Online Poker Forum - Better "I'm Ready" button for breaks on SNG

bizarroquinn

many times I have found myself in the final 2-3 players in a SNG that hits the 1 hour point, and many times that I don't want go on a break so I click on the I'm ready button, however, one of my opponents have decided to take their 5 minutes and so I'm stuck waiting.

The problem is, once I realize someone is going to take the break, I'm stuck sitting there because they could come back at any time and with 3 players you can get blinded out pretty fast.

What I suggest is a toggle button that switched between I'm ready and I'm away. The players could change their status at any time and the tournament would only begin early if all players had their status
set to I'm Ready AT THE SAME TIME.

Also you could' easily have the player's name or chip total change to "READY" OR "ON BREAK" or actually have it so that if you hover over the player's name you could see if they are ready or taking the break.

I just hate trying to speed up a tourney then getting screwed and feeling stuck at my PC until someone decides to come back.

Seems like a simple fix that would help a lot of people out.

What do you all think?

acornsnuts · Three of a Kind Joined: 11 Nov 2007 Posts: 76

Its a good idea but the only down side is theres sometimes alot of bashing of the player thats sitting out so know who the player is would probaly increase it

bizarroquinn · Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 12:58 am Post subject:

Ok, well then how about in the Blue bar that says how many minutes are left on break it simply says somehting like :

5 out of 7 are ready.

or X players are still on break.

nilgiri · Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 2:39 pm Post subject:

I don't think it needs to say anything. Just have a toggle. If everyone is toggled to "Ready" at the same time, the game starts.

I've been dying for this feature.

traprock · Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 4:16 pm Post subject:

i've done the same thing, click the button then realize not everyone wants to keep playing. so of course, get up to leave then when i get back find out i missed a couple hands. now i state in chat that "i'm in" before i click i'm ready. if not enough people respond i know i'm safe to leave.

thefistsofgod · Two Pair Joined: 30 Nov 2007 Posts: 58

I like the toggle idea. simple and fixes the problem

xairrick · Pair Joined: 01 Jul 2007 Posts: 22

XxBinh_LamxX · Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 1:33 pm Post subject:

good idea
+1

Cupidity 1 · Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:30 am Post subject:

Lighten up... Take the break... Good grief... Cool

PokerAA · Message Board Junkie Joined: 24 Nov 2006 Posts: 1631

Sure it's a pretty good idea. (I like the "x out of x players are ready" idea under the amount of minutes left in the break.)

But why can't you just wait 5 minutes? Just browse the forum or do something else by your computer until the break is over. Problem solved.

Honestly, if you can't wait 5 minutes for a game to continue by finding something to do, then you don't have enough patience to play poker, imo.

bizarroquinn · Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 10:02 pm Post subject:

It's not that I dont mind waiting the 5 minutes, it's just that I dislike the fact that if I exercise my right to skip the break, and someone else decides to go on break, I'm stuck monitoring the table because someone might come back at any minute and I'll get blinded off.

I just dislike that if I wish to skip the break and then someone else doesn't I'm stuck babysitting the table, since it could restart at any time.

I just think it would be much more convienient for everyone, and probably would not be too hard to program.

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