Poker

jacks are impossible to play and i keep punting them

Honestly, jacks feel like the absolute worst hole cards to play for me. It’s like every time I get them, I’m just watching for overcards and bracing myself for pain. If I try slowplaying, somebody with garbage gets lucky, but if I come out…

does sitting with same weak players make poker rooms flag account activity

So I’ve been finding some pretty soft tables lately at my local rooms, usually with the same handful of regulars who just bleed chips. Sometimes we wind up sitting together several sessions in a row. I’m sticking around because it’s good fo…

Satellite overlay gone?

Used to love that satellite overlay on the MTT lobby, made it way easier to spot which tourneys had satellites running and whether the feeders were worth messing with. Lately I just can't find that option anywhere, not sure if it's been mov…

poker bonus cleared but leaderboard points stopped counting after midnight.

Bonus actually cleared about ten minutes before midnight but my leaderboard points froze right after. Was racking up a decent score too, then it’s like my account just stopped registering new hands on the board. Doesn’t look like it’s backf…

small blind defend?

never been a big fan of defending the small blind with junk, always feels like you're bleeding chips. i get there’s the argument for pot odds and maybe trying to hit something cheap, but i end up in weird spots post flop. people seem to say…

ggpoker cashier asked for source of funds after i withdrew less than lifetime deposits

Did a withdrawal for about half my lifetime deposits and got hit with a source of funds request, which threw me off. Always been steady, mostly blackjack and some sports parlays, nothing wild. Never had a withdrawal flagged before, usually…

HUD notes missing?

Noticing my player HUD notes are suddenly missing when I log in lately. No major updates or anything, and the stats still show up, just all my manual text notes are wiped. I never really relied on color tagging, just those short lines I’d l…

wpt global tournament paused on bubble and restarted with antes different.

was playing the tourney last night and it got paused on the bubble for like 30 minutes. when it finally restarted, i noticed the antes were totally off, higher than before the pause, but the blinds only went up by one level. i double-checke…

rakeback cap hit

just hit the rakeback cap for the first time this month and it feels a bit weird. not complaining about the free cash but it’s a different game when you know your hands aren’t adding up more rewards after a certain point. played most of it…