Pokerstars Profits Hugely at Expense of Players - Important for all Poker Players to Act Now
12-07-2014
, 11:11 AM
Actually there's one reg that's up slightly, but he's running something like wtsd/w$sd of 47/76 ..
In any case, congrats on all the success!!
12-07-2014
, 11:14 AM
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Don't recognize 'Zzoop' from the 25nl Zoom pool - that's interesting to hear that you've got a win-rate of 5bb/100, because the pool's so reg-heavy, and my stats are showing me breakeven with every single one of them ... like there's just not that much edge to be had?
Actually there's one reg that's up slightly, but he's running something like wtsd/w$sd of 47/76 ..
In any case, congrats on all the success!!
Actually there's one reg that's up slightly, but he's running something like wtsd/w$sd of 47/76 ..
In any case, congrats on all the success!!
12-07-2014
, 11:24 AM
It does seem to be a bit unusual to see anybody who plays over 10nl to still be so thrilled with the current state of poker - what a cold splash of water that was to move up to the big 10nl and be met with the increase in rake rates ... it took me the longest time to figure out what was going on lolloh ...
12-07-2014
, 11:38 AM
Someone who's doing well would usually respond to my post by thanking me for the well-wishes, and would be willing to admit they were running hot. They'd also be willing to give out their screen name - otherwise they risk sounding too much like that StarsRegProblems guy 
These requests for rake relief seem like longshots - but if they have any affect at all, those would be benefitting you. So I don't see what you get out of working against the cause ... but that's your choice. Congrats again on all your success ..
These requests for rake relief seem like longshots - but if they have any affect at all, those would be benefitting you. So I don't see what you get out of working against the cause ... but that's your choice. Congrats again on all your success ..
12-07-2014
, 11:55 AM
There'd be no shame in having started off the year with a challenge that hasn't worked out the way you'd hoped - have one of those of my own!
The majority of the $$ in zoom comes from putting in volume - the rake pretty much eats away the win rates (pre-rakeback) of everybody ... We're all in the same boat
12-07-2014
, 01:03 PM
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The rake increases will barely affect losing players or winning players. The winners will still win and the losers will still lose.
Stars is STILL the cheapest to play *after* increases. Suck it up fish and improve your game.
I'm a fish and I've still managed to beat zoom for 5bb/100 over a small 130k hand sample.
Stars is STILL the cheapest to play *after* increases. Suck it up fish and improve your game.
I'm a fish and I've still managed to beat zoom for 5bb/100 over a small 130k hand sample.
Oh ... the 130k hands is only 1/10th from 25nl Zoom - it actually IS a good portion of 2nl and 5nl. It sounded like you were saying you had a 5bb/100 winrate from 25nl Zoom alone, on a 130k sample size ..
Those sample sizes for 10nl and 25nl are tiny - everybody, EVERYBODY has stretches of graph with those win-rates ... the games are really hard now ...
12-07-2014
, 02:46 PM
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is it just me or has support gone down hill? seems like reply to emails are way longer. then just copied and paste ones half the time in reply. maybe i'm just being biased, but just filled out my first survey since the take over and for the first time it wasn't all 9s and 10s and very satisfieds was more 3 to 5s, and I believe I filled it out honestly
Rake of course is brutal. I sat down with $30 at a HORSE table with one other guy. After 15 minutes he was even and I was down $9! I love the game but that's the last time I'll do that. Zero incentive to try to start games.
Thought about sending an e-mail to complain but it wouldn't have done any good and neither will this petition
12-07-2014
, 03:15 PM
12-07-2014
, 08:52 PM
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I agree with you up until this point, but:
Taking your play elsewhere, when they clearly don't want you any more; is like trying to win a fight by punching yourself in the face...
The only real way to hurt them enough to rethink and/or make a u-turn on their recent changes, is to get a large enough group of players together to lobby the US government to bar Stars from re-entering the US market (and thus cost them billions in lost profit in the process...). Of course nobody wants to take the risk of this (and all the US players will bitch at you for it...), so things will just stay as they are and Stars will continue to come up with yet more reg-shafting changes in the near future and so on.
Juk
Taking your play elsewhere, when they clearly don't want you any more; is like trying to win a fight by punching yourself in the face...
The only real way to hurt them enough to rethink and/or make a u-turn on their recent changes, is to get a large enough group of players together to lobby the US government to bar Stars from re-entering the US market (and thus cost them billions in lost profit in the process...). Of course nobody wants to take the risk of this (and all the US players will bitch at you for it...), so things will just stay as they are and Stars will continue to come up with yet more reg-shafting changes in the near future and so on.
Juk