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What's everyone playing tonight?
applebanana70 commented:
0.018 btc? That's a whole night out
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0.018 btc? That's a whole night out
Banker’s fine. Tie is the tell 🙄
Yeah, my first dumb reaction is the right one: if a “bonus” dies the second you play roulette like an actual human, then the bonus was bullshit from the start lolll. I quit touching promo money on roulette after getting the same canned “irregular play” line over some tiny neighbors around zero. Not big bets, not table-covering, nothing cute. They just want you grinding the safest, dumbest action until rollover bleeds you out, and the minute variance shows up they act shocked. Sooo no, i don’t buy that this is some rare glitch. It’s promo design. They love advertising roulette, then get weird when you actually use roulette bets 😒
Yeah i've seen that crap. Do the bonus balance and cash balance lag separately on duelbits?
Nah, the part people miss is bonus money and promo chips get treated different from cash balance soooo often on game show side features. I’ve had a “win” vanish because the side bet wasn’t eligible under the promo engine, not because the wheel glitched. They slap “void” on it instead of saying the bonus t&cs were garbage. Classic lazy back end stuff.
Nah, the “they got weird because you won” part is what bugs me. Bonus systems are just janky as helllll and promos split balances into dumb wallet buckets. I had $86.40 stuck as restricted over one leftover tournament token until support manually cleared it.
i’ve noticed a couple smaller poker rooms have just absolutely softer tables compared to others, like players limping every hand, calling down super light, making weird bets. i’m not sure if it’s just less experienced locals, or if it’s something about the way the rooms market themselves. maybe certain promos attract more pure gamblers than poker regulars. i mostly play no limit holdem and the difference is pretty crazy. even at the same buy-in, one room feels like a minefield and another is just straightforward value betting. is this about the location, rake structure, or something else going on that i’m not seeing.
looking for some advice on where you all are finding the best value in online poker tourneys with low buy ins. not talking about freerolls or micro stakes cash games, but actual tournaments where you can get in for under $20. i get bored playing single table sit n go’s and turbo formats tilt me too fast. i’m after something with a deep enough structure that it’s not just shove or fold in 20 minutes. does anyone know regular tourneys that aren’t mostly reg-fests, maybe some with decent guarantees or some promos for smaller bankrolls? trying to build a bit of a roll without the nightly sweat of losing my whole session to some wild coinflip brigade. if you got any sites or series you swear by, or good weekly events with friendly fields, would appreciate a heads up.
so lately i've been getting a ton of lag on live dealer games, mainly blackjack and roulette. like sometimes the stream gets grainy or stalls, but my internet’s solid and i’ve even tried using ethernet. last night i lost out on a split because the action button froze up and then i auto-stood on a 12. super tilted, not gonna lie. it seems random, too - some days it’s totally smooth and other times it just drags or skips right when decisions matter. i know some folks blame device or browser but i’ve tried switching and still get the same issues. makes me wonder if it’s just me or something others are dealing with too, especially during peak hours. not sure how much it affects table outcomes but it’s definitely screwing with the flow.
tried a couple big-name sites but feels like everyone’s running solver charts and snap-calling my c-bets. i’m just looking for somewhere a little friendlier for someone starting out, you know? i’m not expecting folks to hand over chips but i’d like to at least see a few hands play out postflop, not all-ins every orbit or weird limp-jam stuff. bonuses and easy deposit are a plus but mostly just want a room where the average player isn’t always some microstakes crusher. does that even exist anymore?