Bet Pot Button...hate it or love it? - Page 2

monkeytales · #11 08-15-2007, 10:14 AM

OP here...I hate it for all the same reasons the rest of you do...it helps bad players. I like it when they (the bad players) bet $6 at a $32 pot, lets me draw for basically free...now they just hammer and I have to fold...these same players that bet $6 at $32, when they have something, can't get away...so for $6 I can win their stack...not an option with the POT button...can we petition to get it off of FT?

BigPoppa · #12 08-15-2007, 10:20 AM

Hate it.

Good players will bet close to pot anyway. This just lets bad players default to better bet-sizing.

Rakshasa · #13 08-15-2007, 10:20 AM

The hell with it. So many of these players would min3bet instead of pot3bet if it wasn't there, we 2p2ers could use an AHK script anyway.

Bulletproof Monk · #14 08-15-2007, 10:20 AM

i think its quite pretty

i would prefer if it was coloured green tho

Shes92 · #15 08-15-2007, 10:22 AM

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I don't like it because it tends to help bad players use good strong bet sizing. I personally *love* it for preflop.

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*nods*

baker2g · #16 08-15-2007, 10:40 AM

i like it

yahboohoo · #17 10-05-2007, 09:04 PM

It is the absolute single worst thing in online poker. It is a total crutch. It aids bad players. It encourages lazy play. It should be removed from every site that has it. But since it helps sites end MTTs and SNGs faster, I wouldn't hold your breath.

Jamougha · #18 10-05-2007, 10:05 PM

Lots of situations where the pot button gives useful tells.

Michaelson · #19 10-05-2007, 10:26 PM

The flipside to fishies strengthening their betsizing with the bet pot button is that a lot of ordinary, multi-tabling TAGs stop thinking about how to size their bets appropriately. When I played party I got rid of my bet pot script because the second I stopped thinking about what sort of bet sizes to use I became much less involved in the game more generally.