Home Tournament Poker Etiquette
 

Two days ago a friend invited me to a home NLHE tournament that was being hosted by a friend's friend of his, thus making me an extreme outsider. At the tournament, I found players violating NUMEROUS rules (not re-raising at least the amount of the original raise, string betting, showing other players cards, etc.). It was far out of the norm that I was used to, but I felt out of place making comments since I only knew one person there out of approximately 10-15 people. Would I be out of place to comment on any of these rule violations, or should I just let them slide as nobody else seems to be bothered by them? The plus side to them not knowing any of the rules is that most of them are extremely loose and poor players. I feel that if I commented about the rules, players would tighten up and possibly play stronger. I pocketed $160 from a $20 buy-in, so this weak play is definitely welcome, haha. I just would like some feedback. Thanks.

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My instinct would be to keep it friendly and not say anything. I've played in a lot of casual $10-$20 home tourneys and this isn't uncommon. I love it when I bet something like t500 and get raised another t100. Nothing like having someone reveal the strength of their hand by raising then give you 10-1 on the call.

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The plus side to them not knowing any of the rules is that most of them are extremely loose and poor players.

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As fair as I'm concerned, 'extremely loose and poor players' fudge with these rules as much as they want. I'll go to great lengths to keep them happy.

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Meh, the raising thing is how it works in most online tournements anyway.

The string betting and showing cards is not that serious if it is a game that is kept super-friendly.

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I'm not sure if the raising of small amounts is a big deal. For example, one of the levels of my home tourney has T40 blinds. It's just easier to allow people to put in two or three T25 chips if they want to raise instead of dealing with the T5 chips (especially if they are new or drunk).

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Two days ago a friend invited me to a home NLHE tournament that was being hosted by a friend's friend of his, thus making me an extreme outsider. At the tournament, I found players violating NUMEROUS rules (not re-raising at least the amount of the original raise, string betting, showing other players cards, etc.). It was far out of the norm that I was used to, but I felt out of place making comments since I only knew one person there out of approximately 10-15 people. Would I be out of place to comment on any of these rule violations, or should I just let them slide as nobody else seems to be bothered by them? The plus side to them not knowing any of the rules is that most of them are extremely loose and poor players. I feel that if I commented about the rules, players would tighten up and possibly play stronger. I pocketed $160 from a $20 buy-in, so this weak play is definitely welcome, haha. I just would like some feedback. Thanks.

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Although I like to play close to the regular rules (with some consideration given to the fact that it is a friendly home game) that's more because I want the right way to play ingrained so that when I play at a casino I don't make any costly mistakes.

That said, unless you feel any of these rules violations in your supersoft game are putting you at a disadvantage I wouldn't worry about it. This game apparently has its own culture and way of doing things, essentially its own house rules, and I don't think its either your place, or to your advantage to try and change things.


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