Disabling time bank from activating automatically from the blinds?
 

i got to my computer 3-4 minutes late for the wcoop today and posted BB first hand so i lost my whole 120 second timebank, i think there is a better way to hand this sitution by not activating it automatically in first 15 minutes or something

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shouldnt u of been sitting out if you werent there?

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if you a blind on hand one you will time all the way through your bank, so it happens randomly

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i think what he's saying is tha tyou were by the computer and clicked on 'ok' to sit down. and then you left, and were in teh bb so it caused you to lose it.

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your timebank shouldnt run unless you hit the "extend time" button.

fulltilt got it right and they didn't even implement it first [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

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your timebank shouldnt run unless you hit the "extend time" button.

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Auto-running the timebank provides disconnect protection.

And some plain stupidity protection. I have more than once experienced the horror of seeing a lock hand folded on the turn with half of my chips in a monster pot, because I'd spent too much time figuring out how to get the rest in - forgetting my time bank was gone ... [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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On pokerstars if you register for a tournament and you are logged in, when the tournament starts the table pops open, if you are in the SB or BB on the first hand when the action gets to you it will burn your whole time bank before you fold.

This is the exception i think could easily be handled by stars.

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I know coming back from the breaks whenever there's an ante, including stud games, it'll do that. Very irritating especially in a turbo. I don't know about first hand of the tourney if you don't click the button, but it's still something that can/should be fixed.

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On pokerstars if you register for a tournament and you are logged in, when the tournament starts the table pops open, if you are in the SB or BB on the first hand when the action gets to you it will burn your whole time bank before you fold.

This is the exception i think could easily be handled by stars.

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are you sure this happens if you don't click "ok"

because until you do, you're sitting out.

so if it pops up while you're away, it wont happen, but if it pops up, you click ok, and then wander off, it will.

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time bank comes on auto if you have any chips invested into a pot already

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Right, but not if you're sitting out... which you are until you click the "ok" popup.

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I agree with FatalError that this is a problem. It has occasionally happened to me coming back after a break: if you happen to be in the blind that hand -- or in any position if there are antes -- being late can exhaust your entire time bank.

I would remedy this by allotting the time bank gradually. For example, maybe you begin with 20 seconds in your time bank and receive 20 additional seconds every 90 minutes.

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Right, but not if you're sitting out... which you are until you click the "ok" popup.

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No, it happened to me on the WCOOP $530, and I didn't click the ok popup button, I was late like 2 mins, only to find out I have no time bank left.

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This happened to me in the 4/180 Challenge Championship tourney...fwiw

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Right, but not if you're sitting out... which you are until you click the "ok" popup.

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No, it happened to me on the WCOOP $530, and I didn't click the ok popup button, I was late like 2 mins, only to find out I have no time bank left.

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This happened to me once, and was also surprised to see my timebank ticking down as I came back, since I left ~10 minutes before the tourny started and obviously never clicked "Ok"

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The other time-bank issue is in shootout tournaments: they need to reset all the time banks at the beginning of each table. It’s just a basic point of fairness.

This of course includes heads-up match tournaments like today’s WCOOP. I think it would be pretty unfair if they get to the finals and one player has lots of time to think while the other does not.

I’ve suggested this to PokerStars many times in the past but they still haven’t fixed it.

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This happened to me in the 4/180 Challenge Championship tourney...fwiw

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Pizza > Timebank

Re: Disabling time bank from activating automatically from the blinds?
 

You should get more time as the tourneys go on. Instead of 60 seconds at the beginning of a tourney you should get 30 seconds and then something like 5 seconds more every level or 15 seconds more at every break.

Edit: Up to some maximum like 60 seconds or 120 seconds