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SLOW ROLLING
TheEdge949
Member Posts: 5,741
in Poker Chat
Don't usually come on here and have a pop at other players but I feel I have to comment upon what appears to be a general decline in standards by some players.
Now I'm not going to name names, yet. However as I only play in a limited number of tourneys with the same player pool you guys know who you are.
Don't slow roll others guys especially when you lol in the chatbox over it. Its not funny, not clever and is bad for the image of the game especially at lower stakes where there may be newbies.
Sky is a great place to play with an unusually friendly atmosphere and a welcoming ethos. If we can lose with dignity lets show some class when we win yeah.
Yours in poker
Mark
Now I'm not going to name names, yet. However as I only play in a limited number of tourneys with the same player pool you guys know who you are.
Don't slow roll others guys especially when you lol in the chatbox over it. Its not funny, not clever and is bad for the image of the game especially at lower stakes where there may be newbies.
Sky is a great place to play with an unusually friendly atmosphere and a welcoming ethos. If we can lose with dignity lets show some class when we win yeah.
Yours in poker
Mark
Comments
I'm confused...definition below
A slow roll in poker is where the player with the very best hand ("the nuts") makes a scene of calling a large final bet, adding unnecessary drama to the hand. One of the most frowned-upon moves in poker, slow rolling is likely to lose you respect and may even anger your opponents
How can you slow roll a hand in the 7-8 seconds you have to call?
OK if you leave it till the last second till you call I get it but surely there's no time for theatrics?? ( I can't type " Oh dear, what shall I do?" " Hmm, I really should call, pot committed etc etc " fast enough
I call straight away as I'm more worried my internet will drop out any second!!
I agree with the original post if it happens but all I ever see ( and do ) is NH and GL after being taken out with the nuts....maybe I've had more practice than most being taken out
Very rarely do I see anyone Lol ing the losing player- again, maybe I play at too low a value
The reason I stay with this platform is the fun chat and general good nature people show when playing
GLGL
I really dont care myself because I see it at least once a week in live games and if it happens to me I call the other player out.
I just think it shows a lack of class but maybe I live in the past.
Mark
So is it ok for me to angle shoot in a £50 local comp but not the SPT or GUKPT etc.
Or can I do it at the SPT but not the WSOP main event ?
I would say that there is a comparison between angling and slowrolling as in the cardrooms I frequent, Genting, Grosvenor DTD both will get you a verbal blast from the table for a first infraction and a repeat of the same is likely to lead to a mis hap somewhere between the doors and your transport.
As I said you can slowroll me all day long and I can hold my own when it comes to the chatbox. My point is we should be discouraging anything that could put new players off playing here.
Always a joyous occasion when you can finally get them back, be that weeks, months or sometimes even years down the line.
When I dabbled in DYMs a couple of years ago, it took about 2 months of playing the same player day in day out before the poker Gods finally afforded me the opportunity to get my revenge with a set over set cold deck. To say the villain in question (who I won't name but is a female who might have been in the Navy) went apeshit in the chatbox would be an understatement. Fun times and a whale never forgets or whatever that saying is.
Yeah players shouldn't do it but I don't really think its much of an issue. Chances are a newbie might not even realise whats going on, depending on how 'newbie' they are.
"Well I know that He / She isn't putting another penny in the middle so I may as well just call"
Maybe, but I would still consider it soft playing.
As for slow rolling, unless somebody types lol or similar then you have to give them the benefit of the doubt as they might have a tonne of tables on the go or distracted by the wife.