[Lime]

I would never play anyone soft in a game that involves strategy. It's the only way to grow and evolve as a player, or as a person. Playing soft, I think, is a disservice to learning.

Plus its seems like he did pretty well regardless.

D.

[john]

Play the best game you can for your sake and the kids. The best way for him to learn is against solid play. If you played super loose and stupid you might end up hitting a river on him and that would be a disappointing way to end the game for him.

[links_slayer]

Take no prisoners. I say let him have it.

[Vince]

Don't make an exception. He can't learn the game if you play him softly.

[Stevo]

I'm almost shocked to hear that some of you with kids are questioning the lesson learned by letting a child win.

I have two young children. I play games with them all the time and since they were little. In games involving any amount of skill whatsoever I would obliterate them every time. Why would one do that to a child? DESTROY THEM! TEACH THEM A LESSON!

Come on. How bout, build their confidence. Encourage interaction with their parents (if I made my son eat leather every time he tried to shoot in basketball, we wouldn't play much basketball).

Anyway - I do agree with two things - 1. you are way ahead, so really I would just play and see what happens since losing there would almost be too obvious. 2. if he was a good kid and his dad was a nice guy and the chips were close, I would probably let him win also - given that money was not really an issue.

[TX_kiwi]

Originally Posted by trutan

Let me get this straight. You are HU in a home game tourney and you have an M of 200 ??????? What are your starting stacks and blind structure?

Sorry, filled out the OP in a hurry. I've now corrected it, after I thought about it a bit. It was still early (T5000 and we were only at 400/800 blinds). He had approx 3000 - 4000 so his M was very low. I would have had approx 10 times his stack.

[guinness]

Last Thanksgiving, my brothers, myself and my 14 yo nephew were playing $5 tournies after the sun went down. The 14 yo played the same exact way. Big early lead....then caplunk.

[mike33]

Originally Posted by guinness

The 14 yo played the same exact way. Big early lead....then caplunk.

I think this is due to losing concentration caused by the inherently short attention spans of most children. I see it in my son also when we play heads-up. The first half-hour he does pretty well, but falls off big time after that.

[KYBill]

[quote=wafflestomper;743788]

In poker, everyone is physically equal. The only thing that makes you different is your experiences and how you use what you have learned to your advantage.
quote]


This is a faulse statement.

Id rather play someone who is tired/drunk/hungry or a smoker who is worried about leaving the table to smoke. All of these things are physicall and CAN give you an advantage if you know how to use them against your opponent.

[djexacto]

If he were say 7 or under, I might conseider letting him win for the sake of confidence, but at 13, if he's going to play alot of poker (presumably with his friends), you want him to develop the killer instinct, and have him learn that wins aren't just handed to you, you have to earn them.


just my $.02