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iv noticed a lot of people like to tell you what cards they "have" before the flop been dealt etc
Obviously they are trying to get a reaction from you so they can maybe work out what your holding or trying to gain advantage in the hand before any chips even been bet.
In the past i have seen sites warn people that do this
your thoughts please .....
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Yup it is really bad form, and is just not done trying to gain an unfair advantage.
I wonder if sky are aware it is happening? and whether they will take action? think I will have a look on the site to see if it says anything.
If they continue, then I would inform Sky what they are doing.
Agree with everything said on this subject... v.bad to discuss a hand you had when play is continuing with other players still in the hand... there should be some sort of punishment for this imo... I don't know how this would be done thou...?!
However, for example, when playing certain players I am familiar with, and it becomes HU with them... I make a raise and then a big re-raise comes in over the top, then sometimes I do say... AJ is no good then...!? So I do talk about the hand I have... however in a different manner to that discussed in this thread...
In many live casinos if you say what your hand is, and then when you get to showdown it appears that you have the hand you claimed to have, then your hand is immediately dead and the pot awarded to the opponent. So Apple if you were to say "AJ no good then?", call, and have the best hand, dilligent dealers will declare your hand dead after saying that. On the rare occasion that I say something to someone during a hand, it's always along the lines of "I can beat this, but not that" so I can't be accused of saying my hand (unless I stupidly say "I can beat AJ but can't beat AK"...
Most of the replies have it spot on - it's rank bad form to type your hand into the Chat-Box.
One high-profile player on here regularly says "I have Kings" or whatever - always a porkie - & thankfully, nobody believes him any more, but that's not the point at all.
It's "not done", & anyone who practices this sort of nonsense soon loses the respect of his opponents, as a player, & a person.
This is not speech play as we know it. It's angle shooting, & it's a moody.
One easy solution.. Turn chat off during a hand your playing if you believe people who say they have a certain hand or have folded a certain hand..
Good luck to them if they have AA when they say that have AA!
I would never do it playing in a casino... that for certain...!
But online against players I normally chat to and normally have a bit of banter, we do normally do things like that... and I'll think you'll find quite a few other players do this aswell... and if I say 'AJ no good' I will always fold the hand as I think I can either find a better spot or respect the players re-raise...
so pre-flob i say bullets gl all and this is ok?
why worry about what not or what to say in the chat box. Dont give anybody the oppourtunity to put the rules to the test, as it could lead to a chat ban.
My advice is to keep you chat, whilst playing light hearted and you will find the other regular players will return the compliment, anything else will be shot down by those same players.
I am not certain but if you say this and you do go to showdown, and you have the bullets then your hand should be mucked and your opponent will win the pot. Now i don't know if this happens online but it would live, because the other players will police it.
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yeah i can see from the replies that its frowned at but a few do call it when with friends so maybe i just been on tables where people know each other well