We have all heard there is no "I'm sorry" in poker. But, are there ethics?

Recently, I won a few LLB's worth about 1700 points . Unfortunately, I had my SN listed as finishinglast when it should have been FinishingLast. Apparently when the LLB's where paid out, it did not recognize me and subsequently paid the winnings to second place. Not yet realizing I was to blame, I found Poofy in chat this morning and explained what had happened. She informed me that my screen name must be listed incorrectly and that my only course of action to retrieve the points was to ask the player who had been awarded those points to "Do the right thing". I had no problem contacting that person as I know if I where in his position I would send the chips to the rightful owner. I don't really believe in Karma but I do believe in doing what's right and keeping a good reputation. You never know who you're going to have to deal with in the future. He was wary of my request (I can't blame him) but agreed to send me half now and half after he contacted support to verify. I appreciate his understanding and integrity. I myself no I would not have searched for the rightful winner but if I was contacted by them, I would send the points as well. What would you do?

Hopefully the right thing will be done, but if not, guess there is not much you can do about it...

There would have been nothing I could have done. He has already paid me. I think it says a lot for his character.

whoever the other player was I hope you 2 build a friendship for he/she did not have to do that as it was your mistake. Very cool it worked out.

glad it worked out for u and THERE ARE some NICE people here too... I H ad someone pay me in market once,, wehn they screwed up an LLB too,, so i t can h apppen lol:).. ,,,,

Great to hear that there are still some honest and respectful people in this world. So many times lately have I been hearing stories about the exact opposite.

Faith in Humanity = Restored.

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Originally Posted by Drywallman3

whoever the other player was I hope you 2 build a friendship for he/she did not have to do that as it was your mistake. Very cool it worked out.

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I have only played a few games with him, but he is a good player and I enjoy his conversation. With the all the bad attitudes and spitefulness it is a breath of fresh air to be seated with a player like him.

I think it's awesome that it was resolved. It was an honest mistake on your part, and the other player did as he should just to confirm it, but he was honest enough to make it right. I give them props.

thats further proves we have some decent people here at pokerowned

well that was refreshing to hear either people are nice or mean

it is very nice to see there are a few honest people still around, I'm happy everything worked out!!

glad to hear that petty mistake turned into a rightful act. I do enjoy most of the people here on PO.

I've got to say, I'm surprised by all the positive comments. I figured there would be at least one, "I wouldn't have paid you. It's your fault. you're and idiot", by now. Does Azreal have the week off?

glad to hear it worked out. i think i'd want the points returned if i won. and if i actually lost and got the points it would be hard to give the points back but i would i hope i'd do the right thing!

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Originally Posted by FinishingLast

There would have been nothing I could have done. He has already paid me. I think it says a lot for his character.

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It does say a lot about his character. Since it's poker, I believe there's usually a reputation associated with most that they're not honest and just plain dicks. The good news is, that is changing. Congrats on getting ur points.

Glad it worked out for you - I would have paid it back, but I probably would have been more cautious... I would have checked with support before I paid back any of it, then paid it in full when it was verified.

I would of kept your points lol, it was your mistake and I would love to get all those points at once, your loss my gain haha

yea most of the time people are tended to be twoard the mean side lol

Surely the right thing will be done and if not then I would presume it's not the end of the world. That being said it seems as per your screen name it was an honest mistake and one would think that most would recognize this and would in turn send the points back etc. Most generally people will recognize this and do the right thing but at the same time in this day and age it seems as tho at times genuine people are few and far between. At any rate I hope it all gets fixed for you. Good luck on the felts. *hugs*

There is absolutely ethics and etiquette (and the lack thereof) in poker...for instance I think slowrolling is horrible etiquette and against my ethics

this is an awesome story about the integrity of the players in the sport of poker :)

Tonight while playing live 4 handed. Top 3 payout. Im decent stack, there a huge cl, ok stack and one guy with less than a bb. Less than a bb and big stack are friends. Big stack has small blind, ok stack has BB. Micro stack throws his pitiful chips in, and Huge stack folds his small blind. He has 400 blinda and folds for 1/2 of one, so it forces big blind to be the only one hu vs mico and micro doubles. I ended up knocking him out but that is kind of a gray area. We clearly know its collusion in a way, but then again small blind is free to fold at anytime. Its def unethical in my book as the standard thing to do is both call the blind and check it down having a greater shot to get rid of him hence making the $$. Also a lot of drunk idiots telling me I wouldn't make it to the final table because my qq held up vs their ak and other stuff. This is why I rarely play live poker, plus I don't have to tip myself 1.00 for the funky tasting coke, seems like those places never clean the drink nozzle and it always tastes horrible and bitter.