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  1. fingaz fingaz is offline

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    Feb 27th, 2011 (2/27/2011 7:17pm)

    The alllllmost all in bet. Guy has 10,000 chips and bets 9,885 preflop. Yes, we get it. You're committed to the pot. And it's hilarious. But why risk a disconnect or a misclick? Am I missing something here?
     
  2. TerenceNewman TerenceNewman is offline

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    Feb 27th, 2011 (2/27/2011 7:18pm) in reply to fingaz

    lighten up
  3. clueless5 clueless5 is offline

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    Feb 27th, 2011 (2/27/2011 7:22pm) in reply to TerenceNewman

    if u do it live then it forces the other guy to show his cards assuming he just reships it. but online yeah kinda pointless as you can always go to the hand history.
  4. fingaz fingaz is offline

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    Feb 27th, 2011 (2/27/2011 7:27pm) in reply to clueless5

    Haha, I'm pretty light actually, thanks. I'm just trying to figure out if it's coz they see their hero doing it so it must be a sick play. Or if there's actually any thought behind it.
     
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  5. Passiveplay Passiveplay is offline

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    Feb 27th, 2011 (2/27/2011 7:33pm) in reply to fingaz

    I do it because since I am not all in I can Jamie Gold them into folding with my super good chat.
     
  6. fingaz fingaz is offline

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    Feb 27th, 2011 (2/27/2011 7:38pm) in reply to Passiveplay

    Well, that I would get. But you'd be the exception, coz 99.9% of the people I see doing it never say a word.
     
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  7. Decatur217 Decatur217 is offline OTs Iron Man

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    Feb 27th, 2011 (2/27/2011 7:43pm) in reply to fingaz

    You can still chat at that point. Smart move.
  8. josephf josephf is offline

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    Feb 27th, 2011 (2/27/2011 7:46pm) in reply to Decatur217

    Apparently it works well as a tactic to tilt people.
  9. Sdanby Sdanby is offline

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    Feb 27th, 2011 (2/27/2011 7:57pm) in reply to josephf

    sometimes, if you have a very small stack, you can trick mass tablers to fold becuase they think its a regular open when they are getting odds to call
  10. R_Webb18 R_Webb18 is offline

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    Feb 27th, 2011 (2/27/2011 8:04pm) in reply to Sdanby

    if he did it on ft he did it so he could time it right
     
  11. fingaz fingaz is offline

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    Feb 27th, 2011 (2/27/2011 8:23pm) in reply to Sdanby

     
    Originally Posted by josephf View Post

    Apparently it works well as a tactic to tilt people.

    That works for me obv!

     
    Originally Posted by Sdanby View Post

    sometimes, if you have a very small stack, you can trick mass tablers to fold becuase they think its a regular open when they are getting odds to call

    I do that all the time. But I'm talking about someone w/ 20bb opening for 19bb...
     
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  12. rayfox111 rayfox111 is offline

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    Feb 27th, 2011 (2/27/2011 10:14pm) in reply to fingaz

    Its not complicated!
    When you use the slider to go all-in, sometimes a few chips are unintentionally left behind.
  13. donkiman donkiman is offline

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    Feb 27th, 2011 (2/27/2011 11:19pm) in reply to rayfox111

    I think its even funnier when a player with 6000 chips raises to 4000 pre when the blinds are at 100/200...

     
    Originally Posted by Sdanby View Post

    sometimes, if you have a very small stack, you can trick mass tablers to fold becuase they think its a regular open when they are getting odds to call

    hahaha i found one
     
  14. fingaz fingaz is offline

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    Feb 27th, 2011 (2/27/2011 11:21pm) in reply to rayfox111

     
    Originally Posted by rayfox111 View Post

    Its not complicated!
    When you use the slider to go all-in, sometimes a few chips are unintentionally left behind.

    I think you're missing the point. These people are TYPING IN their bet sizes.
     
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  15. MattyDaCobra MattyDaCobra is offline

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    Feb 27th, 2011 (2/27/2011 11:50pm) in reply to fingaz

    I do it all the time (so long as my internet connection is solid.)

    All the above reasons:
    I can chat.
    I may fool a mass MTTer into folding.
    It can tilt people.
    It makes me smile.
    Chip and a chair, baby!
     
