Moral Dilemma

[thediceman]

I was playing in a £20 f/o game at the local footie club which for me is more a case of a night out rather then playing serious poker, saying that I always like to play well and not treat it as a gambling session and hope for the best like many of these players do. There's 40 runners and I'm told the top four get paid. I've made the final and were down to the last 5 though I am relatively short stacked. It was mentioned earlier in the evening that they normally do a saver for 5th, ie his £20 back so I mentioned this and everybody agreed except for one young guy, who's clearly a tad stoned saying "no way man". I shall refer to this guy from now on as the boo monster. Well I have no problem with him declining the offer as I normally pay to win. I'm not even the guy at the table in the most danger of being knocked out as one guy would be allin on the blinds before it even gets round to me. What did however annoy me was how boo monster then proceeded to give me the mouth for about the next 5 minutes on how I was so desperate for the deal. He even continued this after Mr Short Stack had been knocked out and we are all in the money. He then has the cheek to call me chief in that oh so patronising manner so I returned the compliment and called him chief at which point he says "who do you think you are calling chief"and was genuinely a tad miffed. However when I pointed out he had used such the word to address me and that he then had no right to get out of his pram.

Anyway boo monster is so off his face that he is really slowing the game up. We are literally playing 3 hands ever 15 minutes (the length of each round) if we are lucky and as a result this already crapshoot game is whatever you want to call something which is far beyond being as quick as a crapshoot. Boo monster is constantly not paying any attention on the game and just talking to his girlfriend who like a young chav girl who thinks this bad boy is the man. Granted she was a fairly attractive distraction, and yes I would have, but she'll be there after the game has finished. Boo monster has to be constantly told it's his turn, it then takes him a further 45 seconds to a minute to react and another 2 minutes before he makes any decision. God help us if he decided to make any bet as it then took another couple of minutes to explain that he couldn't take his blinds back as these were required to meet the initial caller/raisers bet and he need to add more to the pot for a raise. After about 30 minutes of this the other players and I have lost all patience for this guy and what was a friendly game has become a real chore.

Anyway hear comes the dilemma. Boo monster gets involved in a hand which basically sees him or the other guy allin on the flop. They then flip over their cards and deal the turn and river. It is then announced the other guy has hit a pair and beaten boo monster so they start to count the chips to see if the boo monster is covered and knocked out. This took for ages as again the boo monster had trouble with basic maths and it took others ages to explain to him what the situation was. As they are counting the chips I look and see the board is showing 5 hearts. Neither player has a heart so it's a split pot. I've not had any involvement in this hand and quite frankly had switched off due to my frustration with boo monster. So what do I do, do tell them so the boo monster stays in the game and continues to slow it up and generally be a rude arsehole or alternatively do I say nothing as at the end of the day I not involved in the hand and it's up to them to take care of themselves.

I would normally say something but on this occasion I didn't. Boo monster had just pissed me off to much that I decided it would be more enjoyable once he had gone. I don't really feel I cheated him as he wasn't playing attention and it was karma for being a knob. The simply question is what would you have done???     

[matt674]

lol, the first thing you do is let us all know where this game is if there is only one person there who can read that 5 hearts on board doesn't means that one player wins with a pair!!!

[GlasgowBandit]

I would normally say something but in that situation you described I say NOTHING!!

If a player or dealer dont realise then thats it game over.

What I could have been inclined to do just to noise him up is once the potwas passed to the winner I would have pointed out there was a flush on board (Muhaha) Andwatched him go nuts :-) lol

[boldie]

I would normally say something but in that situation you described I say NOTHING!!

If a player or dealer dont realise then thats it game over.

What I could have been inclined to do just to noise him up is once the potwas passed to the winner I would have pointed out there was a flush on board (Muhaha) Andwatched him go nuts :-) lol

I'm the same. In most situations I would always point it out. However guys like that really piss me off and I probably would have kept quiet as I wanted stoney to go out and never see him again.

[thediceman]

lol, the first thing you do is let us all know where this game is if there is only one person there who can read that 5 hearts on board doesn't means that one player wins with a pair!!!

I suspect the guy who was being passed the chips, a decent player, was fully aware of the situation even though he claimed not to when I had a quiet word with him at the end of the game. The fourth player still in the game was only marginally more aware of what day it was than the boo monster but I put that down to him being of a certain age rather having smoked any weed. 

[dan]

boo monster   

[maldini32]

I would say asbsolutely fuck all. Boo monster deserves it for being a twat.

[Wardonkey]

Is 'boo monsters' previous behavior relevant?

Is it described, perhaps even exaggerated, only to justify the OPs subsequent poor behavior?

[thediceman]

Is 'boo monsters' previous behavior relevant?

And indeed that is why I posted the question, for some people it is, for others it isn't.

As to whether I have exaggerated his behaviour just to justify my behaviour that is open to you to judge. The fact you say my "subsequent poor behaviour" suggests you would think I was in the wrong and should have pointed the split pot. Personally if someone is spoiling the game and making it a core and more importantly being rude why should I do him any favours. Fine if you want to, thats your choice, for me if someone is rude then karma is a funny old thing.

[thetank]

Boo's boorish behaviour would have made me more likely to point out the five flush.

You then say nothing, look for no thanks, say nothing to score points off him or anything like that and try your best not to look smug.

That's how bigger men are made.

[fergus8]

or steroids

[JungleCat03]

I would have said, "enough of this", knocked back the rest of my dom perignon, immediately got my chips in 6 ways , coldecked a load of full houses and quads with a rivered one out straight flush, winning the tournament in the process before grabbing his lady friend announcing that I was off for some lovin, but not before leaving a small box of milk tray surruptitiously tucked in his back pocket, devoid of chocolates, but with a hand written note saying "you're a twat."

Then I would have woken up from my slumber and realised I bubbled about half an hour ago and the 6 pints of stella had gone to my head.

[bhoywonder]

I would have said, "enough of this", knocked back the rest of my dom perignon, immediately got my chips in 6 ways , coldecked a load of full houses and quads with a rivered one out straight flush, winning the tournament in the process before grabbing his lady friend announcing that I was off for some lovin, but not before leaving a small box of milk tray surruptitiously tucked in his back pocket, devoid of chocolates, but with a hand written note saying "you're a twat."

Then I would have woken up from my slumber and realised I bubbled about half an hour ago and the 6 pints of stella had gone to my head.

now thats a proper response  lol


im saying nothing ..the twat

[booder]

boo monster   

 

i am not a monster

[Dewi_cool]