Leaving table after a big pot.

[Alessandra]

"It's hard work. Gambling. Playing poker. Don't let anyone tell you different. Think about what it's like sitting at a poker table with people whose only goal is to cut your throat, take your money, and leave you out back talking to yourself about what went wrong inside."

People do what they have to in order to make money. I know it's annoying but I've been guilty of most things - running, rat holing... - at one point or another, so I really don't have much to judge people who do so lol.
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[zachvac]

We're all forgetting something I think. The buddy feature. At Ultimatebet they have buddy, and I know at Full Tilt they have a player search feature. Surely these types of features exist at other sites as well yeah?

Well I buddy people. Not everyone on my buddy list is a buddy. Everyone but buddies have stickers on their heads. Buddies I play all the time and don't need stickers for. But if you're not my buddy, and you just took a bunch off me, believe I'm gonna put you on the list.

Anyway, I wait and sure enough, sooner or later, I'm sitting at a table with someone who ran, and I get my money back. It wouldn't surprise me if most folks did this.

I'm sure I've run with someone's money and they buddied me. I would.

Also, if I take a lot off of folks who leave, then I totally bank and everyone understands.

Then there's that table where people go to show off their BR. They've got lots and lots of money. Way more than me. I was worried before and my friend told me they're there regularly. Their bankrolls are growing too. They're not getting it back from me, they're getting it back from tournaments and stuff, and then some. So I never feel bad rat holing at that table.

Oh hey, yeah, I rat hole! Just not at every table . Just remembered, I've been known to rat hole. I'm saving my pennies okay?

Stars doesn't have this feature, but I doubt I'd use it anyway. If I had to add every bad player I play with to my buddy list my buddy list would have thousands of players on it. There would be far more on the list than off the list

 

[N.D.]

I don't put every bad player on the list. Just the ones with maximum suerte del burro. Or, uh, yeah, luck of the donkey.

It's funny, I don't mind when people play really well then on occasion figure a way to use my own aggression against me. Actually I respect that. No it's when they call no matter what, just every hand, just to see the flop. The ones who can't be arsed to make a bet ever! Then they win somehow and bolt. Don't even stick around, and took all of what I had on the table, or close to it.

Just last night I ratholed but asked if it would be okay first. Sat out after BB(warned that I would) and waited for replies. I explained it was for a system I'm trying out.

Part of it, is that I'm trying to take 50c and turn it into something decent. Just to see if I can. I figure it'll keep me from getting too bored and risking my whole entire bankroll on frivolity, and whims.

 

[narizblanco]

geez i would hate to anything to offend any of the other players in an online game, the dumb fookin fish that they are.

 

[CAPT. ZIGZAG]

I go the casino almost every night and one thing I see over and over again is guys getting a big stack and not standing up.

They start playing looser cuz they got the duckets. Before you know it, I (or one of my cohorts) is sitting down at the table and we just take his money.

It's so obvious that it stands out like a marshmallow in a bowl of Jello. It's just right there for the taking.

When you get a stack, that is the time to get up, or lock it down. (AA, KK, AK, or AQ suited. Period). Everyone at the table (and in the casino for that matter) has a bullseye on your stack.

Sure, you can look at a few more flops. Where they run into trouble is chasing marginal hands after the flop. They always do, and they ALWAYS loose.

JMO... YMMV

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[ellisman7]

Exactly!Who cares if you leave,this is the internet.Frown upon me all you want.I'll leave when I'm damn well ready.

One example when I will leave is when I'm waiting for a big hand against a guy who feels he is Gus Hanson.After I stack his ass,I'll be damned if I hang around to let him have a chance to get his money back!

This isn't a live casino.I'm not tipping the virtual dealer,and I'm not hanging out just to make others happy.I'm in it to win it and that's the bottom line.

HELL YEAH

 

[zachvac]

I go the casino almost every night and one thing I see over and over again is guys getting a big stack and not standing up.

They start playing looser cuz they got the duckets. Before you know it, I (or one of my cohorts) is sitting down at the table and we just take his money.

It's so obvious that it stands out like a marshmallow in a bowl of Jello. It's just right there for the taking.

When you get a stack, that is the time to get up, or lock it down. (AA, KK, AK, or AQ suited. Period). Everyone at the table (and in the casino for that matter) has a bullseye on your stack.

Sure, you can look at a few more flops. Where they run into trouble is chasing marginal hands after the flop. They always do, and they ALWAYS loose.

JMO... YMMV

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When everyone has a bullseye on your stack, they're playing differently than they would, aka worse. When your opponents play worse in an attempt to take your stack, you can exploit this and make even more.

 

[CAPT. ZIGZAG]

When everyone has a bullseye on your stack, they're playing differently than they would, aka worse. When your opponents play worse in an attempt to take your stack, you can exploit this and make even more.

Yes true, if you lock it down.

 

[ezflop212]

I won't do it in a live casino for fear of being knifed on the way out, but I have no problem leaving after a big pot online. Of course, I usually stick around a bit once I have a sizeable stack.

 

[Tobmeister]

But also, i find that staying at a table with a big stack intimidates new players to the table into playing more passively ie worse

 

[KingNothing4]

i hit n run sometimes, 1 times i went to a table with 1 guy, had more than twice my stack, and first hand was able to double up, then i jus left. i think ppl jus get mad because u took their money haha, every who can hit big and take it away usually will.

 

[N.D.]

