Railing.

OK. I'm reallyno dummy, but this railing thing has got me a little confused. How's it work. I've gone to watch ourmembers in some of the games when they get to the final table but ca't seem to chat. I always see people talk about railing but have never witnessed it.

I was really sort of hoping for some help here. How about it?

Railing is just watching and supporting another player, chat or no chat. Some people chat on MSN or here in the threads while railing so that they don't distract the table.

...also if you don't have the amount of the buyin in your account you can't chat at Stars. Think you just need more than 0 at Tilt, not sure though. Some players enjoy the rail chatter, others not so much so you can just ask in the thread here.

D is right about Stars and FT. Stars you need the buy-in amount, on FT, all you need is a '+' balance. I've railed at FT in games where the buy-in exceeded my BR. Each site has it's own rules.

When railing a fellow CC member, the best policy is to watch silently at the actual table but to offer comment/encouragement in a thread here at CC.

As a player, you don`t really want the opponents at your table to know that you are a tournament regular with lots of poker-playing buddies. It`s better if they are not especially wary of you and are not watching you too closely.

Hey. Thanks for that guys. Preciated. So, if I'm getting this right (understand about the balance thing) You watch the game and bounce back and forth between here in a rail thread and the game and chat it up hear in the thread. That pretty much it?

Yep, you got it.

Egon summed it up, but here's my long-winded version of the same thing

https://www.cardschat.com/forum/poker-rooms-10/about-railing-124986/

Roland, on UB and, I assume AP you can't speak as an observer. The same is true on PDC and, I assume, on Carbon.