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If a table is playing really friendly, is it bad etiquette to shove all?

UnknownUnknown
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I was playing about a month ago, the table was playing really friendly poker, no one was jamming a bunch of chips into the middle. On this particular hand, I wake up with pocket Kings, I raise 3x bb to $1.50. BB calls. The flop comes 4s 10c Kc. I bet the pot ($3) and BB comes over the top for $6. He's been playing pretty tight, so I put him on AK. I shove all in for the rest of my chips ($74). He has me covered and calls and turns over Ks 4h. The turn and river are blanks, and I take down the pot.
Was that bad etiquette to go after his stack? I play because it's fun, but also to make some money - like everyone else I imagine. The guy was really cool about the beat, said "that's poker" and that he put me on Aces. Anyway, I'd appreciate your thoughts.
Thanks

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  • DrTyoreDrTyore
    No, it's not bad etiquette

    I would push all in if I thought I was going to get called against a table of orphans - orphans with DISEASES. I would check-raise Jesus, and bad-beat the Easter bunny

    Mark
  • m_dolensm_dolens
    DrTyore wrote: »
    No, it's not bad etiquette

    I would push all in if I thought I was going to get called against a table of orphans - orphans with DISEASES. I would check-raise Jesus, and bad-beat the Easter bunny

    Mark

    i agree. it's fun to have a nice game with your friends or what have you, but my friends know that i'm a very competitive person. it's not like you guys were playing for jellybeans or something ;)

    lol...check-raise jesus...i like that :D
  • KristyKristy
    LOL!

    Mark,
    Why is this not your signature? I demand you fix that oversight immediately.
    DrTyore wrote: »
    No, it's not bad etiquette

    I would push all in if I thought I was going to get called against a table of orphans - orphans with DISEASES. I would check-raise Jesus, and bad-beat the Easter bunny

    Mark
  • g2g2
    I second that.

    /g2
  • DrTyoreDrTyore
    Corrected... with some edits to get under the 100 character limit
  • g2g2
    LOL, priceless, you DrTyore you!

    /g2
  • The Prophet 22The Prophet 22
    Mark,

    If you were playing poker with Jesus, do you really think you would be check raising?

    I doubt it! Find someone else to check raise!

    Prophet :2h :2s
  • HobbesHobbes
    DrTyore wrote: »
    Corrected... with some edits to get under the 100 character limit


    Nice sig... ;)

    PS Never check-raise a guy who has your soul in his hand ready to crush it.
  • STR82ACESTR82ACE
    Hobbes wrote: »
    PS Never check-raise a guy who has your soul in his hand ready to crush it.

    Awwwwwww, come on...he's bluffing...go on, check raise him!
  • puckbagpuckbag
    Can you imagine sitting at a table with Jesus on your right and Jesus Ferguson on your left..now that would be a tough spot!!
  • DrTyoreDrTyore
    Nah... that one's too easy

    Get a sheet, cut some eye holes, and a sign reading

    "HOLY SPIRIT"

    Mark
  • moosemoose
    sonta's little spam buddy is gonna freak out when he shows up in a day or two to post his :spam: and he sees this thread.

    Why wasn't he banned after the first :spam: ?
    http://pokerforum.ca/showthread.php?t=12606

    More importantly, where is /g2, our regular anti-spamulator? Wake up buddy.

    Mark, nice sig, just can't reconcile that with the image of you driving around in the Smart car. I mean, if you tried to run over a squirrel, the squirrel would win.
  • The Prophet 22The Prophet 22
    moose wrote: »
    Mark, nice sig, just can't reconcile that with the image of you driving around in the Smart car. I mean, if you tried to run over a squirrel, the squirrel would win.

    Now that is funny!
  • g2g2
    moose wrote: »
    More importantly, where is /g2, our regular anti-spamulator? Wake up buddy.
    On school term I'm not on the forum nearly as much. Also, Wes doesn't seem to think he has the right to ban people, and since sloth is nowhere to be found nothing seems to get done even when I'm right on top of the dammmn spammmers.

    /g2
  • UnknownUnknown
    I don't care how friendly the game, if you are going to play any poker ', game like No Limit Texas Hold'em you have to play properly, i.e. to win. To learn more about "friendly" strategy see some online sites like http://www.pokerspeel.nl In this case you shoved all in, he CHOSE to call you, he could have folded. If you did have access and his two pair was best, do you think he would have chopped the pot with you just to be nice? Of course not. You have to play to win, or you might just as well not play for real money at all.Frankly, he should not have called a raise with such a junk hand. He was vulnerable to pocket kings, tens or fours. He was also vulnerable to a flush draw or a straight draw, or even king ten. There were so many hands that could have him in trouble, it is questionable to call off $74 to win the comparatively small amount that was in the pot.In any case, good hand. You should not feel bad about this kind of thing, if you do you should just pick a less competitive game.
  • g2g2
    LMAO and there it is!!!!!!!!!

    /g2
  • tekguy22tekguy22
    The Prophet 22 wrote: »
    Mark,

    If you were playing poker with Jesus, do you really think you would be check raising?

    I doubt it! Find someone else to check raise!

    Prophet :2h :2s

    Meh...if you did check raise him, he'd forgive you...isn't that was JC is all about..the forgiveness

    WWJD? ;)
  • UnknownUnknown
    if everyone played 'nice nice' poker would be a very boring game. you're not there to make friends, you're there to have fun and make money, that's why you play. No its not bad etiquette to move all in here.If people want to play nice they can play the limit tables. No limit is a ruthless game!
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