Is pokerstars known for this bad-faith practice

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fundiver199 said:
What is a little annoying though is the fact, that with the current software once you get moved to another table, your position in the tournament and remaining players is no longer shown. Like "138 out of 375". There is a simple fix for that though. Open the tournament lobby, close your table (ignore the warning your hands will be folded) and then click "take your seat" in the tournament lobby to open up the table again. But come on Pokerstars. How difficult can it be to fix this bug? You are after all the largest poker site in the world 🙂
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Are they still the largest? What about GGPoker? Spring Series 150 million guaranteed as compared to SCOOP 100 million. Pokerstars dominance is over, largely due to their arrogance. Just saying...
 
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andrei111 said:
How could it happen that, after entering tournament at pokerstars app and having played two plays, with the second being winning, at one 6-player table, I was moved to another 6-player table, at which all subsequent hands but one were so weak I was out-of-luck completely, till all chips gone.
Is this automatic reshuffling done at will of pokerstars algorithms or is pokerstars staff known for doing such things on purpose?
Even though I played free chips, I consider it a pretty big deal, for if the system is set to cheat for nothing, I wonder how much an extent of cheating expands when there are real stakes in real money or people of pokerstars are involved?!
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the only cheats on poker stars are the players
 
MorMeg said:
Are they still the largest? What about GGPoker? Spring Series 150 million guaranteed as compared to SCOOP 100 million. Pokerstars dominance is over, largely due to their arrogance. Just saying...
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Its difficult to say, which site is "largest", because there are many different ways to measure it. Cash game volume is still 33% higher on PokerStars, which is another very relevant measure. As for "arrogance" I think, GG Poker is many times worse than PokerStars. Hiring Dan Bilzerian as ambassador is possibly the most arrogant move, I have ever seen a poker site make. In top of that the TOS of GG Poker are absolutely ridiculous, which I have written about several times before, so no point in repeating it.

At the end of the day, if people are happy playing on GG Poker, I have absolutely no problem with that. Personally I dont have the choise, since GG Poker have not yet managed to aquire a license here in Sweden, so their services are not offered to us at the moment. Which for me is also a sign of lack of seriousness. Way smaller sites like 888 Poker and PartyPoker have a license in Sweden but not GG Poker. Thats not how you become a new industry leader in my opinion 🙂
 
"Selective memory"
Our mind is in the habit of remembering things that bother us, but we don't remember when it is the other way around, in fact we don't even notice when it happens the other way around. Does anyone here know how to tell me how many times someone with fewer stacks arrives at our table?
This seems to me just another opportunity to cry our hurts. LOL
 
This room has always been fair to its players, it is the largest room in terms of the number of players, it has never been seen cheating, it is number 1 in the world.
 
This is normal at all sites. If there is late registration and more people join then new tables need to be created and players have to come from somewhere. Same as people bust and they consolidate tables. It happens live as well.
 
This is online poker and poker in fact. Nobody can win every hand. That is not posible in any sport. And the best sometimes will lose.
 
Online poker requires endless patience, if you are already suspicious of typical transfers and a series of bad cards, then during the brutal bad beats you will be very difficult.
 
andrei111 said:
How could it happen that, after entering tournament at pokerstars app and having played two plays, with the second being winning, at one 6-player table, I was moved to another 6-player table, at which all subsequent hands but one were so weak I was out-of-luck completely, till all chips gone.
Is this automatic reshuffling done at will of pokerstars algorithms or is pokerstars staff known for doing such things on purpose?
Even though I played free chips, I consider it a pretty big deal, for if the system is set to cheat for nothing, I wonder how much an extent of cheating expands when there are real stakes in real money or people of pokerstars are involved?!
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I am not well remembered but there is a table switching rule even on live. There have been countless times that I have been short stacked and have changed 3 times in a row ...
Live once in a $ 30 K gtd $ 450 buyin rebuy and addon tournament, I did a lot of chips at the beginning of the tournament which made me the big stack at the table, I was taking advantage of that until they changed tables and I fell. But don't worry about it I assure you that it is not a relevant factor for its elimination. I wish you better results
 
i only play pokerstars! and I don't think there is any kind of cheating or anything like that, just when you get into a bad situation you think it is the site that is handling the cards but that's not it!
 
This time I think pokerstars is innocent because thousands of players get moved to balance the tables.So I dont think its a personal vendetta
 
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