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catt62 wrote
at 9:24 PM, Saturday September 4, 2010 EDT
please please please somebody tell me how a person can sit away the whole tourney and end up at final table. when the cards r dealt i have noticed that the awayers do not have cards on the table like the rest of us,but when it comes betting time somehow they are in the pot and win it.i just dont get it.
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Wimmel wrote
at 3:20 AM, Sunday September 5, 2010 EDT There is a lot of discussion on this. Currently a player who is away and has the big blind, does not fold until someone raises. So if all other players forget to raise, the awayer can win. If a player who is away gets all in because of the blinds, he/she never folds either.
Some other players often lag out because of connection problems or bugs. They are handled the same way like players who were away the whole tourney. It would not be fair for those players to automatically fold just because they time out. Another argument is players who joined a tourney have paid the buy-in. So if they pay, they should be able to play. This of course is not true for freerolls. If someone is playing but checks or folds every single hand, you can also reach the final table. That no cards are visible on the table is a bug. |
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catt62 wrote
at 9:35 AM, Sunday September 5, 2010 EDT THANK U WIMMELI DO UNDERSTAND 2 A CERTAIN DEGREE,BUT I KNOW WHEN I AM AWAY AT TBLS I AM NOT EVEN DEALT CARDS 2 PLAY WITH.I STILL LOSE MY SMALL BLIND OR BIG BLINDS BUT HAVE NO CHANCE TO WIN POT.IF UR AWAY,THAT MEANS 2 ME UR NOT EVEN AT THE TABLE AT ALL.I HAVE AS ALL OF US IM SURE BEEN LAGGED OUT PLENTY OF TIMES AFTER I CALLED A BET AND LOST MY CHIPS,TO NEVER GET THEM BACK.IT JUST DOESNT MAKE SINCE 2 ME, BUT AGAIN THANK U.
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Wimmel wrote
at 2:12 PM, Sunday September 5, 2010 EDT A bit difficult to read the ALL CAPS text. But are you talking about playing in a real casino? I don't know about that, never been there (and maybe that's good :)
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catt62 wrote
at 3:53 PM, Sunday September 5, 2010 EDT naw.just talking about gpokr, but thats ok. tks much for ur insight.gl 2 u at the tbls
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Hounddog wrote
at 7:06 AM, Monday September 6, 2010 EDT As far as i know the usual tournament rules are that antes and blinds will be taken from the stack of an absent player, but that his hands are dead. This is contrary to what happens at gpokr, where an absent player can win a hand if he is the big blind and nobody raises or when he is all in.
This is what sometimes causes a lucky absent player to end up at the final table. It would be good if Ryan changed this and hands of absent players were declared dead, but I don't think it very likely this change will happen very soon if ever :-) |
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catt62 wrote
at 9:46 AM, Monday September 6, 2010 EDT Thank u hounddog. I totally agree.
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