Re: Poker Ethics Question
The only person whose ethics are in doubt is the villain's, Re: Franklin -- one man to a hand. Also, a lot of people don't really understand NLHE, though they think they do -- this includes your villain.
From No Limit Hold 'Em: Theory and Practice, p.2: "Advice comes in sound bites... Sound bites make for terrible no limit advice." The sound bite here is checking down a hand to eliminate a player -- if you don't stand to gain, there's no sense in it. When you're gaining big money at the final table, or on the bubble, there is. Ethics are not the problem here -- your opponent just doesn't know enough about the game.
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