I was searching on these forums for a discussion on this App and wanted to quote some of the comments thus far as my post is going to be directly related to these comments.
Preface the post that about 20 guys I personally know from high school/college and work are in a large group text. We try to get SNGs going every night. For the most part we consistently get 6-9 players for SNGs. I've been playing with this group for the past 2 weeks. We run $25 to $100 SNGs nothing big. Over the past two weeks I have won over $1,000 from the group. I am a better player than most all of them. The reason I wanted to preface my post, was because it's easy for a "losing player" to complain about the legitimacy of an App or online site, but if you're consistently winning why would you complain?? In my case, I truly believe there is something up with the software and I think I might have it pinned down based on my experiences with the hands and watching these SNGs start to finish. I am not a programming expert and have not dissected this App to discover any issues with the coding. This is my personal belief based on experience.
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Originally Posted by Javanewt
I'm starting to debate the legitimacy of the hosts on this app. I'm only in two clubs, and I know the people and thought I trusted them, but the play lately has me questioning them.
Is there a way for the host to set players up? I guess they can work together on specific hands, but how much control does a host have over what happens in his games?
I know, I know, "online poker is rigged." Seriously, though, I know two other players in these games who have quit because of the same issues. I just want to know what's possible. PM me if you don't want the world to know.
From my experience, the "Host" holds no special power other than to promote or kick people from the group. The one thing that is clearly and easily exploitable is the ability for the players to sit at the table and work together. You can do that on any site/app, but when your group is small and limited and you can control the games you get into you can easily exploit that. In my case, I don't worry about that since I've been winning. If I start to consistently lose, I will probably quit the App altogether.
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Originally Posted by The Standard Station
Honestly of all online poker sites/apps this app stands out as fishy. Theres something just not right here. I'm sure some clubs are fine, but I do think theres some unscrupulous activity going on. PM me if you want to discuss further
I as well as many others agree with you. Something doesn't feel right about the App and it's difficult to pinpoint. I agree, some clubs are unscrupulous, which is why I chose to only play with my friends who I personally know. More about the fishiness of the App below.
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Originally Posted by Movado
A group of regular players from our home game started playing on the pokerrr2 app. After reading the reviews I was skeptical. After watching 14 hours of play on the app, I can confirm that the app is not right. In the first 200 hands, I witnessed a 2 card royal flush, (4) poker pair quads and (1) 1 card quads. Each night there are multiple poker pair quads shown and even a 2 card straight flush. I started tracking the hands in a spreadsheet and between 23-26% of the time, the flop would be paired. It is my opinion that the app is creating big hands for “entertainment.”
Players who I have played with for 5 years almost weekly 1/2 NL rarely winning and if they did book a win it was for $100 or less are winning $1200-1600 a week playing .50/1 or 1/2 within the same group. Players who NEVER buy in for the max are all the sudden now buying in for the max.
Play at your own risk.
You have identified what I have experienced. Although I have only seen 1 royal flush in the past week and it was a 1 card royal. I too believe the App is programmed to facilitate confrontations to expedite the length of play. The reason the developers would do this would be to eat up the "gold bars" that you have to pay to start your own game. That way they can entice you to purchase more gold bars from them and that's how they make their money.
I have seen more Top Tops vs Sets in the past two weeks than I have seen in entire year playing live poker. During this pandemic I have also been playing on Poker Stars and it's quite obvious the difference between Pokerrrr 2 and PS. The all ins with full houses vs. flushes or set over set of sets vs top top etc., occur significantly less frequently than on this App.
It strikes me as odd that there hasn't been more posted about the sketchiness of this App since most people are quarantined and relegated to playing online poker. If you have not played Pokerrrr2 I suggest you get a group of friends and run a few SNGs and you will understand exactly what many have echoed. There's something up and I believe it has to do with forcing confrontations to expedite the length of play. I don't know how an "RNG" can be rigged to do that though as I'm not a programmer. My only thought would be that maybe the RNG somehow reduces the deck in certain situations to remove "blanks". But idk.
I'd like to hear more people's experience, because I'd like to think that it's not "rigged" but it certainly feels that way when compared to other online sites. I understand suck-outs happen, but 6-handed boat over boat / 3 way all ins with top top and set over sets don't happen very often, but they seem to happen every game.