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Message: [QUOTE="pokerjack43, post: 2072789, member: 89814"] soft play can encompass many things. choosing not to bet a clearly strong hand is one of them. Choosing not to call an all in from a 1/2 bb short stack would be another. basically you are supposed to knock players out of tournaments and try to get their chips. Not betting the nut hand would be opposite of this. (soft play is also not a rule, its an etiquette violation.) Its hard to prove tho, in this example he could easily say I didn't think he would call so I didn't bet. Or i wanted to see his hand if I bet then I wouldn't get the chance. Both would be valid reasons i suppose. But not betting the nuts looks suspicious so you'd better be sure you can convince everyone else that you weren't going easy on him. [/QUOTE]