ethics in tournaments, esp. online

[razorhate 0]

Im, not really losing any sleep over doing it, but . . .How do y'all feel about people who are shortstacked delaying the game in an attempt to get the blinds to go up right after them. example, in two tabler, blinds at 50-100, have 760 chips, after blinds will have 610. three minutes left until they go up untill 75-150. is it unethical to delay as much as possible when I am first to act, so that I will have as many opportunities as possible to steal the bigger blinds?What about delaying so you get deeper in the money in larger tournaments, something which I do not do, and find very annoying? Is it different to do this in a live game as opposed to online?In timed tournaments, would I be wrong not to take full advantage of the parameters of the game presented to me?just wanna see what other peoples input is.

[711Buddha 0]

I've been in single tables where some clown is trying to drive everyone insane by waiting on every response. It usually works on one or two players who go on tilt over it. Stalling can be effective. However, stalling to have a better shot at the blinds can be kind of obvious. Live, good dealers will keep things moving along, but there's this sort of static that backs things up when the money is close. Its a good time to bang away, alot of people will throw away good hands for fear of encountering the nuts.