Etiquette in a B&M casino

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How many times do I think a player needs more than 60 seconds to make a decision? Not very often.

But on those rare times when it is reasonable to take more time than this, a player's wishes should be respected unless that player has a history of being disrespectful to the game.

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I think a minute is about max. I agree that a players history could come into play here, but then you have to draw the line somewhere. You're really going to let one guy do it, then tell another guy 4 hands later he can't because he has a history of stalling? That wouldn't go over too well.

I still think a minute is more than enough time.

Someone just mentioned taking possibly 3 minutes. Can you imagine waiting that long? 3 minutes is an eternity in a live game. 3 minutes online is a disconnect.

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Yes, I've let someone take 3 minutes for a decision a couple times. I can think of one occassion where I took at least 3 minutes for a decision. In all cases, I think the amount of time was warrented given the situation. It's not a case of staring someone down or Hollywooding. It takes some time to think through all the possibilities, remember hand you have played against that opponent in the past, do some Bayesian calculations, etc. This can easily take over a minute.

Now obviously, you could take this amount of time factoring this stuff on every hand and you would be a jerk, but for exceptionally large decisions (e.g. facing a bet of >100 BBs), I think it is reasonable.

Online is a totally different game with different rules of etiquette entirely. Also, I would never play online for the sort of stakes I will play live in large part because I feel so rushed.