ring game situation question

[Talking Poker]

We've been through this before. There is no such thing as "friendship" at a poker table. Your friend should go play with Rook's friend.

If you can't bluff or check raise or whatever else against your friends, you really shouldn't be playing with them, now should you? I look at it like playing basketball or baseball with one hand tied behind your back. Seems like a bad idea.

bdawg and I are good friends in "real life," but believe me when I tell you, we hold nothing back at a poker table. If I found out he was taking it ewasy on me, or wasn't playing his A game against me, I would be insulted. The HUGE bluffs are the best part of playing with a friend, IMO.