Honestly, I'm not a fan of slow rolling, too often I get suckouts because of it, and when I have the nuts, I rarely get paid off. There are certain situations where it makes sense, for example, when I know my opponent bluffs very often and tries to steal the pot, then it is definitely an option. But generally, I don't like it that much.
A slowroll is pretending, you are considering a fold, when you have the nuts AND are closing the action. So per definition its impossible to slowroll and not get paid, since your opponent has already moved all-in. If thats not the case, then you are not closing the action, and then pretending to have a decision is not slowrolling but just deception, which is a completely normal and legitimate part of the game.ms_attack said:
Paraphrasing Harvey Specter: "Poker is not a game of cards, but of people."
I completely agree with him, so there are many types of people, players, who will meet on a good day to play, or on a bad day.
And depending on that specific day, they will act in a certain way. I, personally, tend not to be that kind of person and do everything possible to take all their chips and minimize the time I spend with them. Or it could be the opposite, I get annoyed and they take everything I have, but either way, I don't want to be with them for very long.
I completely agree with him, so there are many types of people, players, who will meet on a good day to play, or on a bad day.
And depending on that specific day, they will act in a certain way. I, personally, tend not to be that kind of person and do everything possible to take all their chips and minimize the time I spend with them. Or it could be the opposite, I get annoyed and they take everything I have, but either way, I don't want to be with them for very long.
This is called stalling and has nothing to do with slowrolling. I guess, it could occationally be both at the same time, if you run down the clock before calling an all-in preflop from a player, who have you covered, to increase your chance of cashing, even if your AA get cracked. But even then most players will understand, that you are trying to get in-the-money rather than let them think, you might fold, and therefore they will not percieve it as a slowroll. If they will be left with a short stack after losing, they might even appreciate, that you also increase their chance of cashing by running down the clock.RhinoRyan89 said:
I think the only reason it makes sense to slow roll is someone who is a) easily tiltable and b) been disrespectful to the table in some way. Otherwise I believe slow rolling someone is bad karma and the poker gods will always have a way to repay bad karma at the table.
It can certainly end up resulting in bad karma and looking pretty silly, if you do it before the river with a hand, that might still get sucked out on. Some might argue, that this is not a slowroll, since Habb "only" had the second nuts. But for sure he was not 3-betting KK with intention to fold them to a 4-bet jam, when he was less than 25BB deep.CRStals said:
So for me this was still a slowroll. And also an angle, since he pretended, he just intended to call, when the action got to him the first time. And I think, everyone other than Habb were happy to see this very ungentleman like behavour punished by the card gods. "Ship it to mamma", as the commentators said 🤣🤣🤣
I don’t think there’s ever a good reason to slow roll someone. Winning the pot is already enough. Making another player sit there thinking they might have won when you already know you’ve got them beat just feels disrespectful and bad for the game. Accidents happen sometimes, but intentional slow rolls just create a bad atmosphere at the table.
Yeah, I think you’d have to be genuinely angry or feel seriously disrespected to intentionally slow roll someone. Most of the time it just creates bad blood at the table for no real reason. A little Hollywood for a second is one thing, but dragging it out on purpose after someone’s all in feels different.
Indeed they are which is why I personally prefer playing online to playing at my local casino even thou it's only about 15-20 mins away and much softer games then online. The older I get the less I wanna deal with drunks, idiots and complete jerkoffs.....even if I am good at and excel at dealing with then 🤣. I'd rather be the easy going 6'4 250lb giant teddy bear over being the big mean(but funny for everyone else) grizzly bear.christovam said:
Cheers!!!
Oh 110% true but no one rarely ever chats anymore. And I have emjios and all that extra garbage turned off. And I haven't been slow-rolled online in years....hell can't even remember the last time but it hasn't been in the last 5 years. Get all the garbage at my local casino every time I go and multi times an hour. Sometimes I'll get lucky and the jerkoffs will just get up and leave soon as sit. I'm popular guy that way I guess 🤣. It's nice when the trash takes itself out.fundiver199 said:
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No. It makes no sense at all.
I mean, sometimes you play a role at certain times, but there's no reason to play a role at that specific moment.
I would make the same face that George Clooney made in Ocean's Twelve or Ocean's Thirteen, when Andy Garcia said: "I'm always ready" (or "I was born ready").
I mean, sometimes you play a role at certain times, but there's no reason to play a role at that specific moment.
I would make the same face that George Clooney made in Ocean's Twelve or Ocean's Thirteen, when Andy Garcia said: "I'm always ready" (or "I was born ready").