The biggest leak is when you speak at the table about strategy with someone you respect.

You might think it's not a big deal, but the fact is poker is a learnable game and you can turn a big loser into a near break even player pretty simply. They just learn to fold more hands. They learn to think.

PLEASE STOP DOING IT

If you're at a high limit table, don't make it intimidating.

People are willing to gamble. They want to play blackjack and pai gow and all that stuff.

If the poker table was fun instead of a bunch of silent nitty pros, we'd have more money to go around.

So stop bringing the focus on playing better.

When you talk about how to make decisions and different betting lines or equity or ranges etc... you are guaranteed losing money not only there but in the long term. 

People will learn. People will evolve...

BUT

People still play blackjack and looove craps and will love shit like that forever. So let them associate poker with that. Maybe we should even stop telling people we play poker professionally or brag about it being a skill game. Just don't tell or act like you're just lucky. That way people are less apt to think about it as a serious thing and can just go and have fun.

People go to have fun and lose at slots and baccarat and all that.

If you can make the poker game seem like that, we'll have way more fun.

GIVE PEOPLE ACTION

I'm sure you already do this, but if there's a guy who likes to go all in nearly every hand, maybe give him some action? Push your 5% edges. Make the game more interesting.

Also, stop being assholes. You know who you are. Be nice damn it. 

One guy at a high limit table was speaking another language to his friend across the table and clearly talking about the hand he had played.

STOP DOING THAT

That is shady and unethical first of all and second of all IT'S SHADY AND UNETHICAL

Why do I care? A. Because that could be cheating B. and more importantly, it can make tourists and newcomers uncomfortable.

I know that for me, first coming up to games like 10-20 I was very intimidated. It's a different atmosphere people show way more focus and attention and are clearly more into the game and the power dynamics. You really are risking being made a fool of in this context. People should feel welcome. In fact there was an old pro that was quite a shark that really made me feel welcome in the game, that feeling of welcome and relaxed playfulness may have cost me some money :)

But it's not about me, the point is to make poker fun. To make it a fun social event. People looove craps they think it's so much fun.Poker should be like that. People should come hoping to risk their stacks not hear nothing but silence for 30 minutes and then someone talking about range merging.

You can be playful and still make great poker decisions. You don't have to be all stiff all the time and show such obvious deliberation. Maybe that's good when you're against a great player and want to hide your tells, but when you're with a tourist, loosen up. Make their enjoyment a priority.

Remember, it's not just about this pot. It's about them staying and playing in the long term.

Think about it.

There are rich businessmen that want to try poker they come and try it and see that it's bankrupt socially and boring financially. They leave. This could be different.

And no, I don't think that most poker games are boring or not good socially. I like them a lot. Poker games are extremely interesting.

Anyway that's all.