Busting your friends (duplicate from Poker theory forum)?
 

At the MGM this weekend and I just sat down with a friend of mine who is an extremely good player.

We don't cheat, we don't collude, but we do try to stay out of eachothers way. It's bad for the game if we play strong against eachother + there were more than enough donks @ the table to take money from.

Under the gun I post to enter the game (bad strategy but I wanted to make it look like I had no idea how to play). 2-5 blind $500 no limit game @ the MGM (great room BTW... check it out).

I pick up AA under the gun in my post (amazing) and advertise the fact that I'm trying to get my post back, raise to $30.

One caller, my buddy in the BB makes it $100.00 I know my friend will do this with exactly three hands AA, KK, or QQ. I call hoping to get the other caller to come in and play. Other caller folds... and I "waive off my buddy with my eyes"

He checks to me on the flop... I bet $150 and he thinks about it for a long time.

He fold his hand... tells me later he had KK and that I should have busted him for all his money.

What are your thoughts...

keep in mind we don't really have a standing agreement, but we do try to stay out of eachother's way with drawing/speculative hands.

Should I have just busted him in this situation?

Re: Busting your friends (duplicate from Poker theory forum)?
 

It's just money right? You guys obviously aren't friends.

Re: Busting your friends (duplicate from Poker theory forum)?
 

his saying "you should have busted me" = "if the roles were reversed i would have taken all your chips and not felt bad in the least."

take it for what it's worth, and don't play at his table if you're not comfortable stacking him.

Re: Busting your friends (duplicate from Poker theory forum)?
 

raise PF, if he wants to come for a ride, allow him to.

Re: Busting your friends (duplicate from Poker theory forum)?
 

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his saying "you should have busted me" = "if the roles were reversed i would have taken all your chips and not felt bad in the least."

take it for what it's worth, and don't play at his table if you're not comfortable stacking him.

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My mistake... he would have waived me off also (whether I fold or not is my choice)...

What he meant was that if I was anyone else he goes bust.

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We don't cheat, we don't collude

and I "waive off my buddy with my eyes"



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Is it just me or do these statements contradict each other?

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We don't cheat, we don't collude

and I "waive off my buddy with my eyes"



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Is it just me or do these statements contradict each other?

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In this example no, becuase they are heads up

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We don't cheat, we don't collude

and I "waive off my buddy with my eyes"



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Is it just me or do these statements contradict each other?

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In this example no, becuase they are heads up

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Exactly, the outcome of the hand had no bearing on anyone else but the two of us.

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Re: Busting your friends (duplicate from Poker theory forum)?
 

u should enjoy busting your friends. if its within both of your bankroll, it should be nothing but a buy-in. you get to rag on him later. if its out of your bankroll, that changes things i guess.

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in home games i always go out of my way to bust my friends, and they do the same to me [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

but of course, we're only playing with like fifty buck stacks