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Speed of hands at Pokerstars

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  1. muddywater muddywater is offline

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    Jun 12th, 2006 (6/12/2006 12:47pm)

    Guys,

    Does anyone know why stars deals their hands so slowly? I would assume it's in the best interest of everyone to see more hands/hr. Are they worried that people will go broke faster or what? I am fairly new to stars and I gotta say that I really like the site. The speed that the cards are dealt is by far my biggest complaint with the site.

    Andrew
  2. ShortStack3 ShortStack3 is offline

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    Jun 12th, 2006 (6/12/2006 12:51pm) in reply to muddywater

    Thats exactly why I don't like playing cash games on stars.

    They need to speed things up like UB or Bodog.
  3. jerichoholic jerichoholic is offline

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    Jun 12th, 2006 (6/12/2006 12:54pm) in reply to ShortStack3

    But then how will they make the bad beats as gut wrenching if it's dealt faster?
  4. Mr. Blonde Mr. Blonde is offline Supreme Moderator

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    Jun 12th, 2006 (6/12/2006 12:56pm) in reply to ShortStack3

    Turn off animations in your options, and auto muck hands. Thats speeds things up a bit.
     
  5. MrTimCaum MrTimCaum is offline

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    Jun 12th, 2006 (6/12/2006 12:58pm) in reply to Mr. Blonde

    turning off animation wont increase hands/hour though
  6. stlouis6 stlouis6 is offline

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    Jun 12th, 2006 (6/12/2006 1:01pm) in reply to MrTimCaum

    Agreed, it gets especially annoying playing HU, UB is soooo much better in that regard.
     
  7. gambler2k4 gambler2k4 is offline

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    Jun 12th, 2006 (6/12/2006 1:09pm) in reply to stlouis6

    that's why I just load up 6 or 8 tables. what's sad is that sometimes I have gaps in waiting for hands when I'm on 6 tables.
     
  8. muddywater muddywater is offline

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    Jun 12th, 2006 (6/12/2006 1:44pm) in reply to gambler2k4

    I do have the animation turned off and I agree that it helps. I just with stars would speed it up so you could see more than 90 hands/hr.

    Andrew
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  9. TomHimself TomHimself is offline

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    Jun 12th, 2006 (6/12/2006 2:01pm) in reply to muddywater

    i think lee has said its part of their software and it would be alot of work to try and make it as fast as UB.

    i dont think it has anything to do with playerrs going broke quicker
  10. tonkatruck tonkatruck is offline

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    Jun 12th, 2006 (6/12/2006 4:29pm) in reply to muddywater

    I play entirely on full tilt and was wondering how their dealing speed stacks up, anyone?
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    Jun 12th, 2006 (6/12/2006 4:40pm) in reply to tonkatruck

    Yeah--pokerstars needs to be more like UB lol--faster hand speeds--when the site is up :)
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