playing against family or friends....

In general what are your thoughts about playing against family and friends online?

It is fine as long as they can take it without taking things too personal.

Yea I think its fine also as long as both parties kno its a game and not to get mad over a lost...

I hate playing with friends. My friends overreact every time he loses.

Haha...I've never really played with relatives or friends online, but I have seen some of my friends play online. One of my friends is the classic "I have two suited cards so I am definitely seeing the flop" type of guys, and the other is just so-so but makes fun of the first guy. Its pretty funny to see them both play online, because it would be impossible for either of them to make money at poker. I see them do things that make me cringe, but they could care less what advice I have for them. The first guy hits his flush once in a while and makes a decent amout of money when he hits, so he thinks that he is god's gift to poker. He doesn't realize how much money he lost trying to see all of those flops and how much he has lost chasing flushes that don't hit. ~Rant over~

I'd say you need to gauge how serious everyone is about poker.

I'm very serious when I play and I had the best time playing with some other Cardschat folks in Reno a few years back because they are about as serious as I am. But when I played at a home game recently with a good friend where his buddies were more focused on whisky shots than on a fair game of poker, I found it hard to handle. I'm almost better off going to a cardroom where I don't know anybody.

I tried playing against co-workers and friends. Played in 2 friendly $20 buy in's last year and still had trouble concentrating and playing serious poker. Lots of jokes, distractions.

I will stick to the CC tourneys. Serious play with a nice blend of sportsmanship and fun.

well to be honest when u sit down at a poker table its business so shouldnt feel bad about who u win money off and if u do u really shouldnt be playing against family members for money simple as that in my eyes

Hell, my family accuses each other of cheating on Mario Kart and Monopoly, and you want me to play poker with them? lol

Friends are no problem, family on the other hand I hate being on the same table with except dinner lol.

I would not know. I think there would all take it too personally. But i have done in the past.

i always think it is a bad idea to gamble in general with family members and close friends but as long as they undersand that it is a game and not take it too personnal win or lose then is should be ok

Haha, Ive played my grandfather, wife, brothers... a whole bunch of family. And every time I do my best to beat there ass as badly as I can..

I don't like it myself, I am always worried that I don't play them the same, which is against the rules. I would rather not play at the same table until the final table. I would not play at a cash table with them though. I would rather just break out the chips and play at home.

stoxtrader has done this for years with great success.

They always whine and want there money back and they start making excuses why they lost.
This is so true. I've had drunk buddies get angry over losing and start fighting.

I have a friend that I play a lot with him, but live, and I hate this because we alredy know a lot of the others games, so we sometimes know that the other is bluffing and make a ace high call in a 8 8 10 7 k board >.<
and the worst thing is that most of the times the caller gets it

I don't think I've ever played against a friend online, and definitely not family. I don't really see the point. I would rather try to take money off of randoms.

I have never played against family and probably never will since none of them play poker but even if they did, i wouldn't feel right taking money from them even if i won it fairly, i guess im too nice.
and i have played with friends, but not online, im fine playing them as long as it's only for a small amount of money.

My extended family (mainly nephews nieces and brothers) will not play kitchen table games with me any more because I always (always) end up winning, they r too busy having fun and beering and pizza ordering. My kids know better than to try any more. My friends know me well enough to not want to risk serious money in a game with me.

Here at CC is sort of like family and friends but more serious about poker, which makes it more fun and less personal, and nobody can throw a slice of pizza at me when I felt them.

There is no family in poker. I would 5 bet bluff my grand mother.

lol,i like to gamble with my family.....extra pocket money from elderly since they don't mind losin' that much

ive played with my friend online but moneys money so who wins wins no hard feelings its all coolo

Hahaha only you Marginal! : )

At the table, it's nothing personal, we just want each other's money.

its all fun as long as it is for little or no money and nobody takes anything too personal. I remember i was playing a freeroll with my brother once and we ended up at the same table. he flopped top pair top kicker, and since i was a bigstack and we were heads up, i decided to try to bully him with my third pair. After the turn, i bet enough to put him all in and when he called i rivered two pair. He got pretty mad and was ragging on me and telling me what a bad player i was. lol

This is really bad, imo. Her 4-bet range is probably too strong for you to have any significant fold equity.

I can't see much wrong with it. Nothing like knowing someone, knowing exactly the reaction and what 4 letter words are being spoken, without hearing it. A ton of fun!

i rather play online, but i did play with my friends, they are really bad and i often take their money, however we play very smalls stakes, so small that the time is not worth, and whoever wins buys the drinks

I don't have a problem with playing with friends or family online or at home. Shoot, they know I play to win. Years ago, I was the only women my hushand's friends would let play with them after bowling. This would piss off the the other wives or girlfriend who thought they knew how to play when they didn't.

For the most part...with a couple of exceptions...family and friends poker has a different monetary value for me. If I lose, I've still gotten some entertainment value for my bucks. If I win...then it's a bonus.

I HATE playin my fam. They love poker and they are nottttttttt good. So I have to hold back and let them win some. They play a lot of dealers choice. I just like to be able to "hate" my poker competitors and be completely disassociate from their happiness. Unfortunately... I LOVE my family so they make for bad poker mates.

Stix

There are no such things as friends at the poker table!!! This includes family!!!

It's got to be made known before the game starts that this is business, for no one to soft play each other or take something personally or get their feelings hurt or get pissed or whatever.

I think this is key. If it's made known in advance, the above things, then hopefully that will alleviate any problems.

That's my reply to all the time I won over my brother and his friends online and offline

I play ever1 the same, unless we are in a live tourney, an we are almost in the money, I will let my friend or family make the money then im out to bust them. but i will not fold made hands to them at any time. but i would fold margenal hands to them around the bubble.

When i play my friends online i play to agressive. I always think i can bluff them out of a pot. But most of them dont know what they are doing so they call call call... and get lucky and catch there cards over and over. So i dont like playing friends. I know more than they do and they win so it makes you look like an idiot who talked about poker and cant even beat them.