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03-29-2012 , 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by self
Could you please add 4-5 minutes to the amount of time you are allowed to sit-out before you get removed from the pool?

I'm sick of deciding between going to the toilette and having a quick smoke.

Thanks.
You know it's up from 10 to 30mins?
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03-29-2012 , 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by andyg2001
You know it's up from 10 to 30mins?
Really? I wasn't aware of that.. around 14GMT was the last time I played and it was @ 10mins.

I'm gonna test it now, thanks!
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03-29-2012 , 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by self
Really? I wasn't aware of that.. around 14GMT was the last time I played and it was @ 10mins.

I'm gonna test it now, thanks!
It's been 30mins for me before today. Not sure who long. I'm playing FR maybe it's different a 6max or something.
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03-29-2012 , 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by SoCal_Mike
If you follow this procedure you will almost certainly not have your last two hands written and imported.
Before with missing hands ---------------------->

Updated after asking PS all the nl100 SH hands -->

I ended importing the hands I did at nl100 SH having short sessions. You know what ?. Yes, it was missing some hands but we can still see a dispersion !

As I said from the begin. There's an issue with the second and third hand everytime you start a session in a SH game (cant talk about FR because I did it at SH). The first hand is 100% the BB, the second hand will be very very likely the SB and the third hand will be likely the BU. See it yourself. It's not a mistake. There is a real dispersion for short sessions due to the algorithm PS is currently using at SH games.

Last edited by hypergeometry; 03-29-2012 at 08:30 PM. Reason: i'm not a chimpance =)
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03-29-2012 , 09:35 PM
Cabbage is gonna start giving you a run for your money if you keep this up.
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03-29-2012 , 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by tzwien
Cabbage is gonna start giving you a run for your money if you keep this up.
lol, gonna stop posting about it. Gonna let the rest to you guys. Anyway I'm a deep stack player right now and I will keep playing long sessions


Last edited by hypergeometry; 03-29-2012 at 10:08 PM.
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03-29-2012 , 11:53 PM
interesting that the FLHE zoom pool (has only .10/.20 so far) always seems to be dead. zero players last time i looked

currently 1
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03-30-2012 , 02:17 AM
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Originally Posted by jspill
interesting that the FLHE zoom pool (has only .10/.20 so far) always seems to be dead. zero players last time i looked

currently 1
Average player/flop of 22% in FLHE 20 cent pool. No wonder it is dead.

On a normal 20 cent FLHE table it's easy to find 50+% players/flop.
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03-30-2012 , 05:24 AM
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Originally Posted by KiWiKaKi
we want 1-2 , we want 2-4
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Originally Posted by frogstomp
Please Pokerstars.
This is what we want
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03-30-2012 , 05:58 AM
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interesting that the FLHE zoom pool (has only .10/.20 so far) always seems to be dead. zero players last time i looked
[ ] interesting
[x] boring
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03-30-2012 , 06:01 AM
have any of the geniuses ITT who figured out the bb frequency is rigged actually emailed pokerstars with their concerns and their 'facts'?

if so, what was the reply?

if not, why not?
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03-30-2012 , 06:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Jah Onion
have any of the geniuses ITT who figured out the bb frequency is rigged actually emailed pokerstars with their concerns and their 'facts'?

if so, what was the reply?

if not, why not?
No, because I am just a troll that likes attention.

Obviously I sent them an email, first asking about what is the algorithm. My first post came in just before I received their answer and it was(and I mentioned it) an exercise based on the algorithm which someone here proposed. I posted it only because it happened to match with the DB I had available.

Here their answer(and I quoted it ITT before):

Thank you for your email.

In Zoom poker, the big blind is assigned to the player at the table who has spent the longest time without paying a big blind. The small blind and the button are then placed in their normal positions to the right of the big blind. The big blind in Zoom is fairly distributed amongst all players in the playing pool. There will not be a single player who has paid a significant amount more or less in blinds than any other active player at our Zoom tables, who have played for the same amount of time.


Further, I asked for my hand history to confirm that the distribution is fine after I import the hand which they miss to write on the HDD when the table is closed. I suspect everything will be fine after I import those hands. I am still waiting for the answer(2 days since I send the email).
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03-30-2012 , 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by riverman2k
so what you're saying is pokerstars should be looking for and locking accounts that just fold every hand to prevent datamining from players and to prevent sites like ptr tracking? I agree....
qft
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03-30-2012 , 07:19 AM
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Originally Posted by baebba
I know. Counting 1 zoom table as 4 normal tables and 24 table cap is ridiculous... We should be able to play 6 zoom tables + some normal tables. not just 6 zoom tables alone!!
Perhaps, you should get a live. ;-)
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03-30-2012 , 10:29 AM
Ffs why are they holding out on 1-2 and 2-4? can somebody please give me a lively explanation along with a source?
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03-30-2012 , 10:41 AM
They are monitoring the impact on the regular games. Lee Jones said in a thread they plan to roll out 1-2 in a few weeks.
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03-30-2012 , 10:52 AM
Hyper gtfo with your 10k sample sizes trying to make any claims of statistical deviance.
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03-30-2012 , 11:36 AM
I just got a pretty good idea. Instead of having 1-2 and 2-4 zoom , how about creating a whole new stake just for zoom? 1.50-3$ , nl300.

This would be perfect , the zoom game would run a lot smoother than with 2 new stakes. Probably a smaller portion of 1-2 and 2-4 players would be willing to go up or down in stakes thus keeping the game liquidity at regular tables , but also having a pretty decent pool to play zoom.
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03-30-2012 , 12:10 PM
PLO5 zoom?? there is enough players to sustain PLO2, PLO5 and PLO10 around the clock. If its not gonna happen can we hear a reason why??
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03-30-2012 , 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Ankimo
Hyper gtfo with your 10k sample sizes trying to make any claims of statistical deviance.
There's a deviation and I'm not going to play 100k and lose tons of money in the process to show the community I'm right, that would be just stupid. I'll keep abusing the system while someone else play the 100k, that is smarter.
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03-30-2012 , 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by buckyohare1985
PLO5 zoom?? there is enough players to sustain PLO2, PLO5 and PLO10 around the clock. If its not gonna happen can we hear a reason why??
1. $10 isn't much more than $5.

2. $5 isn't much more than $2.
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03-30-2012 , 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by timchuk
Lee Jones said in a thread they plan to roll out 1-2 in a few weeks.
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03-30-2012 , 03:05 PM
Is there no HUD for PT3 on Mac for ZOOM?
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03-30-2012 , 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by KiWiKaKi
I just got a pretty good idea. Instead of having 1-2 and 2-4 zoom , how about creating a whole new stake just for zoom? 1.50-3$ , nl300.

This would be perfect , the zoom game would run a lot smoother than with 2 new stakes. Probably a smaller portion of 1-2 and 2-4 players would be willing to go up or down in stakes thus keeping the game liquidity at regular tables , but also having a pretty decent pool to play zoom.
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03-30-2012 , 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by KiWiKaKi
I just got a pretty good idea. Instead of having 1-2 and 2-4 zoom , how about creating a whole new stake just for zoom? 1.50-3$ , nl300.

This would be perfect , the zoom game would run a lot smoother than with 2 new stakes. Probably a smaller portion of 1-2 and 2-4 players would be willing to go up or down in stakes thus keeping the game liquidity at regular tables , but also having a pretty decent pool to play zoom.
+1
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