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BAD ETIQUETTE, AGAINST THE RULES, OR FAIR ENOUGH?
Seems like a very silly thing to do to give other players free info. Smacks of inexperience to me. Fwiw I think it's out of order, but I'm not sure if it's "against the rules" as it is only his/her opinion. If I was in your position I think I would have retaliated in kind and shared info, just to teach the player a lesson and hopefully make them think twice before doing it again.
Did you take it down??
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Its an attempt at collusion.
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As he is a very aggressive player this would be detrimental to the image he is trying to create to unknown opposition by showing hands like QQ.
By showing the QQ he is trying to say 'I always have it', or at least plant a seed of doubt in his opponents mind which will hopefully manifest when put in a tough spot by Grahams aggressive play.
Atleast thats my read of it.
Its nothing.
The OP ask's us to put it into one of three catergories, it's certainly not against the rules so that leaves bad etiquette or fair enough.
Which is obviously down to opinion.
For me its a bit of both, if its not against the rules it has to be 'fair' enough but that does not stop it being very bad etiquette, imo.
I think in that spot I would try my best not to retort (lol) and use this new found image to our advantage, tighten up and we may get a few extra light calls with value hands, after a few times surely they will be believing the dent in their stacks more than that of a disgruntled stranger and we should be able to revert back to our natural style of play.
Anyway if someone from sky does reply and clarify i'd be glad to apologise / not do it again.
Fundimentally we all play poker for fun or for profit, If its in the rules it ought to be allowed no questions.
I'm sure you did not do anything intentionally wrong, although how would you have felt if I had discussed your playing style with the others at the table, that had just joined us? Maybe it wouldn't have bothered you, I don't know.
If I'd have said, "You can steal his blind, cos he rarely defends" for example. Would that be OK to you? I think it is NOT OK for me to say that, which was why I resisted.
Anyway, I was going to leave it anonymous, so fair play to you for coming forward. I certainly do not harbour any grudge. It just prompted the question in my mind, as to how the "terms and conditions" of chat are interpreted.
I certainly do not have an issue with what happened, and seek no retribution at all. The fact that you've explained yourself on here, prepared to apologise, shows your character as a player and a person. So respect due to you there.
However, I would like some clarification, so we all know for future reference, about what is and what isn't acceptable, regarding the discussion of players styles, particularly on final tables.
So would appreciate some feedback from Sky, for us all to know for future reference.
Cheers,
Graham
Back in the day I played on this account with a different nickname.
Two guys decided to have an issue with me (I think after I stuck up for someone they were abusing) and they proceeded to follow me around the table for over 3 weeks, telling people how they thought I played and what cards they thought I had.
I ignored/adapted at first but it soon got so boring and I complained and sky's answer was they could not act on it because it wasn't against the rules but would change my alias so that it stops (I don't mind saying now, I am more grown up to deal with it.)
(It does make me sad when I look at comparisons of my sharkscope results though, I was 65.9% ROI with my other alias playing only MTT's, and -9% now playing DYM's, although I think I am more in profit now because of taking advantage of promotions etc and being wiser, maybe I need to go back to MTT's lol)
This was back in the days when I was playing like the like of Scotty on microstakes, min buying in and doubling up loads. I learnt a lot from him
Feels a bit dirty in some ways, but that's purely subjective. I'd be a shade miffed if it happened to me, but its not the end of the world.
A good friend of mine, Steve Jelenik, won a WSOP bracelet at PLO8 (& a quarter of a milly $$) back in 2010.
2 years later, he & I shared a PLO table at the Wynn Summer Classic.
Steve makes some very unorthodox plays, & several at the table started dissing Steve. Steve, as was his habit, said nothing, took no notice.
The dissing continued, & he was a friend, so I did what I thought was the right thing - I defended him by telling the table he was a WSOP Bracelet Winner, so a little more respect was in order.
At the next break, Steve came across to me & said "thanks for nothing, Tony".
"Eh, what's up Steve?"
"You blew my cover, Tony - nobody knew who I was, I was creating an image & you destroyed it by telling them I won a Bracelet".
I felt pretty bad, & after that, I always kept schtum in those spots.