NL Headsup etiquette

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I sat down at a Headsup $20/$40 Pot Limit table with $4000. A regular joined with $1k, lost it, he then brought $2k, lost it, then brought $4k and lost it too. He then sat down with another $5k and I told him that I'm going to sleep as it was 3am. He got angry.

Question: Is it good headsup etiquette to agree beforehand what amounts will be played for or unneccesary?

[jzpiano14]

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I sat down at a Headsup $20/$40 Pot Limit table with $4000. A regular joined with $1k, lost it, he then brought $2k, lost it, then brought $4k and lost it too. He then sat down with another $5k and I told him that I'm going to sleep as it was 3am. He got angry.

Question: Is it good headsup etiquette to agree beforehand what amounts will be played for or unneccesary?

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Why would u stop playing there?? U must not like $$$ but seriously... Maybe live have some sort of agreement, but online who cares.

All's fair in love and war.

[flawless_victory]

no reason you should be forced to play some ridiculous marathon session... as a general rule, you hang out for a reasonable amount of time when you are killing somebody, but tis not as if he was even in very deep... so i dont think you were out of line at all...

BTW/ it looks like he is probably tilting to chase down his $$ like this so you prob shouldve drank some coffee, washed your face and tried to stay sharp and keep playing against this guy... hes clearly pissed. i find a huge part of winning HU play consists of tilting your opponent w/ aggro play and then taking advantage... once you get em tilting bad, dont quit!

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BTW/ it looks like he is probably tilting to chase down his $$ like this so you prob shouldve drank some coffee, washed your face and tried to stay sharp and keep playing against this guy

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Now THAT'S etiquette.

[Poldi]

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BTW/ it looks like he is probably tilting to chase down his $$ like this so you prob shouldve drank some coffee, washed your face and tried to stay sharp and keep playing against this guy

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Now THAT'S etiquette.

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It´s the right attitude to make $$ in this game [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] And in the end thats pretty much the only thing that matters here.. at least for many of us.

[kiddo]

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It´s the right attitude to make $$ in this game And in the end thats pretty much the only thing that matters here.. at least for many of us.

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I dont think this is true. Who wants to win because the other guy isnt in control of himself and therefore gives away a lot of cash?

Personally I dont at all like when people tilt. Makes me think of all those people that cant control their gambling. People who we win a lot from.

A guy thinking its good someone tilt because then this guy dont know what he is doing with his money, well, he aint a friend of mine.

[pshabi]

Stupidest post ever.

Start a bridge club. Or better yet, find and join one that is already formed. You'll have lots of friends.

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It´s the right attitude to make $$ in this game And in the end thats pretty much the only thing that matters here.. at least for many of us.

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I dont think this is true. Who wants to win because the other guy isnt in control of himself and therefore gives away a lot of cash?

Personally I dont at all like when people tilt. Makes me think of all those people that cant control their gambling. People who we win a lot from.

A guy thinking its good someone tilt because then this guy dont know what he is doing with his money, well, he aint a friend of mine.

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[cookie]

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It´s the right attitude to make $$ in this game And in the end thats pretty much the only thing that matters here.. at least for many of us.

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I dont think this is true. Who wants to win because the other guy isnt in control of himself and therefore gives away a lot of cash?

Personally I dont at all like when people tilt. Makes me think of all those people that cant control their gambling. People who we win a lot from.

A guy thinking its good someone tilt because then this guy dont know what he is doing with his money, well, he aint a friend of mine.

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Are u serious here?
How about playing against 80/5/0,5, it is his style, we both know he will be losing money, dont u play against them either. He is not tilting, he is just plain bad at poker.

[Alex/Mugaaz]

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It´s the right attitude to make $$ in this game And in the end thats pretty much the only thing that matters here.. at least for many of us.

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I dont think this is true. Who wants to win because the other guy isnt in control of himself and therefore gives away a lot of cash?

Personally I dont at all like when people tilt. Makes me think of all those people that cant control their gambling. People who we win a lot from.

A guy thinking its good someone tilt because then this guy dont know what he is doing with his money, well, he aint a friend of mine.

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I think this opinion isn't valid for poker, but even if it was there is no way you can hold it and play online regularly. Why do you think people are maniacs and call when clearly beaten, hoping to get lucky and get the pot? They're not thinking, and it's more then just playing bad. Lot's of people play bad, but people intentionally playing bad is a different matter. When some maniac is raising every hand preflop and on every street, he isn't tyring some new strategy or trying to outhink you. He's pissed or has some emotional reason to act like an idiot. There is no way to play online poker ethically if you find it wrong to compete against unstable people. As games get much tougher the ability to not tilt when losing is the only difference between who is a winner and loser in the game. Mental fortitude is as much a part of poker as betting your hand correctly.

Poker is about playing people worse than yourself. I don't see any reason to make one category of bad play unethical.

Sometimes I'll refuse to play someone who is playing bad if the money he is losing deprives his family, but it's not out of any sort of care for him, it's for the people not involved in the game who don't want to be playing. If a person chooses to sit down and play it's his gamble.