Thread: PokerStars

anyone have any bad experiences with them? I have had a few questionable things happen to me, like win 200$ one day just to lose 300$ the next.


Place in the money in 20 sit n go's one day and never place in the money in 25 the next day...:confused:

Im not saying anything aloud but i don't think thats normal.

Never tried it before. Sorry to hear that you lost all that money.

Better luck next time!

Originally Posted by Scarface1429

Never tried it before. Sorry to hear that you lost all that money.

Better luck next time!

I play every now and then. Only use some spare cash I find laying around.

I've never tried it either. Maybe you should try EuroPoker.com - I hear they're quite reputable.

I have played alot of online poker over the last 3 years for real money and freebies. Pokerstars is actually rated one of the highest poker sites there is online but to be honest with you the payouts suck. I don't really think they are rigged but I have never won much from them so its possible.

I would never go for a huge amount, but I have experience of loosing half of my amount from $300. So I never go for betting as these games are rigged.

the most i have lost is upto $ 490 ... that too recently ...
now i fear to play

Originally Posted by KillaFawk

anyone have any bad experiences with them? I have had a few questionable things happen to me, like win 200$ one day just to lose 300$ the next.


Place in the money in 20 sit n go's one day and never place in the money in 25 the next day...:confused:

Im not saying anything aloud but i don't think thats normal.

From my personnal experience, I'll tell you what I noticed : pokerstars is streaky.

Just like you said. Either you are on a winning streak or you are on a losing streak. Where you get to win a little money is in beetween I guess.

It happens to me too often :
I win a lot of games in a row, winning something like 5, to lose 1, to win 8, to lose 2, to win 5 etc. Then, the next 2 days, it's nothing but cold deck situations, bad beats, losing all coin flip situations, getting outdraw, etc.

Losing 5 winning 1, losing 3 winning 1, losing 4 winning 1, so there goes the profit I though I made.

I don't think it's rigged in the sense that it targets me personnaly, but I do question their randomness algorithm because why the hell it's that streaky ? The nicest thing for them is you will never be able to prove that's it's wrong because it's suppose to be random and you can't prove randomness. 0.0000001% still exists so you might get into that situation sometime, even 2 times in a row!

I don't play cash games, I play sit n goes and HU matches and you seem to talk about sit n goes.

That's why a lot of people are pissed because when they have this unbelivalbe hot streak, they cash out, only to get into a unbelivable losing streak just to reload back their profit. We all know bad beats will happen, but it seems they ALL happen so close to one another, a lot of times in a row.

Do I suck at poker ? No, I don't think so because I made 300+ playing online poker. Just remember what I said and try to notice how streaky it is.

One last piece of advice : if you ever start a session or a game and you played fairly well only to lose because of a bad beat : QUIT FOR THE DAY. Because you will get bad beats all day. Your first game should be an indicator of how your next games will bet : if everything seems fine, then all will be fine. If you notice something odd, stop playing for the day or at least a couple of hours.

Originally Posted by Quilana

I've never tried it either. Maybe you should try EuroPoker.com - I hear they're quite reputable.

Even i have not tried anything before. But as far as i collected some information, europoker has been recommended and i have noticed it in some articles.