PokerStars star symbol

#1 22nd January 2009, 7:01 PM

The star under your avatar on PokerStars indicates how many FPP's one has.. Sometimes I realize I am the only one at the table with a star.. Am I wrong to assume they are new, or dont play online enought to have a star? Or is there a way to hide your status to through people off..

#2 22nd January 2009, 7:06 PM

you can hide your status. if a guy is bronzestar and you're playing 100nl+, he's probably bad

#3 22nd January 2009, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by vanquish

if a guy is bronzestar and you're playing 100nl+, he's probably bad

I realize you said "probably", but I still think it is way over generalized. There are plenty of us that don't move past bronze star because we simply don't play enough hours/tables/hands. But not making poker my life by playing 24 tables for 60 hours/week doesn't make me a bad player because I'm at 100NL or 50NL or 200NL. Though saying this now, if I did show my status (which I don't), then I guess I'd probably prefer that someone made a generalization like that about me. If they don't give me credit simply based on # of pokerstars shown, then stacking them is easier imo.

#4 22nd January 2009, 10:31 PM

It's like you want to play someone who's supernova. You know they are multi tabling and are good to steal from.

#5 22nd January 2009, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Jack Daniels

I realize you said "probably", but I still think it is way over generalized. There are plenty of us that don't move past bronze star because we simply don't play enough hours/tables/hands. But not making poker my life by playing 24 tables for 60 hours/week doesn't make me a bad player because I'm at 100NL or 50NL or 200NL. Though saying this now, if I did show my status (which I don't), then I guess I'd probably prefer that someone made a generalization like that about me. If they don't give me credit simply based on # of pokerstars shown, then stacking them is easier imo.

the number of people like u are very outweighed by the number of people who don't play enough because they are:
-underrolled
-taking a shot at a cash game because they scored a tournament
-random people who decide to deposit some money and play some online poker
-other "bad" players

obv u should use ur discretion, but if you have nothing else to go by (the guy's username isn't so obvious, you don't know if he has autoreload on, etc), you can use this generalization to make some decisions easier

edit: also u dont need to make poker ur life by 24-tabling 60 hours a week if ur rolled for 100nl to get silverstar, wtf?

#6 22nd January 2009, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by bubbasbestbabe

It's like you want to play someone who's supernova. You know they are multi tabling and are good to steal from.

i fail to understand why the fact that someone is multitabling means they are good to steal from

sry for 2 conseq posts

#7 22nd January 2009, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vanquish

..........you can use this generalization to make some decisions easier

Fair enough

Quote:

Originally Posted by vanquish

edit: also u dont need to make poker ur life by 24-tabling 60 hours a week if ur rolled for 100nl to get silverstar, wtf?

Sadly I still don't play enough of a table/time combination to make it on any give month (especially now that I've really dug deep into razz lately and have shifted my focus to that).

#8 22nd January 2009, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Jack Daniels

Fair enough

Sadly I still don't play enough of a table/time combination to make it on any give month (especially now that I've really dug deep into razz lately and have shifted my focus to that).

u can prob make silverstar playing 1/2 razz for like 8 hours a week, maybe 2-3 tabling

#9 22nd January 2009, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by vanquish

you can hide your status. if a guy is bronzestar and you're playing 100nl+, he's probably bad

well, that would be me...

of course, that's because 90% of my play is at FTP, but still.

#10 22nd January 2009, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by vanquish

i fail to understand why the fact that someone is multitabling means they are good to steal from

sry for 2 conseq posts

I think she would say that because if someone is multitabling they may not be paying too much attention to patterns and such.

#11 23rd January 2009, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by PooffyFooffy

I think she would say that because if someone is multitabling they may not be paying too much attention to patterns and such.

multi tablers all use HUD's and the decent ones are probably much more aware of patterns and such than most single tablers.

#12 23rd January 2009, 2:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vanquish

u can prob make silverstar playing 1/2 razz for like 8 hours a week, maybe 2-3 tabling

Well I'm still a bit on the low end right now ($1.25-$11 tourneys and up to $.25/$.50 ring), so I have a while to go yet. But once I work up to 1/2 razz I'll see how it goes. I suck at multi-tabling more than two razz tables right now. Since there is no real good stud HUD, I have to fire up the PT tourney time window as well for each table I play. A lot of regulars though, so PTS is getting a lot of data.

#13 23rd January 2009, 3:55 PM

You can hide your status on your profile.
I keep mine public because it makes me look cooler.
lol.

#14 23rd January 2009, 9:46 PM

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Originally Posted by bubbasbestbabe

It's like you want to play someone who's supernova. You know they are multi tabling and are good to steal from.

HUD works better then human memory and im pretty sure every supernova uses HUD......

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