[dad604]

Originally Posted by donut

ditto - just block it and play ...

Yup, good advice. Sometimes what they say is true, other times it is not. The ethics and tactics does not brother me.

[monkeydog]

Tell him "go die in a grease fire" then block his chat.

[jamby]

It's pretty obvious that he was jacking you to get under your skin. Just ignore him as others have said. That's a big advantage to online play, you can actually block chat.

[Hopin2Steal]

Alright, I guess maybe it was just a ploy. I guess I could've really tested whether he was serious by offering to chop or something. I've never seen anyone fake that before though. He did start showing his cards for a bit but that stopped. And he did go all in with some crappy hands that sucked out. Oh well.

[Quads]

There is no etiquette online.
Turn chat off.

/problem.

[aquaman]

I used to play HU on Doyle's room a lot. I had it happen a few times where my opponent would go all-in every hand right from the get-go. I combatted this by taking as much time as possible before I acted. This usually worked. Occasionally, they'd get on a roll again and I'd have to remind them how fun this can be.

[donut]

Originally Posted by aquaman

I used to play HU on Doyle's room a lot. I had it happen a few times where my opponent would go all-in every hand right from the get-go. I combatted this by taking as much time as possible before I acted. This usually worked. Occasionally, they'd get on a roll again and I'd have to remind them how fun this can be.

lol oops, I've done this too...tick tock, tick tock...drives them crazy...but still block...

[PhilLaFond]

Originally Posted by dad604

Yup, good advice. Sometimes what they say is true, other times it is not. The ethics and tactics does not brother me.

Agreed. I've had this happen a few times in S n G's and I always get suspicious when someone says they have to leave. Just keep playing your game and bust him when you (inevitably) get a really strong hand.

Just as an aside, I had someone in my home game tourney do something similar the other night, but it wasn't a ploy. She's a newbie, so she does some strange things from time to time, but she announced that she needed to leave (really) and proceeded to go all in over and over in an attempt to get rid of her chips. Problem was she won four hands in a row (three with trash) and ended up chip leader! Frustrated the hell out of several players! Her luck did turn eventually and fortunately her losses were evenly distributed, so things worked out in the end. Luckily, this was my casual play group.

[yeltzen]

It's poker. Don't like it? Bust him.

[dad604]

Originally Posted by yeltzen

It's poker. Don't like it? Bust him.

Only problem, when I try that, usually it is me getting busted.