im going to throw my 2cents in to suggestions.

-if play cash dont mix sites.... (games play differently on different sites 3b 4b ranges rfi limps cold calls pre vpip donk ranges check raise stack off threshold for calldowns srp 3bet pots etc 4b pots etc in loads of spots, simply put just the patterns gameflow changes the regs play different on different site and so do the fish humans are sheep so whatever seems to be whats going on in lines seems to get copied weird but true everyone seems to keep in line with what everyone else in pools doing to a degree, so it can mess with your game if mix sites tables and be more trouble than worth as your adjustments for one pool might make money and the other bleed and in game while playing while technically you can just try stop think which table at who your against what site whats the dynamic on this table sizing bets etc it can slow down your game rhythm make you time out suggest not doing it personally)

- 2 stay away from zoom poker for holdem at least, im almost certain regular tables will be and stay the most profitable choice even if can be slow boring drag a bit.

- 4 if want to play without a hud play partypoker or sky sadly think regular tables at party arent as busy as were think most pool in the fastfold pool now, skypokers good too when games run, heard good things about unibet though never played there due to there being issues verifying id etc so didnt bother, gg never played on as dont trust the site seems sketchy again wouldnt feel safe leaving getting money on off weird policy swear they had a no bumhunting policy at some point too but loads of people globally seem to be on there so might be worth looking into but can say yay or nay there

- 5 if want too play with a hud cause want to get volume in whatever up hourly play an ipoker skin the games are good splashier than pokerstars (pokerstars is more time specific when good can be really good certain times year or week day but when its meh its meh) ipoker more multiway pots more goofy stuff in general there just better quality software sucks but if want to make more money get over it deal, 888poker games are good on regular tables when run site used to be busier seems kinda dead now regular cash table wise though only played there few times this year and more omaha and snap holdem

-6 if want to play zoom or fast fold play holdem on 888poker snap 10-50nl then after that move to partypoker dont play pokerstars, played tiny bit of fastfold on party recently only low 5nl - 50nl and the games were good different to pokerstars again but far better also huds suck anyways they ruin the games big reason i believe games were better there on party is cause there are no huds so you can get way out of line in certain areas aslong as they dont know you are.... or even if know you are they cant work out how to counter it, also the pools just smaller so it can as the evening go on if play long session end up feeling more like regular table as you get reads notice patterns on opponents that keep bumping into for the evening,
huds are good for multitabling but just terrible for poker overall they suck balls hate them always have, borderline cheating and slow the games down change the game for the worse, mess with the fish not fish ratio too so just lower winrates on tables there is nothing positive about them other than now you can play upto 5tables and pretty much follow enough of the action patterns still.

-tournaments play partypoker and 888 and ipoker (any site that isnt pokerstars probably be good, or stick to small fields, or 6max tournaments, doubt lay huge fields is fun just seems long) i think i dont really play tournaments but i imagine steering clear of pokerstars is better due to field sizes think rakes more below $22 apart from when they do a special tournament, party looks the best all around for tournaments i think (might be talking out my bumhole but i liked the structure)

-omaha cash games play where ever omaha games just seem decent no matter where you are truthfully, though will say pokerstars and partypoker probably more on top of security so care about stopping colluders bots so games proabably safer there, ipoker i havent really played the omaha games there just cause i sort of know the site doesnt really care about the poker games as long as they get rake i dont think they give a **** as lot of the skins are sportsbooks casinos etc and the pokers just to them some niche extra rake machine for the site, games are probably good but if worried about fair games stick to pokerstars and partypoker for omaha, 888 i have no idea what there security like but played omaha games there recently and seemed good there up to 100plo so i dont know maybe same true of ipoker ill try it out some point, but know 100% pokerstars party do try detect cheaters bots colluders and things ipoker 888 im not sure they do.

-lastly want potentially bigger winrate on general play omaha and not holdem players and tables get deeper quicker more regularly so more money flating about on table more to potentially win or lose, also gamblers like omaha who dont its way more fun anyways.

good luck

checking in again

ROI is 87% this month and have built the bankroll from just under $100 to over $300. I was always hovering around break even with cash games although I've been studying a lot so feel like my game has improved

goal for the end of the year is a 1k bankroll

I've bought myself a separate monitor so I can now 6-8 table between either stars or party, although I don't like the party layout and you cannot hotkey (on a macbook) which I find quite annoying when I'm multi tabling. can anyone suggest another site where I can hotkey, use a HUD and who aren't taking a crazy cut from every MTT buy in for german players?

