Friends @ a Poker table???

@Misteral I agree....I truly wish I never did it in the first place. Im a man and admit I did wrong too for agreeing I would never say it was all him. At the time I was thinking fast and not logic. It's unfair in so many ways and I can't live with myself if I continue you disrespect the game in anyway.

Friends @ a Poker table is difficult.

cdidit622 said:

A friend of my introduce me to a new crowd of players. When I first played with this crowd I was winning big on a regular. At some games it would seem like my friend and I was the only ones with money after a while and we notice that we were just killing each other. So we developed a system not to bet eachother. Well the system is not working because it requires me to fold If he leads the bet and no one calls, or to check it down if we are the only ones in a hand. My betting style has change so much since this system and honestly I feel just this way of playing takes away from my ability to think properly. I have been a firm believer that there are no friends at the table , so how do I let my friend know I don't want to do this style anymore without upsetting a friendship???

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I understand where you are coming from. I have a bit of the same problem and really don't like playing against close friends that have been so helpful in teaching me the ins/outs of the game. We have done it, but no plan on how. Simply play your own game and they should play theirs. Very tough. We are aware of the situation and now we simply play our own game. Much more relaxing when you don't have to worry about friendships. If you lose, you lose. If you win, you win. Move on I say.

philthy said:

The next time he bets into you, 3-bet shove back. He'll get the idea.

...Other than this, treat him like another player at the table.

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I like this approach. He will sit up in his chair and take note. It will slow him down.

You guys have told me enough to let me know that this style of poker shouldnt be allowed . sO I will talk with him and if he doenst understand why Ill just say what all you guys have told me.

cdidit622 said:

You guys have told me enough to let me know that this style of poker shouldnt be allowed . sO I will talk with him and if he doenst understand why Ill just say what all you guys have told me.

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I know you have the idea by now CD, but if he doesn't understand why, (and I hate to sound like an afterschool special/Waltons/Little House on the Prairie), just ask he how he'd feel if the entire table were friends like you guys and decided in advance to do the same to you guys. Pretty simple if you ask me....

On the felt it is war

it does'nt matter if its virtual felt on sites like FTP and stars or real felt in a casino or even at a homegame

there is only one winner in poker and the rest have to lose

personally i enjoy busting friends/family over busting unknown russians online but hey that might just be me

inti

Its cheating and if i was any of the other players at your home game and knew bout it A) I wouldnt play BUT B) Id kick your ass and wouldnt play with you again. So do you wnat keep your friends or do you just wnat cheat people? I play against my brother on pokerstars. Ill look him p and if hes at a table ill go sit down and play. We have a good game and pokerstars know us as have had people report us due to being in same city etc but they know we dont collude as the hand evidence suggests we dont. Especially when hes going all in and so am i heads up lol. Should be playing poker not cheating

playing in pairs?

So what your saying is that the two of you are cheaters!!! It is what it is!!! Quit trying to cheat----problem solved. If others find out your playing them--you may find yourself with a black eye if your lucky!!!

Never meant to be a cheater, too much love for the game.

You are all right this is cheating and should have nevre been though of. I see the remarks that Im lucky that Im not beat up, black eye and etc. Well there is a number of reasons none of the actions have taken place. If you met me you would quickly find out Im highly respectful of the game and all it took was one person to say that they felt it was unfair and I would have stopped instantly, another reason is which I beleive is the main reason and I didnt find this out until recently. I believed my friend got this from others. I notice a number of players doing it as If it was cool. I posted this forum because I knew it was wrong, I did not see any positive form it and It just didnt feel right. I deeply apologize to anyone who thinks that I have disrespect the game and can promise you I am not one of many mistakes nor do I have a habit of repeating fraud activity.

I did this for a little while with my friend at home games. I realized that it was pointless and that we are playing a game. So i just straight up told him, i want to know who is the better poker player between the two of us. So let's play real poker. Then it came down to us showing down alot, and it was actually funner because then bragging rights came in to play.

sit in front of him and shove on his big blind, he should get the message

I have a friend that I plan on playing in a live game with. We have no intentions of cheating in that we will help each other at the table but we have already agreed that i either one is respsonsible for taking the other one out of the game that we will square it away after the game is over between ourselves.

I don't see this as cheating i see it as not taking my friends money from him.

This is much different than what you guys have been talking about but i wanted to know what your thoughts were on my situation.

kmixer said:

I have a friend that I plan on playing in a live game with. We have no intentions of cheating in that we will help each other at the table but we have already agreed that i either one is respsonsible for taking the other one out of the game that we will square it away after the game is over between ourselves.

I don't see this as cheating i see it as not taking my friends money from him.

This is much different than what you guys have been talking about but i wanted to know what your thoughts were on my situation.

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I think that's fine and perfectly acceptable, so long as you and your friend are playing it straight at the tables. What you do after is your business.

Winnings really should be spent on booze & wild women, but as stated above, it's your money.

Too right, Kenzie 96......and don't forget the weed. lol