Pokerstars Mobile-Real Money??

Colin408

Just wondering if you can play for real money on the pokerstars iPhone app?? I thought I read somewhere that it was play money only but It appears you can play for real as well..Not sure if I downloaded a scam app or if it's the real deal?? I entered my wrong passwords/pins on purpose and it wouldn't let me login, I always do this to make sure it's the real thing..

Just wondering if anyone can confirm that you can play for real money on the app..

wildbill7145

http://www.pokerforum.ca/f8/pokerstars-mobile-now-available-app-store-28954/

Here's more info.

Colin408

Thanks Bill! I had no clue until today that it works for real money as well..That could get expensive Ahah

Monoxide

Its such a nice app, had it for maybe 6 months now, I usually play .25/.50 PLO zoom as i wait for my name to be called at live pokers.

Works just as well as their pc pokerstars client, minus the ability to 12 table lol. I usually just stick to 1 or 2 tables on the app, i think you can do at least 4 though.

The_Game

I been playing on poker stars through my iPad, it's great app, and it's real. I sometime connect my iPad to my iPhone to use my cell data and play while I am outside (ex waiting at falls, work)

I am gold star in just 5 days. Going for platinum, I play 2-4 or 3-6 limit, so lot more hands.

BlondeFish

The school has suggested that I buy any iPad for my kid. Since I plan to steal it from her when she's not using it for school, >:D which is better for poker apps such as PartyPoker and PokerStars - iPad Air or iPad Mini with Retina Display? Is the $100 price difference mainly because of the 9.7" vs. 7.9" display?

The_Game wrote: »

I been playing on poker stars through my iPad, it's great app, and it's real. I sometime connect my iPad to my iPhone to use my cell data and play while I am outside (ex waiting at falls, work)

trigs

BlondeFish wrote: »

The school has suggested that I buy any iPad for my kid. Since I plan to steal it from her when she's not using it for school, >:D which is better for poker apps such as PartyPoker and PokerStars - iPad Air or iPad Mini with Retina Display? Is the $100 price difference mainly because of the 9.7" vs. 7.9" display?

android anything.

Bfillmaff

Just a thought to consider - (at the risk of starting a tablet debate)

The newest (8.1) windows tablets are fantastic. I can multi table with the full PS client - and even run PT4 for a full HUD - all directly from my tablet. I can also snap a keyboard onto it for a full pc experience, for literally the best of both worlds, cause i can run android apps on it too!

Bfillmaff

BF - to answer your original question though, both are almost identical in terms of usability, really just comes down to screen size - i would hit a best buy and play around a bit with both, and just go with whats more comfortable - some people prefer the smaller size in which case the $100 savings is icing on the cake.

BlondeFish

I personally prefer a laptop, or Android over Apple, but the school uses iPads so I have to join the Apple lemmings. Instead of going to Fallsview tonight, we went to an Apple store and looked at the iPad 2 for $399.

But for only $20 more, I can get iPad Mini with Retina Display and Siri. For "only" $100 more, I get 1.8" bigger screen with the iPad Air. For only $130 more, I can get cellular for $5+/month so I can steal my kid's Air and play online poker anywhere. I can double the 16GB storage to 32GB for only $100 more.
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I can double the storage to 128GB for only $100 more to $949. I hate touching compared to typing so I want to get the ZAGGkeys Folio with Backlit Keyboard for $99 more. So I thought an iPad would cost me only $400, but it will be > $1,000! :-\

trigs wrote: »

android anything.

Bfillmaff wrote: »

The newest (8.1) windows tablets are fantastic.

Colin408

BlondeFish wrote: »

I personally prefer a laptop, or Android over Apple, but the school uses iPads so I have to join the Apple lemmings. Instead of going to Fallsview tonight, we went to an Apple store and looked at the iPad 2 for $399.

But for only $20 more, I can get iPad Mini with Retina Display and Siri. For "only" $100 more, I get 1.8" bigger screen with the iPad Air. For only $130 more, I can get cellular so I can steal my kid's Air and play online poker anywhere. I can double the 16GB storage to 32GB for only $100 more.
:
I can double the storage to 128GB for only $100 more to $949. I hate touching compared to typing so I want to get the ZAGGkeys Folio with Backlit Keyboard for $99 more. So I thought an iPad would cost me only $400, but it will be over $1,000! :-\

Lmfao "for only $1000".... To be honest I would recommend the iPad mini with retina, I have one myself and it is great to use for pokerstars.

I use to be a huge android > apple person but lately I have been going with the apple products. I recently got the mini with retina and just picked up an iphone 5s as well.

