I played a dubious hand recently in a private game and i'd appreciate some opinions as to what is fair and if anything was out of order.
I'm playing a 5 handed home game with some friends and acquaitances. I get dealt
and theres about £80 in the pot. The board runs out
(yeah i know what a life!).
We go 4 way to the river and this is where it gets odd. One of the guys ("Shane") pulls £500 out of his pocket and declares he's all in for £500.
I query the fact that he can just pull money up but the rest of the table seem to think it's ok
Everyone else folds and it's on me.
Apparently the rules are I can only call if i have the money on me as Shane wont accept an IOU.
I remember at this point I have some cash in the Kitchen and go and fetch it. I decide to just call as although this guy is not a professional (used to be the local pub landlord)
its a friendly game and i think i might be reverse freerolling myself (too tight not to raise here?).
So i get my cash out to call at which point everyone at the table decide they want a break. Shane gets up puts the cards in his pocket and leaves the room!
Some 5 minutes later he returns and after a little dwell i make the call.
Shane then appears to muck his hand (although they do not hit the muck). I reveal my top full house.
Shane then sighs for a bit nods then turns over the
, then after a few seconds he turns over the
!!!! and starts doing what i'd term an excessive celebration.
So my questions are am i right to be annoyed?
Should i have raised the river given that i can pull up unlimited cash? (and fold to a 3 bet???),
How can he declare 'all in' considering were playing open?
As he's not a pro am i right to be annoyed at his slowroll and celebration?
Is his hand dead when he takes it off the table and out the room?
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