Table Talk
How do you feel about the following scenario?
Villian #1 pots the turn for 80 from EP in a 1/2 PLO double board bomb pot. Hero raises all in for 170 with Villian # 2 behind left to act. Then, a player who folded on the flop announces "nice bet". Then, another player who folded on the flop announces "nice bet". After the hand, Hero advises the players that he would rather that they not say "nice bet" when he is all in with players left to act behind, because it can influence action for the players left to act.
Is Hero overreacting?
3 Replies
Probably.
You can't unring a bell.
You should provide more context, though. Is it a friendly, chatty table? Are you familiar with the players that commented?
You can't expect the rest of the table to be silent when a hand is being played. As long as no one is speculating on the possible hands, or talking strategy, then you probably need to let it go. Confronting or scolding them after the fact has the potential to make things worse. Personally, someone saying 'nice bet' would not be enough for me to say something.
Never seen a player say "nice bet" in that situation before, very strange.
With that said, this ranks a 0.3/10 on the poor etiquette scale. Not even sure what you think the issue is here.
you're on to something here ... if he'd said "very nice bet" it would clearly be colluding, but with just "nice bet" it's on the edge ... observe some more, and call the cops if it continues
