[ewile]

I played in Atlantic City last week. 3/6 at the Taj. For a couple of hours I was sitting next to an old man who had alot of trouble seeing the cards on the table. I frequently read them out to him. Ace of spades, eight of diamonds etc into his ear so that he could hear. It was a pain in the ass but I was right next to him and he would have taken forever if nobady helped him.

After about an hour and a half we end up only me and him in a hand. I was in the BB with 2 4 off. Flop comes A2x. He checks. I bet. He laughs, "I should raise you" and he flips up his Ace.

My first response was to feel like an ass...I would have gotten played by an old man. But as I thought about it, I realized that Poker is a people game and I had benifitted from my people skills.

Kindness is +EV I think.
And for the record, I think he did the wrong thing...I would have raised and played out the hand if I were him.