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Originally Posted by WateryBoil
its silly to try to befriend someone who you are literally trying to rob of their money. AKA bluff.
I know this is going to come off a little judgemental, but it sounds like you have an issue with poker, not with your friends. Did you not make friends in school because you were competing in academics or sports or whatever?
Poker is not robbing people. It's a glorified math competition.
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Why would you give up information to regs who you play with so often by befriending them? Poker WILL inevitably end up in the conversation.
Assuming you don't play at a national level (like the 1000/2000 game in Bobby's Room or something like that), you should take an honest look at your games and ask where your money is coming from.
You and a friend who enter in arms race trying to outcompete the other will easily destroy all those not in the arms race with you. You won't make as much off your friend, but you'll make more off everyone else.
Inherent in the assumption that discussing poker with your opponents is bad is the idea that there's not a lot of room for you to grow. That is, your assumption that talking will lead them to plugging their leaks which is bad, is somehow ignoring the possibility that you plug yours.