Is it possible to not collude even slightly with your best friend?
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To play poker you must be very very very competitive... if you let the "friendship factor" get in your way your play will be affected loosing hands more often than you use too.
Joined: Mar '11
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Posted by mcedger: i have a lot of experience with this as i go to pub league games with my good friend 2-4 nights a week. we both just agree to try not get in each others way if we can help it. yesterday for instance i limped in on the button of a family pot with 64o flop comes down 6 6 10 it checks round to me and i raise small for 125 into 300. my friend who is sb check raises it to 400, everyone else gets out of the way and i call knowing he is likely beating me. i call his 600 raise on the 8 turn in the hope of out drawing his obv better 6 now, when the river bricks i fold to his all in and show my 6 to the table, 1 guy tried to imply he nudged me under the table but it was obv i should have folded earlier really, he shows us A6c for the nut trips lol. 4 weeks ago we ended up heads up in a playoff for a regional final, me with 80%+ of the chips and he ended up coming back to beat me . was gutted. i just know his game better than anyone elses and vice versa. we both just show each other a little extra respect for each others raises but understand if you have a hand that you HAVE to play then u have to. in home games its all fair game its just the leagues and bigger tys we appreciate that it can get quite expensive to play regularly. also if 1 of us ever has a good finish when we're both in a tournament we will sort out the other a bit of cash, makes you have a vested interest in each other doing well but not too the point of actual cheating as far as im concrned. its just not about being ruthless with your friends .
If you're sitting at the table with a friend, and fold a monster, I'd either muck it, or have a DAMN good reason for folding. If I was at the table, I'd definitely be suspecting something as well.
Joined: Feb '12
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 46 (M)
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i knew from the way he bet, AND considering I called his 3 bet AND turn bet, i knew he HAD to have me beat, i showed the 6 for his knowledge rather than anyone elses, and he in turn showed a better 6 which i knew was the minimum he would have in that spot, i lost half of my stack in what is a very short stacked game and showed that i can make big lay downs. if there is 1 rule we do have its not to bluff each other when heads up. if you want to call me a cheat for that then thats your opinion but i dint think theres anything wrong with it.
. was gutted. i just know his game better than anyone elses and vice versa. we both just show each other a little extra respect for each others raises but understand if you have a hand that you HAVE to play then u have to. in home games its all fair game its just the leagues and bigger tys we appreciate that it can get quite expensive to play regularly. also if 1 of us ever has a good finish when we're both in a tournament we will sort out the other a bit of cash, makes you have a vested interest in each other doing well but not too the point of actual cheating as far as im concrned. its just not about being ruthless with your friends 
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