In Response to Re: What is an acceptable reaction to being slowrolled?? Any crazy slowroll fights/stories? : I'm not trying to be argumentive, but how on earth could you possibly know he was not distracted? I just feel, personally, that before we call folks out, we ought to have some proof. You don't have any proof, just a suspicion. I'm not defending the guy, if he did slowroll you, well he deserves a metaphorical slap round the chops, but it happens, we just need to rise above it, & be the bigger man. Posted by Tikay10
Example - playing on my laptop, dog comes over nuzzles for a stroke, cat adjacent to laptop then gives dog a swift swipe across the nose, dog pulls away sharply, knocks cup of hot tea all over me and laptop. I was distracted. Although in this scenario I timed out and hence folded the nuts.
In Response to Re: What is an acceptable reaction to being slowrolled?? Any crazy slowroll fights/stories? : Assuming he made a comment in chat and your not watching them while they play to know they were not distracted during the hand? Posted by MattBates
Matt this does'nt make sense can you clarify what you are trying to say?
In Response to Re: What is an acceptable reaction to being slowrolled?? Any crazy slowroll fights/stories? : Exactly what mrmyagi did to me last night in a £11 BH. Nut flush v my Q high flush all in on river takes his whole time bank to call. dirty really. Posted by GCDF
In Response to Re: What is an acceptable reaction to being slowrolled?? Any crazy slowroll fights/stories? : If true, that's not nice, but it's entirely possible he took time to call because he was on another table, or was distracted. It's not really right to automatically assume he deliberately slowrolled you. Posted by Tikay10
It seems these days that there are people that take pride in being rude, whether that is slow rolling, taking time to post the blinds, or even saying something abusive when they win a pot. Usually I find that they tend to be young boys. They tend to have a very small vocabulary, and use the " your mama " type of abuse. I JUST IGNORE THEM its far easier
In Response to Re: What is an acceptable reaction to being slowrolled?? Any crazy slowroll fights/stories? : Matt this does'nt make sense can you clarify what you are trying to say? Posted by GCDF
How can you know someone wasn't distracted during a hand? Unless you are watching them?
In Response to Re: What is an acceptable reaction to being slowrolled?? Any crazy slowroll fights/stories? : How can you know someone wasn't distracted during a hand? Unless you are watching them? Posted by MattBates
I think this is really important, unless you are certain you cannot accuse someone of slow rolling.
I have been on the recieving end of abuse whilst 'accidentally' rolling someone (wife was talking to me- and I know from experience it is not a good idea to ignore her and stare at the laptop.....;-)).
I have also had a 'ha ha ha' printed in the chatbox before the villian flipped aces in HUSNG.....in that case I felt I could be fairly sure he did it on purpose...:-).
In Response to Re: What is an acceptable reaction to being slowrolled?? Any crazy slowroll fights/stories? : I think this is really important, unless you are certain you cannot accuse someone of slow rolling. I have been on the recieving end of abuse whilst 'accidentally' rolling someone (wife was talking to me- and I know from experience it is not a good idea to ignore her and stare at the laptop.....;-)). I have also had a 'ha ha ha' printed in the chatbox before the villian flipped aces in HUSNG.....in that case I felt I could be fairly sure he did it on purpose...:-). Posted by HENDRIK62
Out of interest, what do you consider to be a slowroll? Surely, it's only when he is tanking with the nuts, right? Posted by Slipwater
That's a good point, this was a horrendous slowroll. Just for clarification I was talking about live play really. online is much harder to say "that was a slowroll" for all the reasons stated before.
The hand that made me start this thread was from a weds night live tourney. I had AK suited, raised pre and got 1 caller from the bb. Flop came Q55. BB checks, i half pot it, call. So im thinking hes either caught the flop or could have pp or maybe strong ace. He checks the turn, i half pot leaving myself a pot size shove for the river. He calls turn. He checks river. Board is very dry. Now it a re entry, so i shove, around pot size, for most nearly all his stack. He tanks for ages......................................... and ages.....................................and ages. So im thinking he is going to fold. Then he holds his chips and his faking putting them over the line, obv trying to get a read. Then he calls. Now he has to show first, but i am a nice guy, i says nice call and tables my AK, He slowly turns a jack over, then waits about 5 seconds and turns over the 5!!!
He's a reg at the casino, so he knew what he was doing. Now i know its a move to put you on tilt, so don't give them the satisfaction, but if you are non threatening to the player, i actual think giving him/her some verbal is justified. Not that i would lower myself personally.
In Response to Re: What is an acceptable reaction to being slowrolled?? Any crazy slowroll fights/stories? : That's a good point, this was a horrendous slowroll. Just for clarification I was talking about live play really. online is much harder to say "that was a slowroll" for all the reasons stated before. The hand that made me start this thread was from a weds night live tourney. I had AK suited, raised pre and got 1 caller from the bb. Flop came Q55. BB checks, i half pot it, call. So im thinking hes either caught the flop or could have pp or maybe strong ace. He checks the turn, i half pot leaving myself a pot size shove for the river. He calls turn. He checks river. Board is very dry. Now it a re entry, so i shove, around pot size, for most nearly all his stack. He tanks for ages......................................... and ages.....................................and ages. So im thinking he is going to fold. Then he holds his chips and his faking putting them over the line, obv trying to get a read. Then he calls. Now he has to show first, but i am a nice guy, i says nice call and tables my AK, He slowly turns a jack over, then waits about 5 seconds and turns over the 5!!! He's a reg at the casino, so he knew what he was doing. Now i know its a move to put you on tilt, so don't give them the satisfaction, but if you are non threatening to the player, i actual think giving him/her some verbal is justified. Not that i would lower myself personally. Posted by ShaunyT
Sounds to me like he absolutely owned you.
