An odd example of losing it..

[britspin]

I'm playing an STT online. We're 3 handed, so we've made the money. I'm chip leader with half chips in play. other two have a quarter each. I'm pretty sure I'm the best player at the table. Blinds are high enough to hurt the other two guys.

I get disconnected.

I'm gone maybe one or two minutes. When I get back, I'm down half my stack. The player to my left is down maybe a third of his. Player to my right has more than doubled his and says as i return "never had both players disconnect on me before".

As far a I can tell he stole every blind of mine, and a lot less from the other player.

I feel like he's basically stolen this tournament from me and proceed to have a go at him about it. He says it's normal and I get more and more annoyed- I mean, he couldn't wait a minute to see if we came back before stealing? Would he do the same in a live game?

Anyway, I go out when the same guy busts my KK with A10 (which is fine) but am suprised that I got so upset about this. I mean I know it happens a lot in MTTs when a player isnt there, but when the other two players are just disc I think its only fair to wait a moment before stealing their chips.

Do others think this is a reasonable issue to get upset about?

[raze]

Naw man, everyone gets disc'ed once in a while. All part of online poker.. just make sure you have a very secure connection to ensure this doesn't happen regularly.

I would be pissed that it happened, but frankly wouldn't expect any different.

[captZEEbo1]

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but when the other two players are just disc I think its only fair to wait a moment before stealing their chips.

[/ QUOTE ] LOOLLOOLOLOLOLOLOOOLOLOLOL....umm, time to pounce and steal as much chips as possible. It's all fair. You gotta make up for the times you get disconnected by stealing others chips when they're disconnected.

[jskills]

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Do others think this is a reasonable issue to get upset about?

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No. Why? Because there is NOTHING you could have done differently in this situation. People suck for the most part and poker brings out the worst in people, especially online.

You know you won the tourney in terms of who played best and who accumulated the most chips in the end. What happened next was something you couldn't have seen coming and couldn't do anything about once it happened.

Yep. Charge that sh!t to the game, son.

A true sportsman/gamesman would have waited, true. But someone seeking to get some chips to take down an STT wouldn't, and didn't.

this is slightly off topic, but i wouldnt wait. I take every advantage given to me, and i expect my opponents to do the same. Maybe im imbalanced, i dont know.

[soko]

It's pretty clearly stated in the TOC that if you sit in to a tournament your hand will be check/folded if you get disconnected. Not quite sure how you felt that his play was in any way unfair if you agreed before hand on the rules.

[rwanger]

Waiting is the right thing, and I do it myself...but only for a minute or two.

I guess if it happened a ton to me where I came back and most of my chips were gone, I'd have less patience for it in the future.

I'd be more pissed about my connection and consider getting a backup more than I would be pissed at my opponents.

We're all degenerates to some degree...that's why we play poker right? /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Dan Mezick]

Take responsibility for your connection. The player is doing his job taking every advantage you offer.

You are responsible for all of your results.

A few points. First of all, I'll tell you the obvious: people are people and sometimes do unethical, greedy, selfish, reprehensible, malicious things. This is a very minor example of people acting poorly. I'd tell you to save your energy for when you're substantially and incontrovertibly wronged, but even then it's not worth it.

Who made the rule that people must always behave ethically and fairly? You seem to subscribe to this belief system that you're justified in disturbing yourself if you're treated poorly enough. I think it's irrational to give others this much control over your feelings. Ultimately, the players stealing your blinds did not disturb you. You viewed the situation in a such a fashion that you upset yourself. I personally think feeling remorseful or alarmed over your connectivity issues is healthy. It will motivate you to minimize the problem in the future (if possible). But I would submit it's unethical to allow yourself to get upset because you're being unfair to yourself. When you think in rigid, musturbatory ways you will feel angry, hostile, enraged, etc. as you have so clearly illustrated.

[AlanBostick]

What's he supposed to do: go on autofold until you return?

[DCWildcat]

Really sucks to be you, but yeah, I'd probably do the same if the other players disconnected.. And I'd probably be an [censored] to myself if I was in your position.