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Originally Posted by rakes
He was playing/coaching a student at the same table while texting throughout. I thought it was a bit scummy as they pretended they were acquaintances while clearly soft playing each other.
You coach too, right?
I'm not disagreeing with you, but genuinely would like to know what you think he should be doing instead. As they approached the table should he have disclosed "this is my student by the way". I can't imagine that going over well.
I've thought about this a decent amount and not sure the "correct" answer.
You can't really play just as hard vs a student as you would anybody, that seems almost malicious because they tell you everything about how they think, and their strat is yours, so you're using that info to gain max $$$. I agree soft-playing is not great either, but as long as it's nothing more then you would do vs any "friend" can't be that bad.
As for texting, note-taking seems fine, texting them during the session should prob be avoided.
Or should they just never play at the same table as a student?
I have no skin in this and this is not defending Alec, just curious what others think the logically appropriate approach should be.