I always had suspicious about
pokerstars, but I always though it was just bad luck.
That was until I began a small $2 buy-in tournament for fun. First had I get
. I raise 10 times the big blind. With everone folded, the small blind goes all-in. My hand wasn't terrible, so I call him. He had
, and I was curious as to why he went all-in.
Flop comes out
, then
on the turn. Good so far- then finally, the river comes
. I called it simply bad luck since he did have about a 30% chance of winning pre-flop.
Then I decided to play a simple $1 SNG since the tournament was cut short. First hand preflop I get pocket rockets. I raise again 10 times the big blind, and another fellow goes all in. Calling, I find he has AK off. With a huge advantage this time, he flops a king. Still in good shape after the turn, the river is shown as another king, busting me again. I began to get suspicious as to my similar betting pattern and simultaenous river beats. That being said, I search for the first guy playing in the first tournament who creamed my big slick with Q9.
Watching multiple hands, things seem normal - that is until someone goes all in. First hand I observed, a guy under the gun raises a significant amount pre-flop with pocket jacks. Folding around the table, a short stacked fellow on the button moves all-in with pocket 10's. The same guy who beat me the first round (I'll call him Donk) on the small blind goes all in with 67 suited. The guy with JJ calls. The flop comes
, flopping a straight for Donk. Turn is useless for all players, and the river comes a 10.
Ok, maybe tha'ts good luck.
Game continues normally , and another short stack moves all in with
. Donk calls 40% of his chips with
. Now this gives the shortstack a huge advantage. Flop comes out with two clubs. The turn comes out a club, and the river comes out another club, giving Donk a flush.
Then I knew something suspicious was going on, but I continued watching.
Finally, game not even progresses a round, and someone before Donk goes all in with pocket sevens. Donk had to call with 60% of his chips, but he also goes all in to have other people fold. His plan worked, only to show his 35 of clubs. I was laughin when the flop comes
, when suddenly the turn shows a
giving donk another straight. River doesn't help the other guy.
Now of course you may say the worse hand still has a percentage win against better hands, but in truth to catch something big simultaneous times moving all-in is highly suspicious. Something is defintiely up with
Pokerstars, and I'm trying to find out it's pattern of having players inject more and more money.