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Slow rolling in online poker

By Eric Thomas ⋅ December 19, 2009 ⋅ Email This Post ⋅ Print This Post Print This Post ⋅
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Sometimes while in late stage SNG play, blinds high, push/fold game and I’m on the shortstack and shove into the C.L. on BB and he hits timer or even lets his timer rundown, I start wondering if the guy’s got AA and is just bein’ a dick because I’ve seen it happen quite a bit.
I was playing a private tourney the other day, bigstack on the BB in late levels, myself on shortstack I shove my 9bb’s ALLIN with 9-9 in MP. BB pauses.. lets timer rundown… hits extra time… .then calls & shows ‘A-A’. What a dick. Then the poker Gods (or karma?) deals me a 9 on the flop & I double up through him, hee hee hee. It was great!
I think with the impersonal nature of & the of spiritually unfit people attracted to the game, you do see the slowroll occassionally.
Well its important to say who all is left. If its just the Shortie and this player, then yea that’s slowrolling. But I will sometimes take time to call a shorties all-in with a strong hand if there are people behind me to act. Me taking a while can present weakness and may give someone behind me the bright idea to re-raise; and that’s not slowrolling.
Actual slowrolling though is dirty and pretty much uncalled for.
I think the only time its not impolite is when there is another player between.
Taking a time might make the hand look marginal, and trap another player.
If you are heads up, its the closest you will get to a slow-roll at most rooms.
n general I think it’s just a dumb thing to do, especially online where you run the risk of timing out and being folded if you suddenly have a connection glitch or something.
In a home game where it’s the norm… sure, whatever. Or if there are other players to act and you’re trying do influence what they do as well, whatever. But against strangers with no other action pending, it’s pretty douchey.
Tell me what is the difference on showing a bluff? Or giving false tells? Some people will use this as a tool to tilt someone off. I do not agree with slow rolling but others will go for any edge possible to take your money. If you don’t think someone will pull crap like that on purpose to see if they can get under your skin, stop fooling yourself.
Poker is war. You use any tool (short of cheating) to take their money. Bad etiquette? WHO CARES! If you think about it, rubbing a bluff in someones face is poor etiquette as well. Or berating a fish for a bad play (much much MUCH worse in my opinion because you have now been cost money by tapping the glass). Don’t be fooled. If someone thinks they can get an edge by a ‘legal move’, you better bet they will do it.
Don’t allow dicks at the table ruin your focus and change your game. That’s their only reason for doing it. Let it go. It’s part of maturity at the table.
If you are in a tournament, they my just be trying to extend play. Maybe they want to get to the next limit before a particular short stack has to post the BB to help them go out faster. Maybe they are busy watching action on another table. In a cash game, they are probably multi-tabling or just distracted.
I always thought of slow rolling as taking time at the showdown before revealing your cards. Usually when you have the winner. pretty much takes this annoying tactic out of your arsenal since if you have the winner it automaticly displays and you only get the choice to show or muck if you lost the hand. But it is still annoying when these players let the clock run out to fold their hand and I ussually don’t care whether they show the losing hand or not. I just want to get to the next hand.

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