Dear railbirds,

You know I really love this site and you know I really love poker. It's great fun to play and it's even more fun to see you guys contribute in helping each other to become better poker players! But seriously, there's one thing closely associated to poker that I really dislike, and that's the endless whining.

People get outdrawn in poker. A lot. On and on and on. It's just a natural part of the game, and statistically completely normal. The way to deal with it is to just accept it and move on - not by going nuts in the table chat. Anonymity seems to bring with it people who think they can get away with whatever. Well, it's just immature (and besides, the sites might turn your account off). And I especially talk about the increase in bad beat blogs on Railbirds. Writing to complain about being outdrawn - well, fine. That's ok. Just keep it normal and talk about the poker, or discuss the hand. But writing in all caps about the freaking donkeys is not. Nobody wants to read that. It's frustrating and annoying. I mean, just grow up already. I don't want a site filled with anger, hate and immature blogs about something that's completely natural. Do you?

The funny thing is, pros whine even more. Both online and offline. Go to any major tournament and you'll hear bad beat story after bad beat story and complaint after complaint - not to mention loads of insulting and name-calling. It's damn depressing, I say, and it's BORING! Yes, we got it, mr. pro - some guy got lucky and outdrew you. Boo hoo! What, do you want your mommy? I'm hoping all railbirds will work together to show that we as a society are BETTER and more MATURE than the pros! After all, we're here to play poker, not bitch about it.