From London to Vegas in 26 Letters
Day 14: N is for ...
N is for "nh". One of those ubiquitous shorthand comments that is liberally sprinkled into the chat boxes of online poker, "gg", "omg" and "wtf" being among the other bestsellers. Like some of those obscure words in long-lost languages, "nh" manages to pack a lot of nuanced meaning into 2 letters.
It can mean anything from "I can't believe I paid off 3 streets of value when you obviously flopped the nuts" to "I can't believe you called for a gutshot to the low end on a flushing paired and straightening board".
Personally, I rarely go beyond "nh", "ul" and (in tournaments) "gg" in the chat window. I do certainly go on tilt and am not beyond a silent rant at the injustice of it all (it's silent to them whether or not I actually scream it out loud) but I never vent my anguish in the chat. As we all know, however, the same cannot be said for all our opponents. The stream of abuse that can sometimes follow a perceived bad beat is incredible, and often hilarious.
I never join in the "discussion", not even to rebut suggestions that I am a "donk" (or worse). Actually, my style of play often triggers the odd comment. I don't respond. One reason it that I could never hope to equal that timeless riposte by Barry the Bully in one of his earliest videos. You must remember it: "Retard with your money".
N is for Never (as in Never Again). Never must be one of the most ill-used words in the whole English language. Never again will we ... play whilst drinking / drunk ... play on tilt .... play above our bankroll ... play above our limits ... play Omaha of any kind at any limits or in any venue. Never again will we rock up for 5 hours in an MTT then push with Q7o on the bubble. The list goes on.
I agree with that oldest of epithets: Never say Never.
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