Busting your friends?

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is there something wrong with his money? does it not spend as easily as other money? I would bust family, friends, dead relatives, girlfriends whoever. If i'm playing poker i'm playing to win

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The thing is... when we play in Vegas it is more of a social event. Drink bear, watch NE loose to San Diego, et. al.

If we play heads up we make a lot of move against eachother and it looks odd to the table... usually gives the other players a bad vibe and scares off the Donkeys.

He didn't fold his KK face up... he just cursed his bad luck with AK and we moved on.

P.S. I'm so sick of the "i'd bust my grandmother line"

If you really would bust your grandmother in a game of poker either A) she better be super wealthly and/or B) your parents did a great job raising you.

[bernie]

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If we play heads up we make a lot of move against eachother and it looks odd to the table... usually gives the other players a bad vibe and scares off the Donkeys

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I've rarely seen this to be the case in reality. But I guess it sounds good when you say it.

b

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If we play heads up we make a lot of move against eachother and it looks odd to the table... usually gives the other players a bad vibe and scares off the Donkeys

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I've rarely seen this to be the case in reality. But I guess it sounds good when you say it.

b

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The problem becomes this... we know eachothers play so well... we would end up calling eachother down on the river with middle pair, A high, ect... and other players feel we are cheating and/or much better player than we actually are.

[HoldemPokerPlyr]

When you're are in a game you have to be able to bust anyone. I don't care if your girlfriend is Pamela Anderson. If you want to play poker, you have to be able to bust anyone at the table without feeling bad for them.

-HoldemPokerPlyr

[Maksymilian]

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When you're are in a game you have to be able to bust anyone. I don't care if your girlfriend is Pamela Anderson. If you want to play poker, you have to be able to bust anyone at the table without feeling bad for them.

-HoldemPokerPlyr

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all this talk about "busting" , it was only a matter of time before pamela anderson entered the conversation

I see a lot of negative comments about soft playing your friend. However,
I do think two strong players can ruin a good passive table by playing too strong against eachother. Weaker players can be scared off by too much aggression. Also, I believe you accelerate the learning curve of weak passives this way.

[bernie]

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If we play heads up we make a lot of move against eachother and it looks odd to the table... usually gives the other players a bad vibe and scares off the Donkeys

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I've rarely seen this to be the case in reality. But I guess it sounds good when you say it.

b

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The problem becomes this... we know eachothers play so well... we would end up calling eachother down on the river with middle pair, A high, ect... and other players feel we are cheating and/or much better player than we actually are.

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Lame. Again, I've rarely ever seen this effect in a game to even consider it. But still, it sounds good.

First, you're giving others too much credit for actually watching your game and how you play.

2nd. The thing that would tip them off is if you got it HU (primarily postflop) and checked it down with less than stellar hands. Betting into eachother HU doesn't make them paranoid it shows that you will play hard against everyone.

3rd. You are cheating by signalling your buddy to fold. How do you think that will go over if someone catches your little 'eye wave'?

4th. No winning player that I know that plays worth a crap thinks they have enough of an edge in a game that they can fore-go bets to a bud during a hand. Unless, of course, there is a reason you can fore-go those bets...

And that reason isn't to keep a game loose.

b

I think Bernie just likes to argue... but I agree with a lot of what you're saying.

[bernie]

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I think Bernie just likes to argue... but I agree with a lot of what you're saying.

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Not arguing at all. I just think it's BS.

Not dressing it up all pretty to make it seem like it's something other than what it is.

b

fair enough...

P.S. If there were other people jockeying for the pot... I take everyones money...

But heads up I let him slide for $500.00

I play with 10-15 guys every Wednesday and consider most of them to be pretty good friends of mine. I can honestly say that there is nothing that I would rather do than beat my good friends. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]