An online ethics question

[PokerBob]

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Here's a question:

It's a five way raised pot and you have 44 in the SB. The flop comes KJ9, and you're getting ready to check fold when your internet connection goes out.

You reconnect to discover that you spiked a 4 on the river and won $150 this hand. Do you, morally, owe it to the player that won the sidepot?

Thanks,
Eric

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No. It's part of the game, but also I think that most would realize that it was legit. If you were gonna pull a scam like this, it wouldn't be with 44.

[DeeJ]

Paradise fold your hand and there is no all-in disconnect protection. At least as far as I know, because I never had the problem. It's better than giving the option to plug-pullers who you can never prove denied you a side pot, and I'm surprise it ain't standard online policy.

[bdypdx]

Since you didn't cheat you are not morally obligated. You won the main pot by virtue of the randomness inherent in playing poker electronically. Online players just have to deal with the layer of connection randomness that does not exist in live play.

I recently went through a period where my dsl connection became faulty and the connecton started to fail at random moments. I had to quit playing online until it was fixed because the situation was far more detrimental than beneficial.