what's the penalty?

[ray holmes]

....if you are absent from the table during a tournament?

[cferejohn]

You keep getting cards. When the blinds and antes come you you, they are put in for you. Whenever the action is on you, you automatically fold (even if you are the BB and there is no raise to you). Think of it as 'playing really really tight'.

[JayKon]

The fun part is that I have seen plenty of emply seats outlast live players /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[cferejohn]

Well, one would expect that really. THe real challenge is whether you've ever seen an empty seat get to the money. I think I've been in some particularly aggressive sit-n-gos where I've made the money before I voulentarily put any money in the pot...

[JayKon]

Thats not an agressive table, that's a table on TILT!