This was the final table of a 180 player $10+1 SNG

Hello Christopher,

It has come to our attention that during Tournament #38506161 you made
some comments during the play of a hand regarding the contents of a hand.
I have copied the hand history below, including the comments. While such
table talk may be tolerated in cash games, in tournament play the rules
are much stricter.

PokerStars Game #7529995937: Tournament #38506161, $10+$1 Hold'em No
Limit - Level XII (800/1600) - 2006/12/20 - 17:59:21 (ET)
Table '38506161 8' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: TaKeN_pOiNtS (16015 in chips)
Seat 2: Gismo Kacka (64510 in chips)
Seat 3: MikkelNo1 (32150 in chips)
Seat 4: yhtakkathy (14311 in chips)
Seat 5: allinstevie (42229 in chips)
Seat 6: MrNiphty (27505 in chips)
Seat 7: vvterneuzen (32796 in chips)
Seat 9: Stoffel (40484 in chips)
17:59:21 TaKeN_pOiNtS: posts the ante 75
17:59:21 Gismo Kacka: posts the ante 75
17:59:21 MikkelNo1: posts the ante 75
17:59:21 yhtakkathy: posts the ante 75
17:59:21 allinstevie: posts the ante 75
17:59:21 MrNiphty: posts the ante 75
17:59:21 vvterneuzen: posts the ante 75
17:59:21 Stoffel: posts the ante 75
17:59:21 Moving Bets to Pot
17:59:21 MikkelNo1: posts small blind 800
17:59:21 yhtakkathy: posts big blind 1600
17:59:21 *** HOLE CARDS ***
17:59:21 Dealt to TaKeN_pOiNtS
17:59:21 Dealt to Gismo Kacka
17:59:21 Dealt to MikkelNo1
17:59:21 Dealt to yhtakkathy
17:59:21 Dealt to allinstevie
17:59:21 Dealt to MrNiphty
17:59:21 Dealt to vvterneuzen
17:59:21 Dealt to Stoffel
17:59:38 allinstevie: raises 3125 to 4725
17:59:51 MrNiphty: raises 11275 to 16000
17:59:52 vvterneuzen: folds
17:59:52 Stoffel: folds
17:59:52 TaKeN_pOiNtS: folds
17:59:53 Gismo Kacka: folds
17:59:55 MikkelNo1: folds
17:59:56 yhtakkathy: folds
18:00:21 Regular time for player allinstevie has expired, TIME BANK has
been activated
<SPAN>18:00:24 allinstevie said, "hmmmm u beat a/q?"
18:00:33 Stoffel said, "he got Aj"
18:00:39 TaKeN_pOiNtS said, "TT"
18:00:41 TaKeN_pOiNtS said, "call him"
18:00:42 allinstevie said, "prob he loves that hand"</SPAN>
18:00:51 allinstevie: folds
18:00:51 Moving Bets to Pot
18:00:54 MrNiphty collected 12450 from pot
18:00:56 MrNiphty: doesn't show hand
<SPAN>*** SUMMARY ***
</SPAN>Total pot 12450 | Rake 0
Seat 1: TaKeN_pOiNtS folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Gismo Kacka (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: MikkelNo1 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: yhtakkathy (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: allinstevie folded before Flop
Seat 6: MrNiphty collected (12450)
Seat 7: vvterneuzen folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Stoffel folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Rule 16 from our tournament rules page states:

"Players, whether in the hand or not, may not discuss the hands until the
action is complete. Players are obligated to protect the other players in
the tournament at all times. Discussing cards discarded or hand
possibilities is not allowed. A penalty may be given for discussion of
hands during the play."

The full set of tournament rules is available at:
http://www.pokerstars.com/tournamentsrules.html

Comments such as yours violate this rule. In future tournaments please
refrain from making any comments that could be construed as revealing the
strength or weakness of yours or an opponent's hand, or to induce action
from any other player. Now that you are aware of these rules, you may be
subject to a penalty and/or disqualification from the tournament should
there be future violations of our tournament rules.

You are a valued player at PokerStars and I'm sure you understand that
these rules are in place to insure the integrity of our games for all
players, yourself included. Thank you for choosing PokerStars as your
online card room.

Regards,

Heath
PokerStars Support Team

Fair play, I did break the rule. But if this applied to Jamie Gold he would never have won the WSOP.

MrNiphty must have emailed support to complain, I guess.

Pokerstars got their revenge though. I got all in a few hands later preflop with AQ against AJ and a jack flopped to put me out.
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More than likely someone informed pokerstars support of this infraction. If anyone had called Jamie Gold on his infractions, he probably would have backed down with his behavior. Since he wasn't getting called, it just makes good sense to keep doing something that is working. Like him or hate him, Jamie Gold got game.

Good for them, I hope they crack down on every single cumquat that does this...

Seriously, are you griping about this? Do you really not understand how horrible what you did is?

You're absolutely right I reported this. For you to call out what you think Im betting with there, regardless if you had money in the pot (which you did not) was absolute bullshit. I have no chat so I can't tell you to STFU, so I let pokerstars deal with it.

Also, I made that play with AQ, so I definately did not want a call. Thats what pissed me off the most, you fuckers were trying to coax him into it, where if he calls all I split are the blinds and antes.

Maybe you should check out rules 1-15 so you dont disgrace the game in the future.

I posted this because it is the first time I have had any kind of a warning in 4 years playing on pokerstars.

I admitted in my post that what I did was wrong. I have no problem with you emailing support - you have every right to do so.

I thought this would be interesting for people to see on this forum. I don't think most players would have bothered to email support about this.

Don't worry all you posters - I won't violate this rule again.

You're right about that.

We're in a "I tell you i'm a thief and you call me a liar" situation.

Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.

"Most people here are just looking to trash people no matter what they do. " No. Most people here love poker and hate seeing posts like this where someone is being classless in the game we love. His post is stupid and i have no idea why he posted it.

I will report this garbage every time. I think a 2nd infraction should result in at least a 6 month chat ban.

Did you read the post jtown? OP was railing.

I know Niphty, he's a deluded POS who likes to polish the PS apple. I personally do things like this while I'm in the hand, but not when I'm not in it. You just did this to the wrong POS, because this guy has some sort of large object up his rectal cavity.

Amazing to me the amount of people who blatantly collude and think its Okay.
Honestly, people like yourself and those who say "check it down" on a regular basis should have their chat banned PERIOD. Also, Jamie Gold is an idiot and some of his bullshit did break the rules and he SHOULD HAVE RECIEVED A PENALTY.

THANK YOU pokerstars FOR INFORMING PEOPLE THIS IS NOT OKAY!

"I fold."

Paul Wasika

Sin and first stones, etc.

I hate mofo's that aren't in the hand commenting on the action, it pisses me off. Also please speak ENGLISH ONLY I don't care if your only talking about perogi's and snow STFU and speak english or don't talk, Andy Rooney said it best. TY Merry Christmas

You really don't see a problem here? If someone has say AK on a rag flop and the opponent moves in he could easily consider folding assuming he is behind. But if 20 people pop up and all start saying 'OBV he has AQ' "call he is bluffing hes got nothing" "AK IS GOOT" etc you don't think that might have a chance to influence the outcome of the hand?

If you aren't in the hand and you do pretty much anything that could change the outcome, that is not right. It is activity that lowers someone's expectation and increases someone elses. That is against the rules. Poker is a one player game. It can be fun to rail someone but if you wan't to effect the outcome, go sit at your own table, and play your own hand.