My MIL thinks Pokerstars is rigged, but not 888

puzzlefish · Jan 25, 2019

canabero said:
i have been suckedout many times in 888, this week i couldn't reach ITM losing ridiculous hands. 888 is not different than any poker room.

It's different, but has the same characteristics. Just remember, you can either believe it is all variance or you can believe that it is all deliberate. If it is deliberate, then it may or may not be possible to predict wins and losses to some degree. It's up to you to choose your stance and decide what to do about it.

Joe1 · Jan 25, 2019

I think of all the online vendors .I 0 games since I'm 18 at PokerStars, and all the other vendors I've also tested ... it is best to just live games because you see everything at least! and that is the most important that you do not feel ripped off !!! I also feel that working with superusers, and bots otherwise I can not imagine ...

TheRealPage · Jan 25, 2019

iMO, there's nothing to do there. A friend of mine was saying the same thing with live games... He was saying that some dealers were able to rig the game the way the were shuffling the cards.

Or you can play 888 and show her how you get rig there anyway?

A thing for sure, PS has more active players online then 888, so there's more bingo players on PS then 888.. for now.. that can change at anytime.. I heard that PP is on a mission to take over the market..

Just let her "forget" about it and play her favorite site... she'll know by herself a citation of Tony G : It's Poker Phil!

In the mean time, enjoy playing live with her!

-TRP-

Yanko57 · Jan 25, 2019

Well, big news! I found out that her strength on 888 was NOT what she was playing on Stars.

She was playing STT on 888 and Fifty50 on Stars. The first STT she tried in over a year on Stars, she finished in second place. And the one she played one year ago, she finished.... 1st!

Big step towards "Pokerstars is not rigged after all"

8bod8 · Jan 25, 2019

Yanko57 said:
I'd be following that too and become rich...

And I would thank my mother-in-law for making me start this thread!

999999 out of 1000000, it's the mother-in-law, not the poker site that is doing questionable things.

MetaDon7577 · Jan 25, 2019

On 888 weak field (my opinion)
I think she needs to change the style of the game in this tournament at PokerStars.

canabero · Jan 25, 2019

TheRealPage said:
A thing for sure, PS has more active players online then 888, so there's more bingo players on PS then 888.. for now.. that can change at anytime.. I heard that PP is on a mission to take over the market..

ACR has less traffic but has more maniac players than Pokerstars. does anyone have played Omaha at micro tables at ACR?

RutgersOneTime · Jan 26, 2019

just smile and nod lol. No point in wasting your breath, eventually she'll probably figure it out.

8bod8 · Jan 27, 2019

RutgersOneTime said:
just smile and nod lol. No point in wasting your breath, eventually she'll probably figure it out.

You are asuming the goal fo OP is the offspring of the mother-in-law, not the mother-in-law herself

orchidra · Jan 27, 2019

Yanko57 said:
First of all, this is not an affirmation I would say myself. My mother-in-law is saying it. Constantly.

I try so hard to convince her that all sites have the same laws, the same rules to follow, she just stays stubborn as hell. Pokerstars is against her...

She doesn't realize that she makes money 888 exclusively by playing the freerolls and that's why her account never goes to 0$. Sometimes she wins a 1$ S&G (9 players) on 888 PROVING me that she couldn't do that on Pokerstars so it's rigged.

Tell me what should I do...

Sorry, I cannot be of much help with your problem. But I can give you some sound advice. Do not argue with your Mother-in-Law. It is best to always agree.

mistershrimpy · Jan 28, 2019

Why do something in this situation? Let her think as she pleases. Let the person be pleased that he has guessed the plot. You know that it is not.

Yanko57 · Jan 30, 2019

mistershrimpy said:
Why do something in this situation? Let her think as she pleases. Let the person be pleased that he has guessed the plot. You know that it is not.

That would have been good if I wasn't paying against her in Pokerstars... No friends in poker. Not even mother-in-law or girlfriend

cleancerene · Feb 10, 2019

Yanko57 said:
First of all, this is not an affirmation I would say myself. My mother-in-law is saying it. Constantly.

I try so hard to convince her that all sites have the same laws, the same rules to follow, she just stays stubborn as hell. Pokerstars is against her...

She doesn't realize that she makes money 888 exclusively by playing the freerolls and that's why her account never goes to 0$. Sometimes she wins a 1$ S&G (9 players) on 888 PROVING me that she couldn't do that on Pokerstars so it's rigged.

Tell me what should I do...

I sometimes feel the same as your mother inlaw but am a fairly new player.

Kaski54 · Feb 12, 2019

In my opinion, based on thousands of hands:
Each allin you bet gives You a little bigger probability to get decent hand next time. It also improves slightly the probability to get flop, turn or river more suted to Your hand.
You are not playing allin next hand, the probability decreases.
The key word here is ‘probability’.
Fine tuning probability cant be proved.
So play it!
Try to use it to your favour!
Be carefull however, its only probability...

terryk · Feb 12, 2019

Kaski54 said:
In my opinion, based on thousands of hands:
Each allin you bet gives You a little bigger probability to get decent hand next time. It also improves slightly the probability to get flop, turn or river more suted to Your hand.
You are not playing allin next hand, the probability decreases.
The key word here is ‘probability’.
Fine tuning probability cant be proved.
So play it!
Try to use it to your favour!
Be carefull however, its only probability...

Thinking this way,,,you "probably" will lose all your $$$.

Bluffzone68 · Feb 12, 2019

Pokerstars

My experience of pokerstars cash games or tournaments is horrible as was with FullTilt poker
I had A5 os all in against a 10 10 pair
Flop A57 turn 5 river 10
Such things happen a lot of times
Thank you

Kaski54 · Feb 12, 2019

LOL
Just go to play money and do it!

Cloxy · Feb 12, 2019

My father thinks the same ))

tweedy_1313 · Feb 12, 2019

Agreed [emoji23]. Pokerstars I find is a tougher field of player's with much more experience. Rigged or not it feels harder to run as deep as you would on other sites.

Shep15jon · Feb 13, 2019

Odds

We all have to accept that poker sometimes is a horrid game that kicks us when we’re down with some wild runner runner cards, or outlandish flops. Always hard to take when you get beaten by a far worse hand. That’s where online poker and live poker differ, you rarely get players taking that chance in live poker. But there are lots of bingo players online that we’ve all been the victim of!

Yanko57 · Feb 14, 2019

Shep15jon said:
We all have to accept that poker sometimes is a horrid game that kicks us when we’re down with some wild runner runner cards, or outlandish flops. Always hard to take when you get beaten by a far worse hand. That’s where online poker and live poker differ, you rarely get players taking that chance in live poker. But there are lots of bingo players online that we’ve all been the victim of!

1) Anonymus
2) We take the time to travel to Casino so we don't want to be packing after 5 minutes

I totally agree with you!

YungWan · Feb 16, 2019

Can't speak about the poker side of 888 but the casino seems very unfair.

I had some casino freeplay, so I bet on red in roulette, lost 7 times in a row, each time doubling my bet, so for my last try I bet on black and this time it lands on red.

So in the end I lost 8 coin flips in a row, which is like 1% chance of ever happening in real life. I just stay away from their casino from now on.

abyk · Feb 16, 2019

I feel like on 888, there is always an Ace on the river lol... or is it just me?

puzzlefish · Feb 16, 2019

Nope. Just you. [emoji14]

Dairenji · May 19, 2019

Tell her to provide some evidence.

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