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Was this bad play?

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Mikeyboy9361:
Hi, I agree with NP, and I would never have been in that pot , but once you were, I thought you played it pretty well and aggressively, I certainly wouldn"t have been feeling bad if I were you. As for the abuse, just learn to laugh at it, thats what i do and if possible I like to take the mick out of the abuser. I think it"s really funny that it is always the loser doing the abusing, and telling the winner that they"re a Fish or a Donkey!

Preedmaster:
To be honest there is no right or wrong way to play the cards and its up to you what cards you decide to play. I"m a big fan of mixing it up a bit and have been playing for a little over 2 years now. There are loads of people out there who cannot handle losing full stop and this has nothing to do with poker! Its like life, you meet nice people and not so nice people. Don"t let it get to you and continue to learn the game, remember he had the problem not you. Good luck for the future.

Jon MW:

--- Quote from: Mikeyboy9361 on December 28, 2007, 10:01:03 AM ---
Hi, I agree with NP, and I would never have been in that pot , but once you were, I thought you played it pretty well ...

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I"d agree - especially if you stuck to your principle that you would have folded if he had fought back (it"s very tempting to assume that they"re trying to outbluff you and change a plan like that half way through the hand - don"t do it, believe me it"s an expensive type of mistake :) ).

As has been suggested their is a strong argument to stay out of the pot (any pot) once the other big stack has joined the hand. If you have position on him and you have a good hand then it might be worth trying to take some chips off him - but you have to remember that the other big stacks are the only ones who can really hurt you (or knock you out).

Missing out on a few pots that they contest is worth staying in for longer - that way you have the opportunity to pick up the good cards in position which will win you pots you won"t have the chance to win if you"ve already tangled and lossed with the big stack.

Mr Tubbs:
This is not bad play with 160 players left it is good play to accumulate chips to go and win the tournament.Now if there was 20 players left i would play the unwritten rule as if it gets you in the money or increase"s your payout by a nice amount.As for the player jus ignore moron"s like this or try playing mtt"s with chat window off so your play can"t get affected.Good luck in your poker glory

AMRN:
In my opinion, the unwritten rule about checking it down to have two chances of knocking out the at risk player only applies when there is one single pot, ie the all in guy pushed his chips in and got two flat callers, so no side pot was created.  In your scenario, a side pot had been created, and you therefore had every right to continue to play poker to try and claim that side pot. If you win the main pot as well, then so be it, but at the point that you made your bet post flop, your intention was to claim the side pot.

I do get a little peeved though when someone is all in, and you get someone making a bluff with no side pot in play. They are effectively using their chips to bluff to win an empty pot - and that is stupid play. In that situation, I believe the unwritten rule should be stuck to.

The third scenario is where you have something like JJ, and the flop comes 10 high, with a player all in. It is then a reasonable play to bet and push the third player out to protect your holding..... your JJ might be the best hand in play at that moment, but with a very real chance of losing out to the third player on the turn or river.

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