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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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