broke a rule at the table

[tripdad]

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In most places it is forbidden.

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not true. softplaying to a casino is mucking the winner, then showing your cards(big no-no). checking down is perfectly acceptable everywhere i've ever played. i'm always at the table with my wife, so we do this somewhat regularly. it saves rake, and the dealer, nor the casino are bothered when you do it.

cheers!

[C LO]

You made the right move. When you sit down at the poker table have no mercy on anybody, EVER. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[bunky9590]

I play poker with a lot of people, I play poker with friends. If one of them ever soft played me and checked it down, we wouldn't be friendly long. If we're there to play, Damnit, PLAY!.

I'd checkraise my mother all in if she was at the table with me, I'd tell her I love her after it was over, but if she's brave enough to sit at my table, her money is in play.

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[Sponger15SB]

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i'm always at the table with my wife, so we do this somewhat regularly. it saves rake, and the dealer, nor the casino are bothered when you do it.


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why would you do it with your wife? afraid one of you might go broke or something?

it doesn't save anything in rake in the casinos that i've been to, where they take money out right when it gets to the flop.

also, the dealers are there to deal the damn cards, not get angry when you are your wife decide to play poker instead of checking it down like lil wussies.

[Sponger15SB]

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I play poker with a lot of people, I play poker with friends. If one of them ever soft played me and checked it down, we wouldn't be friendly long. If we're there to play, Damnit, PLAY!.

I'd checkraise my mother all in if she was at the table with me, I'd tell her I love her after it was over, but if she's brave enough to sit at my table, her money is in play.

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Thank god somebody speaks up.

I wouldn't check raise my mom, but I'd certainly wait till the turn and raise her.

I once saw a mr WPT wannabe check raise an old granny rock 3 streets in a row only to lose to the nuts...WHAT A [censored]! I almost had to leave the table because I couldn't control my laughter.

[bunky9590]

Exactly my friend. Precisely why my wife won't play against me in a casino.

She has beaten me the last 3 times we played NL HU though.
Doing the dishes for a week really sux. Worse than losing money.

[GuyOnTilt]

Hey Rick,

...but it would help if most of us could agree that [softplaying] is in fact wrong and bad for poker.

I disagree with this mentality in general. I have absolutely no objections if players in my game want to start being friendly in this regard, e.g. checking the river through headsup when they know they have their opponent beat, telling their opponent they have a very strong hand allowing them to fold earlier than they otherwise would have, etc. You'll never catch me giving these types of courtesies, but I don't see how this isn't beneficial to me, as they will sometimes extend me the same courtesies, much less how it could be harmful. Occasionally a hand will play out such that my opponent might be inclined to think that I had softplayed them as a friendly gesture. In these situations, I'll make a comment to the affirmative, confirming their suspicions, which will often buy me a bet or three throughout the rest of my session. Is this unethical? I would contest not.

In the same line of thinking, do you also look down on practices such as "one back" or tossing your opponent back a bet after you drag a pot off them?

GoT

[Trainwreck]

No friends at the table, his money is as good as anyone elses?

It seems unusual that the other players said a word, let alone preaching at you 2.

>TW<

[Easy E]

A lot of what you wrote seemed contradictory, but THIS part:

<font color="blue">other folks at the table said that you typically check down when headsup in a pot with your friend, since you're not there to take each others money. </font>

At the poker table, I'm there to take everyone's money. Friendship has nothing to do with it- I'm not soft-playing anyone just because I know them.

[SCfuji]

buy your friend a beer and tell him to reload so you can take more of his money. no friends at the table. that is just absurd. either play normal or play at different tables, because having friends in your pots decreases your ability to make money immensely.