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Why is PokerStars the best site to play at? Why is PokerStars the best site to play at?

09-09-2013 , 01:56 AM
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Originally Posted by pitapita
Security and game selection are probably the main reasons. There are other sites with 60% rakeback which are probably better for most microstakes players though.
How do I go about getting 60% rakeback? Can I still get it if I only plan to play like 10% of my volume there? Ty
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09-09-2013 , 09:08 AM
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Originally Posted by quux
I've seen a Pokerstars ad hundreds of times. Can't say I've ever seen a Bovada ad. I think Esfandiari is pitching a site he's involved with during UFC but I can't remember the name. Why? Because I've only seen it once.
The site that Esfandiari was pitching for is owned by the Fertitta brothers. They also own The Station Casinos in Vegas, and they own Zuffa (which owns The UFC).
It is only available for Nevada residents at this time, but is supposed to come to New Jersey (intrastate means separate player pools, however).
The idea is that The UFC is watched by a huge audience of males, 18-36, and perhaps many of this audience would be interested in trying their hand at poker.
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09-11-2013 , 03:13 PM
First of all, thanks a lot for the great insight.
I think a big reason why I didnt like PS is because the graphics are so dull and I had a bad streak right of the bat. I really liked PKR' graphics, but at the same time once you start playing more on a more serious note... who cares about the graphics?

On the other hand, safety is probably the most important factor while choosing a site. BF exposed the danger of not choosing wisely.
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09-12-2013 , 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by DougL
agree
if he's vpn-ing into FTP or PS at this point, he's going to deserve to lose his roll when it happens. They're srs about stuff like that
I play poker in my spare time while running a small car wash with my wife in Mexico, it's nothing to worry about.
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09-12-2013 , 04:32 PM
All this pokerstars talk has me hugely jealous. You are winning at poker/pokerlife.

Let's see. Lock money. Gone? Cake money. Gone as well? BCP money. Probably getting something, but not a sure thing. Sadface American ITT. At least we can watch British Top Gear on Netflix.
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09-12-2013 , 05:19 PM
One major difference I notice is Pokerstars support actually know about their own system and software. Skins support just don't have a clue what they are running or how it works and seem slaves to their automated alien system. This makes their customer service horrible.
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09-12-2013 , 05:37 PM
If you're basically depositing one bar tab (so you don't care if you lose it or nor), you're playing for fun, and you're not looking at poker as a job A) you're winning at life and have your hobby in perspective and B) you should just play where you like and not worry about it. If you love the interface at neverheardofit.com and think the games are good/fun, you 100% should play there. All the concerns I listed were for a serious person who is playing for income.
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09-12-2013 , 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by POW
One major difference I notice is Pokerstars support actually know about their own system and software. Skins support just don't have a clue what they are running or how it works and seem slaves to their automated alien system. This makes their customer service horrible.
Also, they do actually fix problems, unlike other sites which just tell you to reinstall the client (iPoker).
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09-13-2013 , 04:57 AM
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Originally Posted by pokergod0038
First of all, thanks a lot for the great insight.
I think a big reason why I didnt like PS is because the graphics are so dull and I had a bad streak right of the bat. I really liked PKR' graphics, but at the same time once you start playing more on a more serious note... who cares about the graphics?

On the other hand, safety is probably the most important factor while choosing a site. BF exposed the danger of not choosing wisely.

I think the design of PKR doesn't lend itself to multitabling and is a bit too 'busy'/flashy for some regs, and the flashiness attracts some casual punters, so the standards overall maybe lower. I like it there.
All in + Standup = weak
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09-13-2013 , 06:03 AM
Why do/did I like PS?

Whenever I had a problem, their customer service got back to me within 30 minutes and they solved the problem....

I had 2 tournaments/sit-n-gos in which PS retroactively discovered players were colluding. PS banned the players and moved me up in the money and sent me an apology email when there was no way I would have ever found out (other sites don't care to do that or police themselves).

Whenever I cashed out I got a check within 3 business days of hitting that cash out button.

When I used to keep a poker blog, PS staff actually read and responding in my blog.

Last but not least, PS had 90-man and 180-man $2, $4, $10, $24, tournaments popping off every 2 minutes 24/7 not to mention $2, $5, $10, and $24 MTTs with four and five figure first places launching every 5 - 10 minutes.

Anytime I felt like it, I could jump on Stars and within 30 minutes be playing 10+ MTTS and 180-mans...

Then there was the Sunday millions. I would use my FPP points to play satellites and win my seat...

You add up all those reasons and Stars is just the nuts, hands down. No other site comes close.
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09-13-2013 , 06:30 AM
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Originally Posted by mystery_man
The site that Esfandiari was pitching for is owned by the Fertitta brothers. They also own The Station Casinos in Vegas, and they own Zuffa (which owns The UFC).
It is only available for Nevada residents at this time, but is supposed to come to New Jersey (intrastate means separate player pools, however).
The idea is that The UFC is watched by a huge audience of males, 18-36, and perhaps many of this audience would be interested in trying their hand at poker.
On the surface this may seem like a good idea, but when you really look at the numbers and data I just don't see his poker site doing well .

Poker sites are all about having a big enough player pool. Its kinda like the chicken and the egg arguments.

You can't have a good poker site without a big player pool. You can't get a big player pool without having a good poker site...

Assuming that 1% of the population plays online poker. Nevada has close to 3 million people. So 1% of 3 million people equals just 30,000 people. Out of that 30,000 people lets say Esfandiari's site gets 25% of that market share. Now we are talking about 7,500 people. But those people aren't all going to be playing at the same time, they will be popping in and out, playing days, nights, weekends, etc depending on mood and their schedules. The number of players will fluctuate between 5% and 30% of this total population during off peak and on peak times. So the player pool would range from 300 - 2,500 players...

When you spread that number across all the various games and limits available in typical online poker that is just not a big enough number to sustain a vibrant poker population. What will end up happening is players will log on, see that no one is really on the site and they will just log off. Kinda like the problem some night clubs have. People come to the night club, see that its "dead" and that there aren't many people there and then they just leave and go to the more popular night club that is always packed...

In the US, a state by state approach to online poker (i.e. opening up state specific online poker sites) will never yield any worthwhile profitable fruit. The only money to be made by this approach is by Stars or FT or some other big international online site worming their way in and opening a bridge from the desolate US online poker landscape to the vibrant International poker landscape.
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