Cards

There are days you sit at the online tables and you know, right away, who you’re dealing with. That’s what the tags are for. Red for danger. Orange for tilt machines. Yellow for nits. A couple greens for players who actually know what they’re doing. And then — there’s the blue tag. The Blue Tag: […]

You know the ones. The clock bastards. The slow rollers. The time-bank parasites. They’re not thinking. They’re stalling. And somehow, they’re everywhere in 2025 online poker — slowing down games like molasses in January. 1. It’s Not Strategy, It’s Stupidity You’re not Daniel Negreanu reading souls. You’re in a $2 tournament on a Tuesday night.

If you’ve spent more than five minutes at an online poker table, you’ve met them. The calling station nits — poker’s most maddening species. They’re not bold, not smart, and definitely not fun. Yet they cling to chips like they were oxygen. 1. They Don’t Play to Win, They Play to Not Lose Calling stations

Made with GPT-4 Turbo In 2025, nearly everything has moved online—jobs, relationships, therapy, even poker night. But despite the convenience, the digital card table just doesn’t cut it for me. Here’s why: 1. Lack of Human Presence There’s something irreplaceable about reading a real opponent’s face, sensing their tension, catching a glance or a twitch.