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Thank you.

Right I'll give this a go. For the avoidance of doubt and just to cover my ass, all stuff posted below is opinion only.

I've been playing online poker for almost 1 year now. Started up on 888poker (where I still play), and put some money on Stars as well.

Throughout the year, I've moved up the stakes at 888 starting from 2nl, and now play 20nl/30nl there, depending on which games are running. I'm a winning player and my bankroll there is $1,300.

On Stars however, I've never been able to get past 2nl, which is surely proof that the site is rigged. I've noticed a number of things about the Stars RNG, namely that:

- If you get dealt KK, an ace will hit on the flop an outrageously high percentage of the time.

- Flush draws on the flop will 'get there' far too often, especially when the player without the flush draw is OOP to the guy who has the flush draw. And Stars puts out 4 of the same suit community cards at a horrifying rate.

- There are setup hands and pre-designed coolers which benefit those of a higher VIP status. Lets say a Bronzestar is playing against a Silverstar. The Silverstar will get hands like AA when the Bronzestar gets KK, he'll flop a set when Bronzestar flops TPTK, and when Bronzestar has the king high flush, Silverstar will have the ace high flush.

My intention would be to questions Stars about these anomalies, and view the data myself so this rig will have to be put to a stop. Stars have been sticking 2 fingers up to online poker players for far too long, rigging the system to generate more rake. Those with higher VIP status play more often so if Stars redistributes money to these players, the money is raked more often. And hands like AA vs KK generate loads of rake for Stars in a very short amount of time (don't listen to the theories given by some ill-informed shills that action flops generate less rake for the site, it's rubbish - a $100 pot that is concluded in 20 seconds generates a lot of rake/second, in comparison to say, a load of $10 pots that take a minute each).

Since I was the rep last time, I'll just c/p the bio part from the last CV-thread:


For those haven't read my report from the last meetings, here's a link:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/28.../#post43615136

During our discussions in May, it became clear that Stars are looking to alter their VIP-program. PokerStarsSteve later confirmed this in his report. While there were no concrete, well thought-out changes on the table to discuss at that point, I have good reason to believe the topic will now be revisited with a detailed plan. It's very important to have the opportunity to give feedback before it's implemented.

Another issue I'm focused on is zoom-ecology. It's clear that achievable winrates in zoom are lower than those of regular tables, so we need to look into how healthy the games are accross the board. Lately we've seen some disturbing data compiled for zoom PLO50, for example.

We also learned that Stars intends to prevent the use of seating-scripts by creating a table-starter-only system for non-zoom cash tables, to be tried at high stakes first. There will no doubt be many aspects of this roll-out discussed where having a player-rep at the table is crucial.

Finally, we should continue to push for promotions designed to get people to try out different game formats, it's crucial for a healthy and versatile poker economy.

I started playing on pokerstars in 2004 when I saw hubbles freerolls and it was a race to register before the 10k player cap was filled. Over the last ten years I’ve gone from a recreational player to playing full sunday MTT schedules and $200 HUSNGs. I moved out of the country after Black Friday, play full-time, and run a stable with 40 players.

I will do a good job representing the SNG/MTT side of Pokerstars players. HUSNGs are some of stars most popular games, yet also the least promoted and ignored. There is still no add-table option which leads to taking an hour for some players to get 3+ tables up at 200s+ stakes.

I have been actively involved in the "HU Hyper Divisions" on Stars. After seeing the data from many regwars there should be some rake reduction comparable to HU Cap, as both players end up losing to rake too often.
The rake structure makes the variance at lower stakes much higher (1.1% at 1k's, 1.67% at 200s, 2.1% at 60s).
Promotion dollars that are +EV should be spent and there hasn't been any new developments since the battle of planets.

I have a Bachelors Degree from the University of Mary Washington and have been a 2p2 addict for the last ten years.
I am open to suggestions and have a vested interest in seeing that players interests are represented and the poker economy grows.