It's a re-buy and he's got you on tilt.
Obviously i wasn't there but i can gurantee it wasn't a 5 second wait between him flipping the cards, exaggeration for the win. Plus he could have easily meant to flip the 5 first. Hard to remember which card is which. WP him.
In Response to Re: What is an acceptable reaction to being slowrolled?? Any crazy slowroll fights/stories? : Sounds to me like he absolutely owned you. It's a re-buy and he's got you on tilt. Obviously i wasn't there but i can gurantee it wasn't a 5 second wait between him flipping the cards, exaggeration for the win. Plus he could have easily meant to flip the 5 first. Hard to remember which card is which. WP him. Posted by 1267
He played the hand well. Checking the river was great play to induce a bluff. Wouldn't say absolutely owned though. Imho when I've tabled my bluff why not just say "I've got the 5" before he flips his cards? That's what I would have done. Guess everyone is different.
In Response to Re: What is an acceptable reaction to being slowrolled?? Any crazy slowroll fights/stories? : You really have to be careful with that. You wore protection, right? Posted by Slipwater
Mid to late stages of a live tournament, think we were approaching the bubble, I had about 25BB, folded round to me on the button, I just over min raise and the BB shoves. I fold. Next orbit, similar stack I'm on the button and look down at AKo, I reach for chips and the BB says 'Are you sure? It didn't work out too well for you last time. I'm going all-in and I've not even looked at my cards yet.' I put the bet in, and sure enough he shoves on me putting me at risk. I've not seen him look at his cards so I wonder if he's seriously strong and is pretending not to have looked. I didn't take long, but when I called and turned over AK he gave it the 'what took you so long?!' He had QcJc, so I guess he must have seen them! Was a sweat and we held with Ace high, but he took exception that I didn't snap him off. Perhaps he shouldn't have given the speach.
I was curious as to what would constitute a slowroll on online Poker - I didn't realise that letting the time run low is a slow rolling.
If i were to let the time go down, it would be over a deliberation on what is on the table, outs and what the other players may be holding or I was looking at another table - but I try my best to be a quick as I can.
I only ever tick the 'Away' button if I am actually away, wee-ing, smoking etc........
If I see that others are 'away', or they take a long time to act I don't get annoyed or frustrated, I employ my thought track that they are busy doing other people things. It's not a long time to wait and everyone gets their turn eventually. I do sometimes wonder why players enter a game, and tick the 'away' box and then I realised that by doing so in the early cheap rounds it is an effective tool for longevity, not losing much and always the opportunity to pop in and play the good ones. That just seems a little empty to me - but whatever works.
I do find though if I am having a slight tilt I will tick away and just take 2 to re-group, there is nothing wrong with that, in fact doing so my help.
I find rudeness on the felt abhorrent. We don't know each other, this is an online service and is anonymous - who are the hecklers to think they know so much?
Deep breaths my friends and let the chips come to you
Think you've missed it you Pudding - effectively online slowrolling is really deemed to be people using their entire time bar before making the call with the nut hand, sometimes accompanied by a bit in the chat-box like "ty" or ":)". As previously mentioned, without the chat comments, it may not be a genuine slowroll as that player may not have been giving that game their full undivided attention.
Think you've missed it you Pudding - effectively online slowrolling is really deemed to be people using their entire time bar before making the call with the nut hand, sometimes accompanied by a bit in the chat-box like "ty" or ":)". As previously mentioned, without the chat comments, it may not be a genuine slowroll as that player may not have been giving that game their full undivided attention. Posted by bbMike
I'm gonna slowroll the pants off you Mike sometime very soon.
In Response to Re: What is an acceptable reaction to being slowrolled?? Any crazy slowroll fights/stories? : I'm gonna slowroll the pants off you Mike sometime very soon. ty Posted by hhyftrftdr
Its when people start chatting away whilst the action is on them. One time I got slowrolled the guy put 'err' in the chatbox about 3 times then tanked and called with AA. Flopped my straight gg sir. :-)
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They tend to have a very small vocabulary, and use the " your mama " type of abuse.
I JUST IGNORE THEM its far easier
I have also had a 'ha ha ha' printed in the chatbox before the villian flipped aces in HUSNG.....in that case I felt I could be fairly sure he did it on purpose...:-).
You wore protection, right?
The hand that made me start this thread was from a weds night live tourney. I had AK suited, raised pre and got 1 caller from the bb. Flop came Q55. BB checks, i half pot it, call. So im thinking hes either caught the flop or could have pp or maybe strong ace. He checks the turn, i half pot leaving myself a pot size shove for the river. He calls turn. He checks river. Board is very dry. Now it a re entry, so i shove, around pot size, for most nearly all his stack. He tanks for ages......................................... and ages.....................................and ages. So im thinking he is going to fold. Then he holds his chips and his faking putting them over the line, obv trying to get a read. Then he calls. Now he has to show first, but i am a nice guy, i says nice call and tables my AK, He slowly turns a jack over, then waits about 5 seconds and turns over the 5!!!
He's a reg at the casino, so he knew what he was doing. Now i know its a move to put you on tilt, so don't give them the satisfaction, but if you are non threatening to the player, i actual think giving him/her some verbal is justified. Not that i would lower myself personally.
It's a re-buy and he's got you on tilt.
Obviously i wasn't there but i can gurantee it wasn't a 5 second wait between him flipping the cards, exaggeration for the win. Plus he could have easily meant to flip the 5 first. Hard to remember which card is which.
WP him.
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