Mr. T said:
Would it be immoral to encourage him to do it by offering to go halves with him?
I myself would not do it because if you lose the bet some people will screw you for it.
Interesting and thought-provoking thread -- I think!
Regarding hand interaction among players, I've found that the higher the table minimum, the more players like to get involved in these things. Seems nearly everyone's got an opinion and is willing to wheel and deal. Sometimes, deals are made several times per shoe.
I have never been involved in a disagreement over the result since I began specifying that we go full 50-50 partners on an entire split -- re-splits and doubles included. Sometimes it gets complicated when the partner refuses to double something like a resulting A/7 vs. 3 on split 7's. Then I just have to say,
"Okay, then I'll have 2/3rds of whatever's left out here when it's over." Occasionally, it has even gone to 3/4ths. But it's always been settled amiably.
4 recent examples:
At a 2-handed table, third base went bust and asked the floorman for a marker. He then pushed the entire buy-in into the betting circle and was dealt 11 vs. 10. He turned to me and said,
"I'm not takin' any more money -- do you wanna' double this?" I said,
"Thanks, but what happens if you catch a small card?" He paused and said,
"Yeah -- that's right!" We both then decided that he'd better go this one alone.
In a high limit room I was dealt 7/7 vs. 2 with a multi-unit bet up and paused a few seconds. The only other player encouraged,
"Make money, make money!" I said,
"I hate this hand -- I think it's a loser! He replied,
"It's a great split, I'll buy the whole blankity-blank hand if you don't wanna' do it!" I said,
"I think you'd be takin' the worst of it, but if you like it, be my guest". He bought it all. Don't remember the outcome.
A player was progressing his bets and had won maybe 4 in a row. He was now up to maybe a 7 unit bet and was dealt 11 vs. 5. Surprisingly, he hemmed and hawed. In near disbelif, I asked,
"You're not gonna' double that?" He answered,
"If I lose a double here, I'll be down on the whole run. Go 'head and take it if you want." I reminded him,
"You're a big favorite on this hand -- what'ya' gonna be on the next one?" He answered, "
Okay, I'll go for 3 -- I gotta save some profit." I took the rest.
There's a man at a local house who simply sits at the higher tables with a stack of chips and almost never plays a hand of his own. He just schmoozes the floorladies and kabitzes sports with the players. Whenever a scavenging opportunity arises, he manages to often get a piece of somebody's double or basic strategy split. That's basically his game! I have sold him pieces of my small pairs against small up-cards. I have to say, I don't feel guilty about it.
Reading all the posts, I can see other peoples' sides to some extent. I hope you can see mine.
