Joined: Dec '09
Location: United States
Age: 57 (M)
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I've been playing at Pokerstars and Full Tilt a few years now. I would play at one site for a month and then try the other. I notice two thing i would get more bad beat at Full Tilt. I play 25c-$1 blinds so ur going to get some donks there. Second at pokerstars 10c-25c cash game most of the chinese player (meaning from china) would not limp in or play out of postion. They will go all in or nothing. When they do go in most times its AT or better or pockets 77 or better. If they win they will leave the table and jump on another one. If they lose they just re-buy and the min is $5. That kind of play piss me off sometimes i just called them to get a bad beat hopefully.
Haven't played @ PS for about 6 months since I've been grinding @FTP. Sounds like the style of play these asian players are doing is the SSS. The point is to double up and leave.(ratholing)
Joined: Dec '09
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 42 (M)
Posts: 2087
Im a pokerstars faithful cant get into fulltilt at all i have only played baby stakes there all the same. What the guy is saying about the chinnese there is like what all the russians do on party poker or they did about 6 month ago just classic SSS
Joined: Nov '08
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 47 (M)
Posts: 2194
The site that is the best is a very difficalt thing to ask as what makes a site good for one person doesnt make it the best for another. I mean one would think a good site was one that was profitable for you so depending where and what you play will depend wether its good for you at any one time!. If you like to play with people you know then why not play anywhere as long as its with persons you know and enjoy playing with. Others like the fact they can have a game at any time ot hour so a very busy site willl be the one they choose. Lots of great offers sometimes pull in players to a site so bonus hunters would like that site. Others come for the bonus's and stay for the support? many many many reasons for a top site to be chosen so i'm not actually gonna give you an answer as i play at a few sites i would be happy to recomend to you but for what reason? I just diont know what you require from a site so answering would be wrong. Still i hope you have had the answer you wanted from another... Laters,
Joined: Feb '10
Location: Suriname
Age: 47 (M)
Posts: 1189
My favourite pokerroom is Poker770, because they have alot of Freerolls with great prizes and alot of fish. They have a very good reward program with Boost and Extra boost of your pokerpoints.
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Location: United States
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Posted by johnnygan: I've been playing at Pokerstars and Full Tilt a few years now. I would play at one site for a month and then try the other. I notice two thing i would get more bad beat at Full Tilt. I play 25c-$1 blinds so ur going to get some donks there. Second at pokerstars 10c-25c cash game most of the chinese player (meaning from china) would not limp in or play out of postion. They will go all in or nothing. When they do go in most times its AT or better or pockets 77 or better. If they win they will leave the table and jump on another one. If they lose they just re-buy and the min is $5. That kind of play piss me off sometimes i just called them to get a bad beat hopefully.
What I seen in full tilt is that they put all the monster hands in the cash games to generate rake for them selfs and they toss the junk hands to the freerolls, Pokerstars has so many players you can Always find any game you want to play at anytime without having to wait forever for the table to fill
Joined: Mar '08
Location: Germany
Age: 35 (M)
Posts: 46
Its is hard to say which oneof the providers is better. On the one hand Pokerstars clearly got more traffic and a better VIP System than Full Tilt has. But on the other hand I like Full Tilt Poker's design and the pro's, who are playing there better. So I think it is a matter of taste.
Joined: Apr '08
Location: Argentina
Age: 45 (M)
Posts: 748
FTP is my choice, good variety of games, a nice rakeback deal, good traffic. A little bit on the "I'd like there were more fishes in here rather than grinders" side, but all in all, I'd stick to it. Pokerstars is not bad either
Joined: May '09
Location: Spain
Age: 49 (M)
Posts: 1331
Hi johnnygan.
In limits < NL200, if you have rakeback, the best site is FTP without doubt. If you are a MTT player or play in limits > NL200 your option is PS, if you can become Supernova, of course. That is my opinion.
Joined: Oct '08
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 43 (M)
Posts: 1086
Never make a decision based on a players location - It's sheer stupidity, and -ev. If they're giving you the right odds - go with it, if not then fold - If you can't take the swings playing against hyper aggressive donks, find a table full of nits and exploit them - table selection is a must if you want to be a winning player.
FTP and PS are very similar at the micros and only the reward programs should decide which you play at.
What I seen in full tilt is that they put all the monster hands in the cash games to generate rake for them selfs and they toss the junk hands to the freerolls
Joined: May '09
Location: Italy
Age: 37 (M)
Posts: 272
i've not really understood what do you want to know from US !
if you don't like change poker room! there's a lot ! you will find one that you'll like ! everyone has his game ! everyone has is guide ! everyone plays with his feelings !
