I love Pokerstars

[cleary89]

You're not the only one, EA.

It happens to me all the time on pokerstars.

I'll deposit about $50, build it into a few hundred. Not through luck, but by my hands actually holding as often as they should when im in front.

And then all of a sudden, BOOM. I go on these ridiculous runs where i simply cannot win a race. No matter how far ahead i am pre flop.

Variance my arse. More back door action goes on during these runs than in a gay porno. Runner runner flush will crush me. Runner runner straight. Two pairs toppling AA and KK. Not every now and then. But literally relentlessly until the money is gone and pokerstars wins again when i have to deposit more money.

Whilst i wont use the word rigged, im convinced that there are complex algorithms at work designed to f**k you over.

So many times have I put a $50, go play 1/2 omaha turn it into 200-300 in an hour, then do stupid sh*t like 5/10 and lose it all. Too much of a degen for proper BR management these days.

Donked a $5 rebuy back in the day for about $2500, was nice.

 

[cleary89]

Just read the last 20 or so posts before mine, pretty funny you all think its rigged.

 

[Everlovin' Antichrist]

It's not rigged against anyone in particular, but I have serious doubts about the software.

 

[watatank]

there's so much tracking software around i reckon someone out there would be able to prove it if the sites were rigged.

 

[cleary89]

100% if it was rigged someone somewhere would have realised. there is over 100k people on PS each time I log on.

Probably a ploy by the US government though to help conceal the truth about 9/11

 

[Everlovin' Antichrist]

there's so much tracking software around i reckon someone out there would be able to prove it if the sites were rigged.

I've never been to a poker forum without seeing plenty of threads claiming its rigged. I've never thought it was rigged, well, not in the way most of them seem to think it is.

It makes commerical sense to have software that thins the herd. The more tournaments they have, the more money they make.

Which would mean there are certain positions you should avoid. Unfortunately, most of those involve holding a big hand....

 

[Jakester1288]

There are ways to get money without dipping into your pocket, but you have to start with small stuff.

There's an Aussie freeroll on at 7.30 each night which is pretty easy to cash in, but the cash starts at 15 cents. (Get to 8k or so and you can coast into the dough).

It's under;

Tourneys - Regional

There's also an ANZ poker League freeroll in the same area at 7.15, it's free to enter but you can re-buy. It is harder to cash in than the Aussie freeroll.

The Astronomer freerolls are another way, but more convoluted. You win a ticket to a second round (there are two per week)which is at awful hours. 1am Sunday and 6am Monday.

I have 74 tickets but I can only really play on long weekends.

If you do it that way I recommend you learn how to play Badugi. 1/2 of my tickets have come from Badugi freerolls.

If you can get $1 or so up through the Aussie etc, there are really weak 10 cent 360's you can play. But you need luck in them because those pricks will call with anything.

Missed this, haven't been on the forum for a while. Got a free $50 from pokerstrategy.com, and have been breaking even with this. Put on a deposit yesterday, the moneys been taken out of my account, but isn't in my full tilt account? How long does this normally take?

 

[cleary89]

I only deposit via credit card, and its instantaneous.

 

[Everlovin' Antichrist]

Yeah,

I deposited once at Full Tilt(never again) by credit card, it was instant.

 

[Everlovin' Antichrist]

Tonight's ANZ re-buy, just for a laugh I thought I'd take a pic of the hands I lost with a big lead and f**k all outs to the opponent.

Bear in mind that I'm tight aggressive 90% of the time and the MO is to watch first, pick out the weak links then tie them to a flagpole.

 

[skeepe]

I just can't seem to get past the bad beats.

Dealt AA at SB, BB goes all in with a short stack, I raise all in with my deep stack, called by UTG.

Hands are revealed, SB has J9, UTG 27 (wtf?)

Flop is 2A5, and I'm sitting pretty. BB is no threat, UTG's pair isn't bothering me because even if they get a full house I'll have a higher one, so feeling pretty confident.

Turn is 2, there's my full house beating their trip 2's.

UTG has only one out, I have pretty much the rest of the deck. The river couldn't be a 2, could it?

It could. f**k.

AA beaten by 27. Who the f**k calls all in with 27?

 

[Dakink]

Gotta say Pstars is the only place I play - and I work for 888.

Anyone up for a home game on Pstars one night? PM me if you are and we should see if we can get a few interested.

 

[CJG 182]

If you get numbers count me in.

 

[skeepe]

FFS... how many times is my high full house going to be beaten by 4 of a kind... twice in 2 days!

 

[Everlovin' Antichrist]

Your one outer bad beats make me feel better about my 2 and 3 outers.

UTG called with 2/7?

FMD..

Do you use anything like officialpokerrankings.com?

You have to join but it costs nothing and it gives you a decent snapshot of a players tournament stats almost instantly. ROI, ITM etc.

