Re: Poker Ethics Question
It's more of a strategy question really. I think it is misunderstood by the silly people who are told about the idea but then apply it at times when it is not applicable.
If you're on the bubble then it sometimes makes much more sense to 'cooperate' and check the hand down. This is because the huge gain for both of you from eliminating the all-in guy and thus guaranteeing you are ITM is much more important than 'protecting' your hand and increasing your chances of winning a few extra chips. You are thus much more likely to want to check the hand down in the latter stages of a SNG/tourney then in the early stages. But you're still in the early stages. Knocking out a player probably does not increase your $EV as much as winning the extra chips at this point since there are still many players left. So you did nothing wrong to bet. The result of the particular hand is irrelevant of course.
But what is silly is when players bluff the third player out with a hand that is extremely unlikely to beat the all-in guy without improvement. For example, don't semi-bluff with 45 on a 67K flop. If you know the other guy out and don't improve then you're just helping the all-in player stay in the tourney.
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