online poker etiquette

Online Poker Etiquette

There is an etiquette in online poker which is quite different from live poker. (Click here for live poker etiquette)

Online, the following are considered bad etiquette;

• Intentionally slowing the game down
  
• Bad-mouthing or antagonizing another player using the chat feature
  
• Chatting about the hand in play when you have folded
  
• Colluding
  
• Asking another player to check down a hand while a player is all-in (most sites block chat when one player is
  all-in)
  
• Sitting out or “away” but still watching the game, waiting for a big hand.
  
• Giving advice while a hand is in play
  
• During a multi-table tournament close to the money, asking players to slow their table down to allow others
  to get busted out first

TIP – If a player shows their hand after you have folded to them, give them a “nice hand” or “good bet” in the chat window. This will encourage them to keep showing their hands to you...and that is free valuable information.

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