TwoTimesJ
01-24-2004, 06:28 AM
Appologies to the regular contributers to the Mid/High limit forum who don't want to see tournament postings on this forum. This applies to the "high limit" tournaments (i.e $200 to $300 buy-in's) at PartyPoker only.
I'll be brief. I hope that those of you who are serious poker players that are concerned about the integrity of the game as it applies to online events will contact Party Poker about their all-in policy in tournaments.
I'm a regular player in the larger buy in tournaments at Party and have found the players are intentionally abusing the all in policy in tournament play.
The most common situation is when the blinds have increased to a significant amount and a player with a good, but not great, hand bets and is then raised. The time out player will simply allow the system to time out, and gets a free ride to the river for what they have invested in the pot.
I've contacted Party and they seem willing to (1) investigate specific instances of this, and (2) change the policy on all in protection for tournaments if enough people will contact them.
This "tactic" changes the nature of the game. Its been used against me in 3 crucial situations, one of which bumped me out of a tournament. I hope that any and all of you that play tournaments at Party will email info@partypoker.com and ask them to reform or simply drop the all in protection rule for tournament play.
Otherwise, I would suggest you all start using this tactic. Its just too powerful to ignore.
Thanks for reading,
TwoTimesJ
I'll be brief. I hope that those of you who are serious poker players that are concerned about the integrity of the game as it applies to online events will contact Party Poker about their all-in policy in tournaments.
I'm a regular player in the larger buy in tournaments at Party and have found the players are intentionally abusing the all in policy in tournament play.
The most common situation is when the blinds have increased to a significant amount and a player with a good, but not great, hand bets and is then raised. The time out player will simply allow the system to time out, and gets a free ride to the river for what they have invested in the pot.
I've contacted Party and they seem willing to (1) investigate specific instances of this, and (2) change the policy on all in protection for tournaments if enough people will contact them.
This "tactic" changes the nature of the game. Its been used against me in 3 crucial situations, one of which bumped me out of a tournament. I hope that any and all of you that play tournaments at Party will email info@partypoker.com and ask them to reform or simply drop the all in protection rule for tournament play.
Otherwise, I would suggest you all start using this tactic. Its just too powerful to ignore.
Thanks for reading,
TwoTimesJ