Whats the correct procedure here?

mumsie

Not me.

Someone I chat to at the table, told me a few months agot he was being stalked at the tables by a player who he suffered a badbeat upon

At the time I suggested to him, if he still felt persecuted, to get in touch with skypoker Customer services and they might give him a new screen name.

That was the last i heard

Until tonight, when the UKOPS dictate 4NL is my limit.
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And he tells me, after all these weeks ,every table my friend he sits at , the same person waits for a seat.

He has confronted him and asked him to please stop, but his persuer hasnt abaited , and my friend has asked what he can do as his enjoyment is being screwed .


And it actually isnt me.lol.

EvilPingu

By 'stalked', are we purely talking about the player sitting and/or jumping on the WL every time this player sits, or is there stuff in table chat etc too?

By 'every table' are we on about 100% of all the games your friend sits in, or they just get followed around once the villain notices them playing?

It's a d1ck move but there's no rule that says you can't bumhunt, so there's not a whole lot that can be done about it IMO unless they're using a seat script to find them or there's chat abuse.

mumsie

Ok.

It's actually just bumhunting .

Cammykaze

Stalked or bumhunted?

Stalking is a weird one. No rules.

Bumhunting is fine as well. No rules in place. Poker is a lawless game at times, for better or for worse

mumsie

It's as simple as, player A sits down, player B joins list.
Player B sits.

Player A moves.
Player B follows.

Repeat.

MattBates

mumsie said:

Not me.

Someone I chat to at the table, told me a few months agot he was being stalked at the tables by a player who he suffered a badbeat upon

At the time I suggested to him, if he still felt persecuted, to get in touch with skypoker Customer services and they might give him a new screen name.

That was the last i heard

Until tonight, when the UKOPS dictate 4NL is my limit.
'

And he tells me, after all these weeks ,every table my friend he sits at , the same person waits for a seat.

He has confronted him and asked him to please stop, but his persuer hasnt abaited , and my friend has asked what he can do as his enjoyment is being screwed .


And it actually isnt me.lol.

No way this should happen. They change name and it gives them a big advantage over others in terms of knowledge of playing styles etc. You need to think about the precedent that could be set here.

If someone is just sitting on their tables and not saying anything then it’s fine. Is it that they don’t like playing against this specific player?

Cammykaze

mumsie said:

It's as simple as, player A sits down, player B joins list.
Player B sits.

Player A moves.
Player B follows.

Repeat.

Yeah, I'm still not sure on the procedure query though

What should the procedure be? A quiet word with player B? Ignore them?

tai-gar

Take advantage of it I say. If the other player knows his/her game then the same must apply. Be just as canny.

stokefc

I'd turn it around and sit on every table they are on ,give them something to think about till I got bored anyway

glencoelad

MattBates said:

mumsie said:

Not me.

Someone I chat to at the table, told me a few months agot he was being stalked at the tables by a player who he suffered a badbeat upon

At the time I suggested to him, if he still felt persecuted, to get in touch with skypoker Customer services and they might give him a new screen name.

That was the last i heard

Until tonight, when the UKOPS dictate 4NL is my limit.
'

And he tells me, after all these weeks ,every table my friend he sits at , the same person waits for a seat.

He has confronted him and asked him to please stop, but his persuer hasnt abaited , and my friend has asked what he can do as his enjoyment is being screwed .


And it actually isnt me.lol.

No way this should happen. They change name and it gives them a big advantage over others in terms of knowledge of playing styles etc. You need to think about the precedent that could be set here.

If someone is just sitting on their tables and not saying anything then it’s fine. Is it that they don’t like playing against this specific player?

Perhaps sky could change the rule , let players change name weekly as some other sites do . This would also help the rec players more IMO which most on sky are, I do keep my same player name on each site, but like the idea.

Robbo67

Interesting Mumsie - I had a very similar situation at 4nl (cough cough)

My KK beat victims AA all in pre, cue lots of abuse which I can understand (get it out the system eh).

Abuser left so I joined their next table and low and behold they berate every other persons play when they lose to a worse hand pre.

The 'victim' also chooses to tell all other players on the table that I only play premiums, work for sky, site is rigged etc etc bla bla bla and in general not nice chat which again i dont care about.

If I choose to sit at that persons table today, tomorrow, every day or never again and just play poker and abide by the rules surely that is ok?

I'm a rubbish playing fish anyway that loves playing micro stakes poker so cant imagine why this 'victim' wouldnt want to be at my table anyway.

Just thought i would mention this Mumsie because i'm sure the 'other person' to who came to you may have a version that differs.

Good luck

jordz16

I had a similar situation with a well known reg about 4 years ago, at first I think I was being “bumhunted” but it got more progressive to the point theyd find my table in Heads up SNGs and MTTs (sometimes to play against me but often theyd join tables they werent playing in) and make constant comments, it was never vile abuse or anything that bothered me it was just incessant for about 2-3 weeks, mainly Sarcastic comments and digs about my playing style. I never reported it and to my knowledge the guy bearly plays on here anymore, But it was so annoying and took away all the enjoyment I got from playing poker, the issue is if you stop playing it feels like you let them win.

Allan23

Can't you turn off chat for individual players in the chatbox? Obviously not ideal but better than suffering abuse probably

TheEdge949

Allan23 said:

Can't you turn off chat for individual players in the chatbox? Obviously not ideal but better than suffering abuse probably

I just put the cashier up in the chatbox if that happens then I cant hear them. I would imagine it drives them crazy if they are constantly chirping away and getting no response.