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Old 08-30-2008, 12:56 PM     Post subject: The Doomswitch is fake?!?!? WTF? #1 (permalink)  
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: dxl693@bham.ac.uk
>Sent: 2008/08/24 18:08:06
>To: support@pokerstars.com
>Subject: RE: withdrawal
>
>>I recently made a withdrawal, and I know it goes against all the rules and
>you hate me for it etc etc etc
>>but pretty please can you turn my doomswitch off??
>>
>>please?
>________________________________________
>From: PokerStarsSupport [support@pokerstars.com]
>Sent: 24 August 2008 23:17
>To: dxl693@bham.ac.uk
>Subject: RE: withdrawal
>
>Hello David,
>
>Thank you for your email.
>
>Contrary to popular belief and rumors amongst what some poker players
>think, there is no "boomswitch" or sometimes more commonly referred to
>it's opposite meaning "doomswitch". Most players feel better that
>they can metaphorically describe the negative and positive variance
>and swings experienced through playing so many hands by calling it a
>boomswitch, but it really does not exist. PokerStars does not have
>the ability to manipulate the deal in any way.
>
>And also keep in mind that we have no rules against withdrawing your money.
>
>Please let us know if there is anything else we may help you with.
>
>
>Regards,
>
>AdrianC
>PokerStars Support Team

----- Original Message -----
From: dxl693@bham.ac.uk
Sent: 2008/08/24 18:19:58
To: support@pokerstars.com
Subject: RE: withdrawal

>But I keep losing moniez!!
>
>I am planning on redepositing soon, honestly.
>
>bring on the boomswitch.
>
>ONE TIME LEE JONES!

>From: PokerStarsSupport [support@pokerstars.com]

Hello David,

Thank you for your email. I sincerely appreciate your concerns.

As difficult as it is David, it's important to refrain from taking bad
beats and streaks personally. There is truly nothing in our software that
would neither make your account win nor lose. As you know, poker is a long-
term game in which your results are wholly dependant upon the decisions
that you make along the way. Unfortunately, you will also have to endure
streaks like what you are experiencing right as well.

Rest assured, our shuffle is completely random, favoring or disfavoring no
player over any other. The computerized methods we use to shuffle the deck
are more than sufficient to ensure complete randomization of the cards, and
complete unpredictability of the cards to come. You can see the description
of these methods at:

http://www.pokerstars.com/security.html

In addition, we track all hands dealt daily to see if there is any
statistically significant variance.

In fact, we gave the source code to two independent auditors who
reviewed our shuffle algorithm and found it sound and random. You may
read the analyses of these auditors at:

http://www.pokerstars.com/rng_audit.html

We have dealt over 18,000,000,000 hands, and have freely given out real
money hand histories any time somebody has requested them. Not once has
anybody found any indication that our shuffle is not 100% random, and many
who have undertaken such studies have posted their findings to the
Internet. You may find just two of them here:

http://tinyurl.com/32ajma
http://tinyurl.com/2wu99w

If you have further questions about this, please don't hesitate to contact
us.

I sincerely hope it turns around for you soon. Best of luck in the games.

Regards,

Larry
PokerStars Support Team


doomswitch obviously exists despite their best try.

and is there anything PS support wont reply to??
 
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Old 08-30-2008, 01:39 PM #2 (permalink)  
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propaganda from the nazi state of Pokerstars support, imo.

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You mean the revolver, sir?
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Old 08-30-2008, 08:42 PM #3 (permalink)  
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I was playing in a live tourney once and there was a lagtard guy sat at my table that talked non-stop through almost every hand (mainly about himself).

At one point I heard him loudly telling the guy to his right that when he was playing at an EPT event in London he met John Duthie, "the owner of Poker Stars", and after the tourney Duthie got drunk and admitted to him that the doom switch exists. Apparently when Stars have had a bad month and not taken enough rake (!!!!) they turn on the switch so that all the fish keep hitting their 2 outers and all the big hands get coolered so the money goes flying in and Stars rake goes through the roof.

The lagtard guy went on to explain that this is the reason he lost almost his entire bankroll he scored by finishing 2nd in the Million over a period of a couple of weeks playing 10/20NL.

So there you go. Proof.
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Old 08-31-2008, 12:22 AM #4 (permalink)  
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propaganda from the nazi state of Pokerstars support, imo.
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Old 09-01-2008, 06:08 PM #7 (permalink)  
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Old 09-02-2008, 07:14 AM #8 (permalink)  
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LAME HUMOR THAT MAKES FISH LAUGH
One of my favorite FTR things is when you say something then bigred posts that right after. It's right up there with the now retired turtle.


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LAME HUMOR THAT MAKES FISH LAUGH
One of my favorite FTR things is when you say something then bigred posts that right after. It's right up there with the now retired turtle.
please, do tell

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 when did the turtle retire?

i thought i saw it the other day on here
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when did the turtle retire?

i thought i saw it the other day on here
It comes out for special events and appearances and such, but it has retired from it's day to day activities.


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