  16. tank0288 tank0288 is offline

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    Feb 28th, 2011 (2/28/2011 12:28am) in reply to fingaz

    they don't have to be typing, in some instances u can use the slider to bet 9885 with 115 left, don't be so uptight, smoke a bowl
  17. LordPye LordPye is offline

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    Feb 28th, 2011 (2/28/2011 12:42am) in reply to tank0288

    Any bet made by an eastern european.
  18. m_hawk_1 m_hawk_1 is offline

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    Feb 28th, 2011 (2/28/2011 12:57am) in reply to LordPye

    It doesn't say all in next to your name, gets more folds from people who aren't paying attention because they don't stop to calc pot odds.
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  19. hoosier418 hoosier418 is offline

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    Feb 28th, 2011 (2/28/2011 1:41am) in reply to m_hawk_1

    Live tourny last night . Blinds are 3k-6k we are down to four players . The SB has put out his 3k and has only 4k left . Action folded to him and he called . And then folded to the BB raise. Leaving himself with 1k.
    I don't what he was thinking. Maybe that two of the other three would clash and he could move up a spot ? It did'nt happen , he was out in 4th.
  20. jonmon101 jonmon101 is offline

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    Feb 28th, 2011 (2/28/2011 1:46am) in reply to hoosier418

    I'll often just open to 2.5X or 3X or pot when I lose a big pot and get left with around 4-6bbs in the hopes that ppl will be multi-tabling and not notice I'm shoving for a super small amount and just auto-much an A3 type hand that they would have called with had they saw me just shove all in. I know other ppl have done it to me with occasional success when I'm playing too many tables so I think it has some merit...
     
  21. sirswish6 sirswish6 is offline i mean super business

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    Feb 28th, 2011 (2/28/2011 1:54am) in reply to jonmon101

    slowroll setups
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  22. norv norv is offline

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    Feb 28th, 2011 (2/28/2011 3:22am) in reply to sirswish6

    i always thought it was because the software doesn't like the "allin" and therefore since you can't be booted out of the tourney at that moment in time, you hit the flop.........hehe
  23. ShipThisPLZ ShipThisPLZ is offline

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    Feb 28th, 2011 (2/28/2011 3:29am) in reply to m_hawk_1

     
    Originally Posted by m_hawk_1 View Post

    It doesn't say all in next to your name, gets more folds from people who aren't paying attention because they don't stop to calc pot odds.


    shhhh
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  24. rob131986 rob131986 is offline

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    Feb 28th, 2011 (2/28/2011 4:00am) in reply to sirswish6

     
    Originally Posted by sirswish6 View Post

    slowroll setups

    this
     
  25. onetime08 onetime08 is offline

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    Feb 28th, 2011 (2/28/2011 4:04am) in reply to sirswish6

     
    Originally Posted by sirswish6 View Post

    slowroll setups

    THIS ^^^ and also the most important reason is to time the RNG....
  26. bukowski101 bukowski101 is offline

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    Feb 28th, 2011 (2/28/2011 4:16am) in reply to onetime08

    OP must hate me
     
  27. sanzard sanzard is offline

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    Feb 28th, 2011 (2/28/2011 10:48am) in reply to bukowski101

    I do this all the time, makes it more enjoyable if people are creating a thread about it.
     
  28. fingaz fingaz is offline

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    Feb 28th, 2011 (2/28/2011 12:21pm) in reply to sanzard

    FTR, the move doesn't really bother me that much since it's not my chips, but the player's chips. I was just hoping someone could give me an idea on the logic behind it - coz I think most people just blindly do it coz they see their hero doing it. So the guy who said it doesn't put "All In" next to your name wins! That's the key takeaway I got from this thread, anyways. Didn't expect this topic would generate this much traction...
     
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  29. flipxpelon562 flipxpelon562 is offline

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    Feb 28th, 2011 (2/28/2011 4:37pm) in reply to fingaz

    Yeah basically to trick the random card generator because when you press all In you are automatically dealt runner runner to bust
  30. mickykal mickykal is offline

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    Feb 28th, 2011 (2/28/2011 6:53pm) in reply to flipxpelon562

    Everytime I have Ever Called one of these I was always ahead. Then I get suckd out on.
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