What do you think about 888 poker? Any winning player here?

Originally Posted by Laurik03

I played here for the last 2-3 years. Mostly loosing because i like those blast sng. A lot of variance, little skill etc.
This weekend a question was on my mind.
What the hell is with the rng on 888, every f***ing time it goes bad. For over 3 years i felt that something is wrong but i didnt care too much because i thought it was variance.
I know how poker works and what variance means. But here is different. And im not a "poker is rigged guy".
So i searched on google for more info about them and found on trustpilot more than 400 negative reviews with ppl complaining with the humongous amount of bad beats on 888 compared with others.
Now you can say: All of them are fishes, complaining blabla. Not interested in this tho.
Whats the purpose of this thread?
Well im trying to find ppl that are actually winners on 888 over the long run and tell me if they feel the bad beats more in 888 compared with other sites.Not in blast, because i dont think they are beatable, but in sng/cash or maybe mtts. If you can share some graphs/roi/winnings would be nice. But only over a considerable amount of hands/tournaments.
And another one: Would the structure of blasts(hyper sng) could distort the perception of bad beats? As you could think more bad beats come your way because of the fast playing?
Thanks!

Originally Posted by Laurik03

And another one: Would the structure of blasts(hyper sng) could distort the perception of bad beats? As you could think more bad beats come your way because of the fast playing?

Originally Posted by fundiver199

Absolutely yes. Fast games tend to be more tilting, because the time span between losing is shorter, so there is less time for negative emotions to go away, before the next loss occur. I can even feel that, when I occationally play SnGs rather than MTTs, and BLAST is a very extreme version of SnGs.

As for the perception of "bad beats" it will also tend to be worse in games, where the effective stack is short. This is because, players are more commenly all in preflop or on the flop, which mean, they get to realise all their equity, when they are behind. Even though its not technically a bad beat, a lot of people feel that way, if for instance they have AsKs against their opponents 3c3h, all the chips go in preflop, and then the runout is something like AcJc2h5c9c giving their opponent a 1-liner to a flush on the river. Whereas if stacks are deep, then most likely 3c3h fold on the flop, and then the "bad beat" will not happen.

As you say yourself BLAST games are very high variance and probably not even beatable because of the rake. If your goal is to win money, then in my experience the best games on 888 Poker is their MTTs. This is, what my graph looks like playing >95% MTTs and <5% SnGs. Username fundiver198. I also have an old account under the name fundiver199, where I was also winning.

https://www.sharkscope.com/#Player-Statistics//networks/888Poker/players/fundiver198

Originally Posted by ManiakKK

888 has always been a site on eu where you can easily win tournaments but they don't have good offers. Couple each x months.

Their goal is too put you on sports betting and casino with their marketing offers. Because they know when player is cashing, tournamenting or betting they will loose at the time...

In Spain it's still good for tournaments as there is not many players, offer is bad..
Rush is bad.. after 4 there is 20 players on all stakes. Gets more a bit later but you start playing with the same people who I think cheat and play with friends... not much players, live sports betting gets blocked, casino fixed to loose.

Rating mediocre if you play tournaments it's great for weekends.
Cash is to gamble and play with more card range and with 70% after flop chances all in move... which leads to conclusion you need a bankroll good one and invest to have stategy and will make profits on the long run.
Remember 888 is a sight that is doing so much tricks and investing on marketing to fool you... if you have no goal you will, and up like me watching and betting football and Tennis masters then what you actually came for.

I blocked myself as they are distracting and that casino click makes you open and close then I end up betting. I have issues but I avoid sites with so much banners and free spins shots.

Originally Posted by Laurik03

So until now only one winning player în mtts in 888. Thats a little awkward, dont you think? That means all of us are fishes here? )

Originally Posted by Maxmustdie

i really loved playing on 888 2-3 years ago, it was a great room with excellent software, now there are a lot of problems with the software, my computer can't cope, on 888 i played a plus