***The Official 2012 Merge Regulars Thread***

[§437 Nr. 3]

Originally Posted by youngtajplayer

He's a site pro too which is ridiculous, wonder who he knows, serioiusly.

still, he seems to believe the site is rigged

[omgIMFREAKingOUT]

(about EVconsultant)

Originally Posted by patm17

He is a shameless bumhunter. And that's not even so bad, but today I'm trying to start games with another reg and he keeps coming and sitting out with position on the open seats. That is just taking advantage of people who are trying to contribute to the health of the site. He is also a notorious button stealer when the games break.

His ptr seems to indicate that he is a coach. It is such a disgrace that he is looked up to and respected by some

Idk, personally I've never had him grim me, and I've tried to sit him quite a few times, so I can't really speak to the buttoning stuff. As to everything else, the reality is that most people (and nearly 100% of winning players) game select in some way. The difference is simply where you draw the line between playable and unplayable. Don't get me wrong, I think ultra hardcore bumhunting is terrible for the games, and probably -EV in the long run. I would love it if everyone were willing to sit with regs and start tables, but that's not reality. I may not like it but I understand the reasoning, and to a point it makes sense.


Edit: And to the sitting out, that's far better than just watching the table and snap left sitting any fish that joins. In my experience even people sitting out slightly helps the chance a table fills.

[sharkbaitOHH]

Originally Posted by omgIMFREAKingOUT

(about EVconsultant)

Edit: And to the sitting out, that's far better than just watching the table and snap left sitting any fish that joins.

he does this after he gets kicked off the table for sitting out

[patm17]

I think that the sitting out with pos on the open seats is far worse than the snap sitting to the left of fish because it guarantees that one of the regs who is starting the game isn't going to get position on a random who sits. If people start doing that when I am starting games then I just stop starting them. Some level of respect needs to be shown to the players who are starting the games.

[omgIMFREAKingOUT]

Originally Posted by sharkbaitOHH

he does this after he gets kicked off the table for sitting out

I did not realize/hadn't seen this. I withdraw what I said on the matter earlier. Stuff like this is awful for the games, and it won't stop naturally. The only possible solution is some kind of systemic change. Some of the recent "Poker Stars Improvement" threads have had some interesting material in this regard.

Originally Posted by patm17

I think that the sitting out with pos on the open seats is far worse than the snap sitting to the left of fish because it guarantees that one of the regs who is starting the game isn't going to get position on a random who sits. If people start doing that when I am starting games then I just stop starting them. Some level of respect needs to be shown to the players who are starting the games.

I really agree with the bolded.

Table starters generate expectation for all of us. Even if someone doesn't want to actively contribute by playing with regs, you can contribute passively by being slightly less predatory, or at least more subtle about it.

Personally I don't mind people sitting out on my empties as long as they buy in full and mix up their seating position, but I can definitely see how doing so as you describe above would get old very fast.

[nikinblinds]

just sit opposite when starting, always, fairest way. EV tilts the **** out of me with his lobby hawking and snap seating. Its ridiculous.

Also, tried to withdraw and got this message "You cannot withdraw with an active casino bonus.
Your bonus balance is $0 with a remaining playthrough of $53,422. The bonus will clear once your playthrough or bonus balance reaches $0"

emailed support, but giving their casino 50k of action seem optimistic by lockpoker...

[Cogitus]

whos going to wsop?

[youngtajplayer]

think me and utleyfan may be going out

[nikinblinds]

lolfairydust is a joke. do not start 6max tables with this tool. SIROTRAS is ridiculously good?

[sharkbaitOHH]

fairydust is just a hu player looking for fish on the 6m tables

ty alb, cog, line, drevil, redb, and stevie for starting tables (hope I didn't miss anyone)

regs who don't start tables and snapjesus seat: riyatik, merkava, EVConsultant, r3dk1ng

at least they buy in full I guess

I'll be out in Vegas this year for WSOP, down to go out for drinks and whatnot

[omgIMFREAKingOUT]

Originally Posted by sharkbaitOHH

ty alb, cog, line, drevil, redb, and stevie for starting tables (hope I didn't miss anyone)

I know aumnicient and gaydar also start tables on the reg, so thank you to everyone on the list, and also to anyone forgotten.

Honorable mention to people who've occasionally started tables: highgrindtime, a5sassin, bigguylegend, williammacintosh, sirotras, catmaaan, pls3betme, lJ7113, megabet, persnickety, geebus, pokerwiz, glitteringprizes, arggggg

It's interesting that basically all the non-bumhunting action I've seen on this network comes from ~20 names. Pretty much the life-blood of mid-high in a short list. Keep it up everybody.

[isunkurbttlship]

I think I should be on that list too. sorry sharkbait tho, backer is a nit who won't let me play you

[§437 Nr. 3]

guys PLS dont start BBJ tables with it being this low

[nikinblinds]

action is deece lately. viva merge!

[omgIMFREAKingOUT]

Originally Posted by isunkurbttlship

I think I should be on that list too. sorry sharkbait tho, backer is a nit who won't let me play you

Sorry I didn't include you, thank you for contributing to the games. The list is just from my experience the last couple of months starting tables, so there's likely quite a few I missed.

Originally Posted by §437 Nr. 3

guys PLS dont start BBJ tables with it being this low

Uhh, why exactly?