SITE BY SITE -- MATTER OF STYLE???

[MrGrob]

I learned on Paradise -- and have never been afraid of playing there.

I learned to win at UB eventually...and over the last few weeks, had to relearn how to do this here.

I have never felt comfortable at Party or any of the skins. I feel like I have zero control over anything...it is just flip flip flip -- the chips move. Don't bother trying to out play / out think anyone -- just play good cards...I think this is too boring for me.

Stars -- I have always loved the software, hated the site. I won there when I was 1st learning, but as of my last visit, a year ago, I just didn't feel right about it.

Total, True, and a few others -- easy to destroy -- maybe just good runs of cards, but highly profitable for me. They seem to play like Party, but for some reason, I feel much more comfortable there. Maybe the slower play fits my personality better?

Anyone else find there are sites that the play seem to run against the style?

[pretender2k]

I have my biggest winnings on UB nest on stars. I suck on Party but keep trying to adjust my play because I believe if you learn to play there the winnings are better. For right now I will build my bankroll on UB so I can take the swings on Party.

[JTrout]

I have had alot of success on Party. I've had decent success on Paradise (first site I played, and I feel comfortable there!). I've played off several bonuses on UB, and I've rarely cashed out more than I deposited! I haven't yet learned to win on UB.
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I've also played a few others recently, and I agree it's a matter of style, or taste.
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Some of the visuals are just more pleasing to the eye. Where the buttons are, what kind of prompts they use when it's your turn.... many things combine to make you either comfortable, or uncomfortable.
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But I think as players, we adapt fairly easily. So if there is a compelling reason to play at a particular site, I think it could soon become comfortable.
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I've recently been trying out several new (to me) sites, and I try to begin with the attitude that there will be problems, growing pains. Just accept them, handle them, and play good cards!
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You can't change the world, but you can make money playing poker! [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]
Cheers.

[scotnt73]

i learned to play on party and the skins and do very well there. cant win consistantly at ub to save my life. lost 250$ there last week while trying to clear a 100$ bonus. luckily i won 200-300$ at the skins during that same time period.

[Sarge85]

I'll pony up TruePoker as my favorite. Seems to be just the right mix of fish and semi-competent players to make money at.

Party has been mixed results as I have a hard time dealing with a full table of fish

UB has been tough because the play has been tighter.

True falls somewhere in the middle.

[crockpot]

ever tried playing tournaments seriously? it sounds like your ability to beat a tighter game would help you out there.

[Kenshin]

I have profited at pacific, UB and intercasino; however, I lose consistently (in fact I have never won) at Party. Any suggestions?

[CrackerZack]

I lose everywhere. But I'm independently wealthy, so it doesn't matter.

[TruePoker CEO]

Thanks for the write-up, Sarge.

Our site is designed to be friendly to the "social" player. We offer the amenities such as on-table chat, 3D graphics and animation, audio comments, et cetera which mimic the non-monetary aspects of poker play. At the same time, we match or exceed other sites' poker offerings.

We are always interested in improving our offerings, so feel free to send in feedback in the form of criticism, as well as projects you might like to see at your ideal site.
(We are still adapting a 2D offering for multitable play, we have not forgotten those requests.)

Truepoker CEO

[mrbaseball]

Started playing seriously at Paradise. Great software and beatable games. I switched to Party in July because of the aquarium effect but was still beating Paradise too until I took my last money out in September. I plan to redeposit at Paradise to try out their new multis.

Party is my ring game home now while Stars is my touney and sng home. I will give Paradise a crack again though. Stars and Paradise are so much better softwarewise than Party or the lessor imitators. They are much more enjoyable to play at which to me at least is important.

I have tried Prima and WSEX and really dislike both (very similar) software programs and the game selection is crap so I won't go there. I downloaded True once and played two play money hands before deleting it from my computer. Definitely not the software program for my tastes. I guess I should try UB although all the feedback seems that the games arent so great?

I look for large well established sites with great software programs and decent game selection (Stars and Paradise) or the biggest kid on the block with all the fish (Party/Empire) despite the frustrations involved with bad (but better than Prima/wsex) software and seemingly poor service.

In my heart of hearts I really believe that Paradise and Stars will overtake Party sometime. Party is just so bad at everything but marketing they have to crash and burn at some point.