Well known Professional Poker Player sitting at your tournament table

[Poker Orifice]

how would you know on bovada? AFAIK they always used random numbers to represent players.

Wrong. bodog changed to become Bovada. And previously Bodog/Bovada was just like any other site. The anonymous b.s. came much later. You can search the CC forum & you'll be able to see exactly when it happened as there was a fair bit of discussion around it... with most not liking the change.

 

[Poker Orifice]

On Full Tilt 10 or 12 years ago the pros would sit at the tables quite frequently. I was uncomfortable playing with the owners and employees there. "On September 20, 2011, the DOJ accused certain Full Tilt principals of defrauding poker players out of more than $300 million.".

I don't recall seeing employees on the tables at Fulltilt.
I actually really enjoyed playing on the tables with the pros. You could watch poker on tv back in 2008 and then later that same day you could find yourself on the table with one or more of the players you'd just seen on TV. Some would also partake in some chat on the tables & would also chat with observers. (chat feature was much more popular back then).

 

[vagrantjunki3]

Wrong. Bodog changed to become Bovada. And previously Bodog/Bovada was just like any other site. The anonymous b.s. came much later. You can search the CC forum & you'll be able to see exactly when it happened as there was a fair bit of discussion around it... with most not liking the change.

Ah yeah, you are correct. I was on FT primarily and a bit of PS then took a break after black Friday before I joined Bodog.

I think I played with a couple pros or at least well known online players on FT but I cant recall any specific instances. But since I was just getting started I remember it being a big intimidation factor.

 

[LeeCallaghan]

I both never for online or live.

 

[wampole]

Bodog used to have the $100K weekly tournament. Always a nice overlay with quite a few pros on the tables.

 

[whiskers77]

So far not and that is good so. I only want them on my table, when there is a bounty on them.

 

[iwont20]

I once had a partypoker team pro sitting on my left in some tournament (his nick is Itspayday or something like that), not that long ago played against Russian high stakes MTT reg, I dunno what he was doing at my limits lol

 

[Ragequit]

I think some people lose their minds when there's a pro at their table. They think they are destined to lose and this sets them up for playing scared passive Poker. Pros get dealt cards the same as the rest of us. Forget their success and focus on yours.


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[Jayplay916]

Yes, many times. If you're talking about someone at PS from team poker stars, then i don't think that Canadian player Jeff Gross is a poker pro or Celina Lin is a poker pro. Jeff has online ROI close to 0, Celina has negative ROI, Ronaldo(ex-soccer player from Brasil) or the current Ronaldo - plus many many other so called "poker pros" are just well know players or people in their areas or countries. These people are "agents of influence" or "leaders" or "priests" whatever you call them, but they are well paid to be "poker pro" because their fans will start playing poker and pokersites simply share the profit with such "pros"I believe that poker pro is someone with ROI above 15% in MTTs over the long run. If an average monthly salary in country where "pro" lives is let's say $2K and "pro" earns 25K+ in a year, each year and plays only poker for living, without a job, then i can say that this person is a professional.
If you're using sharkscope HUD or simply check stats of players around you at the tables you'll be surprised to see how many actual PRO players are sitting around you at $11+ MTT tables, a minimum 1 at each table close to bubble time.

With the fear of sounding lame I would like to know what ROI means never heard the term

 

[hugh blair]

With the fear of sounding lame I would like to know what ROI means never heard the term

Return on investment I think good luck.

 

[dino]

I remember playing agains Chris Ferguson, at FT back in days when he was doing $10K challenge

 

[NBB]

With the fear of sounding lame I would like to know what ROI means never heard the term

ROI = Return on Investment

 

[Luvepoker]

I have never had the opportunity to play against a pro online sadly. I almost got to play against Eric Seidel at the wsop but sadly the dealer told him he was at the wrong table.

 

[demios]

I played on the same table as Boris Becker.

 

[AAbyss]

I did not have a chance