Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 1,205
I feel that the piece of this that makes me want to label this as an angle over any other situation that I would consider a "false tell" is the idea that it's involving the dealer or some other authority to force the action the player genuinely wants to make.
I would never question someone's morals for raising in a spot like you describe where a player makes a genuine error during the course of play. That's like recovering a fumble that you could easily run into the endzone for the touchdown, but you walk real slow letting them catch you so you can somehow "earn it like a real sportsman" or something. It's not your fault they made an error and you should (and I do) expect them to do everything within the rules of the game to win. Save the morals discussion for the ambiguous wishy-washy in between areas like purposely angling. Maybe it's my golf background or my old fashioned upbringing in general, but I don't think you should question your morals if you're staying within the spirit of the rules.