iPods at the poker table
Hey Antonio,
The iPod explosion is really getting on my nerves. You can't swing a dead cat at a poker table these days without hitting six guys fiddling with their tunes and headphones instead of concentrating on the game. Don't you think iPods should be banned?
Liddy
Dear Liddy,
Let me see if I've got this straight: You're complaining that your foes are losing focus? Seems to me you've lost sight of the big picture. You're not at the poker table to have a good time or make pleasant conversation. You're there to win, and if the pod-heads are distracting themselves, so much the better for you. Then again, if your bitch is that they're slowing down the game, I think you've got a serious patience problem that you need to address right now.
Sometimes I iPod, sometimes I don't. But I'll tell you this, if you think the music distracts me, you're a hundred percent wrong. I might let you think I'm distracted, but I have no trouble playing perfect poker and digging the Shins at the same time.
· Antonio
