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Originally Posted by mersenneary
You can also add this argument which has some merit to it:
4) I pay a good amount for a backup connection that keeps me from losing money when I disconnect in the middle of games. I can keep money I win in legitimate games from people who aren't willing to be good at the internet part of internet poker when they really could and should be.
The key point again being the difference between decisions in legitimate poker games and decisions outside of legitimate poker games, and the belief that you should join a game of poker because you want to play poker, not some other angle.
But again, shipback in this situation is standard as well, but there are more legitimate reasons to say no.
You should post a blog and start a thread here where you mention this and say that you will never return a penny from dcs to anybody and if they send to you after you dc, you'll send it right back to them (regardless if they read your thread). Maybe change your location to "idontsendbacktodcs" too just to drive the entire point home.
The backup connection shouldn't just be insurance, with the above recommendation it's actually +EV. Don't get involved with drama and have zero reason to get upset if you still somehow dc bc you know that money is gone (but you won't barring earthquake type variance).
And obviously this **** will always happen guys. Like that Tmac guy screwing heybude recently, it's a sign of needing money and there's always formerly respected regs that people don't keep up with day to day that go busto at some point, get desperate and will take what they can get.
I mean go ahead and police this action, but don't expect it to never happen again. It's about as difficult to police as making sure anybody that rolls a stake pays it back, you just have zero leverage over people that are desperate and lacking confidence, they do shady ****.