The one person/one account rule seems silly to some until they recognize what it is in place to prevent. There are two levels of problems which arise in these situations, one certainly more troublesome than the other but both are still relevant.
The first is the obvious one. Why can't two people play under the same account? Because they will likely have different playing styles (even ignoring probable differences in skill/understanding), and therefore any notes other players have made on that account are now problematic. It's not that they're meaningless - they're worse. If Player A is extremely tight and Player B is moderately loose (and they both play on Account C), over the course of a standard sng anyone with notes on this player as "super tight" is going to respect that account's raises more. However, maybe it's Player B on Account C now. This is an advantage that someone in a brick and mortar casino could never pull off, save for perhaps identical twins.
The second is the less common, but higher-profile issue - transferring accounts to someone else late in a tournament, to have a more highly-skilled player finish it out for you. Big money can be on the line here. Pokerstars recently banned two players and seized hundreds of thousands in prize money because player A literally sold his tournament life to player B down to 3 tables or something. Of course, this is not a $20 tournament - perhaps hundreds of thousands of dollars are on the line.
I'm not at all commenting on what happened during the tournament, since I didn't see it. I watched a bit but had to go. I'm just trying to explain why this issue is taken very seriously by the poker sites.
- Steve
The first is the obvious one. Why can't two people play under the same account? Because they will likely have different playing styles (even ignoring probable differences in skill/understanding), and therefore any notes other players have made on that account are now problematic. It's not that they're meaningless - they're worse. If Player A is extremely tight and Player B is moderately loose (and they both play on Account C), over the course of a standard sng anyone with notes on this player as "super tight" is going to respect that account's raises more. However, maybe it's Player B on Account C now. This is an advantage that someone in a brick and mortar casino could never pull off, save for perhaps identical twins.
The second is the less common, but higher-profile issue - transferring accounts to someone else late in a tournament, to have a more highly-skilled player finish it out for you. Big money can be on the line here. Pokerstars recently banned two players and seized hundreds of thousands in prize money because player A literally sold his tournament life to player B down to 3 tables or something. Of course, this is not a $20 tournament - perhaps hundreds of thousands of dollars are on the line.
I'm not at all commenting on what happened during the tournament, since I didn't see it. I watched a bit but had to go. I'm just trying to explain why this issue is taken very seriously by the poker sites.
- Steve
:smile::grin: By the way I sat next to Keith for most of the tourney last night and it was a blast. Tell him I had a great time and he is a good poker player.
