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Originally Posted by cardsharkk04
A friend and I are playing 5/10 NL together. We'd already talked about how we don't like playing against each other so we basically said neither one of us is gonna go after the other one. But never really discussed what exactly that entails. For hours neither of us really play a hand against each other. Then one hand he makes it 50, gets one caller (who is a huge nit) and I pop it to 210 from the BB with AA. To my surprise, he calls. Heads up, we're both deep. Flop is Q23, I check because I honestly think he must have a super premium as well and I don't want this pot to get crazy. Turn is another brick, I bet 230 expecting him to fold everything besides QQ or KK. River is a queen and he bets the full pot. Dafuq. I call, because I'm genuinely curious as to what the hell is going on this hand, he shows Q9s and ships the $2400 pot. Should I be upset here? I was.
You should be grateful for the lesson. As any lawyer will tell you, next time spell out the agreement in writing. It's not perfect but hopefully you think to deal with the edge cases
beforehand. Does he have to slowplay you even with top set or is that an exception? If he shoves for > 2x pot, is he allowed to do it on a bluff or is he telling you to get out because he has the goods? Are turn semibluffs OK with nine outs, or does it have to be 13?
See, if it's in writing, you can pull it out at the table and the other players will probably take your side. At the quality rooms the dealer will probably help adjudicate--written words are binding anywhere in the poker world, after all--but sadly some of the newer rooms don't really understand poker and balk at enforcing written contracts unless drafted by one of their house lawyers, who always charge too much.