Quote Originally Posted by flomo
jack--- you taught your friends nothing, if you took their money then you would have taught them something
Quite the contrary. I taught them that there is such a thing as Texas Holdem where you get two pocket cards and then there's a community flop, turn and river. I also taught them a flush is higher than a straight, common odds for drawing, a "gutshot" (they loved that one, for some reason), etc.

The "losing money" or "your decisions weigh" lesson I felt was inappropriate here. Tomorrow I'll probably be playing again with them, and I plan to suggest playing for a tiny amount of money.

also plan on losing money if yu don't play people worse than you
I think you misunderstood. I don't seek out better players, I seek out worse players just like everyone. I however up to present cannot make myself back down from a challenge - ie if the table turns out to play hard despite my table selection, a good player is around, maybe with position on me even, etc.