Comments on: Spotlight On: Home Poker Clubs

By: aubad

aubad — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 03:59:54 +0000

hi friends. im aubad founder of poker players club. founded 2009. first rule of poker players club is no cheating. only other rule is personal conduct to be exemplitory. you asked why did ea poker close. i found a article in the vancouver sun. it was dated may 2010 i believe. the article stated virgin bought poker for dummies. poker for dummies was ea told me over the phone on several occasions the name of ea poker lounges card game. turns out it was just business. no biggie to me because ea poker was great because of easdrob!! easdrob controlled the poker lounges. you lost chips, or had any issue easdrob cared!! easdrob made us all friends. wish we had the same level of commitment today. Aubad

By: Thetruth8431

Thetruth8431 — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:08:40 +0000

I am not sure what you mean by table squatters but an average poker game of 6-8 people should last for at lest one hour i have played many live poker games.The games on homes are lasting about 15 min at the very most.

By: keara22hi

keara22hi — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:57:21 +0000

I still have 42 of the original “Poker Posse” on my Keara friend list. I never gave up hope. Only the ones who drifted away from the PS3 were deleted.

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:39:51 +0000

I was hoping with the use of the private server glitch that we would be able to have some poker tourneys at the Casino…now that is patched and another way to achieve that is in the works..I would be interested in seeing that “list” happen again…sounds like a greeat idea…

By: keara22hi

keara22hi — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:27:49 +0000

Another BIG poker ‘club’ in the EA Poker Room days was the Poker Posse. It wasn’t really a club, though. It was an “Invite” list for open tables. I wound up being the “Keeper of the List”. As fast as one of the gang could get a second server open, I would navigate to them and start sending out the invites as fast as possible. Many times we would fill every table in the room in less that 10 minutes. I would invite every one on the 100 list, they would arrive, invite more, and soon we would have the perfect room of red and black tables loaded with serious players who all knew each other. The laughs, the jokes, the good times…..

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:55:04 +0000

@ Thetruth8431- I completely agree with your assessment of the poker game. If I had to speculate those parameters might be in place to keep the game going and not have table squatters. I to have been a victim of the tables freezing up..

By: Thetruth8431

Thetruth8431 — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:45:00 +0000

The new caisno is not very good either.The blinds go up way 2 fast i would say about every 2 min witch is about every hand or 2.That is called a trubo witch is mostly pure luck due to the fact the game goes so fast.The pay outs are far 2 low as well paying 500 chips 2 play a game that pays you 250 for a 2ed place win is ridiculous,making 1st place the only way to make any chips.The vip room is even worse 2.500 2 play one game when chips cost you 5$ for 5000 so if you get unlucky you will get 2 play 2 games for 5$ and im not even going to get started on the lagin and freezing i have watched many people lose there chips because tables become unplayable.

By: Burbie52

Burbie52 — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:12:25 +0000

Like I said in my article about cheaters on Home, that fact that anyone would feel the need to cheat in a virtual society where they really gain nothing is beyond me. And glitching in a public arena in any instance is condemned by Sony I believe, especially if it interferes with game play.
I like the new poker, but then I am not a serious player really it is just for fun and always will be. I don’t like people who go all in or bet too heavily before the flop though, I will always fold,then leave that table if it happens twice and move to another, it takes all the fun out of the game as far as I am concerned.

By: cthulu93

cthulu93 — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:13:06 +0000

It sounded,as you described it,as game-rigging which is certainly a reportable offense.

By: cthulu93

cthulu93 — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:10:52 +0000

Blocking all chat channels would also do little to stop multi-PS3 households from cheating as well.

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:38:09 +0000

I would die if I ended up playing a silent table. I am sure I would get scoldings as I took their chips..

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:35:44 +0000

EA left HOME for reasons I cannot disclose but I was following them around to capture the video of their play. I was bored that evening. As for reporting them, IDK if what they were doing was in any listed violation. They were playing the game as they saw it I guess. The structure at the Casion does makes you be aggressive with your betting that’s for sure

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:24:49 +0000

…thanks Olivia, but as we all know..it’s your chips that usually end up my way…

By: Gideon

Gideon — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:00:01 +0000

I find people find poker on Home WAY too seriously. I have had people want to keep the table completely quiet. Be all serious… with fake money… in a virtual world… seemed silly to be so serious.

Even with ALL comms blocked people could still cheat. I always use Skype to chat while on Home, its just a better system than the voicechat in Home.

The best thing to do, if you want a fair and fun game, is to find a group you like to play with and trust, because we all know… say it with me folks…

Cheaters gonna cheat.

By: cthulu93

cthulu93 — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:42:51 +0000

Normally Poker clubs=Poker cheats,back in the EA days these are the kinds of people that would load a table with 3or4 people and tell each other their cards(not saying this club does that but many do).As for glitchers,wasn’t EA Poker yanked because of glitching?I think it was and if glitching continues in the Hellfire room I expect it will get yanked as well,so next time you see people doing that,instead of following them around and watching them,just report them.The sooner people like that are gone the better,IMO.But it’s all the same to me as I’m not even using that Hellfire Poker room anymore now that the casino is in town.It really is better to play with/against people that don’t go all-in every hand before the Flop and so far it hasn’t happened once at the casino in my experience.The only problems with the casino’s Poker is that the Blinds increase a little fast and it only seats 6 players but other than those small details it’s a great game.

By: Olivia_Allin

Olivia_Allin — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 09:24:17 +0000

If you’re playing a poker game and you look around the table and and can’t tell who the sucker is, it’s you.
Paul Newman

Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died.
Steven Wright

Ninety percent of the hands aren’t shown in a poker game.
Doyle Brunson

“I never go looking for a sucker. I look for a Champion and make a sucker of of him.” -- “Amrillo” Slim Preston

When a man with money meets a man with experience, the man with experience leaves with money and the man with money leaves with experience.

Just a few of my favorite poker quote. Very enjoyable read. Now shuffle up and deal and start sliding your stacks my way.