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Message: [QUOTE="OzExorcist, post: 1950114, member: 23910"] Barry Greenstein actually put forward an interesting perspective on this in his book - he suggested that sometimes, even if it's something you wouldn't normally do, it's a good thing to participate in those kind of bets in the interest of keeping the loose / loosing players at the table. If you show through participation in their side or prop bets that you're willing to gamble with them, then there's a good chance they're more likely to be willing to play with you and pay you off during real hands. Obviously you don't want to be taking wildly -EV bets on that basis but if it's something that's pretty harmless (like 0EV bets on the predominant colour of the flop, or a small bounty on the seven-deuce game, which can actually work in the favour of tight players) then it might be worth reconsidering. [/QUOTE]