Why breaks are synchronous in different rooms?

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Hello.
I've recently been playing poker and still inexperienced.
Noticed a strange thing: if you play in several rooms in the tournaments which began at different times - breaks very often coincide.
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Maybe someone knows why? The software of room interacts with the other rooms?
 

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yeah, i have the same question...55minutes and each room stop playing, i don't know how they do... it's strange ;(
 
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All internet poker sites have their tournament breaks at the same time (55 mins past the hour) so that players playing on more than one site can actually use that 5 mins as a break.
 
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Thanks !
I understood and can schedule a time now.
I thought that every room has its own system breaks associated with the duration of the tournament.
The fact that the breaks in the last 5 minutes of an hour - not paying attention :)
 
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Yes , it have to be like that, so when i play poker on several site i can get a break for 5 min, but at 888 poker, the break begin exactly at 55 and finish at 00 , so you continue to play a hand that begin before 55 , it can finish at 58 for example , so you get just 2 min and in a big tournament , it can goes without even a break ....
 
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All internet poker sites have their tournament breaks at the same time (55 mins past the hour) so that players playing on more than one site can actually use that 5 mins as a break.

It's not exactly all, the majority do but there are some that go on break on the hour iirc I only rarely play at them.

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Break in all poker rooms starts at 55 minutes past the hour.
 
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