Was I too nice ?

[fishman]

Last night 5-10 full kill live game.

I've been beating this game very regularly and was up several hundred at the time. This hand was a kill hand. I had the absolute nuts at the river against a somewhat weak player who I had been politely small talking with for a couple hours. Since we were heads up, there was unlimited raising. We went back and forth re raising at the river and I got the feeling at some point that we weren't going to split and that this guy was throwing money at second best. I actually started feeling a bit sorry for the guy and just prior to re raising for about the 5th or 6th time, I said "I have the nuts" and put in another raise. The guy finally just called and I took a monster pot.

Should I have continued to pound this guy knowing I'll be going to this casino quite often ? Does anyone else back off ? I felt he was straining to keep raising and thought he'd just call in another raise or 2 anyway.

[jacki]

I would only let up if you regularly play against him and he's a bad player.
Otherwise, you're leaving money on the table.

[bwana devil]

Ah, I probably would have done the same thing. You've built a huge pot and are getting lots of money off of it and you're having a good time. why drag the last dime out of the guy and kill the good time at the table?

If your one and only objective for being there was to make a killing then you I guess you should have kept raising. But if part of you likes the social aspects of the game, there was nothing wrong with what you did.

Yes, Ed Miller would tell me the pot can never be too big. And from a mathmatical perspective he's right. Factor in the human element and make your decision.

[random]

I like it.

[RydenStoompala]

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thought he'd just call in another raise or 2 anyway

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No harm done. Good play.

[onegymrat]

This is a great question, but the answer is pretty simple, it's just hard to admit to it. If you feel that you will lose profit in the future by NOT being nice to him (he confiding in you about how and what he plays, showing you his cards voluntarily, etc) then by all means call and show him the nuts. Keep in mind though poker shouldn't be personal, it's simply a game kept score by money, and we're all there to have the best score. Also, HE was still raising back at you. If you didn't take his chips, he would have taken yours.

[sonny black]

shear the sheep, never skin them

[random]

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Also, HE was still raising back at you. If you didn't take his chips, he would have taken yours.

[/ QUOTE ] True.

[willie]

crush the douche for every last dime....gimme a break!

there was a hand up at seneca niagra i heard about, with unlimited raising

sucker had the ace high flush, up against the straight flush.

i believe the game was 2-4 and the river reraising built the pot to about 900 dollars before the guy with the ace finally called.....


if it's not a friendly home game then i'm not goin easy here.


he's lookin to take all those chips from you, so why not return the favor.

[exist]

i would never stop raising.