New Posts For Thread: Poker dying a slow deathhttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/29928159/poker-dying-a-slow-deathOnce most people have played Hold'em for a while it becomes pretty boring and everything that can be seen on it, has been seen on TV. In the end nothing is new anymore.Doubt it will fade away completely but don't think its bottomed out yet. The lackThe more tables you play the greater the swings, and at low limits impossible to beat the rake. Gave up trying on Stars and Tilt. Speed poker is the same players and again not profitable.Even with software and plugging your leaks players adjust to yohttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/29928159/poker-dying-a-slow-death?post_id=533391747#533391747The more tables you play the greater the swings, and at low limits impossible to beat the rake. Gave up trying on Stars and Tilt. Speed poker is the same players and again not profitable.Even with software and plugging your leaks players adjust to yoWed, 26 Jun 2013 04:35:26 -0500SeeChino Reem one of the all time poker slime balls won a big title recently. Does Lederer ever dare show his face at Poker tournaments?https://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/29928159/poker-dying-a-slow-death?post_id=533347871#533347871SeeChino Reem one of the all time poker slime balls won a big title recently. Does Lederer ever dare show his face at Poker tournaments?Mon, 24 Jun 2013 11:55:22 -0500I'd guess it's natural ecology more than anything - fish got killed off, burned out, sharks became fish, got burned off....etc etc until there's barely players left. There's a recession on, and not much spare cash for anyone to become a new fish theshttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/29928159/poker-dying-a-slow-death?post_id=532875111#532875111I'd guess it's natural ecology more than anything - fish got killed off, burned out, sharks became fish, got burned off....etc etc until there's barely players left. There's a recession on, and not much spare cash for anyone to become a new fish thesFri, 07 Jun 2013 02:21:20 -0500To be fair collusi0n is probably only something you need to worry about at stakes of $20 and above, anyone good at it probably isn't going to bother at levels lower than that. At one point it was endemic on the Ongame network. Regs like me and gnashehttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/29928159/poker-dying-a-slow-death?post_id=532576141#532576141To be fair collusi0n is probably only something you need to worry about at stakes of $20 and above, anyone good at it probably isn't going to bother at levels lower than that. At one point it was endemic on the Ongame network. Regs like me and gnasheSun, 26 May 2013 13:08:12 -0500Playing £30 down a local casino could be a decent night out. Playing £30 on here when others have software and others cheat is not a level playingField, to encourage people to play under those circumstances is irresponsible, and basically saying tohttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/29928159/poker-dying-a-slow-death?post_id=532573447#532573447Playing £30 down a local casino could be a decent night out. Playing £30 on here when others have software and others cheat is not a level playingField, to encourage people to play under those circumstances is irresponsible, and basically saying toSun, 26 May 2013 11:34:48 -0500I don't avoid anyone at the stakes I play but I do table select when I move to a new level. I only ever avoided playing 2 players on here and that was Wulfman and 5LEEPWALKER. Wulfy was the best player I came up against and 5LEEPY because he was shovhttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/29928159/poker-dying-a-slow-death?post_id=532572917#532572917I don't avoid anyone at the stakes I play but I do table select when I move to a new level. I only ever avoided playing 2 players on here and that was Wulfman and 5LEEPWALKER. Wulfy was the best player I came up against and 5LEEPY because he was shovSun, 26 May 2013 11:13:11 -0500Playing £30 down a local casino could be a decent night out. Playing £30 on here when others have software and others cheat is not a level playingField, to encourage people to play under those circumstances is irresponsible, and basically saying tohttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/29928159/poker-dying-a-slow-death?post_id=532572837#532572837Playing £30 down a local casino could be a decent night out. Playing £30 on here when others have software and others cheat is not a level playingField, to encourage people to play under those circumstances is irresponsible, and basically saying toSun, 26 May 2013 11:10:49 -0500Oval, if you are playing STT recreationally at micro stakes on a weekend for a bit of fun, then thats fair enough. Yeah sure you can sit there analysing other peoples play, and 5 bet buff dry flops etc, but trust me, nobody playing poker to make morehttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/29928159/poker-dying-a-slow-death?post_id=532572063#532572063Oval, if you are playing STT recreationally at micro stakes on a weekend for a bit of fun, then thats fair enough. Yeah sure you can sit there analysing other peoples play, and 5 bet buff dry flops etc, but trust me, nobody playing poker to make moreSun, 26 May 2013 10:36:32 -050098% of players don't play to make a living and only the top 1/3rd make any long term profit (Sharkscope stats) so flipping burgers analogy is pretty useless. there's nothing wrong with putting £30 in on a Friday night and playing a couple of games fhttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/29928159/poker-dying-a-slow-death?post_id=532570467#53257046798% of players don't play to make a living and only the top 1/3rd make any long term profit (Sharkscope stats) so flipping burgers analogy is pretty useless. there's nothing wrong with putting £30 in on a Friday night and playing a couple of games fSun, 26 May 2013 09:43:23 -0500If Bf can stop people betting from certain countries using their location tracker then it should be pretty easy for them to make some gamesUK and Ireland only. The vast majority of cheats wouldn't be in these games as from my experience it tends to chttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/29928159/poker-dying-a-slow-death?post_id=532569177#532569177If Bf can stop people betting from certain countries using their location tracker then it should be pretty easy for them to make some gamesUK and Ireland only. The vast majority of cheats wouldn't be in these games as from my experience it tends to cSun, 26 May 2013 08:56:19 -0500