long time since i posted in here. thought i'd do a quick update

shortly after my last post i went on a big downswing with the mtt's and then took quite a long break from poker.

in the past few weeks i've gotten back into cash games and have built a €50 roll to €215 currently. i started at the bottom with NL2 and am currently grinding NL5 (which i feel i beat quite comfortably, especially reg tables) and am taking some shots at NL10 which so far has gone pretty smoothly.

my goal for the next week or two is to firmly establish a roll for NL10 and then try to grind that to €750 for NL25 action over the next few months.

i'm getting in quite good volume, can play easily 2k hands per day and when i'm not grinding i'm studying using a bit of gto wizard and watching jarretman basically quite obsessed with everything poker again

the only thing i'm still confused by is where to play that has the least amount of rake. currently playing on gg as the games seem soft and they have the flipout bonuses and fish buffet, but then maybe stars would be better in terms of the rake even if the games seem slightly tougher. i'm in germany so i guess i'm pretty f*cked either way obviously. any tips on that would be really appreciated as it all seems a bit of a minefield (preflop 3bet pots being raked on gg for example). i'm really unsure what the best option is at this point

reg tables chart last 7 days



zoom chart last 7 days

Welcome back!

Stars have not been encouraging lately and many have to look for alternatives.
The rake on GG is really high and as far as I understand from other threads, many focus on leaderboards at fast tables.

GL!

thanks a lot!

yeah i guess there aren't really any better options rn, other than moving country

a few hands

blocker


trapping but should probably shove turn here, so many bad rivers


weird one

was up at night thinking about this one and whether its just a fold otr and what to do ott. the solver doesn't even just call the 3bet preflop so i can't see what it would do with exactly AA but AQs has a higher EV by just calling turn. he barely has any bluffs otr as all his trips are checking and only shoving flushes and straights with the exception of like A3 diamonds lol. so i think i can just fold this and there's probably not much to think about here

just wanted to check in as i'm still baffled by the rake at gg

for example today i won €33.05 in profit (at NL5) according to pokercraft and my balance shows that i ended up with €21.09 more than i had at the start of the day. thats a whopping €11.96 in rake over approx 1500 hands

this just seems completely insane

i've read that the rake over at ACR might better, although there don't seem to be games at NL5 - only starting at NL10 with about 50 players in the pool during daytime hours. this might be my only option though as i'm just getting killed by rake at gg

if anyone has any further tips regarding sites for german players that would be amazing

the above works out to paying approx 16bb/100 in rake

I have to ask. Are you a member of the group Prefab Sprout ?! Great band!


Yeah that rake is insane. I think I heard somewhere that they rake 3bet pots pre?

I play on Pokerstars FR/ES/PT - The rake is high at the micros too but I'm still getting the 40% RB for now....

haha no i'm not paddy, but how good were they?!

are you playing on those sites from germany somehow? weirdly whenever i'm playing rush & rush on gg i don't seem to having those insane rake deductions, its the normal 6% it should be. only when i'm playing reg tables there are bigger amounts lost from my balance. so strange

Yeah awesome band!


I live in France so PS FR/ES/PT is one of the only choices I have really. The other decent decent site I could play on is Winamax but I'm reasonably happy at PS. The player pool isn't massive but is fairly fishy lol.

I'm not sure about RB on GG, sorry. Maybe you could ask here: https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/2...e-poker-sites/

havn't posted here since dec 2022!

i didn't play poker for a while until the end of jan of this year. played a few tourneys last year for fun but decided to have a crack at cash games again since the end of jan. stuck $10 into the account on gg to see if i could spin it up. grinded NL2 R&C and beat that for 11bb/100 over 18k hands. with the help of some gg care flipouts i'm now at $150 bankroll so have moved up to NL5. very small sample but have 13bb/100 over 4k hands so far

have a question regarding gg - i signed up when i was back in the UK a few years back (i still have a bank account there) as the rake is so high in germany where i live. if i manage to move up and get a good bank roll going is there any chance gg could find out? i use a vpn but occasionally it disconnects so they can probably see i'm playing from germany. just a bit wary of this

graph for this year since i started again -

I'd be vary weary of playing on GG with VPN. They are coming down hard on stuff like that. If you are to continue, i would say don't leave a significant amount of money in your account, as if the worst happens, you aren't guaranteed your money back.

weirdly i can get into the app fine without the vpn, i just always try to have it on in case they track the ip/location from where people are logging in

but yeah will make sure i withdraw winnings quite quickly if i manage to move up the stakes