to act on every hand for no reason. It kills the flow of the game. Slow play is fine when it's strategic - but stalling every hand just ruins the fun!
 
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I'm bothered by rebuys in tournaments. Currently, most tournaments have unlimited rebuys and there are players who use the first buy-in to play very aggressively.
 
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when fish get lucky with 2 random cards and beat your good holding!!
 
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Bad etiquette before and after a hand. Slow playing the nuts until the clock almost times, slow-rolling, gloating, or criticizing others, play right after a pot. It’s you clock do as you do and it's also fine to celebrate, but respect goes a long way.
 
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It's very annoying when a player plays all in in 5-10 hands in a row with any cards, and he's really lucky enough to run over the top pair by collecting a straight out of 6 2
 
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For sure when the internet decides your not connected and you fold a "winning" hand such as Aces Kings queens etc, and someone else had a playable hand and you would have coolered them and potentially one othr playr too...
 
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big LRs, People who talks too much and ppl who slow rows when nuts.
 
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The slowroll annoys me the most. I could never accept it.
 
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In poker, the most annoying thing is tilt—an emotional state caused by losing that leads to inappropriate actions and a disregard for the game's mathematics. Players are also frustrated by other players behaving unethically and by unlucky outcomes that arise from variance rather than poor play.
 
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Late registration for sure. There should be a penalty for that. There are some tournaments where you almost have an advantage if you register late
 
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Late registration for sure. There should be a penalty for that. There are some tournaments where you almost have an advantage if you register late
Then you too can use these advantages to your advantage.
 
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In poker, the most annoying thing is tilt—an emotional state caused by losing that leads to inappropriate actions and a disregard for the game's mathematics. Players are also frustrated by other players behaving unethically and by unlucky outcomes that arise from variance rather than poor play.
Good observation and evaluation
 
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If I had to choose the worst thing would be the loss of emotional control combined with the speed of the game: online tilt is more expensive and faster than live
 
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I don’t know if anyone mentioned this yet, but I hate when players slowroll. You’ve got the nuts and you wait until the last second to call an all-in just to show off? That’s not poker, that’s bad manners. Instant mood killer, even if I’m not in the hand
 
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The most annoying thing about poker is when you don't have any good cards during a tournament.
 
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