Etiquette?????

[Invigilator]

The other live player was Oceanwaves. She had a pocket pair that was smaller than my 7's. She paid off the min bet and got very, very pissed off at me.

[jillaj]

Why?

[Invigilator]

Said I was being mean and that I should have just checked behind, since the real value in the hand was knocking out the other player.

[jillaj]

Being mean? If I was friends with this person I would tell them to stfu and play better. If I wasn't I would tell them to stfu and make sure to value bet them at all times.

Also the real value might have been knocking the player out till someone called with I'm guessing 4's or 5's on that board.

[Robbr25]

By nit I don't mean a word as strong as asshole.
Isn't it better to knock someone out of the tourney than get one extra bet ?
In this case she had a worse hand than you and I assume the short stack had nothing ? So it worked out.
But I would be really pissed if you pushed me out and my hand could have taken the short stack out.

I really don't understand why you need to make a min bet here.

[jillaj]

What hand can win and won't call a min bet?

[Robbie Robb]

Hehe. Perhaps it should be pointed out at this junction that Oceanwives is also known as Mrs. Invigilator...

[Invigilator]

The bet definitely does not have any +EV in general. Deep in my home game means deep into a case of Blue Light too, so that's part of the explaination.

There really isn't a hand that beats me that I am going to drive out by betting. HOEWEVER, there are so few hands that I beat that would call. The only reason she called is she knows I try to bluff her more than I do the average person.

Final clarification point... when I bet the 7, am I making the statement "I hit the 7" or is it a more general statement of a I have part of the flop?

[MAYHEM45]

lol invig is sleeping on the couch.

[jillaj]

In that case I would be in the dog house for a while cause I don't know when to stfu.