JScott
Flush
Bit of advice from you guys. If I'm in the wrong here, I'll gladly admit it.
We play a regular cash game, and have been for the last couple of years. 25/50 or 25/25. Min buyin was $20, max $50. Usually everyone but me bought in for $20 (I'd do $50), but the game suffered so I told everyone they should buy in for $50, no resistance on that. Buyins now are min $20, max $100.
Now, where the conflict arose, was when we were playing last I got involved in a large hand early, lost $30, so I added back on to $50. This happened again later in the night, and I topped back up to $70 or something. My friend took an issue with this as he thought I should be at a disadvantage after losing those hands. I tried to explain that cash allows adding on, as we have unlimited rebuys, I just don't wait until I'm felted. He still didn't like it, partly because being a relatively ("relative" being the operative word here) good player they don't like seeing me with a big stack. Important note: These guys used to play poorly structured tournaments (scattered blind levels with no timing, buy in for half largest stack type thing), which may be part of the reason this is faux paux in their minds.
Thoughts? Am I the asshole? Is this like reverse rat-holing? And keep in mind I run the chipbank and bank so I just add on by grabbing more chips from the cage, but I do announce it each time.
We play a regular cash game, and have been for the last couple of years. 25/50 or 25/25. Min buyin was $20, max $50. Usually everyone but me bought in for $20 (I'd do $50), but the game suffered so I told everyone they should buy in for $50, no resistance on that. Buyins now are min $20, max $100.
Now, where the conflict arose, was when we were playing last I got involved in a large hand early, lost $30, so I added back on to $50. This happened again later in the night, and I topped back up to $70 or something. My friend took an issue with this as he thought I should be at a disadvantage after losing those hands. I tried to explain that cash allows adding on, as we have unlimited rebuys, I just don't wait until I'm felted. He still didn't like it, partly because being a relatively ("relative" being the operative word here) good player they don't like seeing me with a big stack. Important note: These guys used to play poorly structured tournaments (scattered blind levels with no timing, buy in for half largest stack type thing), which may be part of the reason this is faux paux in their minds.
Thoughts? Am I the asshole? Is this like reverse rat-holing? And keep in mind I run the chipbank and bank so I just add on by grabbing more chips from the cage, but I do announce it each time.