Three players left in a $220 SnG. I have a slightly larger stack (30k) vs other two 25k. Blinds are 800/1600. Player to my left is multi/tabling and is not around for the BB. What is the proper etiquette here for the player to my right, as I am taking the BB uncontested?

This is a friendly table and I am becoming a regular player here. Should I be conceding some of these blinds or continue to be the lucky douche?

FYI… we ended up chopping 3 ways so don’t think there were any hard feelings.

That is just wrong. It is cheating. If the others don't want you taking the missing player's BB all the time, they need to adjust their play.

3 players left and 1 isn't there... screw him.

If seats were reversed, do you think the other dude would give you some of the blinds? I doubt it. I might be upset at your luck, but would be more upset at the 'live multi-tabler' for giving you his chips.


Tough to agree to a chop with the absent player, as it's collusion to agree to a chop and run the blinds down. Much like players will check pots down to eliminate the all-in, without coming out and saying it... you could min-raise and take down every other pot, essentially splitting the absent stack. I'm guessing that the you can get 10 orbits in quick enough to eliminate the absent player. Then you could chop or play I suppose.

Just having a tough time with an absent player in the money at a live SNG...

how can u concede to bb? isnt his hand dead once the deal is done. if utg folds then u automatically win bb bc bb is absent?

You shouldn't be getting any of the player to your left's uncontested bb's because the player to your right should be raising every button, lol. If he can't see that, well, that's on him.


I don't understand what you consider cheating here. I'm assuming the absent player came back and they agreed to chop the SnG. Unless you thought he meant they were chopping the absent player's bb?

Very magnanimous of the OP, though poker isn't a benevolent fund you're there to make as much as poss. Not sure I'd have done what you did but fair play to you.

yeah..
confused.
1: you can't chop without a player present.
2: if he isn't present, did you do a chop without him there, but included him? You are WAYYY nicer than me.
3: Right, you shouldn't be taking any blind. Button will raise every single button unless he is a moron.

I would 3 bet him light for sure.

From what I read.
The BB is usually there but is not at the moment.
They chopped the big blind 3 ways.

If you want to be friendly, you wait something near the time limit and steal it. Don't turn the game into some impossible poker situation.

I'd play it as if you were heads-up. The player on your right should do the same. If he isn't, then you have an advantage over him. Having a skill advantage over your opponent is the very nature of winning at poker.

I hope there were some favorable terms with the 3-way chop, conceding money to a player who can't stick to one tournament at a time is not an approach I would expect from anyone other than like my brother. Reg or not, we're all in the card room to win.

steal, steal and resteal when other present player tries to steal, then when in comes to chop your stacks bigger

uh take his money...

how do you multitable in a live game? Run back and forth between the tables? Wow, I couldn t see playing two tables live as a good way to play.

To answer the OP, take the blind everytime. I don t think I would chop if someone was multitabling unless I got really good terms on it.