GTA Poker

1k for a tablet with far less capabilities than a $400 laptop?

BlondeFish

Agreed, I can buy a Acer 15.6" Intel 4GB notebook for only $175 that is better than a $1,000 iPad Air 9.7". Unfortunately, the school has chosen to go with iPads and recommended that I buy an iPad for my child, so I'll get to have an expensive toy to play with after school. The school will give up me a list of 40 apps to buy, and I have already purchased the Notability app.

Here's what I'm planning to buy:
- $849 iPad Air 64GB with Cellular
- Bell's 4G LTE Nano SIM card and a 30-Day Pass, along with Bell's many &^%$#@! fees.
- ZAGGkeys Folio with Backlit Keyboard for $99
- I was thinking of buying it from Apple.ca for the engraving, but I have a Staples 10% off coupon so I'll use that instead.

GTA Poker wrote: »

1k for a tablet with far less capabilities than a $400 laptop?

Gottaget

Bell's 4G LTE Nano SIM card and a 30-Day Pass, along with Bell's many &^%$#@! fees.

Just got one of these myself. Have you looked at Telus' flex plan? No annoying fees. Won't have to keep purchasing pay per use cards and no wasted minutes at the end of the month. $5/month + whatever amt of data you use. Telus $20=1g/ Bell $20=500mb. If you bring your own device - no contract. Hubby just got same sim card for his new phone for $10 or $15 + NO activation fee.

http://mobility.telus.com/en/ON/ipad_plans/plan_ipad.shtml?INTCMP=TABLETSflexplans

Bfillmaff

BlondeFish wrote: »

Unfortunately, the school has chosen to go with iPads and recommended that I buy an iPad for my child

leave it to apple, love em but god damn thats sneaky...

thats a baller setup though, well done.

BlondeFish wrote: »

The school will give up me a list of 40 apps to buy

jeeeeee-sus!

BlondeFish

Thanks for the info. My daughter & I have been visiting Apple stores, including an upcoming "Discover Your iPad" hour-long workshop, but had been ignoring all the cellular stores we pass by.

Rogers offers three months of unlimited data ($5/month + $15 connection fee) so maybe I'll start with this no-term plan. Bell and Rogers seems to have the advantage of having a lot of free wifi hotspots that could minimize my cellular use. Is it easy enough to uninstall a Rogers LTE Nano SIM card and install a SIM card from another carrier later? Has anybody used their iPad Air to create a local hotspot for other devices, e.g., we can all play online poker while waiting in a casino?

Rogers vs. Bell vs. TELUS: Which Canadian iPad Air carrier should you get?

Gottaget wrote: »

Have you looked at Telus' flex plan? No annoying fees. Won't have to keep purchasing pay per use cards and no wasted minutes at the end of the month. $5/month + whatever amt of data you use. Telus $20=1g/ Bell $20=500mb. If you bring your own device - no contract. Hubby just got same sim card for his new phone for $10 or $15 + NO activation fee.

Gottaget

Is it easy enough to uninstall a Rogers LTE Nano SIM card and install a SIM card from another carrier later?

You have to get it unlocked. (I am assuming its the same as a phone) Telus will do it after 90 days for $35. Bell - 90 days/$50. Rogers - 90 days/$50. Beware-Rogers website specifies that will only unlock devices bought directly from Rogers. (thought new CRTC laws made this illegal?) Bell and Telus will unlock devices not bought from them.

[URL="http://www.rogers.com/web/support/wireless/unlock/733?
setLanguage=en"]http://www.rogers.com/web/support/wireless/unlock/733?setLanguage=en[/URL]

https://mobility.telus.com/en/ON/Unlock-Device/unlocking_your_device.shtml

Bell Mobility terms of service (#29)

Has anybody used their iPad Air to create a local hotspot for other devices, e.g., we can all play online poker while waiting in a casino?

I use the hotspot on my iphone and it works great!

Ended up changing my cell phone plan. I got a better plan plus more data for less than I was already paying. Bought the ipad w/out cellular and I run it from the hotspot on my phone when not at home/no wireless signal.

BlondeFish

I went to five different so-called "professional" salespeople and I wish they knew as much as Gottaget and me! :rolleyes: After a lot of "I don't know", "I just started" or worse, being given wrong information or the more expensive option, I still don't know which carrier to go with. I'll just wait until the Apple workshop and get objective advice on which cellular plan to choose for the 32GB iPad. Has any Apple user here found 32GB to be too low for their needs?

