HU SNG on same IP as opponent

chicknMelt

So last night I was at my brothers house. We had a few beers, watched the UFC then decided it was time to go to war on the £1 HU SNGs on sky.

Apparently you cant play someone on the same IP address. Anyone know the reason for this?

If I had to guess, sky have banned all SNGs from having more than one person from the same IP address to stop collusion. In HU SNGs thats not a concern though. Its not much of a barrier for stopping money laundering either if that was the reason.

Anyway, he set up an account on another site and it worked there... 

@SKY - If it is the SNG collusion thing is there a way tha HU SNGs could be excluded from this restriction?

Phantom66

I believe that there is a blanket ban on the same IP address for all games except MTTs.

Collusion i (real or perceived) is the obvious reason which as you say is pointless in HU SNGs.

Laundering, multi-accounting and promotion abuse are other reasons. I think the 1st and latter of those are still applicable to HU SNGs.

Does it work on play money?

No reason why it should be blocked there and would faciltate a friendly game at a single household.

Personally I would be more worried about playing on the site that does allow it than the one that blocks it.

Enut

More importantly how much did you take off him?

My brother was much less subtle when we were younger. He'd ask me if I wanted to play cards for money, tell me to put my money on the table, then just take it and scarper. I soon learned not to play my brother for money.

chicknMelt

Phantom66 said:

Laundering, multi-accounting and promotion abuse are other reasons.

isn't really much of a barrier for either - Im sure it wouldn't be normal practice to go round to your associates house who you intend to launder money with such that you are linked by IP address & therefor clearly in the same location. It would make any defence very difficult.

Enut said:

More importantly how much did you take off him?

My brother was much less subtle when we were younger. He'd ask me if I wanted to play cards for money, tell me to put my money on the table, then just take it and scarper. I soon learned not to play my brother for money.

ha, sounds like a nice chap... still on talking terms?!

think it was 2-1 to me in the end so i took a whole $0.7 after rake. It was more for bragging rights ofc, which he somehow still has because "he was expecting to lose all 3 really to someone calling themselves a pro"