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It's because for some time now people making accounts at unibet get a standard username something like unibet something and a number, pokerihuone something number and not how we had it when we could choose our own usernames. I would assume accounts that get migrated from other platforms when they are acquired are in the same basket.    ... View more

Or maybe they could add (or convert) a small added money tournament where you can buyin for lets say 5 or 10 bonus boints, instead of making it a centroll. Incentivises people to play some small buyin games to get those bonus points to be able to play this daily or weekly added money "freeroll". What do you think @Leo-Unibet ? That should be far less work than adding a ton of new different tickets (and the clutter that comes with them) or the development issue of making a completely new type of ticket system.  Later Edit: I just realized that maybe buying in with bonus points might not be possible currently, idk.  ... View more

@pinki Thanks for linking that article, it was really interesting. I knew that there were some massive, and really amateuristic coding issues in the infancy of online poker, when poker software wasn't much more thought through than a for fun flash game, and no regulations anywhere (2000ish) but I never knew the exact algorithms used and the methods to exploit them on the fly, super cool stuff.  ... View more

The difference is the rake paid on the sng you get points in. so in a 1€ SNG you will pay 5 cents, in a 10€ 50cents (so 10x the 1€)  and in a 100€ 3€ rake (so 60x the 1€). ... View more

I think I got it once from the bonus shop and it was 90 days split into 5 chuncks, so you get 100€ once you generate enough rake to clear 100€, so lets say you generate enough rake by the end of those 90 days to clear 453€ of the bonus, you would have gotten 400€ by that point and lose the last 100€. Idk if 90 days is still the requirement, probably is. If you don't think you can clear it then get a lower one, otherwise you're throwing tens/hundreds of € away just for the chance of 15€ of extra equity compared to the 100€ bonuses. ... View more

 I guess in a way it's easier in the sense that there are no settings for poker, just the rules of the game, nothing else to calculate (although generating a deck form a set of numbers that you have to request also requires some simple calculations), but it's pretty much the same thing, you have an algorithm that asks for random numbers from the RNG and then those random numbers get used in whatever way the rules of the game needs to use them. As for the random number that is requested idk if it does a standard random between x and y call or just gets a random large number (or small) and uses that as a seed to generate other numbers in a useable format for the specific need (I'd think the latter is more likely). As long as the seed number can't be known by someone, the result obtained by using that seed can't either.  If a dev were to come in here and actually explain the entire algorithm without dumbing it down and shortening it and making analogies, it would probably make all our heads spin  ... View more

@Livertool wrote: But casinos can set their rtp for slots, right? And rtp goes hand in hand with rng? Idk if they can set themselves or ask provider or what not but anyways.  I'm just making a lot of assumptions here from a coding/math perspective.  I would imagine that RTP wouldn't have anything to do with the RNG and they would be 2 separate things that work together, just as any other 2 elements of a program have to work together to have a complete functioning program. So like let's say you would have an RTP scroll bar that you can set that goes from 99% to idk 1%, that would influence other scroll bars automatically to fit in that RTP, like a bar to idk give a bonus round x% of the time, a bar to give a 3 line a bar for 4 line, idk the slots terminologies. Having those probabilities generated then the game would make a call to the RNG and ask for a random number let's say between 1 and 8597 if that's the % determined by the rtp , and one of those numbers is predetermined to be a huge jackpot before making the call. If those 2 numbers match then bang jackpot, and then more calls to determine the size between number and number, or random flashy bits that are just for fun. This is just how I would think I would implement it just thinking about it for a minute, idk the actual implementation and I'm sure there are more efficient ways.   When many people think of RNG they probably actually think of the implementation of the first thing rather than the actual number generator, so how the certain outcomes are determined, that being by having certain percenteges for every outcome, and those percenteges should pretty much be just automatically generatated though math to just fit that magic rtp number, obviously with some constraints like maybe you want more bonus rounds for this game but smaller value or whatnot. Ultimately the math behind those percenteges doesn't matter at all as long as the rtp number is verifiebly true (which can be tested (and probably is by multiple 3'rd parties) by making extreme sample size calls to see what it gives back, like in the trillions of "spins"). I would assume poker works in a very similar fashion, just with stricter rules (the rules of the game) and no need for an rtp slider as the money is deducted separately and would also not make any sense within the rules of the game. As for the actual number generator, the only worry that can be with it is if it can be "cracked" if some person could find a way to determine all the next numbers that are to be generated (if they can even know all the variables that go into it), the way the number is generated, the algorithm it uses shouldn't matter at all as long as it's random enough, and in 2019 I would doubt they would use a crap algorithm. And cracking weak RNG methods has been done before, but I would think making sure having an extremely good RNG to be a massive priority for a casino where someone cracking it could cost them tons in the casino games. Of course there could be multiple RNG sources, like I assume the RNG of each slot game comes from the provider (very not sure about that), the poker (and their own inhouse slots)  RNG from relax or maybe some 3'rd party provider that gives this service to relax.       ... View more

