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Originally Posted by wafflestomper  What lesson would you be teaching him if you took it easy on him because he was a kid? |
I agree that it would be uncool to
obviously throw him the game. A key point here is that he would (hopefully) never know that you took it easy on him - hence, the way in which I worded the poll options.
For those that are interested, I went with the majority view in the poll and played to win. It lasted about another 15 hands. He doubled up a couple of times (I deliberately went all-in on one of those, even thought my read was he had me beat, just to ascertain whether he was capable of a bluff- it wasn't a bluff).
The inevitable result panned out and he took it like a trooper - he immediately offered a handshake. I was very impressed with his demeanor.
In deciding to 'go for the kill', part of my thinking was:
- We had guys waiting for the follow on cash game - it was not fair on them to fool around and prolong the tourney.
- He's playing with the big boys, so he plays by their rule set.
However, as I noted earlier, I have reflected a bit over the weekend about whether I should have played it different.
FWIW- He went on to do quite well in the follow on cash game, ending up about 25% up. His Dad was making him play with his own money. I think that he has a bright future as a poker player ...
