Once upon a time, in the far far away land of poker, people use to play

completely different. The bigs hand faced off with other respectable big

hands, result in a clash of the titans, with something like AA facing off

against jj or qq. People respected the game, and would routinely fold small

wimsicle hands like 28 suited or 79 off. People respected one another, and if

a player raised up the bet or shoved, the other people with lesser hands, out

of would respect, would fold wisely, knowing that the cards would be

respectable high end cards like AA or KK.

Now and days, it isnt like that anymore. People show no respect for the big

raiser, the guy who should have a nice high end hand. Nope these days

people will make you lose your hard earned money with anything. AA is

routinely losing to crap hands like 109 suited. KK is losing to just about any

hand that can be dealt. People disrespect one another, call each other

donks or fish, and fights often break out because someone donked someone or this and that was said to so and so.

What use to be a respectable game of skill, has turned into a craps shot,

with a little bit of skill involved in certain areas,like bankroll management, but

mostly based on luck. I often wonder what it must have been like back in the

day, when poker was poker and the man with the best skill set won. What

happened to good old fashioned, good ol boy poker?