soft collusion with whales
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 5,123
let's say i'm in a pot with a reg and a whale and the whale has the initiative or a likely decent hand. i'm first to act, reg is second, whale is third. does anyone ever bet, even if the bet is a slight loser, just because it puts the reg in a bad spot? it's almost to my benefit to really screw over the reg even if it slightly hurts me, because it's good for me when the whale wins and bad for me when the reg wins
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 1,816
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 5,123
i know it's fine, but does anyone do this
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 1,285
Definitely not a good idea
Join Date: Apr 2015
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You should be just making the best decisions you can in the moment that equate to more $$$ your way obviously and this is just setting money on fire if you're committing money to a pot that you know you can never win.
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 5,263
The whale will give his money away to everyone at the table so not sure why you think it benefits you more than anyone else for the whale to win, especially if you invest more of your own money to ensure his win.
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 5,123
you can't make massively -ev bets like this, but i suspect you could make just slightly -ev bets in vacuum, as you will benefit from being deeper than the reg with the whales, from annoying the reg and possibly making him quit, and from the more aggro image you will develop