it's a lottery, 2/3 means that 2 out of the 3 prizes have already dropped at the tables, so there's only one more of that type today ... View more

The difference is in etiquette, just because you can do something to other people, doesn't mean that it's okay or that they can't judge you or say that you're a prk. That being said, the problem is not with the stallers, they are doing what is most likely most profitable in the current situation, props to them for figuring it out, the problem is only with how the leaderboard and the formulas are structured (and the timebank system). I've mentioned this problem since UOS1 but clearly a system that encourages 50 people to max latereg and then timebank every single hand until the end is not something that needs any changing. Of course I could do that too to do well in the leaderboard but that's just not fun, also it's probably more profitable than the leaderboards themselves to play out the tournaments for someone that has a large edge over the field. I've done it once (with significantly less timebanking), felt like a waste, got a very good position with almost no results and pretty much busting  the first hand I played almost every time, so proved that the formula is broken, and shared my findings with unibet. *crickets*   ... View more

Ian was planning to do it on Sunday the 12'th of May, it's not set in stone yet tho so there might be changes. Tickets will probably be issued closer to the freeroll date, right now nobody has a ticket as there is no tournament yet. I'll post an update here once we have more concrete info, if Ian doesn't do it first.  If you're one of the ticket winners and you gave Ian your alias you should be good to go, if you didn't you can ask him next time he streams, he will stream this sunday for sure.  ... View more

@MetalWolf wrote: Making that folds goes against everything anyone has ever been taught about GTO poker. I disagree with this statement. Anyone worth their salt would say that if the opponents range is only AA KK QQ then the GTO answer is to fold Queens, so your reasoning doesn't go against anything, it's good reasoning  (IF (big if) his range is like that ). Yeah I know some people call GTO only situations where both players are in equilibrium, and the one where only you are in equilibrium vs a different specific range is maximally exploitative or something like that, but this is just pedantic terminology and ultimately it means the same thing, make the best decision that can't be exploited vs a range, and if you are to separate the 2 in "styles of play" you will need both to make the most profit, but they aren't really different styles since they're the same thing.  My problem with your reasoning is if his range is truely that tight there, a confirmation on a sample size of 1 means nothing, he could easily have 90% opening range and you will still get this confirmation some times. That being said, a player that always does the same thing and suddenly does something different obviously does ring major alarm bells, like if for example a player always shoves a 10BB stack, and he suddenly limps, ding ding ding nut alert. That is definitely a factor that you have to account for and it could justify your fold.  As for the book, just buy it right now, or tonight, don't think about it, just do it  The mental part is so important. ... View more

I don't see how you could have played this hand any differently, 5 handed, the guy is a big stack in a bounty so he should be opening pretty wide. What was your read? Did he not open a single hand in an hour, at a 5 handed table? Was he minopening everything and raising bigger with premiums? I guess if you have a lot of confirmation of those reads you could fold, I gueeeess, but I'd have a very hard time folding this hand (and if I don't fold I shove) without playing with this guy in quite a few tournaments before this situation happened, since dynamics over a single tournament shift quite often.   As for the mental game part, have you ever read The Mental Game of poker by Jared Tendler? I haven't myself but most people liked it a lot, although it clearly hasn't completely fixed everyone's mental game issues it's still probably way worth the 12$ price tag (on amazon, kindle version). You make that money back in a single tournament where maybe you feel better, if you haven't gotten it already. ... View more

@Livertool wrote: Then they would have to take away wins from gamblers who won with current results. That wouldn't be very fair to them when they have winning bet when it comes to official results. I've seen it done before in situations where no player benefited, just the house, so why not when it makes it right for some players.  ... View more

