Is stars rigged? i mean can their rng be fixed? Who are they accountable to. If baazov can do insider trading they obvious can fixed some stuff. Super user soon? These guys obvious have no morals so i would not be surprise if they rigged the site in the future.

classic riggie post, dont know why its in here.

Yea is there actually any real oversight from an independent gaming commission? With all the information out there on Baazov/amaya, and their recent as well as past behavior dating back years, I think you would have to be naive to think its highly unlikely for something far more sinister to occur in the future.

I played and I think this game is amazing

Its sad that rake is too high but format is a lot of fun

What is the format

I played and really liked

I think its a smart format with a lot of fun

Its sad that rake is so high so its probably unbeatable

Maybe its beatable because I had an allin called on the river QQ57J with 24

Guy called me with the board!

So maybe its beatable if Stars is able to make ******s and monkeys to play it

20 hands is more than enough to make your edge prevail if you are a top player

5 player game. prizes were 1.50, 1.50 or 3.00

This is taking the piss

Can you tell us what makes it fun? Is it that you can play only 20 hands before forced to go allin?

Yes the odds are given in the PokerStars web page:

Players %

3 20
4 30
5 25
6 15
7 5
8 5

Also this thread does not belong in Internet-Poker, this is not a poker game. NVG was fine because the only other place it would belong in a Casino forum.

Between 3 and 8 players, winner takes it all. 20 hands maximum, after that it's allin every hand.
Before the game start, three possible prizes are randomly drawn and the winner has to pick one (can't see which one he/she takes obviously).

Just played some of them and for recs they're fun for sure.

Please join their discord channel: https://discord.gg/guEWM3

And tell them what you think about this. Constantly.

yes

heads up was what ruined Spin Gos for me

structure allowed you to be nitty and limp every hand, very boring to play especially when third player bust on the very first hand

I think going allin after 20 hands gives the edge to the ones who are good on multi way family pots, 3/4/5 handed play and takes away the edge of the gto heads up nit regs

"Rake MAX and Go"

FYP stars.

on Spin Gos I always got into Heads Up with 2 to 1 advantage in chips and got owned by some heads up reg specialist

now if I go to heads up with more chips I have a natural edge on the long run

Is the structure really fast in the PS games as well?


888 used to send me free tickets to all their fish games, so had a chance to try Blast for free - guess they must do targeted marketing

Anyhoo ... seem to remember the blinds and antes rising so quickly in Blast on 888, the all-in shoves were starting even sooner than before the game started doing it automatically? Not sure if the PS games are similar?


PS. Never even bothered to use up all my free Blast tickets Didn't find them very entertaining ...

Yep, this.
Come on man. That's pretty short sighted, you're smarter than that. It means more than just that.
Like you have no issue morally with them raking people much harder, and straight up taking money right out of the poker economy, and fun players who would actually care about that if they stopped to work it out, so Amaya are basically preying on them and their assumptions that the game isn't a complete ****show for rake?
Not to mention other important things like how it's a clear sign of more terrible things to come, as Amaya are constantly pushing people away from poker, and towards bull**** skill-less casino gambling games.

Inb4 All-In Shootout the only gametype in the poker lobby.

"To add even more excitement, when higher prizes are drawn (as specified in the payout tables) a 'Cash Out' option will be offered. Instead of randomly picking one of the hidden prizes at the end of the game, the first place finisher can select to 'Cash Out' an amount offered. The Cash Out amount is equal to the average value of all three prizes, minus an amount which will create a compelling choice."

If you get a big prize, they'll try to rake it twice!

I just played a $1 one, 6 players
Top prize was $11.50. Managed to ship it and pick the right one out of the 3!

Pokerstars is obv dead, give party the action they deserve for their efforts
Mark my words and quote this post in the future, maybe 2 years or whatever
Party will >> stars

And no one to blame but themselves. They donking it away

OMFG 20 hands and 9% rake. You're not wrong. That is an absolute insult.

Is this real? Rake the buyin then rake the prize?

You still have the option to pick the prize randomly with no penalty. It's like the situation at Full Tilt where both runs of Run It Twice were raked - you didn't have to pay the extra rake if you were OK with the extra variance.

There are already Flip & Gos in the play money lobby. For some reason, Stars hasn't introduced them into the real-money lobby (yet).

Yes, such a title change wouldn't hurt (though I'm still giving this game the benefit of doubt). It won't make Stars remove the game from the lobby, though.

In terms of the number of cash game seats (or even of tournament seats too) occupied at a the same time, yes, of course. That's a rather meaningless metric to poker sites' management teams, though. The bottom line is what determines their decisions.

what a joke this site has become

More hidden rake, I'm assuming the difference won't be donated to charity...

"To add even more excitement we take even more money". I mean, ****, this feels like getting spat on. The game is faster than a normal overraked spin and the rake is 50% higher.