Difficulty winning online? Just write them a letter! |
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Posted Sat Oct 28, 2006 11:32 pm GMT by raisebot
This is no BS, indisputable proof that the so called alleged "doom switch" really exists. I always thought I was just a bad player, once in a while getting lucky; but I really thought practice was the key. Boy was I wrong, I never thought I'd admit it, but I was down a few thousand from playing on pokerstars, and was down to my last $100 when desperation set in. Man was I desperate. I started eating dogfood in between SNG's, just because it's so damn cheap, and besides, Rocky was getting fat anyway. So as a last resort, I decided to write pokerstars a mildly threatening letter-
Dear Pokerstars,
Hi, I'm a fairly consistent losing player on your site. For some reason, whenever I go all in preflop, I lose usually 2/3 of the time. I used to to think it was just my play, but the more I watch the pro's on TV, their Ace is always good. So I started narrowing down my all-in preflop hands to only suited cards with an ace kicker, because that's what the pro's are doing. Still no luck, it seemed I was losing even more playing this way. I stopped paying my internet access bill because I was down about $4400 in 3 weeks, just from playing at your site. I don't know why, but something about that just struck me as odd, because people that gamble in real casinos do usually win about at least 1/2 the time.
So I did some reading up on online poker on the internet (I was forced to steal my neighbors wireless connection to get online because I had no money left). I heard about something called variation, but that couldn't be the case because I variate my play, and the 2 cards I usually push in on varies by the hand. So I kept reading, until I heard about something called the "doom switch", also known as the "cash out curse". Seemed like the only logical way I could be losing so much was if you had me on a high difficulty level. The only issue is is that I never yet cashed-out, so why would you put the curse on me?
I've been patient until now, but I've finally reached my wit's end. If you don't change my difficulty level to something easier, and I mean RIGHT AWAY, I'll have no choice but to either:
a)stop playing online poker altogether,
or,
b)join a more reputable site such as jetset poker
Just because I'm in the US doesn't mean you can take advantage of me.
Sincerely & angrily yours,
raisebot
Andrew xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(702) xxx-xxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@hotmail.com
Within 2 hours, I got the following reply:
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Dear raisebot,
We here at PokerStars sincerely regret your unfortunate experience playing at our cardroom.
I personally checked with our tech dept, and mistakenly your account was set on T16 level, which is normally reserved for people that have already made a withdrawal. Initial deposit level is T01, where bad beats happen less 9/10's less often. We can see that you are a good and dedicated player, therefore, to keep you playing at PokerStars, I personally set your level at T00, where I can promise you a bad beat will not happen again within the next 2 (two) weeks from today. After that time, I have no choice but to raise your difficulty level from T00 to T05, which is basically a "break-even" level.
I assure you that even though you are in the USA and have a douchebag for pathetic excuse of a president, that does not influence our decisions in determining a player's current difficulty level.
I hope this is a satisfactory resolution for you; and hope that you will continue to show your support for PokerStars. If you have any further inquiries or questions, do not hesitate to contact me personally.
I have also credited your account with an additional 150 FPP's, which can be used to purchase merchandise and enter freerolls through our VIP store.
Yours truly,
Susan xxxxxxxxx
PokerStars Support
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Sounding too good to be true, I entered a SNG, with the sole intention of going all in to see if she was being truthful or not. The following result speaks for itself- 
(click the picture for a bigger pic)
I ran my account up to $42,634.60, from my last $100, all because I wrote them a letter. Indisputable proof that the kill-switch DOES exist, hopefully this thread will get a lot of hits and be cross-linked onto other forums.
ps- yeah I'm drunk
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Posted Sun Oct 29, 2006 12:37 am GMT by cayouche
Man!! I peed my pants reading this one. It's definitely a keeper!!!
Posted Sun Oct 29, 2006 6:48 am GMT by wEbMaStEr
Hahaha! That's classic! Should be stickied or maybe even put on the front page! Loved the animation too! Good job bot.
I always thought that writing to support complaining about bad beats was a sure fire way to get turned up to 11, but after reading this in an interview with H@££ingol about how he built his bankroll on stars... I'm not so sure.
"I wrote to PokerStars telling them how sick and tired I was of loosing online since I’m a winning player live and I think their software is rigged or something.
At the end of that night I had won 1000$. The next day I won a tourney for 3000$, and then the $11 rebuy for 6000$. Then I never looked back"
Serious!
Posted Sat Nov 04, 2006 7:48 am GMT by raisebot
| wEbMaStEr wrote: | Hahaha! That's classic! Should be stickied or maybe even put on the front page! Loved the animation too! Good job bot.
I always thought that writing to support complaining about bad beats was a sure fire way to get turned up to 11, but after reading this in an interview with H@££ingol about how he built his bankroll on stars... I'm not so sure.
"I wrote to PokerStars telling them how sick and tired I was of loosing online since I’m a winning player live and I think their software is rigged or something.
At the end of that night I had won 1000$. The next day I won a tourney for 3000$, and then the $11 rebuy for 6000$. Then I never looked back"
Serious! |
Funny shit man 
I posted this on the PSO forums and look at the responses from 2 different people-
| LatinoHeat88 wrote: | Yah, the exact same thing was happening to me at Absolute Poker. Except I lost a lot more. Emailed them with somewhat of the same email, and they fed me a bunch of bs about how they don't condone certain people having an advantage over others.
Looks like I will be bringing my business elsewhere |
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| getvinceout wrote: | alright im hoping that this topic is comepletly fake and that the poker world online does not work liek this...
correct? |
Posted Sat Nov 04, 2006 1:56 pm GMT by Geno
Pacific definitely turned up my multiplier today. I cannot catch a break. So far I've lost every race I've been in (literally) and busted a string of SnG games with dominating hands or overpairs.
Time for that email to support...........
Posted Sun Nov 05, 2006 12:31 am GMT by ORGrinder
| Geno wrote: | Pacific definitely turned up my multiplier today. I cannot catch a break. So far I've lost every race I've been in (literally) and busted a string of SnG games with dominating hands or overpairs.
Time for that email to support........... |
ditto for me. seems to be that way most weekends for me actually. i do okay on the weekdays but lately i seem to get killed on the weekends.
if i was smarter i'd stick to the weekdays i suppose... the addiction won't permit that though.
Posted Mon Nov 06, 2006 4:54 am GMT by Poto
Best
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Ever
Posted Mon Dec 11, 2006 4:07 am GMT by raisebot
seems like they reraised my difficulty level again
the stupid customer service bitch said after 2 weeks they would reset me to break even level, but I lost all 42k that I won and I'm now in the hole for another 7k
what a scam
Posted Mon Dec 11, 2006 8:00 am GMT by cayouche
You should probably call them.
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