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12-03-2010
, 12:01 PM
12-03-2010
, 12:10 PM
.this way you have your own private VPN, you open an internet line in your name at your friends place so you have a satisfying way to prove your address to the websites, et voila. cost is like 300€ or even less for a server; then add intenet line and electricity to run the server 24/7; basivcally nothing for midstake+ player. I mean, some americans cash players have been rumored to play on euro only network for years using this method....
also worst case scenario jusnt isn't likely.
actually pokerstars already has a deal with a local casino group to let belgian players play tournaments on the global network. and they're really pushing to not split off the local players from the global network
Last edited by shinigami; 12-03-2010 at 12:16 PM.
12-03-2010
, 12:17 PM
12-03-2010
, 01:03 PM
12-03-2010
, 01:04 PM
Quote:
Hello De_Evolution,
Thank you for contacting Full Tilt Poker Support.
Some players like to think that there is a button or switch at online poker sites that when flipped gives players terrible cards and horrible bad beats. The doom switch also has developed a counterpart known as the boomswitch which apparently gives players great cards and makes them unstoppable at the tables.
The whole concept of a doomswitch does not make sense for an online poker site. Please understand that a poker site makes its money off of rake which is a small portion of each pot played on the site. A poker site does not want to take your money because once you are broke you can no longer contribute rake. For a poker site, busting players with a doomswitch does not in any way increase revenue. If Full Tilt Poker made players who potentially would have spent many hours of happily playing raked hands on the site go bankrupt to bad beats they would be risking those players trying their luck at another site, or not playing for real money at all.
Conversely, giving great cards to all the players who are close to busting would also negatively affect profits. If the consistent players who play poker for a living were consistently losing to players who were getting fed the winning hands they would take their game to another site. This would cost a site a large percentage of players who play multiple tables forty or more hours a week. These players track their hands very closely and would be the first to recognize if there was a statistical discrepancy. Every high stake game you see being played is a statement by every player at the table that they trust the RNG at Full Tilt Poker.
Some players come up with more devious schemes for how this doom switch might operate in an effort to maximize profits for a poker site. However, these theories are no less speculative than theories about UFO's, secret societies, and mythical creatures. While it is easy to type up a reasonable motive for a poker site to rig action there is simply no evidence to support it.
The fact is that there are thousands of players who record every hand they play, and there has never been a manipulated shuffle discovered over a significant sample size. Players who have recorded a hundred thousand hands or more and taken the time to analyze the statistics simply do not write emails to poker sites accusing them of having a doom switch.
If there's anything else we can help you with, please let us know. We're always here to help.
Regards,
Ian
Poker Specialist
Full Tilt Poker Blackcard Support
Thank you for contacting Full Tilt Poker Support.
Some players like to think that there is a button or switch at online poker sites that when flipped gives players terrible cards and horrible bad beats. The doom switch also has developed a counterpart known as the boomswitch which apparently gives players great cards and makes them unstoppable at the tables.
The whole concept of a doomswitch does not make sense for an online poker site. Please understand that a poker site makes its money off of rake which is a small portion of each pot played on the site. A poker site does not want to take your money because once you are broke you can no longer contribute rake. For a poker site, busting players with a doomswitch does not in any way increase revenue. If Full Tilt Poker made players who potentially would have spent many hours of happily playing raked hands on the site go bankrupt to bad beats they would be risking those players trying their luck at another site, or not playing for real money at all.
Conversely, giving great cards to all the players who are close to busting would also negatively affect profits. If the consistent players who play poker for a living were consistently losing to players who were getting fed the winning hands they would take their game to another site. This would cost a site a large percentage of players who play multiple tables forty or more hours a week. These players track their hands very closely and would be the first to recognize if there was a statistical discrepancy. Every high stake game you see being played is a statement by every player at the table that they trust the RNG at Full Tilt Poker.
Some players come up with more devious schemes for how this doom switch might operate in an effort to maximize profits for a poker site. However, these theories are no less speculative than theories about UFO's, secret societies, and mythical creatures. While it is easy to type up a reasonable motive for a poker site to rig action there is simply no evidence to support it.
The fact is that there are thousands of players who record every hand they play, and there has never been a manipulated shuffle discovered over a significant sample size. Players who have recorded a hundred thousand hands or more and taken the time to analyze the statistics simply do not write emails to poker sites accusing them of having a doom switch.
If there's anything else we can help you with, please let us know. We're always here to help.
Regards,
Ian
Poker Specialist
Full Tilt Poker Blackcard Support
12-03-2010
, 01:45 PM
Full Tilt Poker $1,000 + $11 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t20/t40 Blinds - 2 players
The Official 2+2 Hand Converter By DeucesCracked Poker Videos
Hero (BTN/SB): t360 9 BBs
BB: t640 16 BBs
Pre Flop: (t60) Hero is BTN/SB with 7
Q
Hero raises to t360 all in, BB calls t320
Flop: (t720) 7
T K (2 players - 1 is all in)
Turn: (t720) A (2 players - 1 is all in)
River: (t720) J (2 players - 1 is all in)
Final Pot: t720
Hero shows 7 Q (a Royal Flush)
BB shows K
A (two pair, Aces and Kings)
Hero wins t720
The Official 2+2 Hand Converter By DeucesCracked Poker Videos
Hero (BTN/SB): t360 9 BBs
BB: t640 16 BBs
Pre Flop: (t60) Hero is BTN/SB with 7
QHero raises to t360 all in, BB calls t320
Flop: (t720) 7
T K (2 players - 1 is all in)Turn: (t720) A
(2 players - 1 is all in)River: (t720) J
(2 players - 1 is all in)Final Pot: t720
Hero shows 7
Q (a Royal Flush)BB shows K
A (two pair, Aces and Kings)Hero wins t720
12-03-2010
, 01:53 PM
12-03-2010
, 02:21 PM
12-03-2010
, 02:30 PM
bahhhh ..no action today at all....wait even at 33s long long long....
thought new LB would bring some action...so far nope...but let.s have patience
PS: no hater of me here wants to sit me?
thought new LB would bring some action...so far nope...but let.s have patience
PS: no hater of me here wants to sit me?
12-03-2010
, 02:48 PM
thanks - i just had yaqh - must rush now as my friend is waiting for going out...next time i would appreciate to play u...
12-03-2010
, 02:48 PM
12-03-2010
, 02:54 PM