This week I tracked 23 players - 12 showed profit and 10 had losses and 1 was break-even. Winners combined for about $140,000, losers for about $110,000. Adam "v2the3/vtothe3" Sykes played biggest sample - 1659 games.
Daniel "mrGR33N13/riyyc225" Colman Won The Most!
Some of his hands from EPT MONTE CARLO SUPER HIGH ROLLER: click here and here and here and here and here
Results by different buy-in level
- $5,000: +$14,683 after 3 games
- $2,000: -$225 after 6 games
- $1,000: +$18,988 after 325 games
- $500: $9,821 after 169 games
- $300: $546 after 10 games
Dominik "mad_domonox/domonox" Bosnjak - Second Best!
He tried to mix things up adding some TURBO HUSNGS and did well playing them (about +$9,000 in total). He also did well in hypers:
Mostly he won from micide ($7,834) and rams85 ($2,915). His most profitable day: Wednesday (+$14,470 after 117 games).
More Winners
Rachid Ben "SkaiWalkurrr" Cherif won $16,797 after 258 games; Jack "jackstack99/aisixer3jk" Ketendjian won $14,073 after 460 games; Ryan "Moca Choca89" O'Donnell won $13,853 after 836 games; spiritedreal won $9,343 after 1629 games; Conor "Earl Hindman/Jaws Washington" Shelly won $8,438 after 389 games; andrechuvak won $7,287 after 586 games; Dmitry "JustNoPain" Ivanov won $6,522 after 100 games; Eric "paddygo" Sullivan won $4,614 after 78 games; Eric2441989 won $4,341 after 716 games; ChuckNorrisQ won $2,030 after 115 games.
Break-even: Qi "qihu00" Hu won $390 after 86 games.
Biggest Loser - anthonyff
He lost $16,803 to rams85 (227 games) and $12,120 to Harthor (111 games). Least profitable day: Wednesday (-$20,513 after 292 games).
Other Losers
Richard "chadders0" Chadwick lost $19,645 after 805 games; I just L0Ld lost $18,509 after 501 games; Ike Haxton lost $12,644 after 45 games; Adam "v2the3/vtothe3" Sykes lost $9,617 after 1659 games; GlassOfBeer lost $6,594 after 278 games; Olivier "Adonis112" Busquet lost $4,613 after 115 games; WhatIsICM lost $2,443 after 831 games; Leon "flippetyflop" Louis lost $1,246 after 618 games; SwanRonson lost $1,157 after 105 games.
ThE ambiance is so strange after the Colman wins...?
Busquet come to congrats Colman, but Colman is so cold !!?? Is he a douche or what ??
Even when receiving the prize, Colman seems ridiculously passive ! ??
Which video are you looking at? And what part of it? Curious to see what you're talking about.
This https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHwvvV7w-w4
I get a different impression there. He just finished a 12 hour final table (not sure if it was all in one day, but even an entire tournament over a few days is a lot..) and the stress you probably have when playing for so much money this deep in a high roller has got to be high. He looks sort of in his own world, doesn't strike me as rude or anything. He engaged Busquet and a few others, but basically had the same sort of expression on his face before and after, kind of seemed like he was a bit dazed and in his own world after the tournament and that's understandable.
The other thought I had is maybe he wasn't all that comfortable, the cards are done, the cameras are still on and he just won, could be a bit for anyone to handle.
Yeah you prolly right, i thougt exactly the same basiclaly but when Busquet comes to congrats him, it appears clearly for me at least that Busquet stays alone and feel pretty embarrased so... not a big deal at all loool but still a bit weird cold/stupid attitude from my point of view or a massive lack of connections "savoir faire"... hehe ( without mentioning we can safely say Colman is where he is due to Busquet's coaching...)
Well the tourney is probably rigged in his ( him being pokerstars' mascot ) favour and he has to give most of the money back at the end minus his hourly wage which is slightly better than when he was washing dishes for a living.
If im honest, and if my life was in game to answer the right answer to the question is it rigged or not, i can easily say id be totally unable to feel comfortable....
Is there any vip/known players here who are reading this and share our doubts ?
I don't think PokerStars favors mrgr33n over other players. Why would he be PokerStars' mascot? He's not a sponsored pro, he's withdrawn probably 2+ million on that site lifetime, his stats are blocked so it's not like he's a visible success story that is growing the game (at least not to the extent he could be), why would Stars want him to win over one of their sponsored pros? Or over a player that they know will likely lose a lot of the money online? If you were to rig a tournament as a poker room sponsoring the tournament, you'd want to rig it in a way that maximally benefits you, and I think sponsored, visible pros and big losing players would be the best return on your "rigging."
As far as live or online games being rigged, history has proven that this has happened in some instances. Most people would be fools to believe that poorly supervised games as major casinos (think the recent WPT Borgota event), or events ran by shady companies (think Ultimate Bet, Absolute Poker, Lock Poker, a live home game with shady characters) can't be rigged. That stuff happens, people cheat others out of games.
But history has also shown that very reputable sites and companies ran by reputable people that have a good reputation at what they do are very unlikely to have any problems like that going on. PokerStars, I believe, is one of those companies. There are some live casinos that you'd be pretty surprised to hear of cheating at high levels occurring (as in, the casino management cheating players) too. Of course, there are players that cheat on PokerStars, and players that have cheated in any major live casino, but that's a different story. You're talking about things being rigged by the company/poker room/casino, and reputable organizations haven't really had these issues by and large. Shadier reputation places have. It's very important to know the difference. It's like calling a girlfriend or wife or boyfriend or husband a cheater just because millions of humans have cheated on their spouses in the history of the world. That's far too general/not a fair comparison. Evidence, motive, logic needs to prevail, not paranoia and emotions.
Again, you prolly saying truth here. Or lets say i just pray for this to be the truth.....
Cheating stories/legends you can find on the web say some people could be paid fortunes just to turn people ridiculous on the internet when they dare to have doubts on rooms's integrity.
Wish you not paid :)
But if i was "pokerstars cheating MGMT", Colman would be one on my favorite horse though. His success on a marketing point of view is the perfect golden path imo to entertain the legend of poker....
Isildur could be a markenting scam too imo.
But Busquet is not a scam, hes the real legend imo. None proof, just my instinct... hehe
Sorry if some people are shocked by my words here, just my opinion no more.