Like when someone at your table is short stack and goes all in with AA, KK...and someone with a lot of chips calls it with 3 and 9 or something like that, and wins a hand...I often think how angry I would be.

No, this is the natural result of pushing with >3bb.

Part of the game. It happens to everyone. Wouldn't want someone feeling bad about knocking me out, goes both ways.

I don't feel bad for players that are knocked out in general as it's part of the game... other than that, I usually pay attention to the players that call lighter in this situations and avoid stealing blinds from them as it proves they like to gamble even with hands with really low equity(of course I'll try to get max value with any premium hand and I won't feel bad if I lose it as in the end, if you make good decisions on the long run against this kind of players you'll make profit).

you need to understand that this is poker and not always the highest hand wins against the youngest, you just need to put up with it and take it as part of the game, for granted. Good luck at the tables!

Of course it's all part of the game, u win some, u loose some. I'm not saying that u should cry for someone's bad luck.

Hi mate.No I don´t because that happens to all of us every day..I feel sorry when I take a bad decision and lose some money..

In poker, as in war, there is no pity, only victory at all costs! I do not feel sorry for the opponent with a pair of aces, which my small pocket pairs move. This is just a game, today you, tomorrow you!

I used to but not anymore. It's a game. You win and you lose. Just have to say nice hand and move on to the next.

Originally Posted by Sale_MLS

Like when someone at your table is short stack and goes all in with AA, KK...and someone with a lot of chips calls it with 3 and 9 or something like that, and wins a hand...I often think how angry I would be.

I definitely do not feel sorry should i knock you out someday

If you believe Harrington in poker, very often situations arise when nothing depends on you and you are forced to call with almost any two cards. There are many winning hands and this is not always the hand of the preflop leader. There is nothing special in the example you cited. A player with a short stack and a good hand wants to double and goes all-in. A player with a large stack, without the risk of leaving the table, calls easily. Perhaps today is his day, and that is why he has a large stack.

I do feel bad if I get outplayed and the deck saves me. I think its important to recognize this and know if it was the opposite way around you'd feel like crap. Its a small consolation but I find it better then just a kick in the teeth.

However there is no better feeling than when you finally get the hand to bury a maniac and their luck finally runs out or they lose their final flip again you. Yes I am saying hard luck but the smile on my face says I don't mean it!

I myself was in such situations and lost with strong cards many times very unpleasant especially when prize-winning places 36 and you finish in 37 place.

There is a game, there’s nothing to be done, they didn’t make their choice, why should I spare them

I really don't feel sorry for the won that lost with the higher hand as much as I would feel ticked off at the high stack betting with nothing just because they have a mountain of chips. If it is a tourney that pays by the place Ok I get it but when say only 40 places get a ticket to the next round it makes no sense to me way someone who is for sure in would push a hand just because they have a large stack. I try to takes notes on such players and would love to return the favor of knocking them out when they are on the bubble as a reminder that what goes around will come around. Just my thoughts.

Good Luck all

I have been playing for several years. and I want to answer your question like this. If you are an emotional person, then you should not hope for success in poker.

knowing that no one would feel sorry for me.. hell no.

Emotions are a bad companion. It is not possible to win at a distance going on about emotions. Patience and concentration are the keys to success.

I dont, it happens and everybody is affected

Not at all. Thw more people out of the game the better for me!! 👺

Hi there,

hmmmm interesting, lately I was thinking about something identical and related to feel sorry (feel sad is more appropriate) about people but not because they bust out (that's part of the game).

I feel sad about what I observe on how people play. It may sounds a bit silly to some of you, but let me explain.
This is a game and you can win some money too. It involves strategy and luck.
Either it is a micro limit or freeroll it is still the same game.
I see people doing wrong stuff and chasing luck all the time. Many people not just a few.
Since they are in the game, either micro or freeroll, they are here to have fun, enjoy their time, win some money or whatever.
When they do crazy stuffs on the tables I don't see how they are enjoying their time or support their way to the win.
I 'll give an example. Someone calls a raise with 10s2d. (full stacks). Flop Q85 rainbow. Someone goes all in. He calls xD.
Yeah it's crazy. We can argue that stuff like this will never happen in a ''serious'' tourney or that these happen only on micros and freerolls because people don't want to waste time or whatever.
But it does not make sense to me. They are here and they do stuff like this.
The sad thing that I was thinking lately and I would like to share is that, this reflects to my eyes that people behave like this not just in poker but also in life.
Acting without reasoning, chasing some cents or whatever, not having fun, not enjoying their time, not searching for quality.
I really feel sorry about that.

The player who lost will only be angry only a very small percentage of the time, that is the very few times that he will lose in this situation. The rest of the time, he'll think that it's Christmas if he wins.

Originally Posted by 777jeton777

I have been playing for several years. and I want to answer your question like this. If you are an emotional person, then you should not hope for success in poker.

No, man, I'm talking about 2-seconds-lasting feeling. When this happens at my table and I'm like "awwww pity" for 2 seconds and I forget about it. I don't need tissues when someone losts.

Yes, I do for a moment, and I think that's enough. They have the same chance like me when the party started so I just concentrate on myself, and have kind words for the others if I feel that it needed or I want to.

hello i will say just no why sorry we are all playing game will win who is best and lucky player

I never feel sorry for other players. All other players are my potential opponents by default, so I will never sympathize with them.

The bigger the ratio between your short stack and large or effective stack, the more you should be aware of the fact that someone will be calling your shoves or you might even get into a multipot. Should be prepared for a chance of losing with your better hands. That's why with a short stack you normally not sitting and waiting for premium hands. You should try and maintain the size of your stack, so your shoves are more respected. And if they call you with 93, you failed to do that So no need to be angry.

