Re: Is playing with friends plus or minus ev?
I think the answer to your question is the answer to every poker question: It Depends [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
I think that it really just comes down to the type of person that you are.
Since I am a social person and enjoy talking to my friends, I have a very hard time playing my A game because I am focused on the more enjoyable aspects of the situation. I would much prefer to play a $2/4 or $3/6 game with them where I can screw around and do silly things like playing in the dark, live straddles, etc. and super-LAG it if I need to blow off steam.
Perhaps if someone is more of an introvert, then they can play cut throat with their friends because they don't socialize anyways and talking strategy quietly with each other may give them a leg up on others (improved reads, etc.).
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