I agree with everyone in this thread who's stated
Pokerstars is rigged. For those who've posted about whining, losing hands is a regular thing, online poker is not rigged, etc... that may be true in most instances but
pokerstars is bullshit, plain and simple.
The sheer number of straight draws, flush draws, full houses, AA v KK, and river suckouts is just ridiculously out of proportion when compared with live play or even other online sites.
I've lost count how many times I've been knocked out of a sng or low level tourney by someone holding absolute crap to my 80 - 90 % winner. If you flop a st8 you can bet your ass someone will hit a flush, higher st8, or fullhouse on the river 9 out of 10 times. It's gotten to where if I'm holding 2 pair after the flop I'll dump that hand almost everytime... Why? Because, some idiot will chase his or her hand to the river and of course hit a set, or st8, or flush, or, etc... you get the picture. Someone mentioned earlier how they're able to call, with a degree of certainty, the cards that will fall after viewing the flop at ps. This is a painfully true statement. Play at ps for an extended amount of time, (I've been there about 9 months), you'll quickly be doing the same.
I'm going to post one of the more disgusting suckouts I've had in recent memory. Before anyone mouths off about how I played this wrong, I should have raised more, pushed harder, etc... shaddap and read. The guy to my left had been playing like an absolute donk the entire game. He'd bet 10x bb before flop, go all in before flop, chase with crap, etc... He'd lose half his stack, win some back, get lucky, lose more, push all in, get lucky, etc... just a total asshat. The person seated to his left was playing extremely tight. I don't think I'd seen him or her raise a single hand prior to this one. So, anyhow... I'm dealt Q's, I flat call the BB, idiot does what he does best, raises, mr tight calls as do I. Flop comes, A A Q. Mr tight actually comes out betting, (I'm thinking he/she might, might be holding AA) Again I flat call in hopes idiot will push all in... idiot doesn't disappoint... all in he goes, mr tight follows, all in I go. (mr tight is making me nervous, but really, what are the odds...) Cards are turned, idiot has A crap, mr tight has QJ. All A's up, all Q's up... I'm thinking this one is in the bag, but noooooo. Turn comes, J, river comes, J... idiot wins. I just about throw my monitor out the window.
I've deleted some info, personal preference, "pssux" is not my
pokerstars alias. Sue me.
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PokerStars Game #1##########: Tournament #7#######, $1.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2008/01/## - 18:50:56 (ET)
Table '7###### 3' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: solarius (1710 in chips) Seat 2: Mich113 (1900 in chips) Seat 3: pssux (2055 in chips) Seat 5: aslan_ali (4010 in chips) Seat 6: davestater (1380 in chips) Seat 7: The Pocketer (4770 in chips) Seat 8: goldtoof (1255 in chips) Seat 9: J_WILK_24 (3660 in chips) aslan_ali: posts small blind 25
davestater: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to pssux [Qh Qs]
The Pocketer: calls 50
goldtoof: folds J_WILK_24: folds solarius: folds Mich113: folds pssux: calls 50
aslan_ali: raises 100 to 150
davestater: calls 100
The Pocketer: folds pssux: calls 100
*** FLOP *** [Ac Ah Qc]
aslan_ali: checks davestater: bets 150
pssux: calls 150
aslan_ali: raises 3710 to 3860 and is all-in
davestater: calls 1080 and is all-in
pssux: calls 1755 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [Ac Ah Qc] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [Ac Ah Qc Jc] [Jh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
aslan_ali: shows [5h As] (a full house, Aces full of Jacks)
pssux: shows [Qh Qs] (a full house, Queens full of Aces)
aslan_ali collected 1350 from side pot
davestater: shows [Js Qd] (a full house, Jacks full of Aces)
aslan_ali collected 4190 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5540 Main pot 4190. Side pot 1350. | Rake 0 Board [Ac Ah Qc Jc Jh]
Seat 1: solarius folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Mich113 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: pssux (button) showed [Qh Qs] and lost with a full house, Queens full of Aces
Seat 5: aslan_ali (small blind) showed [5h As] and won (5540) with a full house, Aces full of Jacks
Seat 6: davestater (big blind) showed [Js Qd] and lost with a full house, Jacks full of Aces
Seat 7: The Pocketer folded before Flop
Seat 8: goldtoof folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: J_WILK_24 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
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Of course, I"ve never played in the higher level games, except the $4.40 / 180 sitngo, but that wasn't very often. I will never deposit money at
pokerstars again.
Disgusting, yes? Mind you, this is just one of many, many, MANY suckouts to have killed me at ps. I could post more yet, what's the point... you either play at ps and have come to the conclusion the site is f'ing rigged or you don't, nothing I say here will change anything. I felt like venting, I googled "pokerstars is rigged" and found this thread, I posted, now I'm going back to playing fulltilt, carbon, or
bodog. Good luck to everyone.
Pokerstars Sucks!