Only when I play CC games and take someone out with a hand I needed some luck to get the last card needed to complete the hand. It lasts for one hand. None CC games all I can say is life sucks hope you are not doing this for a living. Always more games.

No, I never feel sorry. Like they are running bad, they will also run good. Feel sorry for those who have a gambling problem and are just losing every game.

Why should I ?

It's their decision to gamble.

Only sometimes when i see people play really really really stupid
i feel sorry for their parents...

It's a battle so if you fill sorry. You will end soon in the poker world. You are there to win thats the key of poker.

No, and here's why. If you're a winning player you, by DEFINITION, have an average positive EV meaning you get sucked out on more than your average competition.

If anything you release a bit of air through your nose and reminisce about that one tournament where that suckout/cooler happened to you 2-3 times.

I do not feel bad, as they have mentioned it is part of the game and also usual to happen, even the players who lose so are accustomed

Originally Posted by Vlad Nesterenko

you need to understand that this is poker and not always the highest hand wins against the youngest, you just need to put up with it and take it as part of the game, for granted. Good luck at the tables!

Agreed! Great response.

The feeling i get is, man, hope that doesnt happen to me, but of course it will, and has, and thats part of the game of poker .

No I do not feel sorry, because poker is a fight and the win is needed. You must act like a hunter, and sorry has no place in play!

I never feel sorry for any players its all in the game and we have all been there.

In that specific situation it's logical to make that move. I used to feel bad about getting bad beats but it's part of the game. As long as you know you made the right choice it's all that matters.

Not really, winning/losing is how the game of poker goes. If they are the ones to profit from me, then kudos to them. I wouldn't feel mad if I was in their position.

You play enough poker, you often see a scenario you've been in before. We've all felt the sting of chasing the stacks until the very end, a coin flip vs chip leader, you lose; it's the usual outcome when chasing in a long tourney.
When I have chips, I take no joy in grinding a smaller stack all the way out. It is just part of the process; if I'm not taking others out, they are doing their best to take me out.
But there is a little pleasure seeing a early stage chip bully being taken down.

Hi everyone.

I believe that what should be at a poker table is respect, but, beyond that in my private life I am supportive and empathetic, this is poker.

Greetings.

I no longer even feel sorry for yourself and not what other players (the main thing for me to play, plus EB) .

I have only felt bad a couple of times taking money from older players who didn't really know what they were doing.

I do not feel sorry as we are all players. We should know our risks and the effect of variance on the outcome and just accept it as part of the game. As they say in a gambling song - "you win some, loose some and do the same to me".

it's complicated but we have to get used to it, tournaments have a lot of variance and players have to get used to it. Not always the best hand will win, so the good thing is not to think about these things and do your best, if you make the right decisions all right, at least you did your best, if you lost your premium hand it was the fault of the variance and not yours

Originally Posted by Sale_MLS

Like when someone at your table is short stack and goes all in with AA, KK...and someone with a lot of chips calls it with 3 and 9 or something like that, and wins a hand...I often think how angry I would be.

I feel kind of bad (and guilty) for the guys who are at the tables every day with a min-buy in stack whom I watch get wrecked by the 4 other regs at the table over and over. It feels wrong to me to exploit these players since I wonder if they have a gambling addiction

I sometimes just give these guys a break by checking it down when I don't have a pair or better.

Originally Posted by ventrolloquist

I feel kind of bad (and guilty) for the guys who are at the tables every day with a min-buy in stack whom I watch get wrecked by the 4 other regs at the table over and over. It feels wrong to me to exploit these players since I wonder if they have a gambling addiction

I sometimes just give these guys a break by checking it down when I don't have a pair or better.

I can relate to you here ^

For me, cash tables & tournaments are two different things. Years ago I felt bad while playing on cash tables (Fulltilt days) and after easily stacking some donkey I would often ship them their 100bb's back via a transfer. I'd picture them sitting there, feeling totally defeated over & over... maybe down to their last $'s in their account. Certainly not the ruthless type of mindset one might find to be more optimal, lol. I'd also picture them having a gambling addiction.

But for tournament play I don't feel bad or sorry for anyone. I don't experience the same moral dilemma there. I actually focused on tournament play for my first 4yrs. online partly because of this.

Today I play mostly cash & I don't think about it at all. I don't even picture the other players on my table as people... & if I do, I don't picture the 18yr. old kid in some 3rd world county hardly being able to buy into a $5 mtt or some grandma who lives down the street from me, having fun while sipping her afternoon tea while feeling sorry for them when they lose. Instead I might picture some pimply-faced, mouthy teenage punk with his jeans pulled down & hangin' below his arse, hat turned sideways while holding an assortment of odd finger sign languages up in front of his face, sayin' stuff like 'axe' when it clearly should be 'ask' & he knows it. It's much easier for me this way, lol.

When some donk sucks out on someone on a tournament table, I picture someone who hardly even realizes how lucky they actually just got... I picture that old grandma shouting out over to her half-asleep husband who's pretending to read the newspaper "Honey I hit my straight! I knew it was going to be a '4'... "FOUR!!!! Come on FOUR!!!" "

That happens to me and I do not expect anyone to feel sorry for me. It is poker, if it was a tournament, then it means another player eliminated. I felt sorry for a lady a months back so I did not go all and take her chips, much to her surprise. Guess what she came back strong and knocked me out about an hour later. Good for her, I was a fool.

I dont feel sorry at at all..

And i hate when people say sorry, at least pay me the buy-in back if you feel really sorry

This happens very often...You have to accept this as part of the game