I've defended Stars forever, but I'm
over doing that.
Seen terrible play get rewarded there
day in, day out for years.
When I think back on all the absolute BS I've seen, again,
day in, day out- I think I'm an absolute sucker to have blindly put my faith in and trusted Stars this long.
I'm an idiot!
They're a globalising corporation just like any other and their shareholders and fat cat suits are just as greedy and susceptible to the flaws in human nature as anyone else.
It's not a straight game.
The penny dropped for me last night when I was able to correctly predict the river before it hit.
I lost with KK v KJo (runner-runner jacks), the frequency I've lost in situations like this on Stars is simply RIDICULOUS. It bears no resemblance to what you would expect from the probability.
That wasn't the river I predicted, that came a hand or two later, when it goes all-in preflop...
I have 10,10 and am against 9,9 and 5,5..
There is a nine on the flop, I glance at the players' stacks and realise that I have the nines covered, but not the fives. It's at
that moment I predict the five river (the turn hasn't fallen yet) and sure enough, blank turn- river five.
Overpair Vs underpair and losing is one thing but, overpair Vs underpair Vs underpair and losing to
both is quite another. Getting two outered twice on the same board, lolol...
Funny thing is, I remember that kind of thing happening to me frequently in the past too.
I understand what cognitive bias means.
I've been telling myself "don't worry it's just hands per hour and cognitive bias" for years.
Not any more.
I withdrew my BR from Stars last night and will only be playing CC
freerolls there for fun from now on.
I don't know what is going on at Stars, but I am a withdrawing player who hasn't deposited fluff all in a long time.
Guess they don't like that.