Diplomacy in poker

[sibird]

"He is a good man". This is a simple sentence.
"He is not a bad man". Are these two sentences equivalent in meaning or they express the same thing?
This is what we call diplomacy. If you are straight forward then you might use the first sentence. And if you don't want to annoy anyone then you might use the second sentence. You keep some preservation.
In poker we use the same diplomacy in actions. During play we pretend as if we have nothing but at the end we bring out monster. And sometimes we don't have anything but we pose as if we are holding big hand.
What do you think about it?

 

[SAKhur]

I think if you do not pretend and play on the chances that the game will be more profitable in the long run

 

[19aleks57]

Appearance and behavior are almost always deceptive, when the game is on the money.

 

[twoG1cup]

"He is a good man". This is a simple sentence.
"He is not a bad man". Are these two sentences equivalent in meaning or they express the same thing?

On the poker table "good" and "bad" refer more to etiquette, not strategy.
Trying to hook someone in by selling contemplation is just part of the game and is neither good nor bad morally.
Now blowing up and doing a Hellmuth or doing the Matusow rubbing it in that's just bad etiquette

 

[Igrok1385385]

bluffing is part of poker and does not apply to diplomacy.In general, I believe that diplomacy is not a word that applies to poker.

 

[MishkaZL]

I think diplomacy in poker has absolutely no meaning. Poker is not a compromise game, poker is rather a combination of ultimatums.

 

[FoxMS]

For me, only my victory is important. And I am not interested in whether my opponents are good guys or bad guys. Indifferently. For me, only my victory is important.

 

[hugh blair]

One sentence sounds like
6,
the other sounds like
half a dozen.
Not much difference really.

 

[Lena M]

Hello.
For me, while playing poker, there are only my opponents at the table. Therefore, I never set myself the goal of being a diplomatic player.

 

[sibird]

One sentence sounds like
6,
the other sounds like
half a dozen.
Not much difference really.

Yes, it is true. Not much difference.
But in certain situations, if that good man no more remains as a good man and you have used the 1st sentence, then what would be your reaction.
On the other hand if you have used the 2nd sentence, then you can always say, "I never said, he is a good man".
In diplomatic arena, most of the time, you will never get a direct answer. They keep a margin to say something later if the things go wrong in future.

 

[sibird]

I think diplomacy in poker has absolutely no meaning. Poker is not a compromise game, poker is rather a combination of ultimatums.

I used the word "diplomacy" with poker. The reason is i think bluffing is one kind of diplomacy. You claim you are right but you know very well that you are not right. You claim the pot as if you have a winning hand but you don't have the winning hand.

 

[DizzyDeb717]

To me, diplomacy in poker is saying "nice hand" when your opponent calls your raise with J5 off and takes out your aces.

 

[eniseysmail]

I'm just very cold-blooded in the game, so, probably, this is alien to me.

 

[barbados]

It seems that this is from the field of psychology. Man is always drawn to the unknown. Exactly as long as the unknown does not turn into knowledge. The unknown is scary, uncertainty is scary. And all this makes you interested in the unknown. As soon as the cards are revealed - we get knowledge. What the enemy had cards and what was his strategy. This is how we gain knowledge.