Re: Poker Ethics Question
This has been discussed many times before. Don't bluff into a dry sidepot, but it is often right by a lot to bet into a sidepot. There is nothing unethical about it.
In your situation, with TPTK and 8 players left in a SNG, it was pretty clear to bet for value or to protect your hand.
It's not your responsibility to knock people out. The benefit from knocking someone out is small and spread among many people, and it only matters in the rare parlay that you knock out the eventual best hand with the eventual 3rd best hand. Your share would be microscopic. The cost of not protecting your hand may be huge.
It is unethical collusion to tell someone to check it down when someone is all-in, and the floor should understand that even if most players don't, and may give a warning or impose a penalty. You will hear all sorts of absurd things said in poker rooms. Most poker players lose for good reason.
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