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"Away" at the poker table

deeezdeeez Member Posts: 14
edited August 2011 in Poker Chat
Surely this option should be disabled at a final table.  Just played a satelitte, im short stacked with 3 left, and 2nd place player goes away, leaving myself at a massive disadvantage
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  • PiAnOpLaYaPiAnOpLaYa Member Posts: 554
    edited August 2011
    no it doesnt your at a massive advantage
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  • AcidMan27AcidMan27 Member Posts: 3,752
    edited August 2011
    Yeah if you can't beat an away player something is wrong with your game.

    Having said that, how do you know the player didn't have connection problems ?
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  • acebarry10acebarry10 Member Posts: 7,556
    edited August 2011
    In Response to "Away" at the poker table:
    Surely this option should be disabled at a final table.  Just played a satelitte, im short stacked with 3 left, and 2nd place player goes away, leaving myself at a massive disadvantage
    Posted by deeez
    Hi deeez

    It is their money, they may play as they wish, with an away player, it is easy to steal the blinds, just raise them, they will just fold automatically, incedentally, was the timer bar green?, or, Red?, if it was red, they had disconnected.
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  • deeezdeeez Member Posts: 14
    edited August 2011
    sorry, the player went "away" with me and top stack left, i had 5 bb against 40bb, the "away" player didnt want to risk continuing to play against the big stack.
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  • AcidMan27AcidMan27 Member Posts: 3,752
    edited August 2011
    Did he say that in the chatbox ?

    TBH like Acebarry said, the player can do what they want really. Even if they stayed they probably wouldn't have played another hand.




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  • debdobs_67debdobs_67 Member Posts: 3,615
    edited August 2011
    Its easy to just say ' steal their blinds' BUT you do in fact HAVE to be in the correct position on the table to do this xx
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  • Lambert180Lambert180 Member Posts: 12,197
    edited August 2011
    In Response to Re: "Away" at the poker table:
    Did he say that in the chatbox ? TBH like Acebarry said, the player can do what they want really. Even if they stayed they probably wouldn't have played another hand.
    Posted by AcidMan27
    Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Even if he doesn't technically put himself 'away' that doesn't stop him folding every single hand he gets. Wouldn't you prefer him to be away and you be able to take his blinds with no risk rather than not knowing he's away?
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  • BADBOY985BADBOY985 Member Posts: 1,957
    edited August 2011
    In Response to Re: "Away" at the poker table:
    sorry, the player went "away" with me and top stack left, i had 5 bb against 40bb, the "away" player didnt want to risk continuing to play against the big stack.
    Posted by deeez
    Going away is just the same as folding every hand. if you take it off as an altrenative the guy can just fold, fold fold
    and as previous poster says it gives you an advantage you shove your only getin 1 caller max instead of 2.
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  • CodexCodex Member Posts: 211
    edited August 2011
    i think once you get to a final table, play should be paused while a sky representative travels to each persons house and makes sure each person is there and playing all hands they think they should play
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  • Lambert180Lambert180 Member Posts: 12,197
    edited August 2011
    In Response to Re: "Away" at the poker table:
    i think once you get to a final table, play should be paused while a sky representative travels to each persons house and makes sure each person is there and playing all hands they think they should play
    Posted by Codex
     LOL
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  • deeezdeeez Member Posts: 14
    edited August 2011
    but it takes away the opportunity to triple up, for the 2 big stacks to clash.  Its nonsense
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  • DOHHHHHHHDOHHHHHHH Member Posts: 17,929
    edited August 2011
    In Response to Re: "Away" at the poker table:
    but it takes away the opportunity to triple up, for the 2 big stacks to clash.  Its nonsense
    Posted by deeez
    If he sat in and folded every hand you couldn't triple up anyway.


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  • AcidMan27AcidMan27 Member Posts: 3,752
    edited August 2011
    In Response to Re: "Away" at the poker table:
    but it takes away the opportunity to triple up, for the 2 big stacks to clash.  Its nonsense
    Posted by deeez
    If the bigger stacks have any idea about how to play a sat properly they wouldn't be doing this anyway.
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  • deeezdeeez Member Posts: 14
    edited August 2011
    true but doesnt take away from the chance they both get monsters
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  • CodexCodex Member Posts: 211
    edited August 2011
    serious response, hoping 2 big stacks collide when youhave 5bb is not really the way to go about qualifying unless the 2 big stacks are both idiots who have no clue how to play


    1 player being away gives you much better odds to be shoving and stealing the blinds knowing only one hand is available to call you instead of 2
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  • GavinxxxxGavinxxxx Member Posts: 559
    edited August 2011
    Lost count of how many times this subject has been brought up and discussed in the the forum lol
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  • GavinxxxxGavinxxxx Member Posts: 559
    edited August 2011
    Also if i was him i would of probably gone 'away' myself, but thats just me
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  • DOHHHHHHHDOHHHHHHH Member Posts: 17,929
    edited August 2011
    In Response to Re: "Away" at the poker table:
    Also if i was him i would of probably gone 'away' myself, but thats just me
    Posted by Gavinxxxx
    If I was him I'd do the opposite, and go all in everytime you were on the big blind no matter what I was holding.

    If you shoved, I would call with whatever I was holding, and check it to the end with the big stack, giving you even less chance of surviving.
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  • CodexCodex Member Posts: 211
    edited August 2011
    ^^ Stop complaining about playing against bad opponents ^^ ;)
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  • GavinxxxxGavinxxxx Member Posts: 559
    edited August 2011
    Thats poker :)
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