I think what it comes down to, is do you think you'll lose to the other player in the hand? If you do, and he wins the pot, does that put him in a chip position that makes it hard on you? Also is the all-in player going to be dangerous if he gets more chips?
If you're better than the other player, letting him win more chips shouldn't bother you too much, and if the all-in player is a very solid player, and allowing him to triple up, and then potentially then double up would make your life miserable, then check it down. It's better to eliminate the dangerous all-in player.
Now if it's reversed, and the all-in player is short stacked, because he's a bad player, and the small blind is a very strong player that you don't want to be to your left with a lot of chips, then by all means, get him to fold and make a donation to the all-in player.
One thing that is unique to this situation is that both players are to your immediate left (which I'm guess doesn't occur often in this situation very often) which means that both have position on you, and if gives you the ability to try to dictate which player gets more chips.
So going with the assumption that you'll almost certainly lose the hand, bet into the pot when the all-in player is the weaker of the two, check it down when the other player is weaker.
does any of that make sense, sorry, I kind of just thought of something and went with it....
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Date: 2006-06-29 06:21 (UTC)If you're better than the other player, letting him win more chips shouldn't bother you too much, and if the all-in player is a very solid player, and allowing him to triple up, and then potentially then double up would make your life miserable, then check it down. It's better to eliminate the dangerous all-in player.
Now if it's reversed, and the all-in player is short stacked, because he's a bad player, and the small blind is a very strong player that you don't want to be to your left with a lot of chips, then by all means, get him to fold and make a donation to the all-in player.
One thing that is unique to this situation is that both players are to your immediate left (which I'm guess doesn't occur often in this situation very often) which means that both have position on you, and if gives you the ability to try to dictate which player gets more chips.
So going with the assumption that you'll almost certainly lose the hand, bet into the pot when the all-in player is the weaker of the two, check it down when the other player is weaker.
does any of that make sense, sorry, I kind of just thought of something and went with it....