PokerStars: What do you think of it's current state?

[antonis32123]

pokerstars is getting worse and worse . It's harder and harder to keep on playing there . It's totally rigged . But still it's obd of the top poker rooms online . If you cannot play live , you have to adapt to this online poker situation)))

 

[Nafor]

PokerStars is getting worse and worse . It's harder and harder to keep on playing there . It's totally rigged . But still it's obd of the top poker rooms online . If you cannot play live , you have to adapt to this online poker situation)))

Nah, it's no more rigged than any of the other big sites. But its current fish to reg ratio is very poor and I see no reason why that would improve. The golden days arer gone for that site.

 

[neptunas888]

no, they removed freerolls

 

[Suns of Beaches]

I find it amazing that so many posters expect a poker site to give them money by putting on freerolls. I like Poker Stars because they run single tables, unlike 888. And I'm happy to pay money to play. I've been with them for 15 years, after starting with Littlewoods and Victor Chandler (both of whom dropped out), so yes, I feel a little loyalty to them, especially since they took over my Full Tilt account, and in fact my Poker Stars avatar is my old Full Tilt avatar! Why should I expect them to give me freerolls?

I dislike most freerolls - they get players into bad habits - calling when they should fold and playing stupid all-ins. Sure I go in the occasional Cards Chat freeroll, where I find that players are, on the whole, playing sensible poker.

Of all the sites I have played on - Littlewoods, Victor Chandler, Sky, bwin and Full Tilt, Poker Stars is better, even though I agree that paying out $3.78 after taking in $4.50 (single nine-man table paying 50c) is taking a rather big rake.

Victor Chandler...I remember that name from long ago and I haven't heard it since then ❤️

 

[Suns of Beaches]

no, they removed freerolls

Is this what u think of its current state? No, they removed feerrolls? 😅😅😅

Hate to say this but when i read this forum it becomes more and more clear to me that it was probably the right move by them to end those freerolls.

 

[neptunas888]

Is this what u think of its current state? No, they removed feerrolls?

If someone asks u how is ur day today what would ur answer be? "No, there is no sun?"

I don't like the changes in PokerStars, have a nice day!

 

[hardongear]

As a long time 20+ year player who's played mainly on just on Pokerstars that whole time outside of trying other sites I have to say very loudly NO. With that said......

However as I guy who's done the research(for 20+ years and counting) sadly there isn't another single online site more trustworthy then Pokerstars currently running. Any site that allows US players is a NO for me. Because any site that allows players to play illegally can't be trusted they're allowing people to commit crimes and that's mean there really is no recourse and you can do nothing when something goes wrong and they take your money. It'd be like selling cocaine having you product stolen.....who you gonna call to help you? No on cause there is no one to call. You're simply screwed so such sites can do whatever the hell they want to you and with your money.

And every other site has a checkered history, has bot rings, does scummy shit/scammy shit and isn't completely transparent on certain things.

So it's either keep playing at Pokerstars till something better comes along or quit online poker completely? As we can see no good choices available. So I'm currently still playing daily at Pokerstars as I can't trust my money to any other site and for more when it comes to dealing with money trust and security are the two BIGGEST things to consider above EVERYTHING else.

Cheers!!!

 

[KrazyKoo]

Not a fan, outside of improvements to the Aurora Engine all the changes have been negative & scummy

 

[acidburnfx]

Not a fan, outside of improvements to the Aurora Engine all the changes have been negative & scummy

The Aurora Engine should be optional, rather than mandatory. The game was much lighter and more fluid, these new additional features they added are pure entertainment.

 

[KrazyKoo]

The Aurora Engine should be optional, rather than mandatory. The game was much lighter and more fluid, these new additional features they added are pure entertainment.

Agreed! PokerStars before Aurora Engine was perfection, Aurora ruined everything. However now compared to early days of Aurora it's fairly good been in 2024

 

[Suns of Beaches]

Not a fan, outside of improvements to the Aurora Engine all the changes have been negative & scummy

I don't agree on scummy. They don't owe anyone free stuff and one of the changes was the daily power path ticket.

All u have to do play a few hands on the lowest limit daily. by now i got 4 Sunday Million Tickets (haven't played one by now), around ten 11 dollar satellite tickets and like 30 1.50 satellite tickets in my account all coming from this pp promotion. With other words they gave me 500+ in free mtt value for a few cents/dollars rake.

