Table Etiquette - After winning a big pot

JimmyHo

Is it bad etiquette to leave a cash game after winning a big pot? I know other players don't like it because you are taking away their winnings and not giving them a chance to win it back. I usually stick around after winning a big pot if I am planning to leave at that point out of courtesy. Just wondering what other players think of this. Especially if you are playing at the same club with the same players each week.

STR82ACE

Is it bad form to leave a table once you busted out without rebuying?

Normally, I'll announce ahead of time that I'm in for one or two more orbits, and then I'm out, or at least until the blinds come back to me anyway. That way anyone who wants to get anything back has that much time, and win or lose, I'm leaving.

ReefAquarium

I totally don't care if people quit while ahead.

If bad players don't quit while they are ahead then they will have fewer winning session.

Keeping score by winning sessions is totally bogus. Therefore it helps me if bad players quit while ahead.

So in the long term it's good for the game if bad players hit and run.

Kristy

if $$ is what is influencing you-you are playing above your means and should drop down. I think there are other better things to consider before making the decision of when to leave.

esool

pokerJAH wrote: »

Is it bad etiquette to leave a cash game after winning a big pot?

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zunni74

I typically run away from the table with the chips in my arms screaming.

JimmyHo

Kristy_Sea wrote: »

if $$ is what is influencing you-you are playing above your means and should drop down. I think there are other better things to consider before making the decision of when to leave.

this is very true; I guess I'm more referring to situations where you are about to leave and you happen to win a big pot. Then you feel obligated to stick around longer. Not that you wait for the big score and then leave, which is a different situation. You know what I mean or is it just me?

The_Awesome

I will usually give the table one more go around after winning a big pot. I'll likely be super tight for that round.

cadillac

zunni74 wrote: »

I typically run away from the table with the chips in my arms screaming.

hahahahaaha

beanie42

Good question. I think etiquette is important, but I usually only consider that "in-game". While I don't like players who exploit "hit-n-run" tactics, I leave when it's convenient for me. Why am I playing? To win money. What do I owe the other players? Nothing. If I have something else I need to get to (appointment, family, etc.), if I'm tired and not playing great, or if I'm just done for the night, I'll leave. If it's a regular group of players, and leaving may cause animosity in the future, I'll stay - because it's in MY best interest to keep these players happy. However, at a casino, etc. where I do not know and likely will never see the same players again, tough luck.

As far as announcing I'm leaving, rarely. Most people don't want to chance losing big right before they leave, so you can attack them a bit more if you know they are leaving. Personally I like to exploit this, so I'm not going to open myself up to the same attacks.

Quimby

You can announce your last orbit to the table and just fold every hand. But that's playing a little scared.

HP_John

What I hate are guys who complain when someone leaves after winning a big pot, yet they do it too. This 1 guy I know, biggest hypocrite at the poker table, he routinely berates players for bad beating him yet he seems to put more bad beats on others than anyone (since he gets his money in bad often).

blackmagicz

As long as by you leaving you don't break the game then there shouldn't be a problem. I don't care about people hitting and running but if the game breaks because you are leaving then its no good.

BlondeFish

Leave anytime you want without any guilt, especially if you will go back and they will get a shot at your money again. That is why cash games are sometimes referred to as "sit-and-go", since you can go anytime you want. If you are planning to come back to risk your money again, then you are not doing a hit-and-run.

IMHO, leaving while you're ahead or after a big win is not such a bad thing. A raked NL cash game has high variance where a winning session can easily turn into a losing session on a single correctly played but unlucky hand. Whenever I am way up after a big win, I look at my watch and start thinking about what time I might want to leave. Even if the table conditions remain +EV, I will at least check with my carpool friend what time they want to leave and let them know that I don't mind leaving early.

This week, I had my biggest stack and profit ever in a cash game, "cheers: while at Fallsview Casino. Even though the table continued to be the most +EV table I have played so far at Fallsview, I kept thinking of a good time to leave and when the snow started to fall, I quickly left. During a winning session, I try to leave at close to my high point, usually earlier than my time deadline.

pokerJAH wrote: »

Especially if you are playing at the same club with the same players each week.

Bumbaclat

I posted this on another board about a month ago.


Last night I was playing my local poker club. I ran into friends I hadn't seen since a wedding in the summer, it was a great reunion. After about 3 hours I finally get moved to their table. Then I go card dead for 90 minutes, nothing but folding. I text my girlfriend who is at another table "last lap, I'm tired and bored." My very last UTG hand is AK. Raise, one caller, my old friend. I get a beautiful flop, he gets a decent one. I double through 1 buyin+ then rack the chips to leave. The table goes nuts. I didn't feel that bad because I had put my jacket on when I had the button and played my last hand half standing up.

schabs

I don't see any issue if you were planning on already leaving and decided to play one more. If it was against one of your old friends then whats the big deal? I'm sure he doesn't feel angry because you took his money and left, lol.

Why would the rest of the table complain about you leaving, you didn't take any of their money did you?

Sounds bizarre, you leave whenever you want to leave.

pkrfce9

whenever i take down a big hand, i dance around the table and say "booyashaka...HEY!"

then i leave.

schabs

I assume you do the little hand and foot jive as well?

STR82ACE

Yes, he does...and it ain't pretty

Bumbaclat

schabs wrote: »

If it was against one of your old friends then whats the big deal? I'm sure he doesn't feel angry because you took his money and left, lol.

sorry, should have clarified. My friend just laughed about it, it was the strangers at the table not enjoying the hit n run.

Graham

Frankly I hate playing at tables where people just hit and run, but at the same time I realize its part of the game. To me it says the player probably isn't very good and only plays to get lucky then run off when he hits. If I win a big pot I always give players a chance to win some back, but if I really need to go soon, I typically announce this before the hand so people expect it.

But there are other situations where this may not be such a bad thing... If a player is way down and finally wins a big hand to get close to even and decides to call it quits, that really isn't bad etiquette. I think it depends a lot on the circumstances.

ReefAquarium

Long term it's good for the game if bad players hit and run...

It helps to support the idea that they are not bad players...

Bad players place too much emphasis on keeping track of winning sessions.

pokrgod

Circumstance. If you've been playing for hours and want to leave after a big hand, do it. I think it's bad if someone just sits down, hits a monster and leaves. Although in this case, the chips are yours, leave when you want.

pokrgod

wow that was a flip-floppy post!

Milo

I think it's only bad etiquette if you run around the table going woot-woot-woot, and then lay down on the floor in order to turn circles a la Homer Simpson. Other than that, go for it.