Here is the situation I found myself in and I was wondering what the correct etiquette is ...
I'm playing at a B&M Casino in a very good $1/2 NLHE on a Friday night. The max buy in is $80, and after a few hours I have this up to around $200.
The table behind us breaks an a player with a very large stack (about $500) joins our table and immeadiately starts bullying the table with all-in bets into any raised pot. I decide the best way to beat this guy is to limp in with more hands and stack him off if I connect massively. The hand I do this on is
on a flop of
i bet $20 he looks at me and shoves all-in (again) an I insta call and his Q6 offsuit is unable to improve.
Now, my stack is a little under $400 and the bully is a bit over $300. I can see the other players at the table tightening up, particularly a guy who is out "table expert pro who watches the WPT on TV all the time" who somehow has managed to build his stack to about $200.
About 7 or 8 hands later I find
, and limp in. Flop comes down
, I bet out $20 hoping Mr Bully shoves, and almost jump out of my seat when he anounces All-in. I call and he show
and then slow-rolls the . I am actually laughing at him when I flip my hand over. He can't catch his miracle and I pull in a $700+ pot.
Now I have over 10 buy-ins in front of me (Mr Bully rebuys for $60 !!) ... but the table seems to be very aware of the mountain of chips in fromt of me and I get zero action. If I enter a pot it gets folded around, I even played 2 hands in the blinds where it was folded around to me.
So ... here is my question ... Is it OK to take $600 from the table and put it into my pocket ?
I could get up and buy back in after a seat opens up again ... but then I have to worry about MrBully being chipped up also I don't want to leave the table because it is a very very soft game (one guy almost started crying when I check raised him).
What is the proper etiquette for partly cashing out or is this not a done thing ?
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i would go to dinner and call it a night.
...........................dj
dinner sounds like a great idea to me LOl
Certainly getting up with your winnings shouldn't be an issue, you earned them over hours of play.
Buying back in at the same table, may be more work than its worth.
At any rate CONGRATS on a really nice night of poker!
Cheers
Krypto
Personally I'd rather you stick around and give me the chance to take some of it! The more money on the table, the more you have to win.
It's your money and I don't see why you can't do this at a poker table as well... my question is if the table broke up and he joined yours why was he allowed to join for more than the maximum allowed.... it worked to your advantage, but could have easily gone the other way.
Thats what you were playing for. Sounds like a good night.
As for why he was allowed to switch tables with the huge stack, his table was broken up and when that happens you can take whatever chips you have to your new table.
I will specifically ask the question next time I go in, but I wasn't sure and didn't want to upset anyone.
What happened next: my wife walked over, saw my chips and dragged me away from the table by my ear telling me "you've played long enough" (I'm totally pwned)
Yes dinner sounds great
Well yes it's called going south to take money off the table ,
it gives the players no chance of winning it back and is not
done where I play, it's considered very bad etiquette ,
if you want to get up and leave for a bit and come back later
you could do that but not while you're still sitting at the poker
table , anyway Wtg on your winnings , gl