| This is a discussion on What is Ratholing? Why are they hated? within the online poker forums, in the Learning Poker section; I have been playing Rush. I always buy-in full 100bb and have auto top up. Unlike standard tables where you have to buy in back ... |
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| What is Ratholing? Why are they hated? I have been playing Rush. I always buy-in full 100bb and have auto top up. Unlike standard tables where you have to buy in back for the previous amount u sat with, you can rathole in Rush. You can click "stand up" and then click on a seat to buy back in with any amount you want. So while I have a friend watching me through teamviewer, I sat in with 100bb, doubled up to nearly 200bb, stood up, sat back in for 100bb and continued in Rush. He asks me why I rathole. I responded that I know myself and I'm not a good post-flop player who can manage 200bb, and 100bb is enough already. People seem to hate ratholers as much as short-stackers. May I ask why? I can understand people hating short-stackers but I'm curious what's bad about ratholers. |
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| People hate ratholers because they're taking money out of the game that they are unwilling to put at risk. IMO though doing it at Rush is perfectly fine if you're not comfortable playing deep. At a regular table if you take someone's stack they can reload and try to win it back but that's not true at Rush. Win a stack at Rush and it might be 20 hands before you see that player again. |
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| re: What is Ratholing? Why are they hated? poker Quote:
Fine. All GOOD short stackers are ratholers not all ratholers are GOOD short stackers. Happy? |
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| re: What is Ratholing? Why are they hated? poker From what I've read ... A short stacker gets in a game w/ about 20 bb's, waits for big hand, then gets all in b4 the flop when there is a big pot; Rat holing is leaving a table as soon as a big pot is won. Last edited by pcgnome : 22nd October 2010 at 3:45 AM. |
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i.e. Have $400 in front of you, slip $250 off the table and put it in your pocket and then only play with $150 in front. Where ratholeing is not illegal (some players just don't think it's very ethical), going south is not allowed. I was playing at the Venetian one night and ordered food. I grabbed some chips off the table to pay for it and the waitress wouldn't let me. I only assumed it was a form of going south that someone got cranky with. Meh. |
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Also, when I'm short stacked, I can't afford to play marginal hands. And since people are so aggressive in rush, I can rarely see a flop cheaply and I'm usually forced to fold unless I hit the flop perfectly, but premium hands seem to get paid off better than in a regular cash game. |
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I notice you don't have that filled in your profile, so I will put you on Bengals? Good luck lol ...end derail |
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Thanks for the correction. I would say Dallas/Cincinatti would be in his range, but not New England. |
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I do agree he is folding any NFC. |
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