but anyway, how do nits make money?.....they never bet and when they do everyone will respect that bet and fold.....also it must be incredibly boring to be a nit, sitting there folding all the time......i think i would rather be a donkey than a nit tbh atleast it would be more fun
You shouldn't prefer being a donkey. Donkeys may have more fun than nits, but nits don't lose anywhere near as much as donkeys. As to how nits make money, that's an easy answer. Most of the people you play with are basically playing group Solitaire. They're not paying attention, not getting a line on other players, not thinking beyond the cards in their own hands.
They don't know Mr. Nit
is a nit, and will call with what looks like a decent hand without regard for what Mr. Nit might be holding for him to put in the first raise in a dozen orbits.
Nits also manipulate their table image to disguise the way they really play. If some people are kinda paying attention, nitty players might be able to fool them into thinking they're looser than they really are.
Nits might win a little, leave way too much value on the table by missing thin value, play too predictably to get good hands really paid off. They also aren't gonna rack up losses like a donkey either. Donkeys may have more "fun", but they also pay for that "entertainment".
