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Old 07-16-2007, 07:50 AM
ardonie56
 
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Default If a table is playing really friendly, is it bad etiquette to shove all?

I was playing about a month ago, the table was playing really friendly poker, no one was jamming a bunch of chips into the middle. On this particular hand, I wake up with pocket Kings, I raise 3x bb to $1.50. BB calls. The flop comes 4s 10c Kc. I bet the pot ($3) and BB comes over the top for $6. He's been playing pretty tight, so I put him on AK. I shove all in for the rest of my chips ($74). He has me covered and calls and turns over Ks 4h. The turn and river are blanks, and I take down the pot.
Was that bad etiquette to go after his stack? I play because it's fun, but also to make some money - like everyone else I imagine. The guy was really cool about the beat, said "that's poker" and that he put me on Aces. Anyway, I'd appreciate your thoughts.

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Old 07-17-2007, 05:07 AM
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I don't care how friendly the game, if you are going to play any poker ', game like No Limit Texas Hold'em you have to play properly, i.e. to win. To learn more about "friendly" strategy see some online sites like Poker Speel In this case you shoved all in, he CHOSE to call you, he could have folded. If you did have access and his two pair was best, do you think he would have chopped the pot with you just to be nice? Of course not. You have to play to win, or you might just as well not play for real money at all.Frankly, he should not have called a raise with such a junk hand. He was vulnerable to pocket kings, tens or fours. He was also vulnerable to a flush draw or a straight draw, or even king ten. There were so many hands that could have him in trouble, it is questionable to call off $74 to win the comparatively small amount that was in the pot.In any case, good hand. You should not feel bad about this kind of thing, if you do you should just pick a less competitive game.

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Old 07-20-2007, 11:31 AM
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if everyone played 'nice nice' poker would be a very boring game. you're not there to make friends, you're there to have fun and make money, that's why you play. No its not bad etiquette to move all in here.If people want to play nice they can play the limit tables. No limit is a ruthless game!
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Old 09-17-2007, 01:00 PM
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well played,friendly poker yeah right lol.Play to win i say. No reason not to be friendly and raise.
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Old 12-22-2007, 02:24 PM
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Default Totally ok

Even though your hand was quite nutty you still could have lost your stack. That's poker. For nice people I suggest a tickling contest or the like.

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Old 12-23-2007, 07:05 PM
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Default Who here would call?

Who here would call a 3 x Bb raise with K4 as their pocket cards?? Not me.. So in my opinion.....Good hand and silly him for calling with junk.
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