ya, playing sng's, noticed a big difference of more games firing up now, twice as many at least as before now, I hope they keep this amount of player pools at least for sngs. Now these sngs are firing up much quicker than bovada, things are in constant change I guess, which is why one needs more than one poker account

Got an email:

Then I click the link, and it says $5 will be added to my account in 24-48 hours

$10 shows up.

just curious... are the people with 2-4 table caps "big winners" over a "large sample"? just wondering if it's just winners, or if there are other considerations.

Unfortunately, it's hard to compile a list of the pertinent facts. People usually just say they've been capped without any more information.

it would be helpful if people could say a little more about their situation than just "I was capped" - we could probably have a better discussion. it's not like it's that easy to link someone's 2+2 name with their Merge sn.

I got on today and received the same message of only being able to play on two tables. After reading about the reasons why they would do something like this, it makes sense since had a really good month at cash games.

I want to get my money off now, because this is ridiculous; one of the main reasons I played on Carbon was the amount of tables/action. Sigh.

What if they are logging in from different IP addresses? I've always wondered how this worked on networks with different skins.

My sample size according to my HEM is under 20k hands(small sample by online standards)
My sn won't be hard to figure out if you are a reg at 1/2 - 3/6 nl + plo.

that's not a particularly large sample, altho I suppose it's large enough to figure out that you are NOT a weaker player. I'm actually wondering if Merge wants to limit the higher stakes players from drifting down in stakes. They are one of the few sites that don't have NL1K+, so maybe they just want the higher stakes players to just play NL600? Anyone who doesn't play NL600 (or 400) get restricted to 4 or fewer tables?

is there a place in the client/player admin to see recent tournament results? i couldn't connect to Carbon after a break last night deep in a tournament and i'd like to know if the whole game was shut down and i was given an equity chop or i blinded out and cashed.

I tried to cast a net of relevant criteria once before. There's even more I'd add to it now:

• Winning player or losing player?
• If winning player, what is your ballpark net winnings? $1k or less? $5k? $10k? $20k? $50k? More?
• How often do you cashout?
• # of tables you play on average
• Average stakes you play?
• What skin do you play on?
• How often do you deposit?
• Do you bumhunt?
• How often do you exchange VIP points for cash per month?
• Do you chat at the table? Have you ever chatted negatively or berate fish?
• How often do you deal with support?

Unfortunately, that's a lot of questions and data to gather.

But no matter what the reason, it certainly does stink and offsets all the good they did with the desegregation IMO.

It's not really an IP thing. If you didn't forge your id info on one of the skins, then they know that acct on skin #1 belongs to the same person as acct on skin #2. So, in theory, both of these cannot be logged in at the same time.

People play from the same IP all the time (roommates, family members, etc), the software is supposed to restrict those from sitting at the same cash tables, but I have no experience on how reliable it is.

If you wanted to play on 2 skins at the same time, you would have to forge an acct under another name, like your wife or something. But if you are going to do that, you could just do it on the same skin. Either way, if caught, pretty sure you are banned.

Tilting Merge Changes:

1: the waitlist is sh*t. Having to rejoin every time you get a seat is garbage.

2: when a player is sitting out and I hover the mouse over their name it does not show table balance anymore.

3: removal of color coding.

I have not yet been table capped or had VIP removed but I'm sure it's coming. ( Support told me I was restricted to 4 tables in both cash and MTT but I have been able to play more tables than that for some reason.)

Aced

I got the same email. $10 shows up like Max says.

Not sure if I will do anything with it. Maybe make a personal challenge to restart at the lowest level and grind back up or just play bingo in a SnG or 2 and try to run it up there. Shrug. I cashed out for a reason, maybe I just let it sit there.

I'm on Carbon: "WarrenBuffettOfP"... I've been doing well at cash games over the past 2 weeks (up approx 14k)...

Good to see another reg I see all the time!

Hope this helps.

Seems like there is maybe a pattern with the higher stakes games and/or netting a large score.

Update:

E-mailed Carbon support asking for an explanation of why they had restricted me to maximum of 2 tables, as well as other cashout options (bank transfers) as to why some people are offered this feature and others are not. They addressed none of my concerns... and this was their response:

"Dear [xxxxxx],

You are currently ineligible for the benefits of the CarbonPoker VIP Program. Based on our Terms & Conditions, we reserve the right to limit or remove players from this program. While you are removed from program rewards, you still have access to continue to play, withdraw and deposit.

Our team ensures that all players are considered each month, and your status could change in the future.




We are always here to help you. Please feel free to reply to this email if you have any additional questions in relation to this or any other matter. Your reference ID for this email is [XXXXXXXXXXXXX]; please quote this number in any further communication on this subject.

Kind regards,

David
--"


Thanks for not addressing any of my questions, and informing me that I am not ALSO ineligible for the VIP program. Unreal... really upset with Carbon

The lack of transparency is particularly frustrating because if there is a behavior they want to stop (aside from something ridiculous like not winning), they should let us know so we can stop it. I don't play 1/2 yet but saw myself playing it in the near future, but if that's one of the criteria that can get you capped or removed from the VIP program, I'm not sure I want to take that chance.

I've already self-imposed cut back my tables on Merge and started playing 4 on Bovada, which I hadn't done before.

Barely a reg

Ok yea this is what I was wondering and that makes sense.

Yea I agree. They tell us this

and this

which would make you believe they want you to play more but then they take the VIP away.

Is it possible some of the people getting cut back are just playing tight trying to grind out rakeback?

Although I WOULD like to know the reasons, there's no answer that will make sense to us because they MAKE money regardless of who wins a pot or who is a long term winner or who is a long term loser. They make money off the RAKE (which is already too damn high imo) and just games going and existing and a healthy player base of winners and losers.

I just had my entire screen go black while playing. After restarting it asked me for my username and password(i have auto login enabled) and said that my software was updated. And now there is sports betting lines on the bottom of the client that weren't there before.

Anyone have anything like this happen?

Playing on Carbon