Fellow cash regs ... can we please try to start new tables? There is no point to having 4-6 regs per table. If you see 3 regs on a table, just make a new one instead of joining... unless the wait list looks good. People will join up, usually pretty quickly.

+1

The wait lists of 10ppl for a 6max game always makes me smh.

You don't always have to play hu - not an ego thing... can just sit and wait for people to join.
Provided there's not 4 ppl sitting out waiting for a fish

I've always been a fan of incentivizing start starters with bonus fpps - if they could figure out a system.
E.g., if you start a game and stay longer than nMinutes or the game lasts longer than say an hour or whatever, you get nFPPS.

What software is available for multi-tabling? I remember back in the day it was easy to play 12 - 15 tables with whatever software I used back then. The most important feature allowed me to hover over the table and click the back button on the side of the mouse to automatically fold. That's essentially everything I'm looking for. Does hat exist these days?

Jurojin (although has poorish party support)

Starscaption / PartyCaption / 888caption work well.

Been testing Stack and Tile this afternoon…seems good as well.


All of these have support threads on the Software forum.

Zoom apparently running tonight?

Zoom would be nice, if they can keep it to meaningful stakes... ditch the 2NL / 10NL (lowest they ran last night..) and make 30NL the lowest, then 100NL, 200NL

I was thinking of trying Jurojin but can't find it on Stars allowed software list...

It's also not on their disallowed list. I know several people that have used / do use jurojin on Stars and BetMGM, but do what you prefer for your own comfort I feel that Jurojin falls into #4 on this list. Similarly, StackandTile and Starscaption all do the same thing and are on the permitted list.

Working on getting StarsCaption set up, if I can ever find a way to pay them for a license ... trying Skrill next, but PayPal was a no go.

Email them and pay with crypto that's what I did.

^ this is the way.

I saw it at 1/2 yesterday. I thought there were 2 games, both empty.

IIRC the announcement said they were running it at 2NL, 10NL and 200NL but I didn’t check what was actually running.

IMO all western only facing sites should drop stakes under 30NL …

ItÂ’s still broken AFAIK. I tried to join the 200 pool yesterday but it wouldnÂ’t let me/didnÂ’t seem to be working. I know others who were able to get in Monday but the games never launched despite enough people

Dear NJ players -

Can you please stop being bum hunting scum? No wonder NJ traffic was so low before merge. You all hop on a list for a table with a fish and once they bust, you sit out.

Don't ruin it for us MI players.

IMO The effect of the merge has sucked overall for us MI players, but I don't think it's because of "bumhunting". It's because of regs making tables with 4-6 regs. There are plenty of recs online and all you have to do (unless it's at low traffic hours) to play with them & not have a table full of regs, is make new tables.

The whole idea of "bumhunting" makes no sense, poker is predatory by nature. Why do you want to sit at a table with other regs? If you're just trying to swing your **** around and see who is the best reg ever, ACR is a great place to do that.

If you have an edge on other regs then it makes more sense from your standpoint, but don't expect other regs (especially those of us playing for a living) to keep playing you. I will never play vs someone that I feel has enough edge on me to make a table -EV, or a table without at least 3 recs (unless it's shorthanded with a rec or two trying to get a new table going), when I could be playing at better tables. Occasionally I'll play a 2 rec table in low traffic hours. It would be irresponsible for me to play at a table I can't make a profit at, since I'm literally surviving off the game.

There is a difference between table selection and bum hunting. I shuffle tables, but once a fish busts I don't insta sit out. It is bad for the game. How long would it take you to notice that 2-3 players only sit out while you are not dealt into a hand? Would you want to continue to play once you realize that they are only playing because you're at the table? I also can't tell you how many times I load up the lobby and 4-5 tables have a waitlist of 7+ players, as if the fish will still be there when the 7th player is seated.

If you are terrified of the regs while the fish reloads, play slower until they reload.

If you can only turn a profit when half the table are recs, maybe you should find a different line of work.

I'd consider bum hunting to be 4-5 regs sitting out and magically sitting in when an unknown (or known fish) joins, or someone chasing a rec around on the site. Anything other than that is just table selection / table starting IMO.

I'm usually gone from a table once it gets to 4 regs. This entire situation (leaving when the last rec busts) can be mostly avoided by other regs also leaving when the table becomes 4 regs and instead making new tables. If a table constantly has at least 3 recs, this spot of leaving after the last rec busts will come up far less often. I get that at low traffic times this isn't always feasible if you need to get in volume.

Most recs think they're good players, even to the point they'll berate people in chat for "bad plays" or make claims the site is rigged. Remember, they did just spend however many orbits at a reg filled table til they got busted. They don't know who the good players or the bad players are. The one rec I knew personally never would take even the most basic strategy advice from me, then call me up to tell his bad beats and/or how he used to win but can't win anymore.

As to whether I'm profitable on reg only or 5 reg tables, in most cases... yeah, but it's not worth it when there are other options... such as opening a soft table from a lower limit... softer table from the same limit... or even just paying more attention to the other tables open. At a higher limit it might be more worth it to play with other regs since a small win rate + RB can translate into a lot of $.

Every reg on the site should take responsibility for starting a couple of tables throughout their session. That'll clear your logjam out real fast, and the table starter will usually get at least a couple of hands with a rec player before the new table fills.

That's what I usually try to do.

It almost always works, but sometimes another reg joins first ... annoying. Wait til a rec or two joins to come in. I just leave when that happens. Not going to play HU against anyone that is constantly putting me in tough spots, while I am running 8-12 tables. I'll leave HU vs some of the most aggressive recs too, if I'm not at least a little familiar with what they're doing (and have lots of tables going). Too much focus required for that 1 table.

The other annoying thing is kind of similar what DetroitDonk said - people joining deep waitlists. I actually don't mind this, as long as you look before you leap. Don't actually join the table if it's going to make it a bad table... if there are still plenty of recs sitting, then join... otherwise don't. What seems to happen in actuality is people just join 100% of the time without regard to the table makeup.

I'd start a fair amount if not the majority of 1-500 games (with other regs) pre-merge.. and i would now as well, but i can't get 4-6games going with this Aurora graphics bullsht laggin tf outta my computer. Literally freezing and disconnecting mid-hands daily and stars couldn't give af. so tilting. Especially when you see these waitlists for 9ppl - there'd be double the games if i could fix this kek.

Computer specs?

No lag or buggy software issues here on Stars unless I have too many other programs open as well.

this one is a ...

- Windows 10
- AMD RYZEN 9 3900x 12core
- NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2060
- 750gb free or ~900gb

... but it's the same one that i played 1.2m hands on in 9mos last year.
and why tf is a poker table so resource intensive at all? bubble graphics? throwing things?

- all animations are disabled, throw-ables disabled, graphics low, old files deleted, client reinstalled twice (and reconfigured), only program running besides anti virus etc.,
i've had to cut pt4 as well,

The jealousy is real...

It literally froze while responding to this. 4 games open.