[uFearMeDntu]

So many badbeats you have there, I have only played on it a few times, Next time I'll be on it is for the Forum Championship, then I think I will stay away.

[onabluff]

I e-mailed pokerstars about there crappy beats and they told me it was because they deal over 10 million hands a day and you see bad beats more often because you play more hands than in brick and mortar.And I can see truth in that I have seen bad beats and donkey playing morons at all the sites I play at and if I quit them because of a few bad beats I couldnt play anywhere

[Graves69]

Originally Posted by onabluff

I have seen bad beats and donkey playing morons at all the sites I play at and if I quit them because of a few bad beats I couldnt play anywhere

Is this 4 real? Oh dear... yet another reason 4 me 2 be really careful where I start 2 put my money in.

[Lytspeed]

Originally Posted by Graves69

Is this 4 real? Oh dear... yet another reason 4 me 2 be really careful where I start 2 put my money in.

There are maniac players on every site, Graves. You just have to be careful and watch the patterns of the other players.

[ad1129]

Funny back at playing on pokerstars. It really has the best software out of any site and the support is soooooooooooooooooooooooo much better than Ipoker/party/bodog all put together! Plus the beats go both ways though they suck so bad when you go out 4th or 3rd in a SnG to a bad beat!!

-ad

[Thinkerbell]

The features on PokerStars that I like are:
--being able to make notes on players. I've used them, and it's great to avoid a table when I see a player there that I've noted in the past "plays anything, raises with nothing, a maniac, avoid at all costs". Or if I've noted in the past that the player is conservative, I know if he's betting big, he's probably got it.

--graphics. I like everybody having their own avatar. I think sites that ony offer a few avatars should have more. Having a table populated by lots of the same avatar is just weird.

--the new re-sizing option. Wow, this is great! I applaud PSs for putting the effort and cash into doing this.

What I don't care for:
--the time bank. Unless a player gets disconnected, I think extra time should be limited. I don't think players should have to make snap decisions all the time, but the generous time bank allowances are abused in some cases.

--sitouts. I know every site has this problem. I just can't believe that a solution couldn't easily be programmed into the system. It seems that once a player has sat out for more than, say, 10 minutes, his chips should go into the next pot. That way, in a tourney, you wouldn't have a full table playing 4 handed.

P.S. Ad1129, what are you doing online at 3 a.m.? Shouldn't you be getting your beauty rest?

[dovla]

you can find an idiot in every level of play.. (no mather how much are the stakes).. sometimes i find better players on micro stakes then on high ones.. but i lost to a idiots... there is no end to bad beats.. but if they happen in a row, that is dangerous (i'm really pissed off, then trying to force some not premium hands, and lose to a weaker ones too)..

but, man.. that is too much.. it happens to me on poker.com (unbelivable how i hate to play there) .. bad beats for all my life..

[zink1]

update:
The more I play the more I like PokerStars!!
I've benn playing there for the last few days and room is running ok!! (I have others that keep failing one time after the other!!)

[dconnerii]

I was playing in a 20/40 no limit room and with about 900.00 I picked up pocket kings in the small blind with 3 people calling the big blind so I raise to 120 and the big blind calls and two others call and one folds the flop comes AKJ rainbow leaving a straight possibility on the board so I lead out for 100 and the big blind calls and the other two fold the turn is a 5 of hearts leaving a possibility of a heart flush draw so I lead out for 300 leaving me about 400 left the big blind moves all in so I call and he shows 4 8 of hearts and guess what comes on the river the last heart he needs and after the hand is done he call me a moron for playing my hand when I flop a set of kings....WTF was he thinking calling my preflop bet with a 4 8 heart and then calling my other huge bets with nothing so that was the last straw I will no longer play on pokerstars ever again

[jscrons24]

Ya, there really isn't a reason to blame a poker site for a bad beat, unless the play seems really shaky. Party Poker is notorious for having low competition a lot of th time. Paradise Poker is a website I have noticed to have a lot of good players. Titan Poker seems to have a lot of bad players as well along with a few good ones here and there. Its good to try out a lot of sites though!!!