BadCardHaver
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The circus games being more 'serious' to me is because if it's a game people (or me) aren't familiar with I need to be more focused on the actual rules, and having a drink or two more than I should and cutting up with my buddies doesn't help with this. I have messed up and misread a hand, or not realized how many hole cards I can use etc when we are playing 10+ random and sometimes brand new games a night. If I screw up, I shake it off and move on, but to inexperienced players or guys that barely ever play hold 'em (which we sometimes have) tend not to come back. I like having fish in the game.So hes not offering you the thing you've previously turned down and probably disparaged. That seems pretty normal.
It really sounds like you and the host just have fun in different ways. I can't understand circus games being more sober and more serious, I dont understand why lol. We introduce those with rounds most of the time.
Anyway, the circus games thing isn't really the issue, I just mentioned it to point out that they may consider me a whiner since I mentioned it and they made a rule to accommodate me already.
The main issue is the squeezing and artificially small pots while running it twice when nobody is all in, or really at risk of stacking off.