"Are your a pro": "What do you do"
Kind of interesting, this seems boring, but I feel this is an opportunity to spice up the conversations with something creative since I hear these question every day.
I'm also noticing people talking about strategy at the table, especially novice players which is totally fine. I try to be somewhat helpful. But those conversations are pretty boring for me, so I try to avoid it. I might start wearing my headphones and acting like I can't hear what people are saying when they are talking a ton when I'm not in the mood.
I befriended this guy yesterday and he was pretty nice, then later he lost a couple of pots, and he was complaining every time he lost a pot. I get it. It's just I was bored of the conversation, but I was trying to be friendly, so I wasn't going to just ignore the guy. I was in seat 8, he was in seat 7.
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Divert the conversation to something else. Definitely discourage strategy talk. Don't give anyone a reason to even think about how they're playing.
Divert the conversation to something else. Definitely discourage strategy talk. Don't give anyone a reason to even think about how they're playing.
I agree with the premise that this is optimal.
What if someone asks you what you had after a hand?
I'm not that skilled with diverting when I'm being asked about what did I have? (Or if they ask me about how they played the hand or about something strategy related)
Maybe this is good opportunity to practice "improv" and come up with a lot of random stuffs.
Do you like the way I played the hand? "Ask seat XYZ. I'm not sure"
What did you have? "No comment" / "I forgot", playful vibe!
