Originally posted by akrammon
Hey everyone
I can't damned tell you how great al these responses made me feel. Thanks for the caring, guys
blablaAbout changing room...
I've considered it. I could try hunting down a bonus, and well, villains are hardest on stars after all so I might even enjoy that (going broke with TT pre as std from 50bbs ;D, god bless ongame). But there are a few things to be considered.
A) I'm likely not going to be able to roll out a full bonus with my volumes and traffic issues as well. And I probably don't want to waste some extremely good room like WH on this so that's why I'm thinking ongame.
B) Ongame has supers. That means smaller edge, smaller roi, bigger swings (not necessarily smaller winings tho - supers -> more games/hr -> more $/hr).Someone told me that ipoker blind structure was faster than ongame's. I don't remember who it was but I'd like him to report here asap as I want some explanation. I don't see any antes on ipoker which makes it kinda slowmo ♦
Anyway, these are the two networks I'd consider. Oh, one more thing: my pc can't (couldn't) handle ongame properly, so that's a con. Dydukas told me they went through some major overhauls though, but if I still can't get it to 9table properly then I'm not even considering ongame. Will have to check it.
Well, ipoker has lots of fishes. I'm thinking ipoker.
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Seeyou soon
I think that was me about the blind structure, clearly wasn't thinking straight since the blinds increase every 3 minutes at ongame
My PC can't handle 10 tables properly, with a three year old laptop so dunno about your setup.But please do choose iPoker, don't need more regs at ongame
Originally posted by akrammon
Testing ipoker waters nowTested.
I didn't believe it was possible for a room to be this ugly and for a software to be this unpractical. I misraised to 1000 on t40 blind level with 22 ♦ There is no proper voice warning that you're up, there is no proper bet slider or buttons, I couldnt find preferred seat or a different skin for the tables. Volume wasnt good (had to mix 6max) but its not a disaster as I def couldnt play more than 6 tables atm. Can barely stomach the software.
Anyway, kinda had to play a little to achieve 2nd vip level for october. +6% rb from the fdb this way.
I also didn't believe it was possible for fishes to be worse then on ongame ♦ lol, rofl, omg, zomfg, and all you can imagine, this was spectacular! And more than that, EVERYONE I saw seemed to be a fish. Multitablers were ridiculous, making spazzy calls on the bubble etc. Just multitabling fishes, really, didn't see any regs (doesnt mean there are none, but ratio is def v good).
So, ended with a $150 minus, which sucks but not much to do about it.
And yep it was pretty turbo but less turbo than ongame. Meh. Will see how it goes in the coming days, feeling really positive about my chances here.
Seeya guys sometime soon, and wish me luck to grind myself through these fishes and this ugly crap they dare call a "software".
and wtf is the internet explorer opened within the software constantly bugging me with error messages? lol this seriously is ridiculous, I don't think these guys are in the 21st century.
(also, support tried to give me $1k bonus first. lol. gave me the $2k when I told them to tho, without a word, however in today's world of poker I cant help to think that it was intentional. Also "John" was very far from friendly. lol it was like it's a fucking favor from him that he enables my bonus and I should be grateful that I'm planning on raking $2k+ in that misarable room)
Originally posted by akrammon
I also didn't believe it was possible for fishes to be worse then on ongame ♦ lol, rofl, omg, zomfg, and all you can imagine, this was spectacular! And more than that, EVERYONE I saw seemed to be a fish. Multitablers were ridiculous, making spazzy calls on the bubble etc. Just multitabling fishes, really, didn't see any regs (doesnt mean there are none, but ratio is def v good).
Told you ♠_grin:
That is the only but biggest reason to play on ipoker. it's like the unicorns: you don't belive it until you see it...(except ipoker DOES exists)
so, GL, and congrats for your nomination:) cheers
fucking piece of shit betfred froze on me in the middle of my session. actually, towards the end, and its their fucking luck that I've only had 2 tables still running cos I'm very very angry now and at least I didn't tilt on my tables... (as they were already over... or me sitting with 1-2bbs).
fucking unbelievable.
fishes are still awesome tho.
Does those ipoker rooms have any major differences? How about traffic from 20$ or 30$ and upward?
Originally posted by akrammon
Originally posted by Poseidon28
Romulian
ááá, én is tavaly jártam, de csak első félévbe...(mert nem sikerült a jövőmet elképzelni egy matek diplomával a kezemben)
mongyuk én abba a kezdő csoportba jártam, vagy mi volt a neve
nem a haladó vagy pro-ba
gondolom te valamelyik erősebbe...
gólyatáborba voltál?haladó voltam.
voltam, narancs. Ákos vagyok. hát te? ♦
(Citrom)Sárga CSanád:D
de elég szar csapat volt ez a sárga:(, egy két jó kis "gyp"-s csaj kivételével ...
Originally posted by ghaleon
Does those ipoker rooms have any major differences? How about traffic from 20$ or 30$ and upward?
Software speed is the same, I think they only differ in skins (and promotions).
Players are the most horrible I've ever seen. (tried Stars, Tilt, Ongame, and now Ipoker)
Traffic is.. Well, you can't play only FR. I'm playing 6max mixed with FR, $30 and $20, occasionally filled up with $10. (all turbos)
Traffic isn't great but my guess is that it's much better on evenings/nights. Only played yesterday evening tho, not playing now to avoid tilt.
