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#11
05-07-2007, 02:20 PM
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Re: Why do players do this? Slow roll in the Trop 4/8 game in AC....
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The whole idea of a slow-roll is to briefly make the other guy think they have won the pot before squashing their excitement by showing down a better hand that claims the pot. That is not what you described. [/ QUOTE ] So if he wasn't slow-rolling what would you call it? Statements like "I know you don't have a five" are slow-rollers favorite because he's giving you some sort of hope (while knowing full well that he crushes you). 
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#12
05-07-2007, 02:53 PM
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Re: Why do players do this? Slow roll in the Trop 4/8 game in AC....
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totally uncalled for and ruined what could have been a nice relaxing low limit game. [/ QUOTE ] If mild posturing with quads ruins your experience, I'm not sure you'd be able to find a "relaxing" low-limit game anywhere. You shouldn't give other people so much control over your emotions. [ QUOTE ] I figured the dealer would have straightened the villain out in no uncertain terms [/ QUOTE ] By doing what? "Sir, you have to show first. If you hesitate again, I'll have to waggle my finger at you." [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] Seriously, what did you imagine the dealer doing in this situation? As to people getting upset over more legitimate slow-rolls... eh, who cares? Isn't this the poker equivalent of the chest-point nose-flick? The person doing it looks like an immature goof, and the more grace the person being rolled has, the better s/he looks. Getting worked up lets the terrorists win.
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#13
05-07-2007, 04:48 PM
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Re: Why do players do this? Slow roll in the Trop 4/8 game in AC....
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[ QUOTE ] The whole idea of a slow-roll is to briefly make the other guy think they have won the pot before squashing their excitement by showing down a better hand that claims the pot. That is not what you described. [/ QUOTE ] So if he wasn't slow-rolling what would you call it? Statements like "I know you don't have a five" are slow-rollers favorite because he's giving you some sort of hope (while knowing full well that he crushes you). [/ QUOTE ] Naaaah. Villain made quads and was excited to showdown. He wanted the hero to showdown first, wanted to know what hero had because he "knew he didn't have a five." A bad beat, yes; painful, yes...but not a slow-roll.
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#14
05-07-2007, 04:52 PM
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Re: Why do players do this? Slow roll in the Trop 4/8 game in AC....
this is just a classless live fish, dont let it bother u
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05-07-2007, 05:02 PM
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Re: Why do players do this? Slow roll in the Trop 4/8 game in AC....
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You call that a slow roll? THIS would have been a slow roll (same action up to the rived call): Villian holds cards like he plans to muck and says "nice call, you have an overpair right?". Hero flips over his cards, and villian says "too bad I have 2 pair, fives and fives! BOO-YAH - SHIP IT BAAAABEEEEE". As played, it was pretty lame for a slow roll. Semi-interesting bad beat story though. [/ QUOTE ] LOL. Good one.
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#16
05-07-2007, 05:07 PM
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Re: Why do players do this? Slow roll in the Trop 4/8 game in AC....
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The whole idea of a slow-roll is to briefly make the other guy think they have won the pot before squashing their excitement by showing down a better hand that claims the pot. That is not what you described. If he really wanted to slow roll you, he would have waited for you to table your aces and then when you started to get happy about the win, he'd have rolled his pocket 5's. Slow Rollers aren't happy with just winning the pot, they want to get under a player's skin in the process. [/ QUOTE ] Happened to me the other night in a small pot when I turned over my hand to show a KT with a K on board and the guy at the far end of the table doesn't do anything for about 10 seconds so I figure I have him beat and then he slowly turns over his K with a better kicker. He knew what he was doing too. Pretty lame.
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05-07-2007, 05:32 PM
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Re: Why do players do this? Slow roll in the Trop 4/8 game in AC....
If Trop players are the bottom of the barrel, where do Taj players come from? Under the barrel? Personally, I've been splitting time between the Trop and Borg lately, and I don't see a big difference in the etiquette of players at either place.
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#19
05-07-2007, 06:29 PM
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Re: Why do players do this? Slow roll in the Trop 4/8 game in AC....
Looks like he saved you a bet on the end.(didn't see any mention of the raise being called)
They do it because they want attention drawn to themselves. People do this at all limits. The size of the limit doesn't make it any better than the other. b
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#20
05-07-2007, 06:31 PM
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Re: Why do players do this? Slow roll in the Trop 4/8 game in AC....
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[ QUOTE ] You call that a slow roll? THIS would have been a slow roll (same action up to the rived call): Villian holds cards like he plans to muck and says "nice call, you have an overpair right?". Hero flips over his cards, and villian says "too bad I have 2 pair, fives and fives! BOO-YAH - SHIP IT BAAAABEEEEE". As played, it was pretty lame for a slow roll. Semi-interesting bad beat story though. [/ QUOTE ] It really sucked no matter what you call it. [/ QUOTE ] It always sucks when your aces get cracked. I agree, this just seems like a bad beat story. b
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