stopping chat abuse

[EliotSpitzer]

I play mostly $2/4 NL and have run into a couple of players that like to comment on my play during a hand. I consider this a subtle form of cheating and I'm glad to see that Party agrees with me.

Most recently, NL_DERB has been an offender, as the following example shows:

Game #3772712809 starts.

#Game No : 3772712809
***** Hand History for Game 3772712809 *****
$400 NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, March 18, 21:51:54 ET 2006
Table Peppermint (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: kcpitt ( $430.15 )
Seat 2: pjlfc ( $344.21 )
Seat 3: Maddux_1234 ( $743.45 )
Seat 5: kinger111 ( $1065.69 )
Seat 6: NL_DERB ( $699.70 )
Seat 4: EliotSpitzer ( $400 )
pjlfc posts small blind [$2].
Maddux_1234 posts big blind [$4].
>You have options at Ertholmene (No DP) Table!.
EliotSpitzer posts big blind [$4].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to EliotSpitzer [ Kd Kh ]
EliotSpitzer checks.
kinger111 calls [$4].
>You have options at Ertholmene (No DP) Table!.
NL_DERB raises [$20].
kcpitt calls [$20].
pjlfc calls [$18].
Maddux_1234 folds.
EliotSpitzer raises [$141.78].
kinger111 folds.
NL_DERB folds.
NL_DERB: watch out for eliot, hes a hit and run specialist
kcpitt folds.
>You have options at Speed Mathematicians Table!.
pjlfc folds.
EliotSpitzer does not show cards.
EliotSpitzer wins $213.78


I reported this incident to Party and just a few hours later received the following response:

"Thank you for contacting us.

We have investigated your complaint regarding 'NL_DERB' and have proceeded to block the chat facility of that player for a specific period.

Thank you once again for bringing this issue to our attention.

Contact us anytime, we are available around the clock to assist you with your account related questions and suggestions."



Party has once again pleasantly surprised me with their stance on cheating. I liked the way they dealt with the ZeeJustin situation and I'm satisfied with the way they handled this chat cheating situation.

I'm posting this here so others will know that you don't need to put up with players commenting on your play during a hand. Also, I'm sure that many other chat abusers post here and this is a warning to clean up your act so that I don't have to report you also.

Friendly banter between hands is fine, but commenting on a player's hand during play would not be tolerated at a B&M and I'm glad to see that it is not tolerated at Party, either.