Poker is a competitive game. If players can not keep their tempers in check, things might be test or even violent. Everyday, you can bet there is someone, somewhere brawling over a poker game and for many different reasons. Sometimes, losers don’t want to pay up. Other times, people get caught cheating. Changing the rules and just basically being annoying may also lead to fisticuffs, black eyes and fat lips. Below, we will take a look at five of the best poker table fight scenes (or scenarios).
Someone gets caught cheating: There will always be people that cheat, even when there is not need to. These people just aren’t able to help themselves. They are compulsive. Now, there are people out there who cheat because they feel desperate, especially when there is a lot on the line. Let’s take a look at how this scenario might play out. Player 1 is feeling a little nervous. He just wagered the watch his wife game him on their wedding day. Understanding the consequences of going home without it, he decides to spring into action and cheat his way to victory.
Player 1 announces that he needs a bathroom break. Everyone at the table acquiesces and gets up to stretch. Player 1 picks up player 2’s card to get a peak at his hand when he thinks no one is watching. Player 2 turns around just in time to catch Player 1, who subsequently catches one in the eye (from player 2). Now he (player 1) has black eye, no watch and has to come up with a believable explanation regarding his now naked wrist.
Someone doesn’t know when to shut up: Almost every poker player has played in a poker game or tournament with “that guy” (or girl) who just won’t shut up. They talk non-stop even about things that aren’t poker related. No one, sometimes even the host, can figure out why in the world they are even there. These people aren’t adept at taking hints and so continue to talk in spite of the diverted glances, heavy sighing and attempts at changing the subject by other players at the table.
This scenario sometimes ends badly especially if alcohol is involved. Undoubtedly, “the short tempered guy,’ can no longer take the endless, pointless blabber and offers to rearrange the offender’s face. In this scenario, the talker will often end up taking one to the back of the head as they run out of the place because hey, fighting isn’t their “thing”. They’d rather talk things out.
Someone doesn’t want to pay up: The public got an up-close look at what might happen when a person isn’t willing to even up their poker losses, when Gilbert Arenas (the famous basketball player) allegedly brandished a gun after being pressed about his poker debt. Well, this type of thing happens often. A guy may go to a poker game at his buddy’s house, wager a lot of cash, loses it all and then expects to get it back at the end of the game because hey, “we’re all friends here.” An argument ensues, tempers flare and the night ends with a flipped over poker table, the “nice” guy going home empty handed (and pissed) and the friendship irreparably damaged.
Someone always wants to change the rules: It is inevitable and unavoidable. Someone will always want to change the rules. They play it differently where they are from and so they want everyone to adjust. A problem occurs when someone at the table isn’t willing to adjust. If that person is prone to flying off the handle, then some good ole fashion violence (and butt whooping) is probably not too far behind.
Someone wants to talk trash: Trash talkers are the worse. Now, some witty back and forth banter can be nice unless and until the person bearing the worst of it is getting their butt handed to them. When getting kicked to the curb in a game of poker, tolerance tends to be available in short supply. Instead of being level headed, it suddenly seems like a good idea to settle the score with ones fists instead of the cards. For those not interested in “doubling up,” it is best to save the trash talking for online poker games where no one can see, reach or choke another person out.
Poker is a fun game but it can get competitive and even a little nasty. Subsequently, it is important to choose the “poker gang” wisely. The guy quick on the trigger and always eager for a good fight should not get an invite. There will be fighting when he comes around, especially if he gets good and liquored up. Instead, schedule games around guys that are mild mannered, quiet, with money to spend and who have only rudimentary poker skills. Sure, the games might not be as much fun and exciting but there will be less to clean up and fewer black eyes to tend to.