Disabling time bank from activating automatically from the blinds?

[Exitonly]

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

[M.B.E.]

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.

[sirio11]

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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.

[Mi_T_Sharp]

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

[Yoshi63]

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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"

[M.B.E.]

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.

[Ontario_Tory]

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

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Pizza > Timebank

[BadgerPro]

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