Poker is a complicated and complex game. When you win big and your stack get big you need to re calibrate for deep stack play. If you dont know how to do that you should get up from the table. Hence it may look like a hit and run but it is just protecting your intrests.
I do not care as long as I get his chips in the end .. he can do this all his life I'm going to be very happy .. But you need to be careful sometimes he does this to change his reading on the table ... and when he goes to the end he can extract lots of your chips.
I have done it on occasion, to measure the hand of the opponents, or simply to make a blof. I do not consider it to be a bad practice because until now it has worked for me and I managed to get it right with mine despite not linking anything.😎😎
If I sit down to play, then I play for several hours and if during this period I win and then I stop playing the card, I’m out of the game, but there are players who play one or two hands, they win and leave, and such players annoy me, I’m I do not want to play with such players and press the button to be out for 5 minutes while they are playing!
Well, I think that hit and run is bad for the game because of several reasons: it breaks a good game, ruin your image if you are a regular at that stakes, people don't give you action anymore, you miss your chances to win more money. So the next time you play poker, don't hit and run, and play until the end.
Lol, what your talking about is often referred to as 'ratholing'. I occasionally do it if i'm taking a shot at bigger stakes than I normally play. Or sometimes I just don't feel like playing for very long so in that case i'll rathole after a quick double-up. If it's online poker then who cares, do it whenever you please. In a live game it's generally looked at as somewhat rude but hey, it's your money so you can do as you please with it 😀.
Keep in mind though, if you want to come back to that same game then you'll have to bring the exact amount of chips that you left with until a certain amount of times passes(usually a few hours.).
Keep in mind though, if you want to come back to that same game then you'll have to bring the exact amount of chips that you left with until a certain amount of times passes(usually a few hours.).
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Yes, I too know this as a "rat-hole"
I think where it becomes unethical is when you sit down, win a big pot or double up and leave really fast only to go sit at another table right away and keep doing it over and over again. If you sit down, double up fast and then leave to play a mtt or to take a break from playing, that's probably fine. Of course some might say they see no problem with doing it over and over, but that's probably because they do it a lot themselves.
I think where it becomes unethical is when you sit down, win a big pot or double up and leave really fast only to go sit at another table right away and keep doing it over and over again. If you sit down, double up fast and then leave to play a mtt or to take a break from playing, that's probably fine. Of course some might say they see no problem with doing it over and over, but that's probably because they do it a lot themselves.