(Note: WRGPT15 has a FIVE hour timeout.)
From: Jeff Woods
Subject: WRGPT FAQ about TIMEOUTS
Newsgroups: rec.gambling.poker
Date: 2000/10/17 Here is the explanation for a commonly held misconception about
TIMEOUTS
in WRGPT.
Let's say you are "Stephen Beck" in the hypothetical, randomly chosen
table below. (Beck did NOT protest nor, AFAIK, time out -- I just
grabbed a random table). The hand is dealt, and Obleman and Freeman post
blinds at 15:02 on 10/12. Action is on Lee Jones, and you get a
Broadcast message that says "Next Timeout is 10/13 at 10:11". You,
Stephen Beck, have "AA", and you don't want to advance act -- you
want to
see the play, and find out whether you should slowplay, or "come over
the top".
+-+----------------------------+--------+--------+------+----+--------+ |#| Name |Bankroll| Action |Status|Pot#|Pot Size| +-+----------------------------+--------+--------+------+----+--------+ 1| Lee Jones | 10125 | 50 |folded| | | 2| Chris Moore | 9975 | 0 |folded| | | 3| Kurt Lueders | 12775 | 300 |folded| | | 4| John Kullmann | 9875 | 0 |folded| | | 5|>Stephen Beck | 8650 | 1200 | | | | 6| Michael Migliore | 7050 | 0 |folded| | | 7| Gavin Lazarow | 11375 | 300 |folded| | | 8| D C Simone | 9275 | 300 |folded| | | 9| Eric Obleman | 8750 | 1200 | | | | 10| John Freeman | 8750 | 50 |folded| | | +-+----------------------------+--------+--------+------+----+--------+
You think "cool, I don't have to check my Email until tomorrow, because
the next timeout isn't until tomorrow morning", so you turn off your
computer, and go watch Ally McBeal.
The next morning, you have several messages in your mailbox at 9 am,
including one that says "Have a nice vacation" -- the system folded
you
and your aces are GONE!
Here's what happened. The timeout in a Broadcast message ONLY applies
to the player whose turn it currently is to act. LEE JONES will timeout
if he does not act by 10/13 at 10:11 am. However, let's say Lee folds
his hand right after you turned off your computer, as do Moore, Leuders
and Kullman, who all had advance actions in. Now action is on YOU at
16:12, and YOUR office hours end at 11 pm. Guess what -- NOW the
timeout is not Lee Jones' timeout Tomorrow, but it is YOUR timeout, and
it is at 10:12 pm TONIGHT.
The time of the "next timeout" will CHANGE, each and every time it
becomes someone else's turn to act -- and if the next player's office
hours differ from yours, it is possible for the "next timeout" to
come
much earlier than a prior broadcast said it would -- because that
broadcast was not YOUR timeout time, but someone else's.
MORAL: Don't assume that "Next timeout will be at..." means that you
have that long to mull your hand, UNLESS the action is already on YOU.
We've already seen a handful of protests over this, and wanted to
clarify.