Online Panhandlers

[richhillkc 0]

I have noticed, especially when playing online tournaments, that people who aren't actually playing on the table will come in asking for people to transfer them a few bucks so they can enter some tournament. It's almost always the same. "I'll pay you back triple, I promise." Has anyone else experienced this "online panhandling"? How stupid do they think we are?Also, they always have some provocative screen name, like that's going to soften you up. A personal favorite was "CutieBootie69".

[Ed 0]

I have noticed, especially when playing online tournaments, that people who aren't actually playing on the table will come in asking for people to transfer them a few bucks so they can enter some tournament. It's almost always the same. "I'll pay you back triple, I promise." Has anyone else experienced this "online panhandling"? How stupid do they think we are?Also, they always have some provocative screen name, like that's going to soften you up. A personal favorite was "CutieBootie69".

In working on the micro-limits on Stars, I've actually seen a lot of this in the .02/.04 holdem tables. I guess the minimum buy-in is 20 cents, and there are a heavy number of folks who pop in asking for 10 or 15 cents. One dude kept paying these folks off and when someone else asked why, he gave a good answer paraphrased from the movie "Bronx Tale,""Think of it this way, for 15 cents, I just got that person out of my life forever. Cheap price."

[digitalmonkey 929]

One dude kept paying these folks off and when someone else asked why, he gave a good answer paraphrased from the movie "Bronx Tale,""Think of it this way, for 15 cents, I just got that person out of my life forever. Cheap price."

Matbe not...they say if you feed a stray animal it will keep coming back!

[Suited_Up 2]

Can you transfer that little amount? cause on Party the minimum transfer is $50.