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I can take a legitimate loss. If he'd called the 3-bet, I wouldn't be pissed and wouldn't be posting this... I'd be playing with him all day and all damn night. But the idiot didn't call me... he just disconnected and came back in THE NEXT HAND. Mighty convenient time to get booted, isn't it?

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People do legitimately disconnect due to bad internet connections, computer problems, etc., you know. Now I have no way of knowing whether or not this was a legitimate disconnect or an intentional (and illegitimate one). What I do know is that it is very rare for people to abuse their disconnection all-in protection in LIMIT ring games. Since the cost of just calling down on a hand is usually only a few big bets it is just not worth the risk of cheating. There would not be too many moments for the limit cheater where it would be particularly advantageous to disconnect and show down his hand without having to call down. Saving a couple of big bets on a hand just doesn't matter that much. If you are going to do that at all in limit, for it to have an impact you would have to do it all the time. And if you do it all the time you will get caught and reported.

Now contrast that with no limit and, in particular, no limit tourneys. In those situations there will be once-in-a-while situations where it will be very advantageous for the cheater to intentionally disconnect. When those disconnects happen the circumstances strongly suggest abuse (e.g., someone on the bubble suddenly disconnects when you your bet would put her all in).

Does MP constantly disconnect in these situations. If so, you can report that person. However, realiuze that it may just be a bad connection. When someone constantly disconnects in the types of situations I described above it becomes obvios they are cheating and sites may take action if you report them (I say "may" because Party used to be notorious, and perhaps still is, for failing to take action against players who were repeatedly abusing their "all in" protection in tourneys).

Personally, I don't feel that anyone has intentionally disconnected in a limit ring hand that I have been involved in. Never!

Anyway, if you are still not happy I believe that Poker Stars has tables that don't have all in protection for disconnects. You can always play on those.