Question of ethics

[poboy]

I had just watched someone make a couple of really loose/bad calls and suck out on someone else for his whole stack. Normally I would compliment them on such a fine play and encourage them to continue doing so. Very next hand I'm dealt AA and decide to insult the guy hoping to induce a call. I pushed my stack in and not only did he call me w/ garbage but another player did as well. Obviously the comments afterwards weren't very positive. What do you think of this?

[zaxx19]

I think its called poker.....

Congrats on playing it well in that case.

[Los Feliz Slim]

Anyone who allows their play to be influenced by chat deserves everything they get. And more.

[Sam T.]

It's not in TOP, but it's part of the game.

Now, if you'd gone to his house punched him in the mouth, and clicked "Call", that would be unethical.

[dtbog]

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I pushed my stack in

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Move of Honor style? nh. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

And yeah.. talk as much shit as you can, if that gets their money in the middle!

-dB

[Finite_Risk]

Very Tony-g esque from last night's WPT...that, was trash talk....kudos to Surindar for not popping that fat limey

[kurto]

I agree that its okay. I really enjoyed last nights WPT. The guy was fascinatingly irritating. I think he made several key suckouts... but his attitude also contributed to a huge bluff.

A key part of poker is psych warfare. If you effectively pushed his buttons and it worked, then good for you. (I imagine one could take it too far...)