Good ol ethics question

[PickyTooth]

Ok so I disced in a pretty bad spot where it looks like some blatant cheating.

***** Hand History for Game 5688269971 *****
0/0 Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) - Sun Feb 18 19:23:10 EST 2007
Table Table 127186 (Real Money) -- Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: tauran11 ( $4925)
Seat 2: SSHattem ( $8052.50)
Seat 3: robot742 ( $10436)
Seat 4: queenkris ( $10993)
Seat 5: Hasuwisp ( $5215)
Seat 6: kielbax ( $4943)
Seat 7: pipupop ( $5412)
Seat 8: Grane54 ( $5000)
Seat 9: xxmcxx ( $706.17)
Seat 10: heatertime ( $7309)
robot742 posts small blind (25)
queenkris posts big blind (50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to SSHattem [ Jc, 9s ]
Hasuwisp folds.
kielbax folds.
pipupop folds.
xxmcxx folds.
heatertime folds.
tauran11 folds.
SSHattem raises (175) to 175
robot742 folds.
queenkris calls (125)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Qc, Tc, 8h ]
queenkris checks.
SSHattem bets (300)
queenkris raises (800) to 800
SSHattem raises (2300) to 2600
queenkris calls (1800)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Th ]
queenkris checks.
SSHattem could not respond in time.(disconnected)
SSHattem Disconnect Protection enabled.
** Dealing River ** : [ Ac ]
Creating main pot with $5570 with players SSHattem
** Summary **
Main Pot: $5570 | Rake: $5
Board: [ Qc Tc 8h Th Ac ]

tauran11 balance $4925, didn't bet (folded)
SSHattem balance $5277.50, lost $2775 [ Jc 9s ] [ a straight Eight to Queen -- Qc,Jc,Tc,9s,8h ]

robot742 balance $10411, lost $25 (folded)
queenkris balance $13788, bet $2775, collected $5570, net +$2795 [ Qs Qh ] [ a full house, Queens full of Tens -- Qs,Qh,Qc,Tc,Th ]
Hasuwisp balance $5215, didn't bet (folded)
kielbax balance $4943, didn't bet (folded)
pipupop balance $5412, didn't bet (folded)
Grane54 balance $5000, sits out
xxmcxx balance $706.17, didn't bet (folded)
heatertime balance $7309, didn't bet (folded)


First off I'm putting him on a set the whole time. I would've probably checked behind turn and check called river depending how much he bet.

Should I be sending him money?

Also does the fact that he's the worlds biggest douche bag change my decision at all?

[PartyGirlUK]

You dont owe him anything.

[9cao]

You don't owe him anything but if he complains and you get your DP taken away it would be understandable IMO.

[Clayton]

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You don't owe him anything but if he complains and you get your DP taken away it would be understandable IMO.

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and thats it

the DP connect was made for people in your spot Picky

[curtains]

Dude no one intentionally disconnects after their opponent checks! If he went allin then there's a red flag, but DC'ing after a check seems ridiculous.

[Kirkrrr]

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You dont owe him anything.

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[flytrap]

From what you said, you're not cheating, but if I were the villain in this hand, I'd be REALLY pissed. Like you said, it does look like blatant cheating, and if I were your opponent I would have reported it to the site, since he has no idea if you're trustworthy or not. And no of course you shouldn't send him any money. He wouldn't send you any if the situations were reversed.

[curtains]

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From what you said, you're not cheating, but if I were the villain in this hand, I'd be REALLY pissed. Like you said, it does look like blatant cheating, and if I were your opponent I would have reported it to the site, since he has no idea if you're trustworthy or not. And no of course you shouldn't send him any money. He wouldn't send you any if the situations were reversed.

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it doesnt look like blatant cheating because he disconned when there was no freaking bet to him! Almost anyone who planned on cheating here would check behind and disconnect if facing a large river bet. Unless OP is some master strategist who is disconnecting ahead of time just to avoid arousing suspicion, then it really doesn't make any sense.

I have never once seen someone disconnect in a spot where there has been no bet to them, and suspected anything. Does anyone here have any specific example to the contrary?

[stigmata]

Also, nobody seems to have seen you pull this before, myself included, so I think it's fair to give you the benefit of the doubt.

[lapoker17]

yeah - you owe him nothing, but he fact that it even occurred to you says a lot about you.