 

[Everlovin' Antichrist]

This is the type of sh*t that happens far too often;

This guy was the room idiot, went from 2k to 10k and back to 2k again, I just sat back and waited for my chance;

PokerStars Game #58291501133: Tournament #368928191, $0.25+$0.00 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (25/50) - 2011/02/26 14:43:17 AEST [2011/02/25 22:43:17 ET]
Table '368928191 7' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Condog94 (5350 in chips)
Seat 2: ManMenny (2345 in chips)
Seat 3: edit45 (6360 in chips)
Seat 4: coopster_001 (1645 in chips)
Seat 5: clayboy2000 (2325 in chips)
Seat 6: cooldaddy60 (4460 in chips)
Seat 7: plato2 (11425 in chips)
Seat 9: chuckyd52 (5690 in chips)
clayboy2000: posts small blind 25
cooldaddy60: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to coopster_001 [Kh Kd]
plato2: folds
chuckyd52: calls 50
Condog94: calls 50
ManMenny: raises 100 to 150
edit45: folds
coopster_001: raises 1495 to 1645 and is all-in
clayboy2000: folds
cooldaddy60: folds
chuckyd52: folds
Condog94: folds
ManMenny: calls 1495
*** FLOP *** [9d 7d 4c]
coopster_001 said, "cretin"
*** TURN *** [9d 7d 4c] [7s]
*** RIVER *** [9d 7d 4c 7s] [Th]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ManMenny: shows [7c Ks] (three of a kind, Sevens)
coopster_001: shows [Kh Kd] (two pair, Kings and Sevens)
coopster_001 is sitting out
ManMenny collected 3465 from pot
coopster_001 finished the tournament in 47th place
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3465 | Rake 0
Board [9d 7d 4c 7s Th]
Seat 1: Condog94 folded before Flop
Seat 2: ManMenny showed [7c Ks] and won (3465) with three of a kind, Sevens
Seat 3: edit45 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: coopster_001 (button) showed [Kh Kd] and lost with two pair, Kings and Sevens
Seat 5: clayboy2000 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: cooldaddy60 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: plato2 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: chuckyd52 folded before Flop

 

[Everlovin' Antichrist]

Ditto this one, three hands after being donked by this idiot. AA v K4 and the obligatory river trip 4's, this happens.

PokerStars Game #58296287399: Tournament #368950561, $0.25+$0.00 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level IX (75/150) - 2011/02/26 17:50:30 AEST [2011/02/26 1:50:30 ET]
Table '368950561 3' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: grc02 (4435 in chips)
Seat 2: nahalyga (11525 in chips)
Seat 3: krolligen (12925 in chips)
Seat 4: coopster_001 (1700 in chips)
Seat 5: mariidj (12285 in chips)
Seat 7: diadia247 (155 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 8: lennoncruz (3780 in chips)
Seat 9: greatbigkid (2570 in chips)
grc02: posts the ante 20
nahalyga: posts the ante 20
krolligen: posts the ante 20
coopster_001: posts the ante 20
mariidj: posts the ante 20
diadia247: posts the ante 20
lennoncruz: posts the ante 20
greatbigkid: posts the ante 20
greatbigkid: posts small blind 75
grc02: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to coopster_001 [Qd Ac]
nahalyga: folds
krolligen: folds
coopster_001: calls 150
mariidj has timed out
mariidj: folds
diadia247: folds
mariidj is sitting out
lennoncruz: folds
greatbigkid: calls 75
grc02: checks
*** FLOP *** [4c Kd Ad]
greatbigkid: checks
grc02: bets 1050
mariidj has returned
coopster_001: raises 480 to 1530 and is all-in
greatbigkid: folds
grc02: calls 480
*** TURN *** [4c Kd Ad] [2s]
*** RIVER *** [4c Kd Ad 2s] [3s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
grc02: shows [5d As] (a straight, Ace to Five)
coopster_001: shows [Qd Ac] (a pair of Aces)
grc02 collected 3670 from pot
coopster_001 finished the tournament in 22nd place
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3670 | Rake 0
Board [4c Kd Ad 2s 3s]
Seat 1: grc02 (big blind) showed [5d As] and won (3670) with a straight, Ace to Five
Seat 2: nahalyga folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: krolligen folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: coopster_001 showed [Qd Ac] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 5: mariidj folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: diadia247 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: lennoncruz (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: greatbigkid (small blind) folded on the Flop

 

[raiders fan forever]

full tilt the worst hand wins ALOT of the time
Pokerstars runner runners always happen!

 

[Deacon]

Whats the rake on these home games?

 

[Whos Ya Daddy]

Gotta say Pstars is the only place I play - and I work for 888.

Can you get me rakeback at 888?

The reward program sux ass.