| This is a discussion on NEWS- Good stuff from PokerStars RE: Security within the online poker forums, in the Poker Rooms section; I was so impressed by this that I had to share. A GOOD article regarding security at an online poker site for a change. PokerStars ... |
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| NEWS- Good stuff from PokerStars RE: Security I was so impressed by this that I had to share. A GOOD article regarding security at an online poker site for a change. PokerStars, FTW. Poker Player :: Articles :: PokerStars Responds to Security Inquiry |
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| +1 PS FTW! something I found a bit weird though: Q: What is your site's stance on multi-accounting and seat-selling practices? A: With trivial exceptions, a player may play on only one (his) account during a tournament and may not "hand off" his seat mid-event to a different player. Violation of this rule may result in penalties including disqualification from the tournament, with full forfeiture of winnings (which will be distributed to other players) and barring from PokerStars. Further clarification, including examples of what is acceptable and unacceptable activity can be found under Rule 21 at www.PokerStars.com/Poker/Tournaments/Rules. The only thing that I can think, is if your internet connection goes out, late in a big MTT, I guess you could call someone to take over your account. At least maybe until you could drive there? Alittle confused about that one... |
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Here's Tournament Rule 21: "With trivial exceptions, a player may play on only one account during a tournament and may not "hand off" his seat in mid-event to a different player. Violation of this rule may result in penalties ranging from a warning, to disqualification from the tournament (with partial or full forfeiture of winnings), to barring from PokerStars. Examples:
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| re: NEWS- Good stuff from PokerStars RE: Security ^^^ I understand all of their reasonings for the explanations, the only problem is that none of that could really be proved. I am talking about the permitted reasons. It seems to me that the people that have been punished have gotten themselves into trouble by bragging and telling too many people. They really couldnt tell if your power really went out or if you lost internet connection. Then of course we all know that "teams" play the bigger tournaments, where several people sit in front of one screen/one account and "ghost" the player. So you have 5 eyes on the game, 5 brains figuring out the problems, 5 players playing one game. They usually always have the advantage, since 5 eyes are better than 1. I only know for myself, that if I ever get to the final table in the Sunday Million, I sure as hell am not going to sell my account and never know if I could have taken it down and if I missed out on alot of money... |
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I originally went with Poker Stars due to their deposit options, but have since found their software to be head-and-shoulders above the rest. Full Tilt is the only site I've played on that is even close, in my opinion. But there are still some interface tweaks that make me prefer PS. Even if PS had terrible customer service, I'd probably prefer them just due to the software. But, in the 2 years I've been using PS, I've had nothing but positive experiences with their customer service. My only worry is that PS might be too good, and could result in less competition between the sites in a few years. |
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| re: NEWS- Good stuff from PokerStars RE: Security Quote:
1) Silent 2) Normal 3) Everything No matter what have been chosen, the message in which the dealer is in front of a player was wrong. |
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