Headsup etiquette question

[Argus]

I was playing headsup against a guy and every time he won a decent pot off me, or a few blinds in a row he'd sit out and buy back in for 5BB. I didn't think this was very polite, am I wrong?

Secondarily, does it put me at an advantage or disadvantage while playing?

[brettbrettr]

were you playing NL? If not would he buy back in if he'd lost?

[JKDStudent]

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I was playing headsup against a guy and every time he won a decent pot off me, or a few blinds in a row he'd sit out and buy back in for 5BB. I didn't think this was very polite, am I wrong?

Secondarily, does it put me at an advantage or disadvantage while playing?

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As far as I'm aware, this is not permitted in any casino. Chips on the table must stay on the table. You can't just "sit out" and then only put part of your stack back.

And it's a disadvantage to you. He can go all-in early in the hand, making up for poor play and cutting your implied odds to nothing.

*Edit* Was this live or online? I can't think of any sites that allow this either. Regardless, it's beyond "impolite". That's moving right into illegal and not allowed.

[benfranklin]

Limit or NL? If NL, did he usually fold or go all-in?

Wherever you were playing, if one person is there and another sits down, who gets the button?

[EStreet20]

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I can't think of any sites that allow this either.

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I know Pokerroom used to, I first started playing there years ago but now haven't played there in a long time but I remember a guy once who would sit out after winning a pot and come back with his original buyin at NL tables there, it pissed me off.


I'll never forget the first time I saw some prick try to do it live. I was at the Taj. It was 1-2 NL and he was doing well despite being nothing more than a lucky donk. He tried to give his tool friend (who was also ordering drinks for him and [censored] and apparently thought his buddy was God's gift to poker) a rack to run to the cage and we all told him he couldn't then a floor person set him straight when he tried to argue. Funny part was three hands later I doubled up off him (He was up huge, it's a 300 dollar max buy-in and he had somewhere over 1500) then the very next hand he went all in with the low end of a straight into this guy who had around 2 grand (these guys must have been playing for hours) and busted out completely. It was so shocking seeing someone blow a 5+ buyin stack in two hands but since he was a cocky prick I just started cracking up.

Oh well, I know that wasn't helpful at all to this thread but a good story nonetheless.

Now to answer your question, yes it's extremely impolite and illegal at any live game I've ever been at and I don't know if that site has fixed it yet but I don't know of any other sites that allow it.

Take care,
Matt

[Argus]

Yes, this was at Pokerroom. It was a limit game and they do allow it. I told the guy I thought it was impolite and he told me that it was poker and he didn't care what I thought. So I stopped playing. I was just wondering if it was the sort of thing I should be willing to put up with; it didn't seem very fair to me.

[geormiet]

I could be wrong, but i think it is unethical and puts you at a disadvantage.

[Nigel]

It's annoying, but how does it put him at a disadvantage?

[cobalt]

How is this different from someone winning a pot, getting up from the table completely and then sitting down again with a different amount of chips?

As far as I know, you can do that on any poker site as long as there is a seat.

Annoying? Yes. Rude? Yes. Wrong/illegal? In live play yes, but online is a different beast.

[EStreet20]

What a douche, if it's a limit game I'd sit out but keep the seat se he has no choice but to leave, then you can play the next "victim" heads up.