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Hello Daniel,
Thank you for contacting PokerStars.
I would ask you to refer to rule 21 of our tournament rules:
With trivial exceptions, a player may play on only one account during a
tournament and may not "hand off" his seat in mid-event to a different
player. Violation of this rule may result in penalties ranging from a
warning, to disqualification from the tournament (with partial or full
forfeiture of winnings), to barring from PokerStars.
Examples:
You get a phone call during a PokerStars tournament. You ask your husband,
who has already busted out of that tournament, to play your hands for you.
You are on the phone for ten minutes and then resume play.
This is permitted.
You and a friend are playing in the same tournament. You agree that if he
busts out before you do, he will take over playing your account. This is
prohibited.
You are playing in a tournament and lose power in your home due to a
failure of your power station. You call a friend and he takes over until
your power is returned. This is permitted.
Your husband is out of town for the weekend, but gives you his password.
You log into both his account and yours and play both accounts in the same
tournament. This is prohibited.
You have progressed to the final few tables of a tournament and somebody
offers you cash equity for your seat. You allow the other player to sign
into your account, or you continue to finish the tournament following the
explicit instructions given by him. This is prohibited.
In your specific scenario, it is very similar to examples 1 and 3, and
therefore this would be permitted in those specific circumstances.
If you have any further questions about this or any other matter, please
don't hesitate to ask.
Good luck to you, and thank you for choosing PokerStars.
Regards,
Randy
PokerStars Support Team
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I find this quite disconcerting.
In the first example, a husband and wife are playing together in the same tournament. I don't even think two accounts from the same address should be doing this. Then, just because of a [shock, horror, who'd have thought it could happen?] telephone call, somebody who has [fortunately] busted out already plays on the other's account.
Here's what it should say, imo:
If the phone rings, sit out. If you are at a critical stage of the tournament, ignore the telephone. Or pick it up, find out whether it's urgent or not, then get back to the game. Or have an answerphone set up so that you can actually hear the caller to find out whether it is important. Do not get somebody else to play your game while you sit there for ten minutes chatting on the telephone, because it is against the rules for somebody else to play on your account.
Third example, the power cut. Here's what it should say, imo.
You are playing in a tournament and lose power in your home due to a
failure of your power station. You call a friend and he takes over until
your power is returned. You are disqualified and your account is closed for giving your password to another player.
You must never give your password to another player.
These 'trivial exceptions' are small loopholes that people will drive buses through. They allow the cheats to believe that they are bending the rules rather than breaking them, that they are not in fact cheats at all. Imo the rule should be one account, one player, at all times. No exceptions.
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