[SumZero]

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- My friend gets deep in a tourney and says, "strass, come help me out". So I go over to his room and talk with him as he plays.

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I've done this for my brother once. He's a super lag and can always accululate chips but always flames out. So he called me this one particlular night with desparation in his voice and asked for help. I was not in the particular tourney at all and didn't think I did anything wrong by coaching him.

Btw, he won the tourney. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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I think we all have done this. It does go against the letter of the law, but compared to the point sirio makes it's like comparing jaywalking to manslaughter...

It's a matter of degrees...

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hasn't it been noted by Lee Jones (?) that the "one player to a hand" rule does NOT exist online? if i'm wrong, please correct me.

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It may varry from site to site. The site I currently play with (ub) had the clearest answer on this:

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Basically, we would apply the regular rules you would see in a live casino.

If you are playing in a casino and you are forced to leave a tournament, then no other person will be allowed to take your place, or lets say everytime you play the hands, it is not allowed for you to consult other person behind you your action in each hand, these same measures are applied in our tables. UltimateBet does not condone such actions in our tables.


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So if you play at UB and do this you are cheating. It is against the rules. Even if you are just driving to a friends house and getting someone else to cover for you.

At pokerstars one player to a hand (over the shoulder coaching) may or may not be legal. Taking over for someone because they are deep or playing their final table or double shootout is illegal.

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With trivial exceptions, a player may play on only one account during a tournament. Violation of this rule may result in penalties ranging from a warning, to disqualification from the tournament (with partial or full forfeiture of winnings), to barring from PokerStars.

Examples:

1. You get a phone call during a PokerStars tournament. You ask your husband, who has already busted out of that tournament, to play your hands for you. You are on the phone for ten minutes and then resume play. This is permitted.
2. You and a friend, who is a tournament pro, are playing in the same tournament. You agree that if he busts out before you do, he will take over playing your account. This is prohibited.
3. Your husband is out of town for the weekend, but gives you his password. You log into both his account and yours and play both accounts in the same tournament. This is prohibited.


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I haven't been able to get a clear reading of the rules on other sites yet.