Disconnect Ethics

#1 09-01-2005, 07:05 PM

Here's the situation: Head Up at the end of a 10+1 on Pacific Poker, I have the chiplead, approx.
Hero-t5000
Villian-t3000
At this point, villian is disconnected from the site. Would you guys fold to his big blinds to give him a fair shot at the tournament when he gets reconnected, or raise his blind everytime and build up a dominating chiplead so when he comes back its pretty much over.
I personally took advantage and won the tourney while he was gone.

MegaBet · #2 09-01-2005, 07:07 PM

I think the answer here is fairly obvious. If you want to be ethical, give up poker and become a priest.

pokerlaw · #3 09-01-2005, 07:11 PM

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I think the answer here is fairly obvious. If you want to be ethical, give up poker and become a priest.

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microbet · #4 09-01-2005, 07:13 PM

I don't think it is bad to take advantage of the situation, but I think it is good to stall or not raise.

the_joker · #5 09-01-2005, 07:21 PM

This happend to me the other day and I took the middle ground approach. I didn't fold my blinds, but also I waited to raise his blinds until the last possible moment to give him extra time to get reconnected.

Shilly · #6 09-01-2005, 07:22 PM

Whenever I'm in this spot, I continue to raise. If I knew for a fact that 100% of players would wait for me, I would wait for them, but since that's not the case I'm going to steal their blinds.

runner4life7 · #7 09-01-2005, 07:25 PM

I ask myself this question...Why do I play poker? To make friends or make money

locutus2002 · #8 09-01-2005, 07:31 PM

I play bugsysclub.com,
and more than one time I have been disconnected due to the worst ISP in the world (Adelphia). In 3 final table cases the players have waited the maximum amount of time for each hand before winning the pot. This is a real testament to the players at Bugsysclub.

The last time I had over T1,000,000 and was playing heads up. The difference between 1st and 2nd was $1,000, and the player waited.

Freudian · #9 09-01-2005, 07:32 PM

You don't know when he will be back. You would feel pretty stupid folding for an hour.

microbet · #10 09-01-2005, 07:36 PM

Very cool. I wonder if people are more likely or less likely to wait when the stakes are high.

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