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With online play, there is always a danger of players being disconnected, and this could lead to a key hand being automatically folded which would be very frustrating for the player involved. Due to this potential possibility though, there have been changes made in recent years to include protection from this eventuality. If a player finds themselves disconnected in the middle of a hand, the hands will be turned over as if the player is already all in and the remaining cards will be dealt, followed by the pot being awarded to the best hand.

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Personally, I am all in favour of having some sort of protection in place for this possibility, but I really don’t feel that the current system is working. Whilst it does serve the function it was intended for, it also opens the door for players to abuse the system. I saw a suspected example of this a few days ago when two players were involved in a cash game.

There had been raises and reraises on the flop and turn, and a big pot was developing. When the river came down, one of the players shoved all their remaining money in. after a few seconds the other player disconnected, the bet was forced to be taken back and the hands were turned over. One player had made two pair Aces up and the player who had mysteriously disconnected, had (A,K) for top pair. I do not know for certain of course, but it would seem that the disconnected player couldn’t be sure if their hand was good, and effectively blocked their opponent from being able to raise them on the river by disconnecting themselves.
If this is what is taking place among a minority of players as I suspect, it needs to be stopped pretty quickly, as it is completely unlawful and unethical.

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