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Originally Posted by LordRiverRat
Thanks guys. That's like someone asking how should you play this hand and you guys saying "don't play".
The OP expressed interest in how to avoid making the fish uncomfortable. Jon and OTR's answers are the only reliable answers.
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Originally Posted by chillrob
It's more like asking how you should play a hand on the turn and being told "fold preflop". Happens all the time in the LHE strategy forums.
You know I've been one of the most vocal opponents of the "fold pre" crowd, so don't take it lightly that I'm defending it in this instance. It's appropriate when it's the best answer and the second best answer isn't close.
Fish feeling uncomfortable is a near certain product of bumhunting. It's more like asking how to slowroll someone without them getting annoyed. The best answer is don't do it. The distant, second best answer is probably stop caring that they care. I don't know what the third best answer is.
I can say with some certainty that people are far less subtle than they think they are. If you play with the same people twice, you can't claim two different seats as your favorite seat. If you claim to want to watch what's on the other TV, you have to actually watch what's on the TV you just seat changed to watch. As soon as two players want the same seat, warning bells go off. If someone wants a seat but then the fish slides left and suddenly he doesn't want it, that's super obvious too.
Fish may be bad at poker but not all of them are straight up dumb.