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capsicum · "Ace High" Joined: 11 Mar 2005 Posts: 12

OK, so at our tournaments, we usually have two tables of ten players (twenty total... ) with myself always the dealer at the #1 table. The #2 table is a fixed player/dealer as well, but not always the same person each week. Anyway, my thing is this... I always seat myself in seat one, table one. Unfortunately, I don't always last through the table consolidation. Is there a way to keep myself seated, as the dealer, to avoid overcrowding at consolidation time?

For example, if I bust out in 15th place, and then three more are eliminated, the TM says it is time to consolidate. But, I am still seated as dealer, and, with some of our players being bigger guys, there usually isn't enough room for eleven at the final table. So ....

I know this is nit-picking ticky tacky little stuff, but when I am trying to keep the play moving at my table, while running the TM and eliminating and seating and dealing!!!!!!!!!! The less pop up questions I have to answer the better.

Any response would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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JBWilkins · Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 6:43 pm Post subject:

I would expect the most recent ehnahcement to solve that problem......it allows you to lock a player to a seat....

drneau · Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 8:18 pm Post subject:

Well, it'll still unseat eliminated players though.
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JBWilkins · Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 6:53 am Post subject:

Hasn't someone else requested this.........like maybe a state called 'dealer' so that person can't get removed????? I do the same thing, but the dealer usually last till the consolidation at my place..................

drneau · Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 7:33 am Post subject:

So, do we really want "locked" to mean "don't unseat this person even if they are eliminated"?

Right now, it means "don't consider this person for balancing".
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Rio Rodent · Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 11:53 am Post subject:

JBWilkins · Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 10:29 am Post subject:

I thnik So, do we really want "locked" to mean "don't unseat this person even if they are eliminated"? was what I was looking for......I don't know about others...

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drneau · Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:22 pm Post subject:

The coming release will modify this slightly for the better:
- "Locked" seats will retain their players through table consolidations, assuming the table they are at does not fold up.
- If you eliminate a player who is locked in their seat, you must confirm that you want to unseat them (because players are automatically unseated when you eliminate them).
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capsicum · "Ace High" Joined: 11 Mar 2005 Posts: 12

Just to clarify.... if I "lock" myself in seat 1 of table 1, and am eliminated from the tournament before consolidation, will I still be seated as an eliminated player? Or if I don't confirm my "unseating", does that reverse the elimination...

Not sure if that makes sense the way I wrote it, but I think you can get the gist of what I am asking.

Thanks for taking the time to help me with this 'problem'
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drneau · Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 11:31 am Post subject:

Slick_207 · "Cowboys" Joined: 04 Apr 2005 Posts: 40 Location: Texas

I understand the reasoning behind this, but doesn't the application ask you at the time a table folds to either
1) unseat all players
2) unseat players from one table and drop them to another
3) Do Nothing.

Wouldn't "do nothing" work until you were ready to consolidate the tables (i.e. when one more person is eliminated)?

seems like it would do the same thing as the enhancement is doing..