dmoney
Full House
In a ~$1,200 pot (prob the biggest of the night at this 1/2 game) I get heads up on the river after two streets of 4-way betting & calling with three of the four players in the hand being solid, thinking players - me (UTG), main villain, and another player, with one fish who folded turn.
I open jam a paired board river and villain goes quite deep into the tank - talking out loud about what I might have, what he thinks, etc. etc. when he goes a little quiet for a beat and then picks up and starts looking at his phone. Of course we all had phones around during the night, but it really struck me as odd the way it happened, because of the tricky spot in the hand, and because he had been talking his way through things then paused, in my opinion.
I broke my stoic posture and simply pointed a finger, like "wtf is this?" He says "I was just checking the time, what do you think I'm doing?" He was mildly displeased but put his phone down. I said nothing and resumed my stone faced, silent posture. He called and we chopped the pot, both with AQ on a Q6376 board. He needled me for about 10-15 mins after in a playful but "truth in jest" kinda way. I'm sure I'll hear about it again - villain is the BSing/trash-talking/teasing type who will bring this up for sure!
AITA for doing this?
For background: I don't really know anyone in the game all that well, but have played maybe 2-3 times with villain, and 1-2 times with another player or two at the table. I'm definitely the relative new guy. Villain plays frequently in local games, and knew many (all?) other players quite well.
My first thought was that him picking up his phone was very odd at minimum, but also it struck me in the moment that someone could have sent him a quick message letting him know they folded a hand that could make a strong holding for me less likely, or something to that effect. Specifically, if another player, especially the other thinking villain in the hand, folded a 7 or a Q it would have made QQ and 77 both less likely for me given how the hand played out.
I open jam a paired board river and villain goes quite deep into the tank - talking out loud about what I might have, what he thinks, etc. etc. when he goes a little quiet for a beat and then picks up and starts looking at his phone. Of course we all had phones around during the night, but it really struck me as odd the way it happened, because of the tricky spot in the hand, and because he had been talking his way through things then paused, in my opinion.
I broke my stoic posture and simply pointed a finger, like "wtf is this?" He says "I was just checking the time, what do you think I'm doing?" He was mildly displeased but put his phone down. I said nothing and resumed my stone faced, silent posture. He called and we chopped the pot, both with AQ on a Q6376 board. He needled me for about 10-15 mins after in a playful but "truth in jest" kinda way. I'm sure I'll hear about it again - villain is the BSing/trash-talking/teasing type who will bring this up for sure!
AITA for doing this?
For background: I don't really know anyone in the game all that well, but have played maybe 2-3 times with villain, and 1-2 times with another player or two at the table. I'm definitely the relative new guy. Villain plays frequently in local games, and knew many (all?) other players quite well.
My first thought was that him picking up his phone was very odd at minimum, but also it struck me in the moment that someone could have sent him a quick message letting him know they folded a hand that could make a strong holding for me less likely, or something to that effect. Specifically, if another player, especially the other thinking villain in the hand, folded a 7 or a Q it would have made QQ and 77 both less likely for me given how the hand played out.
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