--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Rprosdc <rprosdc@...> wrote:
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> On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 6:08 PM, jwboothjw <traveller88888@...>wrote:
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> > **
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "only to have some drunk or bling festooned 20-something stagger up to tour
> > table and disrupt its flow..."
> >
> > "flow" is Voodoo.
> >
>
> I am saddened to learn that you've never been at a friendly table where
> players, dealers and sometimes even the house are having a good time.. Some
> may be winning, some losing ...but all are having an enjoyable session. You
> may call it "voodoo" but it actually does happen ... and it is easily
> disrupted by the sorts of anti-social intrusion I mentioned.
>
>
> > In one of your first posts you clearly state that someone entering
> > mid-shoe creates bad luck (or words clearly to that effect).
> >
>
> No I said "effectively the tables luck". I erroneously left out the word
> "changes", an error caught earlier by another reader. I did not suggest that
> the luck changed for the better or worse -- my point was, and is, that such
> ad hoc intrusions inevitably alter the hands dealt after the intrusion.
>
> But I followed that up (and closed) with:
>
> "It should be a matter of common courtesy. If I see a seat at table that I
> want to join, I wait until the next shoe to start playing....unless invited
> to join by those already in the game."
>
> Finally you accuse me of grumbling that "the"flow" has been "disrupted""
>
> I plead guilty to that charge --- although you wish to perjoratively
> characterize respect for other players as "voodoo".
I find it disrespectful for someone to ask me to wait till the next shoe before sitting down.
