Strange Goings on - Stars PL 5-Draw Tables

Hollandicus · #1 01-10-2007, 07:03 PM

Has anyone noticed Ids from Kiev on every single Pot Limit 5-Draw table on Stars? oh and half of the NL tables too.

I have counted 10 separate ids, one on each table - they each play 5 or 6 and never at the same table as each other. They also play through most of the day and night.

Already contacted Stars who thought they were a known group of pro 5-draw players... but the number of ids and the way it is set up just does not seem right to me.

Anyone noticed this or have any thoughts?

Have listed the Ids on my blog but did not want to put them here - in case I am wrong!!

Big Limpin · #2 01-10-2007, 07:16 PM

i am of the opinion that draw would be the easiest game to construct a winning bot for.........and also the easiest game for a thinking human (who recognizes the situation) to beat said bot after sufficient observation.

i am also of the opinion that Kiev is a lovely city.

Big Limpin · #3 01-10-2007, 07:23 PM

also holland, on pokerroom draw there is a hugely disproportionate number of Turkish players...at first i was like wtf, then i began engaging them in conversation, they mostly were happy to talk, and it dispelled my fears. humans they are! turns out that draw is just really popular there, ankara and istanbul both (probably country wide).

i feel that its more likely kiev is just a hotbed of draw, but you never know. do they all play the exact same?

either way, as long as there is not 2 of them on the same table, you should be able to beat them.

Murakawa · #4 01-10-2007, 07:50 PM

I noticed this too, they play the tournaments too. Kyiv, kev, kyev all of it! If the Ukraine is really a draw hotspot then I'm moving. I knew being a Russian major would come in handy.

Murakawa · #5 01-10-2007, 07:57 PM

Yeah, wait a second, pro draw players?

HarmonicaMan · #6 01-10-2007, 09:44 PM

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Yeah, wait a second, pro draw players?

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Yeh, easiest career ever if you live in a country where cost of living(in US dollars) is significnatly lower.
Lets face it, most of former Soviet bloc in eastern Europe - lots of people - allow internet gambling, and $10/hr goes a very loooong way in these countries.

Don't laugh - Poland, Czech republic, and many states have a decent standard of living. They're not that backward, and who could blame them for playing a fairly beatable, low variance card game instead of working for a living.