Posted by Sammy1982: Lol, same happened to me last weekend. Third hand got aces, pre flop allin against Kings, 3rd king came on the turn.
Then Couple of hands later a guy cracked mij set of kings with a flush on the river... left the tables -22 dollars but got a 1 bonus
Not much you can do there. But you should have won both of those hands.
What I don't like about this promotion is that it's designed to make micro stakes players stop respecting their bankroll management. People with less than 50 dollars will try to complete it and risk a big part of their BR, which will lead to tilt and more deposits. I think it's a smart promotion from pokerstars. Smart if they wanna make more money
But if you play NL10 anyways then just don't think about the mission too much and play volume, standard day in the office
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well that's exactly how stars promos work- either they give you $1 upfront and lure you into losing another $10, or if you happen to have spare 10 dollaros in your account- you are offered a one of a kind chance to take part in a promotion that can make $1 out of your initial $10 in a zap.
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Posted by TheMachineQC:
Posted by Sammy1982: Lol, same happened to me last weekend. Third hand got aces, pre flop allin against Kings, 3rd king came on the turn.
Then Couple of hands later a guy cracked mij set of kings with a flush on the river... left the tables -22 dollars but got a 1 bonus
Not much you can do there. But you should have won both of those hands.
What I don't like about this promotion is that it's designed to make micro stakes players stop respecting their bankroll management. People with less than 50 dollars will try to complete it and risk a big part of their BR, which will lead to tilt and more deposits. I think it's a smart promotion from pokerstars. Smart if they wanna make more money
But if you play NL10 anyways then just don't think about the mission too much and play volume, standard day in the office
I know, won't be playing those missions anymore. Went from 0 to 80 bucks playing freerolls and nl2 later on. But lost 22 so, now down to 58 bucks.
Just sticking with the freerolls from now on, till my BR is a bit higher
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I am done with playing this challenge. In last few days I lost around $30 and got of course 1 from challenge. And all the time I am losing with pocket kings. Today was 7th time in row that I lost with KK. 6 times I lost against pocket aces, few minutes ago I lost against AQ, flop was K 10 2, and he pushed all in with AQ, I called of course and yeah you are guessing right, J was on river. *Sigh*
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Posted by arrow-knee-: after losing 20 bucks trying to clear the cash game quest i was awarded with a totaly sweet 1$
G'day mate
I am right there with you. I also cleared the challenge and only won $1 dollar and lost $32 to BS doing it. What a f'ed up promo. Them again PStars does not do anything which is actually good for players anymore. be cool
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Posted by RoninHarper:
Posted by arrow-knee-: after losing 20 bucks trying to clear the cash game quest i was awarded with a totaly sweet 1$
G'day mate
I am right there with you. I also cleared the challenge and only won $1 dollar and lost $32 to BS doing it. What a f'ed up promo. Them again PStars does not do anything which is actually good for players anymore. be cool
Ronin
Yeah pokerstars sucks harder then they ever did lol think only thing that keeps people around is the player base but im sure thats dropped a bit i know theyve lost my interest long ago
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ICE QUEEN ACE continues to speak wise words to us mobsters who continue to blindly think we know best. Listen to IQA she speaks extremely wisely and we should all listen to her wise worldly words. Thank you IQA for your spiritual guidance.
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Posted by damosk: ICE QUEEN ACE continues to speak wise words to us mobsters who continue to blindly think we know best. Listen to IQA she speaks extremely wisely and we should all listen to her wise worldly words. Thank you IQA for your spiritual guidance.
anyone who thinks that know evrthing in poker is HUGE fool... nobady knows evrything... even daniel negreanu and all poker pro players... poker is game of always emprovement... the more you emprove the better you are
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I guess you are one of the players that have made their promotion successful. That is what they want after all Quite bog of a loss there for such a reward. Better luck next time to get it all back with a profit on top of it
Posted by arrow-knee-: after losing 20 bucks trying to clear the cash game quest i was awarded with a totaly sweet 1$
Well, Amaya have just put a suckout's tax onto everybody in this topic I guess otherwise how could you explain that many people here just lost back to them all the money they've got from them last year thanks to other promos...
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i agree with all that has been said in this thread- even with the fact that polar bears haven't shaved their balls in a decade and two days more, however i would also like to point out the fact that this promo could have been even worse to OP if he hadn't received the $1 from stars.
Posted by pochui: however i would also like to point out the fact that this promo could have been even worse to OP if he hadn't received the $1 from stars.
Yeah, but if OP never entered this promo then: - we wouldn't have this nice topic about trashing Amaya - OP would have been richer with $19 and also without a nice lesson 2 be learn This way at least we got something too.
If you have to play 500 hands at NL10 to complete it, that would be about a 5BB/100 edge, which is pretty good. If however you don't normally play NL10, you can expect to lose way more than 5BB/100.
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I finish 2 time casino chalenge ,first 200 and second 10 starcoins ,and what i got ?Nothing,just 5 dolars in bonus which i didnt realesed,just lose my money on the end.
but got a 1 
should have known better 
