MAKE THE AWAYS PAY......
Hi all players. I've been playing online poker now since mid May. In that time i've seen and suffered a few
BAD BEATS, won a $ or two, hit
TWO ROYAL FLUSH HEARTS in one day and been called a
FISH and other choice names many a time. All of this I can quite easily take in my strid. Well maybe not the
ROYALS. They got me quite excited. The thing that I can't take and annoys me more than anything are the '
AWAYS' or '
SITOUTS' in the multi table tournaments.
When I first started playing online I asked someone why they did this and was told that '
IT WAS A WAY OF CHEATING' This I can't see as you can be sat at your seat and still fold every hand and play the
MONSTERS. But damn are they annoying.
The other night I was sat in a
FREEROLL with 8000+ players at one of the larger online
POKER ROOMS and had nine '
AWAYS' at my table. Now some of you are thinking its an easy way to build your
STACK and I agree in a sense but I hate it. Yes I was picking up 75/100/150 chips per round but what a waste of those AA KK AK etc
To make matters worse the
TOURNEY leader had amassed some 67000
CHIPS to my measly 6500 and I hadn't seen a
RIVER, TURN or even a
FLOP for at least 30 mins.
I understand people do have valid reasons for not attending, but that is probably ony 2% of the population 5% of the time. Maybe even less.
If the
PITBOSS' were to impose a penalty scheme, say
DOUBLE BLINDS after three hands '
AWAY' or
'SITTING OUT' they may be less inclined to do so. And one things for sure, the
TOURNEYS wouldn't take as long and I myself would be less annoyed and less prone to
TILT.
Let me know what you think guys n girls.
pompeyrayuk