Re: How many bets with the nuts?
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I'd say 4-5 bets, if he's a retard, why ruin his night? Punish him with a few bets if he's not having the nuts. Then stick to poker. If you like stealin candy from a baby, why not doin that instead?
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While your attitude is certainly admirable, I don't think the two situations are analogous. To be the best poker player you can be, you have to be ruthless (while still playing within all rules of the game). It's nothing personal; it's just poker. I think a better analogy is like if the Texas longhorns were to lose their game this weekend, and PSU were playing some scrub and Joe Paterno saw Texas lost on the scoreboard and then told his troops to run up the score as much as possible (to try to gain points to eclipse Texas in the BCS standings). I really don't think there'd be anything wrong with it, since as long as both teams enter a competition in agreement to play their hardest against eachother, mercy is never, ever a requirement.
If I'm playing in a game with a friend (which I often am), and notice the friend isn't playing A-poker in that session or is tilting or whatever, I will tell them I don't think they're playing well. But if they stay in the game, I sure as hell am not going to go easy on them out of guilt that they're playing when they shouldn't be. Why should I? And why should Kurosh go easy on the semi-retard opponent who has willingly entered this game of wit, skill and luck?
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