Agree, unless it's a tourney, I'd rather play online. You can play 6 tables at once, can quickly switch tables if you don't like the one you're at and no need to dress-up/drive, etc.
Originally posted by: CrazyDe1
Originally posted by: aplefka
Casinos are way better anyway, tell your brother to step it up to the real game if it's at all an option for him. Makes you a much better player.
The "real" game???
Casinos are horrible. You have to deal with degenerate gamblers and slow placed games. a .25-50 cent player online can kill a live 1-2 game and it's not even close. Live games are so soft it's not even funny (obviously some of the bigger Bellagio games aren't, but in general live games are much softer).
Originally posted by: CrazyDe1
Originally posted by: aplefka
Casinos are way better anyway, tell your brother to step it up to the real game if it's at all an option for him. Makes you a much better player.
The "real" game???
Casinos are horrible. You have to deal with degenerate gamblers and slow placed games. a .25-50 cent player online can kill a live 1-2 game and it's not even close. Live games are so soft it's not even funny (obviously some of the bigger Bellagio games aren't, but in general live games are much softer).
Originally posted by: ManyBeers
Originally posted by: CrazyDe1
Originally posted by: aplefka
Casinos are way better anyway, tell your brother to step it up to the real game if it's at all an option for him. Makes you a much better player.
The "real" game???
Casinos are horrible. You have to deal with degenerate gamblers and slow placed games. a .25-50 cent player online can kill a live 1-2 game and it's not even close. Live games are so soft it's not even funny (obviously some of the bigger Bellagio games aren't, but in general live games are much softer).
Sure they can. More words typed on an internet forum post.
Originally posted by: Stiganator
My brother is a big poker player and has accounts at all the major poker sites.
It turns out the owner of Absolute Poker or someone affiliated with him has been using a super user account that shows all the current cards in play. He has been using this to cheat as that account has been entering tournaments and winning nearly every hand.
I'm still looking for the supporting details that my brother mentioned, but apparently a user who was mysteriously beaten in a recent tournament requested a hand history. Someone at the company sent him an excel sheet with every hand of every person in the whole tournament, along with their bids, usernames, and IP addresses, as well as lists and IPs of people just observing. That is how some poker sleuths tracked down the owner to Costa Rica.
When my brother found out a few days ago he decided to withdraw his money, but for some unknown reason his withdrawal was cancelled.
I just thought I'd spread the word, so you guys don't loose your money if it turns out to be true.
Originally posted by: ManyBeers
Originally posted by: CrazyDe1
Originally posted by: ManyBeers
Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Freerolls? You got to be kidding me. Yeah, that's good practice. Playing with people that have nothing to lose and can be play as loose and stupidly as they want b/c there's no risk.
I have played in many real money tournamentds including ten or more at the WSOP over the last 4 years and people play just as badly as they do in play money tourneys. Not everybody who plays poker for real money knows how to play poker. That is why some are winners and others are losers. End of story
Pretty ignorant statements...
I can't imagine how profitable online poker will become if the government ever decides to regulate it. All the idiots who think like you and think it's rigged will come out in masses.
Why is my statement ignorant?
Uh..no. I don't care who regulates it i still won't play for real money online.
Originally posted by: buck
Originally posted by: ManyBeers
Originally posted by: CrazyDe1
Originally posted by: ManyBeers
Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Freerolls? You got to be kidding me. Yeah, that's good practice. Playing with people that have nothing to lose and can be play as loose and stupidly as they want b/c there's no risk.
I have played in many real money tournamentds including ten or more at the WSOP over the last 4 years and people play just as badly as they do in play money tourneys. Not everybody who plays poker for real money knows how to play poker. That is why some are winners and others are losers. End of story
Pretty ignorant statements...
I can't imagine how profitable online poker will become if the government ever decides to regulate it. All the idiots who think like you and think it's rigged will come out in masses.
Why is my statement ignorant?
Uh..no. I don't care who regulates it i still won't play for real money online.
Because you do not know what you are talking about. Move along troll.
Originally posted by: RyanSengara
Originally posted by: Stiganator
My brother is a big poker player and has accounts at all the major poker sites.
It turns out the owner of Absolute Poker or someone affiliated with him has been using a super user account that shows all the current cards in play. He has been using this to cheat as that account has been entering tournaments and winning nearly every hand.
I'm still looking for the supporting details that my brother mentioned, but apparently a user who was mysteriously beaten in a recent tournament requested a hand history. Someone at the company sent him an excel sheet with every hand of every person in the whole tournament, along with their bids, usernames, and IP addresses, as well as lists and IPs of people just observing. That is how some poker sleuths tracked down the owner to Costa Rica.
When my brother found out a few days ago he decided to withdraw his money, but for some unknown reason his withdrawal was cancelled.
I just thought I'd spread the word, so you guys don't loose your money if it turns out to be true.
Your story is WAY off the truth.
The guy worked for the company and hacked it because one of the execs had the balls to tell him it couldn't be done.
He jacked between 500,000 - 700,000USD never withdrew any of the money from any of the accounts.
He could see everyone's hold cards.
Originally posted by: ManyBeers
Originally posted by: buck
Originally posted by: ManyBeers
Originally posted by: CrazyDe1
Originally posted by: ManyBeers
Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Freerolls? You got to be kidding me. Yeah, that's good practice. Playing with people that have nothing to lose and can be play as loose and stupidly as they want b/c there's no risk.
I have played in many real money tournamentds including ten or more at the WSOP over the last 4 years and people play just as badly as they do in play money tourneys. Not everybody who plays poker for real money knows how to play poker. That is why some are winners and others are losers. End of story
Pretty ignorant statements...
I can't imagine how profitable online poker will become if the government ever decides to regulate it. All the idiots who think like you and think it's rigged will come out in masses.
Why is my statement ignorant?
Uh..no. I don't care who regulates it i still won't play for real money online.
Because you do not know what you are talking about. Move along troll.
Take your insults and shove it.
Originally posted by: sygyzy
The interesting thing about this is people are still supporting online poker by playing or lobbying for it. My friend plays and while he's won a "bunch" he admits he can't withdraw his movie. They give him all sorts of excuses like they need 3 forms if ID or whatnot. His solution? Just live with it. It doesn't bother him one bit. He acts as if he went to the bank and the ATM was out of order. "Oh well, I'll just get it another day." Except the difference is, he'll never get his money out.
Originally posted by: sygyzy
The interesting thing about this is people are still supporting online poker by playing or lobbying for it. My friend plays and while he's won a "bunch" he admits he can't withdraw his movie. They give him all sorts of excuses like they need 3 forms if ID or whatnot. His solution? Just live with it. It doesn't bother him one bit. He acts as if he went to the bank and the ATM was out of order. "Oh well, I'll just get it another day." Except the difference is, he'll never get his money out.
Originally posted by: buck
Originally posted by: sygyzy
The interesting thing about this is people are still supporting online poker by playing or lobbying for it. My friend plays and while he's won a "bunch" he admits he can't withdraw his movie. They give him all sorts of excuses like they need 3 forms if ID or whatnot. His solution? Just live with it. It doesn't bother him one bit. He acts as if he went to the bank and the ATM was out of order. "Oh well, I'll just get it another day." Except the difference is, he'll never get his money out.
I have no trouble getting checks from Full Tilt and Poker Stars. I have already stated in this thread that "There isn't any form of poker that is %100 safe from cheating. "
This new scandal will not stop online poker, hopefully someday with regulation, these issues will not happen as much.