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Team Play at The Home Internationals
AMRN:
I guess this is the annual thread to discuss the merits of team poker - it generally appears on the forum at least once a year.
Soft play, chip dumping, etc, are all part of this strange team game concept - team poker is about carrying as many players as deep as possible. There"s no point getting upset when it happens, or debating it"s legality or the morality of it... rather we should all accept it, embrace it, and learn to do it better than the other teams.
What really frustrates me though is when a player open raises, his shortstacked team mate shoves, and the opening player then timebanks before folding to try and make it look like there"s a decision to be made..... everyone knows what"s happening, there"s no need to try and disguise it.
Sugar_Free:
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--- Quote from: Swinebag22 on November 18, 2012, 22:37:49 PM ---
Poker is not really a team game IMO
So when a team format is introduced then certain rules that are strictly enforced in normal games should be "relaxed"
I think collusion pretty much goes on anyway and as long as it isn"t discussed at the table during a hand then it"s fine.
Typical examples are the example JP gave, plus also raising to fold to a team mates 3 bet no matter the cards/odds. These may not look good, but that"s team poker IMO
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We had this in the online team comp., and as I"ve mentioned previously, it bought the game into disrepute IMHO.
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Totally different though Rich, there is a large individual element to the National League the Home Nations is entirely a team game. There is no personal advantage to knocking out a team mate. I think soft play within the teams should be fine.
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Rich is talking about the online cup, not the league, where there was no individual element, it was all team. He"s got the situation slightly wrong in the positionings (it was big stacks on button and SB, small stack BB so his team had no chance to interject on the "action") but the situation did arise when his team did just that - BB was short stack, UTG and UTG +1 both limped (same team) presumably to fold on BB shove. Knowing they were limping light I made a big raise and took down the blinds and the limps. What I"m saying is if you know what"s happening you can take advantage, providing the seat positions are in your favour.
AMRN:
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..........What I"m saying is if you know what"s happening you can take advantage......
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Spot on
fandango:
--- Quote from: AMRN on November 19, 2012, 11:27:44 AM ---
--- Quote from: Sugar_Free on November 19, 2012, 11:12:28 AM ---
..........What I"m saying is if you know what"s happening you can take advantage......
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Spot on
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Sigh.. There goes my move!!.. 100% correct Matt
Curlarge:
--- Quote from: Sugar_Free on November 19, 2012, 11:12:28 AM ---
--- Quote from: AAroddersAA on November 19, 2012, 00:43:58 AM ---
--- Quote from: Curlarge on November 18, 2012, 23:39:28 PM ---
--- Quote from: Swinebag22 on November 18, 2012, 22:37:49 PM ---
Poker is not really a team game IMO
So when a team format is introduced then certain rules that are strictly enforced in normal games should be "relaxed"
I think collusion pretty much goes on anyway and as long as it isn"t discussed at the table during a hand then it"s fine.
Typical examples are the example JP gave, plus also raising to fold to a team mates 3 bet no matter the cards/odds. These may not look good, but that"s team poker IMO
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We had this in the online team comp., and as I"ve mentioned previously, it bought the game into disrepute IMHO.
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Totally different though Rich, there is a large individual element to the National League the Home Nations is entirely a team game. There is no personal advantage to knocking out a team mate. I think soft play within the teams should be fine.
--- End quote ---
Rich is talking about the online cup, not the league, where there was no individual element, it was all team. He"s got the situation slightly wrong in the positionings (it was big stacks on button and SB, small stack BB so his team had no chance to interject on the "action") but the situation did arise when his team did just that - BB was short stack, UTG and UTG +1 both limped (same team) presumably to fold on BB shove. Knowing they were limping light I made a big raise and took down the blinds and the limps. What I"m saying is if you know what"s happening you can take advantage, providing the seat positions are in your favour.
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Matt is quite correct and we obv., had too do the same thing, but hated doing so. Just have to accept this as part of the game and enjoy it. The bar is always open ;D
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