D0n't Auto Log In

I recently built a bankroll at coolhandpoker from $0 to $97. I did this at first in the freerolls, then small buy in MTTs. I found it easier to have the account auto log- in when I would open the site.
My children had one of their friends over the other night and thought it would be cool to play CASINO, they took the $97 and playing slots got it up to $157 and then started playing $10 per pull and proceeded to lose all my money down to .04,
I now use the password for everything. Lesson learned!

Or

control your kids better?

Why are they on your pc?

or better yet, why are they spending your money?

My thoughts exactly. Lock them in the attic until they turn 18. Make the world a safer place. You know it makes sense.

lol its not auto log in, its u not seeing what ur children are doing and not being around and letting them do whatever they want

I like the idea of locking them up, however, she would have been out of the attic 8 years ago. I guess I should have been more specific about the term "children". You would think as "Adults" they would know better.
This happened at 1 AM as I was sleeping. As I said, Lesson learned!

Your 26 (?) year old daughter and her friends went on your poker account, and lost all your money? OK the problem isn't not watching the children or locking them up til they are 18, but morals or something. I know I wouldn't go into my dads bank account and transfer myself all his money. Nor if he played poker would I go and use any of it. I guess everyone is different.

Wow 26???

Jesus... uhhh... so shes going to pay you back your $97 then right for gambling it away?

I concur, she definitely ought to. We all assumed this was childish mischief, but now I see that she is an adult and should know better. Disgraceful, imo.

fwiw, if a 6 year old did this, he or she would have to pay me back

you wouldn't be making this thread if they had ran it up to $5k though, would u?

he probably would ldo, something like " my daughter is a gambling genius"

I did get the money back and the friend who got into the account hasn't been back to the house since.

I love these replies. I see there are people out there with a sense of humor like me . these sound like replies I would make if I were reading the same thread.
I wish she were a genius!

haha damn. yeah, saving passwords is a no-no. probably...10 yrs back or so (and i know this doesn't solve poker software issues)...i got so tired of my brother and sister getting on my computer and messing everything up that i took windows off of it and put linux on it instead...next time they got on, all they saw was a black and white screen that said "login: " on it. they were, unjustly, upset at me

Now a password is needed to get on the computer. Just a part o the solution. The other is reteaching some ethics and courtesy

Nice idea...lol

But I have some objection, so I think you must develop such great talent of your children. Learn they to play poker, may be they are future world's champions... lol

And keep your paroles away from children!

The point about not using auto log-in is a good one, especially when a pc is shared or people can fire up your computer when you are not around. The 6-20 digit password isn't too difficult to punch in each time we want to play. The convenience of auto's has made us all somewhat lazy really which is fine when money or important stuff isn't involved. Worth keeping in mind.

As for the adult daughter thing, well, adults behave badly at times too. It seems in this case that a friend was the main culprit, another adult I assume. Improper conduct is not restricted to kids, also, improper conduct by an individual or group, does not mean they were/are incorrectly brought up. It's just stuff that happens from time to time and is mostly not planned but just "happens". Glad you got your $$$ back as it was the least you could expect from this episode and it's a good warning to us all when dealing with passwords. Even the golden child/adult can have a blip.

I think the lesson here is patience & thought before action, my solution would have forced you to try to retrieve your money from the friends estate.

Yes, people on parole should definitely stay away from other people's children.

that is exactly the point, use passwords, which was lost amongst the rediculousness of the fact of what happened

Did she blame herself or her friend? Any money your offspring acquire from you is treated as a gift. You gave

i never auto log in, i dont trust the people im around not to spend all of my money. that has to suck thought man, i would be pretty mad if i were you

I never have auto log in on u have to know my password to even log on my computer then another to even open my account...

well...think of the upside now. now you have yourself $97 plus a deposit bonus!

After your kids turn 18, it's legal to beat them. Buy a bull whip.. threats usually help.

I use a password on my motherboard, can't start the thing up without typing in the password, and manually resetting the bios on a laptop is a hell of a chore. No point on a desktop though, as resetting that bios can take less than a minute.

wow, they showed some short time profit at slots

as for the login issue, I always use the option to remember user name/password for everything but if I`m afk for more than 15 minutes my PC goes in stand by mode and after that, anyone trying to do whatever stuff at my PC they hit their heads against Windows Logon (passworded)

Aaaahahahaha!

Kids do the darndest things

I'm guessing alcohol was involved.

I bet it hurt worse knowing how hard it was go get the roll going. Starting from 0 is a pain to say the least, and what I've had to do a few times. Its not so much about the amount of money you built it up to, but what you could have built it up to from there.

Thats a sore one. I dont have the kids problem anymore, all left the nest, but still a thought.

Now you must kill kids. NOBODY could lose all your bankroll and be alive. Kill them all! Just do it!

Hmm, I am not sure it was good joke. Never bankroll costs more than child's life, even if it really was your joke. But as a some variant the strong measures must be, because children needs in lesson "what good is and what bad is". So, to give them a good flogging it is great idea (LOL!)

Auto login makes it harder for hackers(key loggers) to hack your acount.

Yes I agree the auo log in sucks.
I always make sure it is set to sugn out every room I play in.
And also change my password every few days to the sites.
This way our 6 year old dosen't do that.