 

[odonob]

Don’t play there at all since they cancelled their freerolls. Wouldn’t play there otherwise.

 

[KrazyKoo]

I don't agree on scummy. They don't owe anyone free stuff and one of the changes was the daily power path ticket.

All u have to do play a few hands on the lowest limit daily. by now i got 4 Sunday Million Tickets (haven't played one by now), around ten 11 dollar satellite tickets and like 30 1.50 satellite tickets in my account all coming from this pp promotion. With other words they gave me 500+ in free mtt value for a few cents/dollars rake.

Yeah it's definitely decent system if you play just few hands and are fine with strict path tickets.

However the changes for people that are not into Power Path and play more than few hands are not that good. They lowered pure cash rakeback a LOT, they increased rake in SnGs, they converted existing promotions even in the middle of the promotion to Power Path against the consent of the users who had started the promotions.

I am not a fan the changes but I still play on Stars from time to time.

 

[19aleks57]

About 5 years ago PokerStars was one of the best, now the management needs to make every effort to reach that level.

 

[Poker Orifice]

Just a terrible series going on there this past weekend. And if you're not solely looking for freerolls you can actually watch some of the World's Very Best MTT players duking it out there still tomorrow as there's still 40, 80 & 160 players left in the 3 WCOOP MainEvents ($109, $1k, & $10k).
I've got a friend still in the $109 I'll be cheering on and there's lots of recognizable names in the $10k event.

 

[Poker Orifice]

PokerStars is getting worse and worse . It's harder and harder to keep on playing there . It's totally rigged . But still it's obd of the top poker rooms online . If you cannot play live , you have to adapt to this online poker situation)))

WCOOP Mainevents are playing down to the final tables tomorrow. And there's still a few last minute events running tomorrow.
I don't see how that could be considered 'getting worse and worse'?

 

[acidburnfx]

"Minimum System Requirements: As of October 2024, PokerStars will no longer continue supporting Windows 7 and 8 operating systems. Players will still be able to play their favorite games but will not be able to get client updates with new content. PokerStars recommends upgrading your operating system to Windows 10 or 11 to enjoy the best that PokerStars offers. Alternatively, you can continue to play using the pokerstars mobile App."
- PokerStars

 

[Nafor]

Nah, it's no more rigged than any of the other big sites.

On the other hand...

The daily casino spin has 16 options in total and two of them are no-win sectors.

So there is only 12,5% chance to land on a no-win sector. Yet, I manage to do that again and again, day after day.

That's okay Stars... The feeling is mutual.

 

[bowserdon]

No freerolls not 4 me

 

[Dimidrol2]

It was difficult to play at PokerStars and having freerolls from CС helped me get there. Now it is lost to me as a poker room

 

[thedarkman]

I think there is no apostrophe in its - in your title.

 

[mclay]

Before, pokerstars was one of the best poker rooms...lots of freerolls and promotions...nowadays there's almost nothing there...a shame...

Their greed will destroy them.

 

[puzzlefish]

poker stars used to be a lot more generous to its players. At some point there was a pivot and management decided to gear the operation more towards high stakes players, which they believe is where all the profit lies for them: rake and fee the crap out of degenerate gamblers.

It has a nice user interface and a brand that is well-known. Their support staff mostly know what they are doing. But the capitalist pursuit of optimizing bleeding their customers for profit is going to be their downfall in the end.

 

[exer888]

I was playing at PS since begining, and now im done with platform.I can state that the change was very fresh. Moved my ass to ACR and GG. Life is good.

 

[Station_Master]

Poker Stars used to be a lot more generous to its players.

I disagree that it's less generous than in the past. Yes they got rid of CC freerolls, but in other respect bonuses are decent.

Powerpath is ok, sure most of the time you win nothing, but it is soft and you can make good money in the sunday millions. It's free easy to get bonus too.

Cardex promo is good giving you 10 or more BB at your cash game stake and fairly easy to complete. Works out as very good rakeback for cash game players

They have had other good promos where for a small.amount of rake they are giving you WCOOP tickets.

And let's not forget that rake is lower than most other sites too.