My friend V1kt0r says that the $50s have better traffic than the $30s for some weird reason. He has better experience there so you can either ask him or wait for me to get some more sample
Originally posted by Poseidon28
Originally posted by akrammon
Originally posted by Poseidon28
Romulian
ááá, én is tavaly jártam, de csak első félévbe...(mert nem sikerült a jövőmet elképzelni egy matek diplomával a kezemben)
mongyuk én abba a kezdő csoportba jártam, vagy mi volt a neve
nem a haladó vagy pro-ba
gondolom te valamelyik erősebbe...
gólyatáborba voltál?haladó voltam.
voltam, narancs. Ákos vagyok. hát te? ♦(Citrom)Sárga CSanád:D
de elég szar csapat volt ez a sárga:(, egy két jó kis "gyp"-s csaj kivételével ...
sajnálattal hallom, a mienk nagyon jó volt egy részünk még mindig összetart
One thing to add generally, thing that you usually don't consider: dealing speed is significantly and by far the fastest on Stars, whether you are talking the amount of time passed between hands or the amount of time passed between board cards.
Can't compare Ongame to iPoker tho. Been a hell of a long time when I played on bwin.
Originally posted by akrammonMy friend V1kt0r says that the $50s have better traffic than the $30s for some weird reason. He has better experience there so you can either ask him or wait for me to get some more sample
Well, they used to have better traffic, I haven't played $50s since June...
oh, and BTW that post was in the PKR times, on iPoker I didn't play any 20-30s:)
Originally posted by V1kt0r
Originally posted by akrammonMy friend V1kt0r says that the $50s have better traffic than the $30s for some weird reason. He has better experience there so you can either ask him or wait for me to get some more sample
Well, they used to have better traffic, I haven't played $50s since June...
oh, and BTW that post was in the PKR times, on iPoker I didn't play any 20-30s:)whooops, my bad.
Anyway, as long as you can mix 6max/FR (or play only 6max) and mix limits you shouldn't have any problems. If you even mix dons (I advise against it) you might not need to mix more than 2 limits even on 30+.
Crushed some today. iPoker is one of the best sources of laugh if you can avoid being results oriented ♦
I'm a bit above breakeven without the rb. Yaaay. And today I've finally run a frakkin' ~$215
my EV-line. Well. Isn't that nice. Still around $20 below it for ipoker but wtf ♦
oh yea and part of the "lucky" run today is not so lucky, I mean I run into coolers sooooo frakin many times today that looking at my EV line hurts a bit but it doesn't really matter on these short runs. Opponenets suck and that's all what matters.
I kinda like the idea of 6max being sooo much about chip accumulation (winner gets 70% on iPoker), and it really is good to be shoving and calling a little bit wider It just sucks that HU is very variance-heavy and 40% of the pricepool (~2.4BI) depends on it. But imo I have an edge on these guys, so whatevs
here's the graph for the first 3 days, nothing big but hey it'll get better with these types of players. Actually for the first time in months I'm not double questioning whether I'm a winning player on my limit or not. I'm a hundred fuckin percent sure that I'm winning in these waters... yee I talked about some graph in the beginning of the prev sentence or sth like that...
118 games, 12.1 hours, $19 winnings, $42 EV winnings, ~$20 avg BI (wanna increase that a bit). $70 bonus cleared.
I know I've stopped setting goals and wrapping up monthly. That's cos I'm much more thinking in sets of 500 games. However, I will post some graphs about my sets in the future I think. Probably will even set my goals around. My current one is to play at least 125 STTs a week and rake at least $250 a week, preferably both figures should be a bit higher.
Cheers,
akrammon
I used to play on betfred.If I'm not wrong the bonus equals 40% of rakeback(10 dollar chops).I remember it was a very good one.Plus you get a weeky 1k freeroll(ok,I guess thats not big a point since pokerstars offers 1k and 500$ few times a day) and 250$ daily one.I didn't play much on hem though.Btw,are there still jackpot SnG's?Betfred had 22,5$(high rake,but they are really soft) jackpot SnG's with 50:30:20 pay out structure which is great if you are unsure about your 6max ranges.They are non-turbos,but the starting stack was 1k,instead of 1,5k and there was a ton of spewy fishes playing them.Fair traffic as well,since the jackpot attracts recreational players big time.I think its a good thing to consider during the daily hours when traffic is poor.
Originally posted by kurrkabin
I used to play on betfred.If I'm not wrong the bonus equals 40% of rakeback(10 dollar chops).I remember it was a very good one.Plus you get a weeky 1k freeroll(ok,I guess thats not big a point since pokerstars offers 1k and 500$ few times a day) and 250$ daily one.I didn't play much on hem though.Btw,are there still jackpot SnG's?Betfred had 22,5$(high rake,but they are really soft) jackpot SnG's with 50:30:20 pay out structure which is great if you are unsure about your 6max ranges.They are non-turbos,but the starting stack was 1k,instead of 1,5k and there was a ton of spewy fishes playing them.Fair traffic as well,since the jackpot attracts recreational players big time.I think its a good thing to consider during the daily hours when traffic is poor.
Hm, I didn't check them jackpots, just saw them in the filters - which are by the way (the filters) one of the dumbest crap I've ever seen but whatevs ♦.
Bonus depends on your VIP level. entry level is 30%. ATM I've got 36% which will stay like this for october, and gonna have at least 50% from then on if everything goes as planned.
I'm running into some better hands, I tell you, all the fuckin' time they have a better hand. Villains have Ax in every HU hand. Unbelievable.
But I was getting super lucky with the boards so I'm not complaining or anything Even made some profit today Which is also nice. Today I found some grinders - I'd rather call them grinders than to use the R word - so tables were tougher but still very far from tough. Just had to stand down from autoshoving atc bvb
Anyway, I played 130-some SnGs and raked exactly $250 so weekly goal is done. I might get to play a bit more tomorrow, I'm not sure yet (week meaning the 7 day period from friday to thursday).
That's pretty much my goal for the coming weeks - well, seven day periods, fri to thru. Playing at least 125 sngs, raking at least $250. It's gonna be tough but I'll be able to do it I think.