Pokerstars Home games thread (for Covid19 distraction)

compuease

Everyone prepare to get excited. We have a rookie onliner joining up for tomorrow nights game. Might even be good enough to get folded and bfillmaff back..

thisORthat

compuease;c-419254 wrote
thisORthat;c-419253 wroteWhiner (Winner) take all - no chops or deals? Called Scrooged or Santa's Stocking Fund ?
That takes the poker out of it and turns it into an all in fest... Not happening. Not even the Merry Xmas Madness did that.

Anybody that's played against me knows I'm a guppy. Can somebody well versed in the nuances of poker please explain how making a tournament winner-take-all would cause players to make their predominant play/move "all-in" ?

My reasoning is that it'd force the game to play out heads up. Which essential is what poker is because very few pots go to show down multiway. That, and I'm intemperate rapacious shellfish. Hence, calling it Scrooged !!!

MrCaspan

It's just my opinion but I always think it's up to the people who are winning the game to decide if they want to quit that game or continue that game. If you don't want to make a deal then you don't have to It's completely up to you. poker tournaments are extremely volatile and variant plays a huge deal of that. I know I talked to someone else before that maybe you win about 4% of the tournaments that you go in. And by win I mean you get to the cash. So by making a tournament winner take all it can really screw with that feeling of winning. It almost makes it not worth it to play. Who want to play a game where they win less than 1% of the time it's makes all the effort you put into something just feel wasted. And at that point in time it's an all-in fest because you're either going to win it or you're going to lose it so might as well not waste 5 hours just to lose it heads up to some idiot that shoves 73o to your KK and then lucks out.

Toronto Pimp

compuease;c-419259 wroteEveryone prepare to get excited. We have a rookie onliner joining up for tomorrow nights game. Might even be good enough to get folded and bfillmaff back..

He sounds like a real Ding Dong !

DataMn

MrCaspan;c-419261 wroteI know I talked to someone else before that maybe you win about 4% of the tournaments that you go in. And by win I mean you get to the cash.

Not to get too far into this, but most tournaments pay down to 10-15% of the field. So if you (or whomever you were speaking with) are only cashing in 4% of them, it is way below expectation.

MrCaspan

sorry that should have been 14%

Edit i think it was with Mark and we thought that still might be high

compuease

Toronto Pimp;c-419262 wrote
compuease;c-419259 wroteEveryone prepare to get excited. We have a rookie onliner joining up for tomorrow nights game. Might even be good enough to get folded and bfillmaff back..
He sounds like a real Ding Dong !

Both of them are.... :wink:

DrTyore

MrCaspan;c-419261 wroteWho want to play a game where they win less than 1% of the time

Sir, I refer you to any and all lotteries.

Mark

MrCaspan

DrTyore;c-419269 wrote
Sir, I refer you to any and all lottery
Mark

But they are not going to waste 5 hours to play the lottery each day..

Toronto Pimp

Does anybody use pokerstars on an iPad ?

The gosh darn thing was downloaded yesterday and worked. Today it just says connecting....... and never connects.

torontotablecpt

Having proba right now too on Apple iPhone x

Toronto Pimp

torontotablecpt;c-419272 wroteHaving proba right now too on Apple iPhone x

Ok..... I just downloaded it on the home computer too.... same shit. Connecting for ever.

torontotablecpt

https://downdetector.com/status/pokerstars/map/

thisORthat

Seems to be a known network issue. Hopefully servers rebooted back to normal by the time tonight's game starts.

https://twitter.com/StarsSupport/status/1334966610948452354

torontotablecpt

Site still down. Do you have the 20k play money just in case @TorontoPimp ?

Toronto Pimp

torontotablecpt;c-419276 wroteSite still down. Do you have the 20k play money just in case @TorontoPimp ?

Yes sir.

folded

Okay I will play. Where is this game!

Toronto Pimp

folded;c-419278 wroteOkay I will play. Where is this game!

If the pokerstars site starts working again I will be playing also. 7;30 game

compuease

So how about if we move the game to Andrews place? Looks good there.

Toronto Pimp

compuease;c-419280 wroteSo how about if we move the game to Andrews place? Looks good there.

Weeee bit of a drive.

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