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Stealing Blinds when player disconnected---Unethical?

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  1. BLUEberLEEZ BLUEberLEEZ is offline

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    Jan 6th, 2011 (1/6/2011 6:03am)

    So tonight in the HU superturbo my opponent was sitting out/disc. whatever....and i stole his blinds til he had like 10 chips left.

    In this particular situation I think it would be silly of someone to not steal my blinds if i was sitting out.

    Whaddayathink?
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  2. jonmon101 jonmon101 is offline

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    Jan 6th, 2011 (1/6/2011 6:07am) in reply to BLUEberLEEZ

    Steal on imo
     
  3. yoonaSNSDjess yoonaSNSDjess is offline

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    Jan 6th, 2011 (1/6/2011 6:08am) in reply to jonmon101

    stupid if you give up free money
  4. edc5036 edc5036 is offline

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    Jan 6th, 2011 (1/6/2011 6:11am) in reply to yoonaSNSDjess

    fistpump-steal and expect 100% of my opponents to do the same.
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  5. Marc Nellist Marc Nellist is offline

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    Jan 6th, 2011 (1/6/2011 6:11am) in reply to yoonaSNSDjess

    Blue u do as u please.....what ever is ethical to you is correct..


    YOU DA MAN!

    <3
     
  6. Tilted0o Tilted0o is offline

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    Jan 6th, 2011 (1/6/2011 6:11am) in reply to BLUEberLEEZ

    I think stealing in superturbo's is ok. You can't wait til teh blinds are huge. If they aren't their its their fault. Anything else I wait a little tho, but not in a superturbo.
  7. drgnarn drgnarn is offline

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    Jan 6th, 2011 (1/6/2011 6:12am) in reply to Tilted0o

    nope i wait, i sit out too.

    yah right, i'm stealing as many as i can until he reconnects, free $$$ i'm taking it
  8. hussainsajwani hussainsajwani is offline

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    Jan 6th, 2011 (1/6/2011 6:12am) in reply to Tilted0o

    if someone doesnt show up on time in a live tournament u would steal his blinds wont u! ....
     
  9. FLUSHDUDE FLUSHDUDE is offline

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    Jan 6th, 2011 (1/6/2011 6:13am) in reply to hussainsajwani

    high five the dog and steal away lol
     
  10. bminty bminty is offline

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    Jan 6th, 2011 (1/6/2011 6:14am) in reply to FLUSHDUDE

    What if its a reg in a sng that you play everyday do u sit out then?
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    Jan 6th, 2011 (1/6/2011 6:40am) in reply to edc5036

     
    Originally Posted by edc5036 View Post

    fistpump-steal and expect 100% of my opponents to do the same.

    this
  12. ImaBustYou ImaBustYou is offline

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    Jan 6th, 2011 (1/6/2011 7:00am) in reply to MapOfUrHead

    if its a rando then raise every hand.

    live is totally different, no comparison really-

    I do remember in the $25k hu on tilt that Grinder was playing David Openheim and he used his whole time bank up and stalled till someone alerted Openheim. He got like 1/3rd his stack by blinding and I believe that Oppenheim still came back to win.
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    Jan 6th, 2011 (1/6/2011 7:06am) in reply to BLUEberLEEZ

     
    Originally Posted by BLUEberLEEZ View Post

    So tonight in the HU superturbo my opponent was sitting out/disc. whatever....and i stole his blinds til he had like 10 chips left.

    In this particular situation I think it would be silly of someone to not steal my blinds if i was sitting out.

    Whaddayathink?

    did you lose the round and thats why you are posting?

    im always taking the edge, its not easy to find such a good one these days.
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    Jan 6th, 2011 (1/6/2011 7:42am) in reply to Tilted0o

     
    Originally Posted by Tilted0o View Post

    I think stealing in superturbo's is ok. You can't wait til teh blinds are huge. If they aren't their its their fault. Anything else I wait a little tho, but not in a superturbo.

    basically this, in a superturbo i may give it a hand or two, then take them. in a normal one, i would give it a little more time. i guess prob a level in each maybe.

    cant stand the people that steal right away. especially when it is mid match. we play internet poker, disco's happen, give each other a break every once in a while.
     
  15. Albert Chuns Albert Chuns is offline

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    Jan 6th, 2011 (1/6/2011 7:50am) in reply to AmSlim22

    See how can someone say what is the right thing? We are all playing for a couple things #1-monies, #2-Titles, #3-confidence, etc... among other things. But IMO afer about 3-4 hands I go to Options Click Auto muck and get to min raising. Cause I know exactly what you stated in the OP that it is obv that someone would do the same. And if they didnt it would be amazing.
    Edited By: Albert Chuns Jan 6th, 2011 at 07:52 AM
     
  16. BLUEberLEEZ BLUEberLEEZ is offline

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    Jan 6th, 2011 (1/6/2011 7:58am) in reply to AmSlim22

    maybe if i knew my opponent would do the same for me i wouldn't do it but i wouldn't even expect good friends to wait for me

    i just don't understand extending the courtesy to people when you have no idea whether or not they'd do the same for you, seems ridiculous
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    Jan 6th, 2011 (1/6/2011 7:58am) in reply to BLUEberLEEZ

    If your opponent is disco steal away...every single time.
     