Lemme see if I have this straight. You sat at a table, where u knew perfectly well that someone had more than twice your stack(whether u faked being a bot or not)...

Then you somehow(play or luck, no matter), managed to double up in the first hand out? Then you bolted?

If you're such a great player, and u won the money through outplaying him...

Why did u bolt? You could have wiped the floor with his sorry behind. Unless you weren't that good. Unless you really did just get lucky(luck + skill everyone needs, some folks only have luck, and no I'm not mad at either type).

I mean, try to stick around 'till the cards run cold at least. Sheesh, u left rubber on the track, you hit and ran so fast.

 

[clvjmv]

I think that leaving an online poker table like that is exactly what you need to do... Very often ill stay on a table for 45mins and build up my stack. I usualy play to the point where its before i need to pay the bb again and then i leave, but often times before the bb comes ill catch a great hand KK ,and the one donkey i didnt want a confrintation with wants to play me because ive already chipped up off of him and ill lose all of my winnings and some of my buy in to a hand like J 6... wich really happend to me yesterday on poker stars...

 

[TIGERSTUMP]

good on ye..

take the cash and run ,theres nothing wrong with it..theres no set rules bout winnin or losing,i used to play a lot ov cash on p.stars ,nobody moans wen your losing your money..if u felt u were gunna lose your winnings and u were not 100 percent conifident in your play u did the rite thing,wen u play cash poker u should not play in a game werre u feel scared bout losing your cash,this proberbly means u are playin a game that is to high for your roll to take a hit from a better player or bad beat..........take the money and run nice..yours tigerstump

 

[CAPT. ZIGZAG]

When someone takes a chunk offa me. I still feel like it's mine. No matter where it goes after that, I'm after gettin it back.

I follow it around the table till I do get it back.

Personality flaw?

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[ryaned]

on line you can do what you want...that why some say the crap they say or hit and run...or continue to chirp at the rail ...play online you grow to expect any behavior...very different in live games

 

[pigpen02]

I would never leave when I had paid for hands; i.e., until the big blind reached me. If you intend to leave, you can at least see the free deals. Never can tell when you might flop quad aces.

 

[Cheetah]

If your big stack is now beyond what prudent BR management would suggest, then leaving the table makes a lot of sense. Chris Fergusson suggests leaving when your stack represents 10% or more of your BR.

Regardless of the actual number, the point is that playing too high is not a good idea. (unless you are high from pot )

If the stack is not that big, then it makes sense to stay since you can take advantage of your image. Even if you lucked out and some think you are donk, this is exploitable as you would get paid more on your good hands. If your image is strong and players are more afraid, then bluffing becomes more profitable.

 

[ruffcut68]

Brick & Mortar .. Never... Usual stay for two button passes then leave. Online...hmm depends on the table if its LAG well I have you money now wave bye bye. If It's a TAG table maybe stick for a couple more hands and do it again. What do you me GIVE THEM A CHANCE don't you mean give them a chance to dig a deeper hole and give you more money?

 

[pigpen02]

Brick & Mortar .. Never... Usual stay for two button passes then leave. Online...hmm depends on the table if its LAG well I have you money now wave bye bye. If It's a TAG table maybe stick for a couple more hands and do it again. What do you me GIVE THEM A CHANCE don't you mean give them a chance to dig a deeper hole and give you more money?

Why on earth would you feel compelled to pay big blinds if you didn't want to? That makes no sense to me.

 

[N.D.]

Why on earth would you feel compelled to pay big blinds if you didn't want to? That makes no sense to me.

Maybe scared of getting shivved in the parking lot?

Sorry, I just wanted to use the term "shiv" in a sentence one time this week.

But the cards usually are pretty cold by the time the BB comes back to me. Unless it's heads up or short handed they're usually very cold.

Been botted a bunch, and only last night figured out how to beat a table full of bots at their own game. Humans I do fine against, it's those darned bots...

 

[wsorbust]

People will not want to play with you if you constantly leave the table right after you take a chunk of their money? It would probably be hard to frequent a casino if you are there to make money and word goes around after a few times of taking off, people getting mad, etc.

One too many times and I'd guess it would get violent? Guns, knives and big fists are what might be coming your way?

 

[Cheetah]

People will not want to play with you if you constantly leave the table right after you take a chunk of their money? It would probably be hard to frequent a casino if you are there to make money and word goes around after a few times of taking off, people getting mad, etc.

One too many times and I'd guess it would get violent? Guns, knives and big fists are a good guess of what might be coming your way.

Good thing they don't allow guns at PS.

 

[CAPT. ZIGZAG]

People will not want to play with you if you constantly leave the table right after you take a chunk of their money? It would probably be hard to frequent a casino if you are there to make money and word goes around after a few times of taking off, people getting mad, etc.

One too many times and I'd guess it would get violent? Guns, knives and big fists are what might be coming your way?

I have NEVER experienced any of this. I don't know what casino you're going to, but at mine there are too many folks there to develop those relationships.

Besides, the regulars rarely play each other at the table. We're all after the guys in the Bermuda shorts and Hawaiian shirts.

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[wsorbust]

People don't hit and run at a casino? Or people just don't care?

Maybe its my warped movie vision of what SHOULD happen because bad etiquette is bad etiquette in my eyes. There are no excuses or bs. Don't get me wrong, there are, of course, exceptions to every rule.

Even online, I note who has made a hit and run after an incredibly lucky hand, because they are usually horrible players. I suppose more people would want to play with 'em right? Eh, I've got to quit posting when when on crack.