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Is Sitting out a strategy
Noticed a player today sitting out in a sit an go, waiting for a raise and diving back in over the top with AA then again AK, winning both pots and then become ultra aggressive.
Its never crossed my mind to do this and dont think its right but i guess if you pay your money you can do what you want.
Its never crossed my mind to do this and dont think its right but i guess if you pay your money you can do what you want.
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Ugh.
There's no limit to the depth to which some people will go in an effort to gain an edge.
The coup here is that by timing out the previous hand, they then stay "Sat-Out". Other Players notice this, & will take advantage of it by Raising into what appears to be an empty or "AWAY" Seat. (Typically SB v BB). Once a decent hand arrives, Villain then sits back in & springs the trap.
If a player continues to do it, put it in your notes so when it comes to you raising his away, you know to be careful.
His timing must be impecible, as you only have a second to respond when you are away. Certainly a too risky play for me to consider.
I saw it done with aces and unfortunately, one player had raised and then another had pushed all in, just to steal a blind! Then bang, he doubled up.
Sometimes at very low levels, people will fight to steal a 30 chip blind. Madness. I just continue to play my own game until later stages and even then, only steal a blind if I am on the button or SB. it is never worth it any other position on the table.
The tactic of actually sitting out to avoid the early stupity i can understand and even agree with, though i would not do it. But i believe pretending to be away to trap is borderline cheating in my book. I wish there were a way of stopping it but i cant see how that is possible. So i guess we are just left with feeling pity for the players who do this because they are obviously not good enough to win any other way
I think I know the player you are referring to, he is very succesful at this strategy, however it does not always pay off as I have seen him arrive at the game and he has become too short to make an impression, especially if the table has been tight and there are still 6 left.
It leaves you with pushing and sometimes he does get caught out, but none the less his overall ROI must be quite decent.
Occasionally I will sit away from a table for a few hands and that's generally to stop myself from tilting after I've lost a bundle of chips through my own sheer stupid plays.
I assume for this so called trap to work the said player was in the blinds seeing as utg+1 is unlikely to get carried away if the cut off is sat out for example although it is obviously going to affect the range of hands they raise with. If so its hard to feel sympathy for the players who were raising into the sat out player as they were just trying to profit from what will often be the misfortune of another player who often will have disconnected. The players trying to steal the away players chips can hardly take the moral highground here as they are doing something dubious too.
Dont get me wrong i am not condemning these players everybody has profited from these situations at times its just part of online poker.
Connection problems or not, they are not there to defend their chips and as such, they should be easy pickings.
I can't see anyone letting an away keep their blind just beacuse it is 'sporting'.
It a solo game at the end of the day, and if they are not there, thank you, i'll just take em.
Deliberate aways, to induce bets are another matter and it is stretching the rules. But it is all the joys of online poker.
In case you ask, no, I would never do it as a deliberate strategy, but because we do not like it, & would not do it, that does not mean he is cheating.
Multi-Accounting is cheating, & those who do it deserve the contempt in which they are held.. Sitting-Out is a legit strategy, & it would be wrong to suggest their actions are improper.
I'm violently opposed to brussel sprouts, but they are street legal.
It's not dubious to Sit-Out, & it's not dubious to attempt to steal Blinds of Tactical Sitter-Outers.
A rather pleasing aspect of Sky Poker is that when a genuine disco occurs at a crucial stage, most of the Players usually quickly agree to deliberately slow down the game, until the Disco'd player reconnects.
Saying that, after consideration I do take your point though
However, I am aware that people having connectivity problems it has shown as away. So it is unfair that some dishonest people are abusing this functionality.
They have paid there money for the game and can play it anyway they want to.
If they want to sit out, it is up to them.
If they want to seek in after being away, again it is there choice.
Everyone has there own way of playing, it is up to the individual.
However I'd be interested to know what the ruling is in live games about players re-sitting in once a hand has been dealt. Are players allowed to decide to sit in on a hand, after the hand has been dealt or does the floor manager say that it is etiquette that they wait until that hand is finished before being allowed to sit back in. IE would a live player be allowed to see his hole cards before deciding whether he is back in the game or not, or would he have to declare that he is sitting in before seeing the hole cards.
The only reason I ask this, is that I've never experienced this on Sky, so didnt even know the possibility existed, however on other sites when I have been legitmately away and returned to see what my hole cards are, when trying to sit back in, I receive the message that I will be dealt back in once the next hand commences. Whilst annoying especially if you have been dealt Aces or Kings, this would seem to be the obvious way to avoid the situation that the OP describes.
It doesnt sit right with me that players could make such a move, however, if it is an acceptable tactic in live play, that a player can view his hole cards then decalre that they are sitting back in, then I guess it would also be considered acceptable online
As he says, on some other sites you have to be in the game before the hole cards are dealt otherwise you are sat out by the server, simple and it would stop this happening.
Muchos Love.
What if you have aces 10 hands in a row and they were wasted because you were sat out
I know a player who registered for a SNG, fell asleep before the game started and still cashed
Brussel sprouts are vastly underrated.
As is Street Legal, an album by the greatest artist in the history of music.
another thing thats annoying on away hands is ,when they finally blind down ,they can still play their last hand and win it. would this be the case in a live game.