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Pokerstars Purchases FTP???
GBT dragged the deal on and on when they had the chance to close it in the exclusive period. Probably overconfident and thought they were being the only potential buyer in town. Right now the deal is off and they came back to beg those FTP employees to start another site' Kinda pathetic...
Posted in: Poker Sites 		andrechiu
May 1st, 2012
Pokerstars Purchases FTP???
We are probably talking about different things. What I meant was purchasing FTP with 300 million can never be justified on business EV alone for Pokerstars without taking settlement issues into consideration.
Posted in: Poker Sites 		andrechiu
Apr 30th, 2012
Pokerstars Purchases FTP???
+1. Those people who keep arguing how the purchase doesn't make any business sense are looking at this in the totally wrong way. It is all about legal and settlement issues for Stars at this point. The business issue is only a very small part in their consideration.
Posted in: Poker Sites 		andrechiu
Apr 30th, 2012
Re:The Poker Economy Tipping Point
I agree with most of your points. IMO the only thing that can save online poker now is US regulation. otherwise the game will just keep getting tougher. I dont think Asian fish can replace all the lost US fish anytime soon.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		andrechiu
Oct 27th, 2009
Re:WCOOP Main Event "Udon Wannit" (multi-acct. ?)
I think this is a MA case too. but in 2007 the_v0id got caught because he was totally stupid and did it very obvious. I am sure all the MAers nowdays have learned the lesson from that. Therefore I suspect the MAer in this case would leave any concrete evidence for stars to convict him.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		andrechiu
Sep 22nd, 2009
Re:How long until you profit SNG's
right from the first $215 SNG I played. That was on partypoker though and back in 2004. Damn... I miss those days...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		andrechiu
Aug 27th, 2009
Re:Official Billy Kopp ME Sweat!
Agree. A good player most likely would call on that turn card with a boat or a nut flush and not go allin. If Moon knows these too, it is not a tough call at all. But Moon is not a great player, he is an amateur. I am not sure he really took this into account. He probably just thought: I got a flush, no way I am folding this to this aggressive guy.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		andrechiu
Jul 16th, 2009
Re:Official Billy Kopp ME Sweat!
lol. he won 900k.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		andrechiu
Jul 15th, 2009
Re:Official Billy Kopp ME Sweat!
Is it standard to raise 3 5s from early position these days'
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		andrechiu
Jul 15th, 2009
Re:Looking for a live poker game in Shanghai, China
I think you should at least try to get a broadband internet connection, 2 would be ideal if you play for serious money. I live in Shanghai too and I installed 2 broadband internet connections to make sure I dont get disconnected. I play on pokerstars too and so far connection has been good. As for live games, I've heard there are some holdem clubs around hongqiao area. I am not sure what limit they play but I will do some research on it.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		andrechiu
Jan 6th, 2009
Re:Ultimate Bet
Pretty hard to have any sympathy for Bax. Guess this is what a guy deserve for lending his name to a shady site at the first place. Next time try to get a deal with a respectable site and not just look at how much $$ they offer you.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		andrechiu
Nov 29th, 2008
Re:Whats harder
Comparing making 100k+/year playing online poker and getting a undergraduate degree from a good school doesnt make much sense as it is not even close in terms of difficulty. It makes more sense if you compare it to an advanced degree in a tough field. For example, if you compare it to a PhD degree in a tough field, such as quantitative finance or physics. In that case, the latter probably is harder. But it will be close if you compare making 200K+/year playing online poker and getting a PhD in a very tough quantitative field. But the comparison would be meaningless too sicnce both of these ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		andrechiu
Sep 9th, 2008
Re:Whats harder
Making 100k a year playing poker is much harder. Any guys with above average IQ can get a degree from a decent school. It takes much much more to be successful in poker, especially online poker.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		andrechiu
Sep 8th, 2008
Re:what happened to the online pros being better then live pros during the wsop threads?
average online player >> average live player top online players and top live players are very close. most of them play both anyway.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		andrechiu
Jun 6th, 2008
Re:Will US players ever play on Party again?
If Party comes back to US, I will be rich without even having to play there. I got tons of Partygaming stocks.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		andrechiu
Jun 2nd, 2008
Re:If you made the final table of the WSOP main event this year? Coach?
I will pick the new rising star in high-stakes online cash game - Steve Haris.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		andrechiu
May 31st, 2008
Re:Is great marketing or customer service more important in a poker site?
Marketing is much more important than customer service IMO. Before UIGEA, Partypoker was the biggest site by far, it was not because they had the best customer service, which was actually very bad. It was because they had the best marketing and commercials in the whold industry. They attracted so many fish, then the pros followed the fish. If the game is soft and I can make good money at a site, I really don't care much about how long it takes them to respond to my e-mail.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		andrechiu
May 24th, 2008
Re:What do you think this overshove means?
smells like KQ to me
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		andrechiu
May 22nd, 2008
Re:Poker VT
fair enough... but i dont understand why you say his second place is guaranteed at that point if he folded. you think the other guy had no chance winning against the chip leader at all' are you kidding me'
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		andrechiu
May 21st, 2008
Re:Poker VT
I am not saying he is not a very good player. But it didn't change the fact that that fold was just aweful. You can do a poll on all the top players here. I bet most of them will agree with me.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		andrechiu
May 21st, 2008
Re:Poker VT
Oh. Wasicka is there... Isn't he the guy who folded straight flush draw at the WSOP ME final table' What an aweful fold.... Hope you dont learn this from him.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		andrechiu
May 21st, 2008
Re:Top Sng players on Sharkscope
They made most of their money from HU sng,not 9-person SNG. And there are no techinically perfect ways to play HU SNG, you have to read your opponents well. For 9-person SNG, a formulatic approach may make you some money at lower buy-in, but at higher buyin SNG, you are break-even at best using this approach.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		andrechiu
May 3rd, 2008
Re:UIGEA and Party Poker
Of course I will go back as soon as they return, this is the only site where I can make some good money so far. Oh, my god, I miss PP so much. I play poker for money. PS is good, but in terms of the softness of the game, there is just no comparison.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		andrechiu
May 2nd, 2008
Re(2): AP Visit: I'm going to Costa Rica
dont worry. just go. we know no amount of money in the world can buy a true poker player. just kidding. you did a fantastic job on this
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		andrechiu
Oct 23rd, 2007
Re(6): Question on Multi-accounting, The V0id, etc...
The "crime" was clearly multi-accounting. My guess is that it is more than just 2 accounts. Stars probably didn't want to reveal too much details on how they did the investigation so the future cheaters wont get smarter.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		andrechiu
Oct 23rd, 2007
Re(2): Would you use a superaccount?
I will only use it against other superaccounts. superaccount vs. superaccount. It would be fun.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		andrechiu
Oct 18th, 2007
Re(5): Is softplaying legal / allowed? - Dariominieri and Inissint in Step6 SNG on Stars
i think pokerstars should give you Dario's seat.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		andrechiu
Oct 16th, 2007
Re(6): WCOOP Main Event Investigation Conclusion
you are not mad, you are a genius!
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		andrechiu
Oct 15th, 2007
Re(2): WCOOP Main Event Investigation Conclusion
this is probably the standard way. there are other methods of course, but none without any major drawbacks.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		andrechiu
Oct 15th, 2007
Re(4): WCOOP Main Event Investigation Conclusion
if the multi-accounters tend to get caught when they win big. it will make multi-accounting very -EV and effectively deter people from trying it, would you think'
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		andrechiu
Oct 15th, 2007