I don't think I need to get an iPad unlocked as long as I buy it from Apple/Staples instead of a cellular company. I'll verify that if I find a better carrier, I just take out the old SIM card and insert the new SIM card without any need to unlock.

Gottaget wrote: »

You have to get it unlocked. (I am assuming its the same as a phone) Telus will do it after 90 days for $35. Bell - 90 days/$50. Rogers - 90 days/$50. Beware-Rogers website specifies that will only unlock devices bought directly from Rogers. (thought new CRTC laws made this illegal?) Bell and Telus will unlock devices not bought from them.

[URL="http://www.rogers.com/web/support/wireless/unlock/733?
setLanguage=en"]http://www.rogers.com/web/support/wireless/unlock/733?setLanguage=en[/URL]

https://mobility.telus.com/en/ON/Unlock-Device/unlocking_your_device.shtml

Bell Mobility terms of service (#29)
I use the hotspot on my iphone and it works great!

Ended up changing my cell phone plan. I got a better plan plus more data for less than I was already paying. Bought the ipad w/out cellular and I run it from the hotspot on my phone when not at home/no wireless signal.

Gottaget

I don't think I need to get an iPad unlocked as long as I buy it from Apple/Staples instead of a cellular company.

You are correct sir

I'll verify that if I find a better carrier, I just take out the old SIM card and insert the new SIM card without any need to unlock.

From what I understand with the phones is that once you put in a sim card your phone becomes locked to that carrier. Even if the phone was previously unlocked. The sim card apparently puts software on the phone to make it compatible with their network (telus, rogers ect.)

I am far from a tech expert and found the "experts" as clueless as you. I lurked in some techie forums to get this info. I was researching specifically for phones, but I assume that a sim card in any device will need to "lock" to the network to get a signal. Hopefully they can give you a concrete answer at the apple workshop.

Bfillmaff

Dont quote me on this but pretty sure that last part is incorrect. An unlocked phone/tablet will stay unlocked, inserting a sim will not lock the device. So long as you buy an unlocked one, yes you can swap freely between any carrier that supports the device.

Locking devices started as carriers began offering big discounts on phone msrp's, the locking isnt related to allowing the phone to work on a certain network, it is simply to prevent getting a free phone on carrier A, canceling, and taking it with you to carrier B.

compuease

Bfillmaff wrote: »

Dont quote me on this but pretty sure that last part is incorrect. An unlocked phone/tablet will stay unlocked, inserting a sim will not lock the device. So long as you buy an unlocked one, yes you can swap freely between any carrier that supports the device.

This for sure...

Gottaget

Dont quote me on this but pretty sure that last part is incorrect. An unlocked phone/tablet will stay unlocked, inserting a sim will not lock the device. So long as you buy an unlocked one, yes you can swap freely between any carrier that supports the device.

This for sure...

Thanks for the correction guys. Glad people with more knowledge got the right info to BF!

It did lead me to wondering what the heck I had read that gave me that idea. I came across something to look out for BF:

Apparently there is something out there called “sim-free” phones and these do lock to first carrier used. Seems Apple is the only store where you can buy a truly unlocked phone.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5073470

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4747669

https://discussions.apple.com/message/22819420#22819420

Not sure how reliable this info is, or if it applies to ipads. Maybe Comp or Bfillmaff know? I’m planning on getting a new phone this year and after finding this out today I will make sure to get it at the Apple store-just to be sure.

compuease

I can't speak for Itoys specifically as I not a fanboy but any Smart phone other than an IPhone, whether it be Samsung, BB or several other brands once unlocked, stays unlocked. ie my unlocked BBZ10 and earlier BB are/were unlocked and I could take it to whatever network I wanted (with appropriate SIM and switch back and forth at will). I didn't know there was any other "self locking phone" out there.
Can anyone comment on Iphones, once unlocked, becoming locked again if you put another carriers SIM in? Seems very counter productive if true.

compuease

Just read more and this is peculiar to IPhones not sold at an Apple store being "sim free". When the carrier inserts his sim that locks the phone to their network. If it was originally bought from an Apple store as unlocked it stays unlocked, or should.


Again not sure about Apple but other brands work like this. You pay your $20. or whatever to unlock your tablet or phone and it stays unlocked.

BlondeFish

Bought the iPad Air Cellular at 10% off from Staples. After attending a free workshop, Apple gave me a free SIM card for Bell. Bell said it was not a Nano SIM card so it installed a free card for me.

I like Siri's sense of humour. Downloaded PokerStars, Viber, Fongo and Bell TV so far. Any other must-have iPad Air apps?