Simply not fair, massive advantage of being in a stable. Also heard of stories of individual's in stables collaborating on final tables of tournaments. Massive edge. Sharing information is a massive edge also. I play live poker as a living, ive sayed away from online poker for a good few years with the knowledge of fellow professionals whom are purely in stables for advantages not financial reasons.
Overall I agree with Crispin but as a recreational player I find the bounties helpful because they help offset the entry fees. Not everything GG does to help the recs involves limiting the professionals. Earlier this year GG awarded me 50% rakeback status (platinum shark?) out of the blue and I’m just a hobby 2nl grinder. After another month or so I fall back to 35 percent rakeback for a year and then down to 25 percent permanently. If that’s not trying to help a little guy move up I don’t know what is.
Wait, does GG accept Australian players...? Even with a VPN, I'm reluctant to risk it when they can potentially shut down your account at any time for breaking the T&C's.
@@pokerroomreviewsHave you considered producing content on living in Asia? I just returned from a tour of Singapore, Macau and Manila. I found it a bit quirky to rent, open bank accounts and move money around.
Playing devils advocate. Should you and your partner be banned from playing in certain casinos because you may have discussed an opponents tendencies with one another following a few sessions played vs said opponent? The line is very hard to draw in this scenario. I fully agree that ghosting, sharing funds, colluding and these types of behaviours are terrible and should be eliminated in Poker. However studying in groups in poker will always happen, whether it be with a few friends or signing up to courses or training sites. The line is hard to draw. The way GG seems to be handling this by selectively shadow banning accounts seems poor. Not to mention the site is rampant with Bot accounts and not so long ago the MoneyTaker superuser scandal (which are being made public thanks to private peoples MDA research and not thanks to GG security). It seems there are other pressing areas their security should be focusing on, but choose not to. Anyways I don't play on GG and don't plan to, these were just my thoughts. Cheating and gaining a super edge however possible by RTA, Bots, Colluding, ghosting, multiaccounting should always result in Bans.
Good to receive your thoughts on this. If there's one thing I think GG could do better it's transparency. We'd want due process and fairness - but the overall view they've taken is something that I think is best for the game as a whole.
Simply not fair, massive advantage of being in a stable. Also heard of stories of individual's in stables collaborating on final tables of tournaments. Massive edge. Sharing information is a massive edge also. I play live poker as a living, ive sayed away from online poker for a good few years with the knowledge of fellow professionals whom are purely in stables for advantages not financial reasons.
Overall I agree with Crispin but as a recreational player I find the bounties helpful because they help offset the entry fees.
Not everything GG does to help the recs involves limiting the professionals.
Earlier this year GG awarded me 50% rakeback status (platinum shark?) out of the blue and I’m just a hobby 2nl grinder. After another month or so I fall back to 35 percent rakeback for a year and then down to 25 percent permanently.
If that’s not trying to help a little guy move up I don’t know what is.
Wait, does GG accept Australian players...? Even with a VPN, I'm reluctant to risk it when they can potentially shut down your account at any time for breaking the T&C's.
I'm Australian, but I live in Asia :).
@@pokerroomreviewsHave you considered producing content on living in Asia? I just returned from a tour of Singapore, Macau and Manila. I found it a bit quirky to rent, open bank accounts and move money around.
Stables need to be banned. Poker is an individual game, not a collective game.
Playing devils advocate. Should you and your partner be banned from playing in certain casinos because you may have discussed an opponents tendencies with one another following a few sessions played vs said opponent?
The line is very hard to draw in this scenario. I fully agree that ghosting, sharing funds, colluding and these types of behaviours are terrible and should be eliminated in Poker.
However studying in groups in poker will always happen, whether it be with a few friends or signing up to courses or training sites. The line is hard to draw.
The way GG seems to be handling this by selectively shadow banning accounts seems poor. Not to mention the site is rampant with Bot accounts and not so long ago the MoneyTaker superuser scandal (which are being made public thanks to private peoples MDA research and not thanks to GG security). It seems there are other pressing areas their security should be focusing on, but choose not to.
Anyways I don't play on GG and don't plan to, these were just my thoughts. Cheating and gaining a super edge however possible by RTA, Bots, Colluding, ghosting, multiaccounting should always result in Bans.
Good to receive your thoughts on this. If there's one thing I think GG could do better it's transparency. We'd want due process and fairness - but the overall view they've taken is something that I think is best for the game as a whole.