Which is better? From personal experiences I say PS is better. Why? Cause I can withdraw money from them unlike GG. The credentials that are needed in GG are out to lunch and they won’t verify your account without utility bills. But what happens to those who rent and have their utilities included in their rent? And why isn’t a phone bill/internet bill not a utility bill??? PokerStars, all u need to ID!!! I play on GG on a fake account with my roommates as the owner of the account just cause they have the utility bill in their name. Haven’t verified it yet and only will try if I somehow turn a free roll into real money (10k+).
I don't know they verified me without utilities, I calmly passed the verification, sent my identity card and phone number after which they verified me at POKEROK PokerStars, of course, in this regard, it's more convenient, he only asks for a certificate so pokerstars is better in this regard and the withdrawal is also very fast for pokerstars
For me its by a mile GG poker. They have more freeroll and small buy in games. They also offer frequent updates and changes and listen to community feedback. Pokerstars just removed all CC daily/weekly freerolls + third party freerolls. PS arguet that it was because of regulations, but other sites like gg poker, 888, partypoker still offer Freerolls and promotons on theire sites. Pokerstars has become so greedy and lazy, they just do the bare minimium nowadays.
GGpoker is way better in my opinion. I don't remember which utility bill I've send it to verify my account, but I think it was a phone bill, they don't accept that? Can't really say for sure, because it was a few years ago. I don't know if also exist in your country, but here we can also ask for bank statement and they send to my address, so, this can also be used to proof my address.
Not a fan of GG Poker mostly because of all the gimmicks that slow the game down but today I noticed something that really makes me not want to play there,
How are they charging an admin? Isn't that what the rake is for?
In this example, they are already raking $378. and have taken another $45. for admin cost WTF
Not sure if this is on all Tourneys or just special events but now I know how they are paying for the big freerolls Jan 1
How are they charging an admin? Isn't that what the rake is for?
In this example, they are already raking $378. and have taken another $45. for admin cost WTF
Not sure if this is on all Tourneys or just special events but now I know how they are paying for the big freerolls Jan 1
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gg is worst
pokerstars is the best
pokerstars is the best
What do people think of GG for cash games, I have been tempted to sign up but not done so yet. Not a fan of the childish graphics, high rake, preflop rake, some of the shenanigans of the ambassadors (e.g. Bryn Kenny and his stable), admin fees, over the top ID requirements etc.... but if the games are soft enough I may be persuaded!
Pokerstars is blown away. greedy bourgeois, nothing for the users. they made some chests where nothing falls normally. I remember the time at pokerstars when it was full of promotions and buns, there were statuses like bronze, gold... Supernova and supernova of the elites, this made rake beck. there were plenty of all-in shot-out tournaments, a ticket to which could be obtained for a simple execution, such as playing 10 hands in a cache. There is nothing on pokerstars right now, the room is just slowly fading away. so they also have this stupid division that, for example, the French and Italians have their own separate rooms from pokerstars. but gg has it all, which is not available on pokerstars. and New Year's promotions, and rakeback, and a bunch of tournaments, and a bunch of players from different countries, and a bet beat jack under. so what can I say that many ambassadors and media personalities left the pokerstars team and moved to the gg
I haven't played on there for long, but I prefer it over Stars - games I play are more aggressive along with lots of 'gamblers' (many Asian players on the site). Bigger player pools (by far).Station_Master said:
Settings can be adjusted to clean up the table. When I first tried playing on there I hated some of the features that would pop up that I didn't know how to control or eliminate. A bit of research has the tables looking as good as or better than everywhere else (I like to keep things fairly plain-looking so that I can easily see the relevant info. when it's my turn to act. I hated when Stars forced the Aurora graphics upon us but they've cleaned it up some since the initial switch (tables looked better before Aurora, one small detail still is unfolded cards were slightly larger, so were our own cards we were playing (I've saved screenshots for comparison)).
Rake:
Tournament rake I believe is lower for micro/low stakes on GG vs. Stars.
I play 'Z00M-style' cash games. I believe GGPoker currently has the lowest rake for that format of all sites. (ie. 25nl pots are capped at $0.75, it's $2.00 at Stars; @ 10nl rake is capped at $0.30 on GG, $1.50 on Stars; @5nl GG capped at $0.15, Stars $1.00)
Net Rake is fairly close though but GG is slightly lower than Stars. @50nl it's about the same. @100nl & above, GG sucks
ID/ verification process was easy enough.
Games are definitely better.
