Begging in Online Poker Rooms
Sometimes beggars use the chat facility in online poker rooms to beg for money. This practice often occurs at high stakes tables, where the beggars may believe they have a better chance of being paid by people who play for high stakes. However, this practice is usually frowned upon, and most online poker rooms employ countermeasures to prevent it. These countermeasures include revoking offenders' chat privileges, limiting chat to seated players only, and placing limitations on who may chat as an observer.
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Famous quotes containing the words begging, poker and/or rooms:
“If begging should unfortunately be thy lot, knock at the large gates only.”
—Arab proverb.
“The poker player learns that sometimes both science and common sense are wrong; that the bumblebee can fly; that, perhaps, one should never trust an expert; that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of by those with an academic bent.”
—David Mamet (b. 1947)
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—Unknown. Charlotte Observer (October 6, 1989)