Playing poker at Full Tilt has had a huge number of players looking to make excuses for their play after being sent crashing out of a tournament or ring game.

Players generally look to make excuses for their play due to their ability been less than their opponents, with a number of players preferring to blame anything but their ability on the losses that they suffer.

We have a look at the top 3 most used excuses used by players after they get sent away from the tournament or ring game tables.

I was short stacked in the game so I just didn’t care anymore, thought why not just go for it.

This is one of the most used excuses used by players who have been knocked out of a tournament style game, blaming their lack of chips on their playing style for the whole of the tournament.

This is an excuse that is deeply flawed due to players having to play badly in order to fall below the chip radar into a short stacked position.

If you find that you are one of the players who uses this excuse, its time to work on your poker basics again as you obviously haven’t mastered those yet.

Taking this sort of mentality while seated in a game or tournament is a definite way to guarantee that you aren’t going to make the final table in a tournament or the heads up section of a ring game.

I had just won a large pot so what was a few chips to me after that? Nothing.

This has to be one of the funniest excuses that I have ever seen placed onto an online poker room.

The player called an all in of a player after looking into his hole cards to find jack – five off suit and calling almost 1000 in chips on blinds of 100/200.

Saying that he can afford to lose those chips is something that shows exactly how poor the player is overall, with the player indicating that he doesn’t care about losing chips.

You will see that making a lay down or folding cards for a professional player is something that takes time and consideration as they weigh up their pot odds and their losses should they decide that they are going to kill their hand.

A good player is a player who looks to protect their chips, regardless of their position in the chip count.

I played badly in order to get all of my poor plays out of my system while I was waiting for a bigger game/tournament.

This is again an excuse that is seen regularly on the online poker scene, with players looking to pass the time between tournaments and games but entering into smaller staked games.

Saying that they played poker badly in order to get rid of their poor plays shouldn’t be taken seriously by any player due to the fact that their methodology surrounding their approach to poor play is totally unjustified.

Taking to a smaller staked game is not going to reduce their poor plays in their large tournament or game, just take away some of their bankroll while they are waiting for the game or tournament to start.