Poker Etiquette....?

Lolo K Juik · #1 01-06-2005, 09:40 AM

Hello all. In a recent home game a poker etiquette question arose. Well, really I have the question.

NLHE: I was slow playing a set I made on the flop when a 3 hit the turn. My hole cards were Q,J. When it was my turn to act, I bet, while stating almost under my breath, "Ooh, I have a three"

When it came time to showdown, my opponent saw my cards and said, "You didn't have a 3. That's bad poker etiquette."

My question to you all is..Is that bad poker etiquette? As poker players, isn't it our duty to mislead by our actions and what we say?

I would love to get some folks opinion on this. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

Thanks,

Lolo

unloaded · #2 01-06-2005, 12:14 PM

My Grandpa used to tell me "Don't believe anything you hear and only half of what you see." I use that advice playing cards. If you'd been telling the truth it would be more of a breach of etiquette.
peace.
unloaded

smoore · #3 01-06-2005, 12:54 PM

hahah... it's mean but it's not unethical. And really, EVERYONE still in the hand had a trey.

PokerGoblin · #4 01-06-2005, 02:10 PM

tell your buddy to get bent you're not in the UK, are you?

I host a home game regularly (w/ a few 2+2ers) and we lie to each other all the fekking time haha

Serious we are all good friends but I don't believe a damn thing they tell me (same is true of them as well). I believe what they show me.

Unless you have a stated rule prohibiting talking about your hands at the table during the hand there's nothing wrong with what happened.

PG

lawfive · #5 01-06-2005, 05:32 PM

Just remember it's a home game, and the "relationship" goes beyond the felt here.

MikeyEdge · #6 01-06-2005, 05:41 PM

It would only be bad Poker Eiquette if you accidently knocked over the table because you were laughing so hard from his comment.

OilMan · #7 01-07-2005, 12:14 AM

Unless you have a specific rule banning talking about a hand while in play, I think it's fine.

The only Etiquette violation is your opponent calling you down thinking you had a pair of 3's.

Hedge Henderson · #8 01-07-2005, 05:06 AM

Just a nitpick but, if you had QJ in your hand, how could you have a set?

That said, I have no problem with what you did. We do it all the time in our home game. It's part of the fun. We tell our opponents we have a set when we've got a flush draw, and tell them we've got a flush draw when we've got a set.

I recall one particular NL hand against a friend who is still a little too eager to tell folks how to play. The flop was K95 (suits don't matter). He bet big. I asked him what he had. He said "pocket fives". I told him that's what I had, too.

Turn was another nine. He pushed, I called. He showed K9, I showed KK. I think he honestly believed I had 55 when he pushed. I knew he didn't, or he would have raised big pre-flop. I had no qualms about taking his money, we're still friends, and he's burned me once or twice since.

TenPercenter · #9 01-07-2005, 12:36 PM

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Just a nitpick but, if you had QJ in your hand, how could you have a set?

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QQ or JJ as part of the flop. He didnt say specifically since the turn 3 was the focus of his narration.

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That said, I have no problem with what you did. We do it all the time in our home game. It's part of the fun. We tell our opponents we have a set when we've got a flush draw, and tell them we've got a flush draw when we've got a set.

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I'll get "goofy" at some points especially when I'm winning. I'll make it seem like I can do NO wrong with my hands. I'll show down a couple of nut hands, unlikely straights or whatever. Then I'll start saying stuff like "glad I raised with 72 offsuit" when a deuce and a seven flop, and turn over 72o because I'll know they think I was lying. Or some turn card comes (ANY card) and I'll say Oh no! Not a King! Anything but a King! ... and I'll be grinning at them. They'll call me down at the river and I'll flip over KK. Then I'll keep doing the same things without having the hands but they won't call me. This won't be "lying" but it'll be deceiptful, and it's fun.

Ten

Onaflag · #10 01-07-2005, 01:17 PM

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Just a nitpick but, if you had QJ in your hand, how could you have a set?

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QQ or JJ as part of the flop. He didnt say specifically since the turn 3 was the focus of his narration.

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I don't mean to nitpick either, but that would be trips, not a set.

Onaflag........