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Originally Posted by Bluegrassplayer
Was playing crazy pineapple and ended up all in with K/K/5. The other player flips over his cards preflop and shows aces.
On the flop I hit a five and dump one of my kings.
It's not unethical at all.
But considering that the other players in your game thought it was, it might have been unwise to have shown your hand and what you were doing.
It could not have been clear to you that anyone would somehow think your tactic unethical (since it's
not unethical). At any rate, at this point there's nothing much you can do about the ethical issue.
I usually bend over backwards to give my opponents in a private game a break. I don't want to take advantage of them and I don't want it to appear I'm taking advantage of anyone in any game. (It makes for bad blood when someone thinks you took unfair advantage in a card game). Some of your opponents are likely to tend to resent you anyhow when you're the best player in the game. You have to figure out how to get around that. I do it by obviously giving up some of my edge, one way or another.
I'm leaving the thread here rather than moving it to the home games forum because you made a nice tactical play on the flop. But next time you do it, don't let anyone know what you're doing.
Buzz