Re: On Ghosting
KneeCo's explanation of rules vs. ethics is a good one. Although something like murder might be unethical regardless of rules, plenty of things are unethical only because there are rules against them.
When one person breaks the rules, he gives himself an unfair edge over those following the rules, and that is unethical. If the same action were allowed by the rules, then it would no longer be unethical, because everyone would have the opportunity to do it.
You're in BB. SB moves all in. Is it ethical for you to fold? Most of the time, of course it is. But if you are playing a flippament, then folding becomes unethical because there is a rule against it.
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