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02-08-2005, 10:32 PM
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Situation - When someone has to leave
Ok so there were 4 left in a home game tournament that i hosted tonight. A friend of mine who was either chip lead or 2nd in chips had something come up where he had to leave the game (and probably wasn't returning). No one was really sure what to do. At first i just said well if he has to leave he leaves and his chips stay and he gets blinded out. However, two of my friends were still at my house and the guy who had to leave asked one of them if they wanted to play and split whatever they ended up winning. At first i rejected the idea but the guy he wanted to play for him was pretty awful and i finally gave in. Well as im sure you'd expect, the awful guy ended up sucking out his way to victory. Was this the correct call? If not what should of been done? When i think about it, he had to leave and it's his own fault so his chips stay and he gets blinded out. Top two in this tournament paid btw. Thanks in advance.
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#3
02-08-2005, 10:38 PM
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Re: Situation - When someone has to leave
As a total guess, I'd say you let his stack get blinded off, simple as that. But what do you do when it gets to heads-up? It's over.
In order to put the onus (sp?) on him, tell him that if he comes back within an hour after it gets to heads-up he can play what's left. After that, it's conceded to the other guy that was heads-up with him. Ten
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02-09-2005, 12:06 AM
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Re: Situation - When someone has to leave
Hey, if it was something SERIOUS enuff to pull him away from POKER, especially when he was winning, he shouldn't even be concerned about what happens to his chips or money. And if it , well, wasn't serious enuff to leave poker game ( ie. no one was dying ) no sympathy. Kinda like the old Salem witch trials, ya know. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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02-09-2005, 04:32 AM
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Re: Situation - When someone has to leave
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if it is just a low level thing pretty much for fun, then I would let his friend play. [/ QUOTE ]I agree. Do you think his buddy's a ringer? If you're playing the game for fun, it certainly seems more fun to let the buddy play. -Sam
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#7
02-09-2005, 09:37 AM
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Re: Situation - When someone has to leave
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How serious is this home game? If it is serious, he gets blinded, if it is just a low level thing pretty much for fun, then I would let his friend play. [/ QUOTE ] Well by no means is it WPT/WSOP "serious" but the prize money is large enough that everyone definitely cares about winning. Keep in mind that this was a very good friend of mine and he was giving his chips to someone who is so bad that it sometimes makes him good.
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#9
02-09-2005, 08:19 PM
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Re: Situation - When someone has to leave
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[ QUOTE ] he was giving his chips to someone who is so bad that it sometimes makes him good. [/ QUOTE ] an oxymoron...No such person exists... -Gryph [/ QUOTE ] he is so bad that its almost impossible to read him. and he is so bad that he chases and ends up hitting sh*t and busting people on pure luck. what i meant was, giving him more chips than anyone else 4 handed is a disaster, as he is so reckless theres not much skill involved at that point.
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#10
02-09-2005, 08:24 PM
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Re: Situation - When someone has to leave
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he was giving his chips to someone who is so bad that it sometimes makes him good. [/ QUOTE ] Forgive me, but I don't buy this either. Also, it sounds like you got a good deal in that the chips of the biggest or second-biggest stack were handed from a good player to a bad player -- what's the problem, really? OK, so it didn't work out, but that's being results-oriented. I'm sure that if this was a formal, serious tournament, e.g., in a casino, then you're absolutely right that the guy should be blinded out if he leaves. But are you guys that serious with each other? At my home game, if we were playing a tournament, I'd be open to someone taking over another person's stack if a genuine emergency took the first person away. I mean, these are your friends, right?
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