I did it once at ACR, you're supposed to get the next pop up to verify you want to register but I don't remember doing that, of course when boxes do come up I usually click blindly to get rid of them fast so I will never know the truth.
I was registering for a $1.65 SnG and ended up in a $100 HU with one of those fools who have registered to 4 or 5 and just wait for victims.
it started immediately so had no choice to play, did ok for a while but lost in the end.
I reported it but they saw that I played it so no refund.
I told them to check my history of many years of $1 and $3 only but they said people take shots.
I still swear no box popped up but who knows.
I was registering for a $1.65 SnG and ended up in a $100 HU with one of those fools who have registered to 4 or 5 and just wait for victims.
it started immediately so had no choice to play, did ok for a while but lost in the end.
I reported it but they saw that I played it so no refund.
I told them to check my history of many years of $1 and $3 only but they said people take shots.
I still swear no box popped up but who knows.
jaymfc said:
This was my situation also.
I had bought late registration and it just started right away.
So I folded 94o and then noticed the tournament didn't look correct.
One fold and that would be enough to indicate that I was playing the tournament.
So - I continued to play - hoping to cash.
Waiter I don't like what you brought me - even though I ate 3/4 of it!
LOL
TaigaMaster said:
I would have accepted any refund offered.
But after my first fold I thought it would indicate that I was playing the tournament.
And - I had hopes of cashing - which did not happen.
fundiver199 said:
Just want to add, that on PokerStars you can also go into the "responsible gaming" section and set all sorts of limits for yourself including a tournament buy-in limit and a cash game table limit. If you then later want to raise these, the changes will take 24 hours to approve. So there are many ways for us as players to protect ourselfes from making this kind of mistake, and hopefully this thread can serve as inspiration for some to start using them. Needless to say such limits can also be helpfull in other ways especially for people, who react to losses by jumping up to higher stakes, than they are bankrolled (or skilled) for 😉
On ACR and PS I have filters for buy in , micro tourneys less than $5 🙂
It can happen to everyone , it sucks when it happens and sadly its very difficult to prove that you made it by mistake . Ofcourse if you play it , no way you pursuade them that you did it by mistake !!!!
I always see again and again the buyin dialog box ,
It can happen to everyone , it sucks when it happens and sadly its very difficult to prove that you made it by mistake . Ofcourse if you play it , no way you pursuade them that you did it by mistake !!!!
I always see again and again the buyin dialog box ,
I've registered to tournaments by mistake but it's just as easy to deregister. I don't get it. I have also made the mistake of registering to a tournament but things turned up out of nowhere and had to do them and completely forgot about the tournament. But that's hardly a mistake. It's personal stupidity or as people like to call it, forgetting. Hated myself as these were decent tournaments with decent prizes and a few dollars buy-in when my bankroll was in the tens of dollars. However, I had to suck it up, calm down the chimp in my brain and do something else to make me forget the thing that brought me all of it because I'd forgotten something else. So there it is, forgetting can be both fruitful and destroyful. Ok, enough butchering of English language.
A few other times I registered to tournaments with rebuys and add-ons when I couldn't afford the rebuys and add-ons and only noticed when I got from 2nd place to last because I was the only one who couldn't add-on. Furious that made me, and not only once. That's why I only play freezeouts. May the best one win.
A few other times I registered to tournaments with rebuys and add-ons when I couldn't afford the rebuys and add-ons and only noticed when I got from 2nd place to last because I was the only one who couldn't add-on. Furious that made me, and not only once. That's why I only play freezeouts. May the best one win.
This just happened to me the other day I was playing on ACR when it was time to go. So I leave the table and put my.phone in my pocket thinking I had hit the sleep button. I'm pulling out of the driveway and I hear cards flying and chips rattling in my pocket.. some how in my pocket I registered for a $40 jackpot tournament.. !!!WTF!!! Not sure if I was supposed to do this but...
I handed my phone to my 16 year old son and said don't loose... he might have played 3 hands before handing me back my phone. .
I handed my phone to my 16 year old son and said don't loose... he might have played 3 hands before handing me back my phone. .
It already happened to me but it was no big deal, at the time i used to play 0.25 sng and multitabling but when one table completed pokerstars changed it to 0.50 cents turbo. I didnt realized until we got to semi final table. Now i always pay attention on the confirmation note 🙂
There were errors in registration, but not so big. I have signed up for other types of tournaments and it might be a bit more expensive than I could afford. So I did nothing and played. I think if the tournament has started, then something cannot be changed, you need to concentrate and play. I once won a ticket to an expensive tournament. There were many experienced players. I set a goal to get into the money. He played carefully, not as usual, but with minimal risk. I got into prizes. Good luck with the game and be careful!