  18. Albert Chuns Albert Chuns is offline

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    Jan 6th, 2011 (1/6/2011 7:59am) in reply to BLUEberLEEZ

     
    Originally Posted by BLUEberLEEZ View Post

    maybe if i knew my opponent would do the same for me i wouldn't do it but i wouldn't even expect good friends to wait for me

    i just don't understand extending the courtesy to people when you have no idea whether or not they'd do the same for you, seems ridiculous

    ^^^
     
  19. BLUEberLEEZ BLUEberLEEZ is offline

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    Jan 6th, 2011 (1/6/2011 8:00am) in reply to dag21

     
    Originally Posted by dag21 View Post

    did you lose the round and thats why you are posting?

    no im posting because the opponent was a well-known reg and told me to go fuck myself when he sat back in lol

    just curious if ppl really think this is slimy because i certainly don't
    Edited By: BLUEberLEEZ Jan 6th, 2011 at 08:37 AM
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  20. Albert Chuns Albert Chuns is offline

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    Jan 6th, 2011 (1/6/2011 8:01am) in reply to BLUEberLEEZ

    Who?
     
  21. kingp1n kingp1n is offline

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    Jan 6th, 2011 (1/6/2011 9:12am) in reply to loose_cannon_jj

    not gonna hate either way. but this has been discussed, oh, 200 times by now? sheesh lol
    Edited By: kingp1n Jan 6th, 2011 at 09:13 AM
    Reason: rofl disconnecting during a HYPER hu...tough luck imo
     
  22. captainhighfive captainhighfive is offline

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    Jan 6th, 2011 (1/6/2011 9:47am) in reply to loose_cannon_jj

    And the survey says..."Take money take money money"
  23. ShyGuy03533 ShyGuy03533 is offline

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    Jan 6th, 2011 (1/6/2011 10:00am) in reply to captainhighfive

    the day u sitout and wait for someone is the day u dc and get fucked. i wud only wait if i had someones aim / cell #. wud call them to see whats up. if not, fk it.
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    Jan 6th, 2011 (1/6/2011 10:22am) in reply to ShyGuy03533

    I watched belowabove get disco'd when he was hu in an FTOPS. The russian raped his blinds for a few rounds until he rc'd and it actually made me kinda sick to watch. I don't know either one, but enjoyed it when below called him a POS and the guy started apologizing all over himself. I'll never be hu in an FTOPS, but I'll sit out for 5 minutes if ever in that situation. Works for me.
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    Jan 6th, 2011 (1/6/2011 10:39am) in reply to BLUEberLEEZ

    [QUOTE=BLUEberLEEZ;6004885]no im posting because the opponent was a well-known reg and told me to go fuck myself when he sat back in
    ^^^^^^
  26. UhhMee UhhMee is offline

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    Jan 6th, 2011 (1/6/2011 1:06pm) in reply to MrAlex

    Can't say I really agree with you here Berleez. Vs. a random or if you dislike them, steal away...but in something like the nightly 102/101 hyper HU's on PS, giving another regular a courtesy like 15-30 seconds of folding ur buttons back to them seems like the only possible answer...would you really blind me down?

    And btw if it's a reg i play with every day, i def wait even if i've never spoken/interacted with the person. Money is money, but its such a small small amount of money/equity that ur trying to gain that it seems unreasonable to quickly steal another regs stack.

    fwiw, i forget im playing and time out of various rounds of the HU's on the regular, and it's std to be stolen down and you shouldn't expect any different. But I'd like to think that among some regs there is just a slight amount of respect to give a guy 15 seconds if he's pissing and not actually away from his comp/sleeping/disc'd.
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  27. Flopnuts1 Flopnuts1 is offline

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    Jan 6th, 2011 (1/6/2011 5:14pm) in reply to UhhMee

    Recent thread about this on 2+2. Some good discussion on both sides.

    http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/61...-daize-849029/
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    Jan 6th, 2011 (1/6/2011 5:19pm) in reply to UhhMee

     
    Originally Posted by UhhMee View Post

    Can't say I really agree with you here Berleez. Vs. a random or if you dislike them, steal away...but in something like the nightly 102/101 hyper HU's on PS, giving another regular a courtesy like 15-30 seconds of folding ur buttons back to them seems like the only possible answer...would you really blind me down?

    And btw if it's a reg i play with every day, i def wait even if i've never spoken/interacted with the person. Money is money, but its such a small small amount of money/equity that ur trying to gain that it seems unreasonable to quickly steal another regs stack.

    fwiw, i forget im playing and time out of various rounds of the HU's on the regular, and it's std to be stolen down and you shouldn't expect any different. But I'd like to think that among some regs there is just a slight amount of respect to give a guy 15 seconds if he's pissing and not actually away from his comp/sleeping/disc'd.

    +1
  29. mattdb9er mattdb9er is offline

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    Jan 6th, 2011 (1/6/2011 5:22pm) in reply to MrAlex

    ive got dissconnected on a FT 2/5 and didnt get reconnected til a week later , just the downside of online poker , wouldnt expect anyone to ever wait , u might be waitin a while
     
  30. bluejeep85 bluejeep85 is offline

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    Jan 6th, 2011 (1/6/2011 5:24pm) in reply to Flopnuts1

    I'll normally timebank down until my bank is out/almost out and then I'll start stealing blinds. 30-60 seconds is enough charity time imo
     
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