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#1 User is offline   babalu1997 

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Posted 2009-October-16, 20:02

what recourse do players have against tournament trolls?

i have observed a player who has a couple of names but keeps the same banner in his profile so I know it is the same person

he creates spurious results in tournaments by either passing hands with 20 hcp then doubling or sometimes punishing unsuspecting partners by bidding strongly with veyr weak hands.

once i reported him to a td, who told me players cannot be punished for bad bidding

my opinion is this guy is not a novice as he claims because he has been at bbo for a couple of years.

I do know that the software picks up some of these players, but in this case, he has seeral names.

how can we as players get relief? this guy is a regular every evening

View PostFree, on 2011-May-10, 03:57, said:

Babalu just wanted a shoulder to cry on, is that too much to ask for?
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Posted 2009-October-17, 02:07

Easy. Don't play with him/her as a partner. Furthermore, does it really matter? Are you playing for sheepstations?
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Posted 2009-October-17, 02:49

I have some sympathy with the OP. This comes into the same category as those who randomly bid 7Nxx. Albeit with a minor degree of extra subtlety that prevents him being booted immediately. If the 7Nxx bidders are considered spoilers, why should not this individual? Or perhaps you suggest that we should just ignore the 7Nxx'ers as well?

Sheepstations or not, we go to BBO for enjoyment.
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Posted 2009-October-17, 02:53

And if he does this in indies, it's hard to follow the advice not to partner with him.

Would it be appropriate to report him to abuse@? They could check the history of all his handles

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Posted 2009-October-17, 13:20

it wasn't me.
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