WSOP guy and Pitt

WSOP is the ultimate in poker players. I call him WSOP because he claimed to have played in the World Series of Poker main event a couple of years ago. This guy is common of many poker players. Several tell-tale signs that you might be playing with this guy:

---He makes sure you know that he's played in large poker events.

---He goes to Vegas more times than he can keep track.

---He goes out of his way to tell you how well he can read all the other players and what they have.

---He will be sure to point it out if you say anything he deems incorrect or make a play that was a terrible that ended up turning out well.

---He talks non-stop to try to make sure that everyone knows who is in charge of the table, when quite the opposite is usually true.

You want a WSOP guy at your table. He draws attention to himself, allowing players who are solid, conservative players who wait for good hands to fly under the radar without being noticed. His distractions are an advantage. Also, if you watch WSOP guy-style players, they will often lose money because they are so intent on winning hands to show how good they are that they often make bad calls or raises rather than just making the correct play and folding.

On the other side of things, we have a player like Pitt (nicknamed because of her Pittsburgh Steelers shirt). She's a lady in her 60's who is a very dangerous player. She knows what she's doing and likes to float under the radar. Don't let her kind looks and smile fool you. It will cost you in the game if you do so.

Pitt took the nice lady thing to the extreme when she showed up. She sat down and immediately, with a smile, took chocolates out of her purse. She began handing chocolates to all the players at the table. Very nice gesture, but also a bit disarming from a poker standpoint. It appeared that her chocolates worked as she walked off a winner a couple hours later.