Honestly, there is nothing wrong with sitting out a lil while away....things happen. BUT, not the entire time. Put a timer in place! If it was a technical problem or simply forget they joined, refund them their buy in or nothing loss.

I understand that sitting out is part of poker, but not the entire time.

In the Big Free roll. Half of the table I was at was away. New ppl came in...who clicked the OK to move tables...and away again.

Sitting on a stack is not a terrible strategy. Chances are that you will place. But, you can do the same thing as sitting out by folding every hand!! I understand that these ppl are scared to play as they see a decent hand and call a blind...oops!!

PLEASE Ryan, see that these away ppl are far much more than a potty break or phone call.

I'll name names for del, it was danyal (sp.), he got 3rd by playing absolute donkey poker then sitting out. These players seem to forget a gpokr tourny is for entertainment purposes.

Jules i think the word is un-register....i may be wrong but....:)