Beware of pokerstars!

[AceStallion]

ive heard rumors that pokerstars is full of cheaters that all sign up for the same sit and go's and bully other players until they win. they get a group of players and basically run the tournament so that only they win...thats why i play fulltilt...

[classymom]

I play Poker Stars sit n go tournys and have never once felt bullied

[bgermain1985]

hearsay.

Rumors are no cause for argument, but I'll play your game.
If a bunch of people are getting together and colluding, that could create an advantage yes. However, you can see that from any poker site and that's the risk you run.

If you feel that play is being influenced by collusion it is your responsibility to report this to a site administrator.

Also, what does Full Tilt have to do with poker stars? Sounds awfully shilly to me.

Finally, in regards to bullying should a situation like this occur, its all about risk vs reward. You stake once to win say, 5x the return. These guys might stake 5 times (amongst 5 people) and will win one maybe 2 units for securing 1st and 2nd minus rake. My point is it's more work than its worth.

I also agree with classymom - I rarely feel bullied and if I do its ok but I will make them pay when I have the best hand. If you are playing right, you have a small spectrum of hands anyways so if you are playing too many hands you'll get bullied anyways regardless.

[bgermain1985]

Ace, let's check out your posts for today. You signed up and here's what else you got:

"i love casinomeister! The forums are awesome so far. Can anyone suggest any other gambling or competition forums that get a lot of traffic? Thanks! "


"My name is Ace and I love to gamble. I love playing poker live and online as well as other online competitions. I play on fultilt.com so look for me. Username is AceStallion. "

Why do you care about traffic? This all doesn't bode well for you...

[BIGZEDBUD]

If you think there is no collusion within online poker then, then I would suggest to play at Virtual casino group and try to withdrawal.

just my 2.5 cents

[AceStallion]

ummm..yes. i recently joined casinomeister..like the format and forums...want to know of other good poker forums...dont think thats too out there buddy...

and yes..i play fulltilt?

[ace4suited]

when it comes to people cheating in the way you suggest - this is a potential problem for all sites - however poker stars have fairly excellent support - I have only had one time where it was not 100%

if you think that there is collusion going on - you let them know - if there is evidence then you will be refunded losses (sometimes with extra money given) and they will face suspension and confiscation of funds. They are really good at dealing with this.

Other sites have in my experience been far less responsive of this so the claim is pretty illfounded - not that "rumours" means anything.


Full tilt is a good site as well -

[BingoT]

The only bad rumor I ever heard about poker online.
One player has 3 or 4 pc's going at the same time playing the other 2 or 3 other players.
~T~

[rockycatt]

i think at poker stars correct me if im wrong , i think you can call a dealer right at the table like just hit the dealer button
than you can ask for investagation but its not going to happen by suggesting it here

most on line poker players know about all the cheating games PC farms, Skype, cell phone you gotta be on your toes

[Luckylizzy]

If PokerStars is so bad, than why do they have way more players than any other online poker site including Full Tilt. Starting a thread based on rumors is silly...

If colluding is suspected just tell PokerStars and they will be more than happy to investigate as they do not want that going on just as much as you dont.