Disconnect protect? Coincidence but was it correct anyway?

Just curious on people's thoughts on this. In this actual hand my ISP cut out, but it certainly gave me the optimum play. Does anyone here actually do this regularly and on purpose? How is it policed on different sites?


Hand #5534568-80 at SnG-0009m (No Limit Hold'em Sit and Go)
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Started at 21/Apr/05 21:50:08

Wet-DreaMer is at seat 1 with 3300.
Legs Johnson is at seat 2 with 1885.
Brickie is at seat 3 with 3345.
DoctorJJ34343 is at seat 4 with 4520.
The Basket is at seat 7 with 1950.
The button is at seat 1.

Legs Johnson posts the small blind of 75.
Brickie posts the big blind of 150.

Wet-DreaMer: 7s 8s
Legs Johnson: -- --
Brickie: -- --
DoctorJJ34343: -- --
The Basket: -- --

Pre-flop:

DoctorJJ34343 calls. The Basket folds. Wet-DreaMer
calls. Legs Johnson calls. Brickie checks.

Flop (board: Td 7c 8h):

Legs Johnson checks. Brickie bets 195.
DoctorJJ34343 calls. Wet-DreaMer raises to 1380.
Legs Johnson folds. Brickie folds. DoctorJJ34343
goes all-in for 4370. Wet-DreaMer goes all-in
(disconnected). DoctorJJ34343 is returned 2990
(uncalled).

Tournament all-in showdown -- players show:

Wet-DreaMer shows 7s 8s.
DoctorJJ34343 shows Kc 9d.


Turn (board: Td 7c 8h 2d):

(no action in this round)


River (board: Td 7c 8h 2d 2c):

(no action in this round)




Showdown:

Wet-DreaMer has 7s 8s Td 7c 8h: two pair, eights and sevens.
DoctorJJ34343 has Kc 9d Td 2d 2c: a pair of deuces.


Hand #5534568-80 Summary:

No rake is taken for this hand.
Wet-DreaMer wins 3555 with two pair, eights and sevens.


If my ISP hadnt cut out at that point, I really think I would have been forced to fold here. Doctor, a decent player limps UTG, then instantly calls a reasonable bet on a scary flop. At best here I put him on T8 or 78. More realistically I see him with J9s, or a set. The dcp saved me.

Just wanted to open up a discussion on the topic.

(Note: Please dont tell me to fold preflop, for my style and image I can guarantee a call was correct; I play a fairly strange passive game Im working on)

Oh and just for the record, this guy was actually incredibly good (for the $5 level anyway). He completely outplayed me for the majority of our heads up, until he got married to BPTK vs my B2P; was weird.

Hand #5534568-179 at SnG-0009m (No Limit Hold'em Sit and Go)
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Started at 21/Apr/05 22:18:02

Wet-DreaMer is at seat 1 with 12500.
DoctorJJ34343 is at seat 4 with 2500.
The button is at seat 1.

Wet-DreaMer posts the small blind of 200.
DoctorJJ34343 posts the big blind of 400.

Wet-DreaMer: 9d Kh
DoctorJJ34343: -- --

Pre-flop:

Wet-DreaMer goes all-in for 12500. DoctorJJ34343 goes
all-in for 2500. Wet-DreaMer is returned 10000
(uncalled).

Tournament all-in showdown -- players show:

Wet-DreaMer shows 9d Kh.
DoctorJJ34343 shows Jh Th.


Flop (board: Kd 9c 2c):

(no action in this round)


Turn (board: Kd 9c 2c 9h):

(no action in this round)


River (board: Kd 9c 2c 9h 5d):

(no action in this round)




Showdown:

Wet-DreaMer has 9d Kh Kd 9c 9h: full house, nines full of kings.
DoctorJJ34343 has Jh Th Kd 9c 9h: a pair of nines.


Hand #5534568-179 Summary:

No rake is taken for this hand.
Wet-DreaMer wins 5000 with full house, nines full of kings.

Originally Posted by Wet_DreaMer

until he got married to BPTK vs my B2P; was weird.

I see that all the time. Player plays really tight then suddenly can't get away from a marginal hand. It's cool.

Disconnect protect is teh gay. I understand why it's there, but people who exploit it deliberately are assholes. Most sites don't police it unless the player is reported by someone else in the hand - then they'll review other incidents and reports (if any) and make a decision. I reported a guy on Party one time for a hand where he raised big pre-flop, and I called with a low pair; then he bet out on a harmless flop that happened to give me a set. I raised all in and he disconnected; I ended up winning but he got to find out if I was bluffing or not for no additional cost. Really irritating. Party assured me he hadn't had any prior incidents but they still sent him a warning, apparently - something like "Maybe you did, maybe you didn't... but don't do it again."

Can you actually disconnect on purpose? I didn't know you could... not that I would ever do that.