Yeah I suppose. I'm just thinking if there are scenarios in which people would turn down a short term +EV hand to foster a better long term+ EV situation.

I can think of times that I've played live games (.50-1.00 no limit) with friends in which everyone at the table agrees to play for a set time ( say 6 hours) unless you go bust. That way no one can just double up and leave the game - sure they can tighten up, but they can't break up the game. Many times you are playing against 1 or 2 awful players who funnel other people's money to you. Often times those bad players were under-rolled, so they left if they went busted. I never considered turning down +EV situations to those players to keep them in the game, and was wondering if anyone had thoughts about it.