to strategize no problem, but not every time with every hand
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I know one person that does this and appears to have a female profile name.
Another reason from delaying is to minimize the number of hands played and thus increase the chance of getting into the money. Most of tournaments are about not making mistakes and maximizing the good hands. Let others take themselves out.
You see the stalling by many more people when you get near the bubble and people want other tables to lose people.
Regardless it sucks in general.
(BTW Bill, I changed my profile name from ETomM)
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If theyāre not breaking any rules then your complaint should be with the rule makers.
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I played at a site years ago where time clocks were reduced based on the number of times a player used it. Use it twice to the fullest, it was cut in half. Use it again to the fullest and they were left in the āredā every play. Time clock usage reset at a new ring or tourney. Sure made play a bit more enjoyable for the rest of us at the table!
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Since you canāt do much about it anyway, just consider it as ābreaking evenā while you wait. If you get upset because of it, the deliberate slow player wins.
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I suppose you could always choose another table. I personally try not to antagonize or be unsportsmanlike to others as I know people can simply just choose not to engage which makes it 1.) less fun and 2.) less players to earn chips from.
Yeah, I get that. It peed me off, and I wasnāt the only one saying hurry up.
I thought that by starting this discussion I would get a more balanced view of how people perceive that strategy, as a strategy. I got very Pād off, maybe others take it in their stride and Iām a big drama queen, I just thought getting otherās input might be enlightening to me, and entertaining to others.
This is more on the site itself that any players. This is the only online poker room that I know of that doesnāt have a time bank system or even an MTT bubble hand-for-hand feature. Thatās the real issue.
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It annoys everyone, but if they have a valid excuse then telling them to hurry up is a bit rude, and if theyāre doing it on purpose youāre just feeding the troll.
If itās clear theyāre doing it on purpose, and it often is done purely to annoy, then report them or not, but engaging with them in the chat is not going to be productive.
I usually just leave them be, mostly because I think they are their own punishment. We only have to put up with a slow game every now and then, but they have to suffer it every time.
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There are some players that use the clock to itās limit on every single hand they play, which drives me to distraction .I make a note of these and on Freeroll , I sometimes Post and Fold when one of them joins, rather than having my BP sent into orbit, while we all wait patiently hand after hand !!
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I agree. And I can name off 2 or 3 that do that, but I will save them the shame, and you know who you are.
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nope, it does not take that length of time to make a decision, check,call, raise or fold and be done with it
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Clock killing is common in tournament play. People that have built their stack will delay as the player pool depletes enroute to the in the money stage of play. Letting smaller stacks bust out is not rude. It is smart.
In ring games. A player might have a poor jnternet connection. Or sometimes is just exercising the only control over the game they can. In a way this pleases control freaks. Iāve done it. Sometimes trying to slow the roll of a hot player or suggest they gtf off your table. It aint rocket science.
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play or get off the potā¦so to speak
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*these people who doing these are reading this and laughing it drives me crazy theyāll do it more when they read this just have to deal with it donāt let them it bugs us
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I havenāt struck it in Ring Games. Sure some people can take a while now and then, they may be playing several games at once or have a slow connection, sometimes Iāve timed out even though Iāve already hit the button, it just hasnāt updated, and sometimes Iām distracted because Iām often cooking the family dinner while playing, or maybe I grabbed a beer or had a pee and thought Iād make it back in time, but Iām talking taking it to the limit every single move, even just folding preflop, the whole way through a tournament.
I get why they do it, I just thought it would be something interesting to get otherās thoughts on it as a strategy.
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Very annoying. I tend to leave the table unless it is a tournament game
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I wanna put my fist through the screen and throat punch them!
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Itās a valid tactic, but I donāt see the need for it on a site thatās centered around being social and fun. I think it can be justified sometimes, but usually itās just going to annoy everyone for very little gain and doesnāt belong here.
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*The majority of tournament players have this tactic in their database. Basic poker strategy. The end.
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