Hey everyone!
I don't usually follow or post here, but now I randomly opened this thread and saw what the chat is going about. I decided to share the story real shortly, however there is no real moral or anything top secret about it.
I used to play spins in one of the big hungarian stables. This year was great for me. We had a great coach and after fixing my approach and mental game I had good results (about 44c/g over 20k games until September, mostly on 100s).
In September the aformentioned ban happened. Several players (about 10pct of the team) were involved in our stable from $15s to 100s. We have received no info for like a week. After that PS asked us to make a video of one of our regular session with camera behind our back, hands, heads and happennings on screen all followable. We all made it. Stars did not send us any info after, only copy/paste answers when we were asking about our account. After 3 months of silence we got the e-mail that our accounts were reopened for 1 week until we can cash out and after that we are banned permanently. They confirmed that they have found no evidence of cheating or anything however they feel "uncomfortable enough" about our situation to close our accounts.
Thats the whole story. Some details to mention:
- As I said, players from all limits were involved, some of them not even playing for the stable (or at all!) for months at that time. This was all randompicking written on it or just someone with little info reporting us with any random reasoning.
- No official reason was told as a reason of ban (if we don't count bs like "we strongly suspect account sharing" and those things). They just decided to suspend our account which of course they can.
We did not use bots or any magic like that as any experienced player can tell who has ever studied our game. Also, sharing hand histories is forbidden in our stable. Obviously our strategy, especially preflop is SOMEWHAT similar because well, gto is gto, but the optimal play for a 15 and a 100 player is still miles away from each other.
In my opinion Pokerstars just sent a very bad message to poker community. They seem to be just straight up against winning players. I can agree that stables in general, especially the huge ones from all around the world in spins, are not doing any good for the poker ecosystem. However as long as PS does not say it's not allowed to play for a stable, we can not mention this as a reason for any investigation.
During and after the whole process we did not receive any info. Their communication was a joke and I'm definitely NOT satisfied with their department
The whole thing seems to be just for showing example that they pay attention to stables and they can do whatever they want. Like I said, it's a bad message.
This post is my personal opinion. I will probably follow answers if any appear but I will not get into any argument. I'm not seeking justice or anything and definitely don't want to go back to PS. You just don't go to a pub where they piss into your beer
I'm playing in smaller networks and feeling great with really player friendly things like live support
I whish you guys all the best!