How to Get your Facebook Poker Chips Back When your Account Gets Banned

As more and more players flock to social networking websites like Facebook and MySpace to play games like texas holdem poker, altercations and misunderstandings that lead to hot tempers and inappropriate words in the game are bound to happen. Sometimes this can lead to a player's account being banned or their facebook poker chips getting frozen or reset. Since facebook poker players usually spend hours on end grinding away at the table to advance their accounts, this is hardly a pleasant experience to be greeted with when they log into their Facebook or MySpace account ready to play a few hands of texas holdem poker only to see the dreaded "YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN BANNED" message plastered across their screen.

There's no need to throw your computer out the window or threaten to kill the cat though. Instead, there are a few steps you can follow to try to clear up the matter and regain access to the game to get your facebook poker chips back.

Since there are many different types of facebook texas holdem poker games from different creators, you will have to visit the appropriate game developers website in order to contact the appropriate administrators responsible for banning and unbanning accounts. Players in Zynga's Poker game will have to visit Zynga's homepage, players in Playdom's Poker Palace will have to visit Playdom's page, and players of Playfish's Poker Rivals game will need to visit Playfish's home page in order to ensure that the right people are receiving their message.

Once you locate the correct website for the game developer, navigate to the "Support" section of their site. This is where they list answers to frequently asked questions, post notices about game glitches and patches, and also where you can contact them with any individual technical issues you have with your poker account. From here you can navigate to a standard "support ticket" interface where players can fill out a report about their specific issue.

Players in Facebook and MySpace Texas Holdem Poker games can have their accounts banned for a variety of reasons. They can have their facebook poker chips reset or frozen for cursing or swearing too much in the chat box, racist or hateful remarks, cheating or attempting to cheat in the game, or even posting offensive pictures in your profile. Ofcourse what exactly is meant by "offensive" is subjective because the makers of the game cannot monitor every single player in their application to filter out abuse. Instead they rely on a system of reports where they can gauge a players misdeeds or misbehavior according to the number of reports filed against any one player. This allows them to monitor players in the game without actually policing every single table.

Taking this into consideration, whether or not your account get unbanned and your facebook poker chips refunded depends on the severity of your actions. Usually a player who dropped a few stray swear words at the poker table can get their facebook chips back by acknowledging what they did and apologizing for it. Many times players in facebook poker don't even realize what they said or did was inappropriate so most game developers are willing to give you another chance if you just apologize and promise not to repeat your mistake. Afterall, poker and emotions go hand in hand and sometimes when tempers flare it's all too easy to say something we may regret later.

Other misdeeds might not be forgiven so easily or may carry a lengthier penalty such as your facebook poker chips being frozen for a set period of time or in some cases only a fraction of your chips being refunded. Makers of Zynga's Texas Holdem Poker application refund only 10% of your zynga poker chips, up to 1 million, if they feel that you did something to violate their terms of service. You can choose to accept the terms of the chip reduction and continue playing instantly or appeal it and possibly wait days or even weeks until it's resolved by an administrator. Obviously if you have a few hundred million facebook chips the best course would be to appeal the action and wait to hear from an administrator, but players with only a few million might be better off just accept the chip reduction so they can get back to playing.

Whatever you choose to do, it's always best to get the ball rolling quickly after you notice that your facebook or myspace poker account has been banned. The sooner you fill out a support ticket or contact an administrator, the quicker your problem will be looked at and the sooner you can get your facebook chips back and rejoin your friend at the poker tables. And this time remember to be on your best behavior.

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