As a long time Pokerstars player, I'm going to take a break from Stars and switch to GG for awhile. I have already signed up and made my first deposit.

Do you guys have any advice for a player making the transition? Are there any differences I should be aware of?

I'm mainly an MTT and SNG player. I believe that there is no HUD capability on GG, which is something that I have relied on with using PokerTracker 4.

Are there any other things that I will have to adjust to? Any other tricks or short cuts I should be aware of when getting set up and started?

There are lots of tricks but if they are written in a public forum....)))

Just finished my first day playing on GG Poker. I noticed a few differences on there compared to Pokerstars.

1) MTTs are offered which is cool, but it seems pretty weak to not offer sit and goes, which are a pretty basic form of poker.
2) The graphics are very nice looking. There is some customization allowed, but I like how you are able to adjust more features on Pokerstars, like the background template, background colour, etc.
3) The lobby is a bit more cluttered and you aren't able to filter it as easily as Pokerstars. I'd like to filter out some of the non-NLHE games and non USD currency games.
4) GG includes stats on the players, which are the same as you'd find in a HUD, as well as other stats like their profit and their results from the past 5 tournaments.
5) Chatting with other players isn't as prevalent on GG.

I only played around 5 MTTs today, so these were just a few things I noticed. I'll keep going and see how things go.

A few days in and another cool thing I like about GG MTTs is that they have an estimated completion time for each tournament. That is really cool and helpful for helping plan out your day. I'll keep grinding away and see if I can build up my bankroll. I only had $600 to start as my deposit so I'll see if I can get it up and keep going.

What are they? PMs.

Hold when ahaed or get there when behind seems to work pretty good on both sites ..... keep it on the hush tho

I'm almost one week in playing on GG Poker. I am an MTT player and have played on Pokerstars for years.

Both are decent places to play, but they are also different in alot of aspects. There are different aspects of GG that are better and worse.

Hand Replays: I prefer Pokerstars here since the GG hand history is just something that you can read, as opposed to watching a replay of the hand play out.

Final Table: I like how on GG blinds change based on the number of hands played, rather than time. It can prevent stalling. I also like how you are given an ICM value of your stack during play. That is something that you would always sort of estimate or guess at while on Pokerstars, but on GG it is given.

Table appearance/layout: Pokerstars has a step up here where so many more aspects are customizable and can apply to individual tables, rather than all at once.

Chatting with other players: Pokerstars seems to be more social.

Tournament Lobby: Pokerstars is more organized and less cluttered here, with the ability to filter out different games.

What do you guys like or not like about the sites?