Losing connection while playing

Hi guys

I just want to hear about other people's experinece with losing internet connection while playing.

I just played 4 tables on Party and while im in a couple of hands I lose connection and get kicked out of all 4 tables. It has happened before and ofcourse it is always just as I have a good hand and have money on the table and I just lose them. I immediatly checked my internet and opened my homepage no problem but PP said it was not at their end the problem was.

Is this a more common problem with certain sites compared to others or does it happen from time to time on all sites?

computers have always been unreliable, its just a part of online poker.
just have to try and get back to the tables as quickly as possible.

For sng players its worst case, for cash players not. Have a internet stick as a "plan B" !

That depends.

If you're in a $100 pot and time out. I'd find this more frustrating, than say..losing a hand you're involved in a SnG.

I also have a internet pen but find by the time you realise you have disconnected, stuck the pen in, waited for it too disconnect - you end up missing the hand anyway Pens are very god though, if you're in a grind and your connection does day, you can get up and running within a few minutes minus a few hands which isn't usually a huge issue!

Having said all that though, I'm currently stuck on just a dongle at the minute anyway with no "fixed" net


OP:

I've experienced it myself, just something you have to accept as part of the parcel and something even more frustrating when you get a good hand/pot and end up disconnecting.

My connection is very good generally but I have neighbours with an unsecured internet connection so even if mine does go down I jsut use their internet as backup.

My frustration was that my internet was fine. I immediatly checked my internet and opened my usual home page without a problem. I had problems opening and navigating around the poker site all evening, but they say they did not have a problem at their end

Nothing like 3 betting AA and having AQ suited on another table to freeze/disconnect

Ooo fun times

Just lost my connection on Party Poker 6 tabling, Blah!

good thing I wasn't in any hands.

Im going to use this thread to keep a log of each time and what site I get disconnected from. lulz

good idea, so will I

A few times I have lost connection while playing SNGO's and I have emailed customer support and I would say 90% of the times the refund my buy in. If you do get disconnected always try and make a note of the tourney number. Not sure how it works on cash games or MTT's but with SNGO's it does and it has got to be worth a try?

I could understand the full buyin refund if the whole sng game got disconnected, all players disconnected. But if you are the sole one disconnected and the game continues on they still refunded your full buyin/.?

And what site was this...?