Is it legal to finish a tournament my friend started playing?

hra146 · #1 09-17-2007, 02:39 PM

A friend of mine is final tabling some stars tourny now for a 215$ entry (quite a sum for him). His dad has a bday and just came home so he got to go in 20 mins or so.

Hes in Germany and Im in the Netherlands, so we wouldnt have a case that goes "I just switched to my laptop" if they found out.

Would it be a big deal to do that? (Him logging out now, me logging in from a different country)

Sorry if this isnt the right forum.

greets

NHFunkii · #2 09-17-2007, 02:44 PM

it is not legal

hra146 · #3 09-17-2007, 02:46 PM

whats the chance of us getting caught and whats the consequences?

rothko · #4 09-17-2007, 04:25 PM

obviously, you've already made your decision, but if it's pstars, 100% you get caught. not sure how good the other sites are at checking. consequences you both lose your accounts.

TwistedEcho · #5 09-17-2007, 04:26 PM

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it is not legal

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i was pretty sure you can take over if they lose power/have to go out/something like that?

BYATT34 · #6 09-17-2007, 04:33 PM

It’s expressly permitted in case of a power failure. See Rule 21 on this web page:

http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/tournaments/rules/

Exitonly · #7 09-17-2007, 04:34 PM

I have no problem with this, and i'm pretty sure stars doesnt either.

WarDekar · #8 09-17-2007, 04:39 PM

Just tell your friend to go to the breaker box and shut off his power. Then he can tell Stars he lost power, and it won't even be lying!

Matt24 · #9 09-17-2007, 04:42 PM

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I have no problem with this, and i'm pretty sure stars doesnt either.

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hra146 · #10 09-17-2007, 04:43 PM

ait , thx for input.

He eventually just sat out, said hi to his dad and returned. Lol.

(and won his 215$ ticket, gz)