You know what would be cool, if we could change the background on a specific table, like right click on it and change background just for that one (not change the default one at the table the way alias changing works). Maybe also have a way to set a default for final tables or different tournament formats in "My Profile" , like bounties having a some sort of knockout theme, satties some satellite theme with maybe a bunch of moons or something etc, a lot of cool stuff could be done, but yeah requires some development which is not a priority. Also yeah some sort of Queens Rule themed background would be neat since you guys did do that initiative. ... View more

I would have liked to take @Caladrias 's money too  ... View more

yup, small mistake in setup, they made the bounty 25% instead of 50%, the high bounty had the correct values @Leo-Unibet  And yes it did beat the guarantee, if you add  the regular prizepool and the bounty prizepool it's 2826€, so no error there.  ... View more

Here it is https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D27DF1WWkAEYUDE.jpg idk why they didn't update the unibet open site yet  ... View more

Due to a bunch of factors that made streaming dificult the league has been postponed indeed, no idea when it will be rescheduled, might be the next weekend. Watch this space I guess  ... View more

Probably PLO, and didn't actually have a full house because in PLO you have to use exactly 2 cards from your hand , so having a 9xxx on a 99TT3 board or a 99Tx on a 9T234 is not a fullhouse, just trips. Either that or misread the board.  ... View more

In the your notifications thing sure they're good, but apearing on every single table, covering the top player on every single table is really silly design and quite pointless. Them being accounted in the tournament lobby like @MoreTBC  suggested would be best of course, especially since you can't track results on unibet, also showing people how much they won in bounties gives positive reinforcement for playing these tournaments.  ... View more

@WuDu you really don't need as many buyins as you're suggesting, of course it's nice to have them, you can fire like a maniac no problem when you do, but take some shots man, you probably would have been way further along this quest if you would have taken more shots. That's the real beauty of this system, that it enables shottaking and moving up in stakes faster than any other promotion by removing the monetary risk. As for the forcing, meh, I guess these kind of limitations are fine-ish. I really don't like expiration date based forcing tho, since tickets are essentially money, and being very aggro with removing said money leaves a sour taste in people's mouths, particularly the ones that aren't hardcore grinders. Party used to do that, and it got soooo much negative feedback.    ... View more

About the sattie BRM  @MoreTBC  your idea of BRM makes no sense, that's not how BRM works  @psrquack the whole point of having a contained ticket exchanger for the Unibet opens is that you will not need to have 100 buyins anymore to ensure that you won't go broke IRL, to ensure that you don't damage your monthly earnings or monthly budget or whatever. If you were to follow strict BRM in playing satties then you wouldn't only need 100 buyins for that level of satties, but 100 buyins for the target event so like 100k to even start playing the satties. But of course you can still take shots with a much smaller bankroll, and the exchanger system allows you to take shots way way more aggressively than you could while constantly pumping money into it, cause there's almost no risk involved, you can not cash out the UO bankroll, playing higher from those tickets does not affect your real life roll, it's pretty great. I would a agree that slightly more bankroll  would probably be better, as people having to drop down often and be stuck at that level for a couple of weeks until they can get back, then drop down again doesn't benefit anyone (hensie is a prime example of this, where he used to play all the 50's and 250's but because he was too aggro he torched it all in the finals and got stuck at the <5€ level) , but with the fact that we could exchange daily now that risk is minimized cause you can make your moves between levels much faster than when we had a weekly exchanger, and being aggro with your bankroll benefits you too in this case.   @ people not playing higher / not playing finals ... first of all who are these people not playing the finals, I keep seeing people that went though this system and getting to the live events quite regularly, how are they getting there if they don't play the finals ... the ones that don't are probably exceptions or overly cautious, or have a small amount anyway. Of course I might be wrong, and there might be 100 players that have 5k+ in tickets and refuse to play a final which would be pretty silly, mainly silly for them. But if some person is playing a low level (that maybe is their normal level or even higher because of this system) and they will never reach the final step for whatever reason, why is that a problem? They can't take out money out of the system, they are generating liquidity, turnover, rake, decrease overlay, start games (some don't, do your job ), they are getting some amount of enjoyment out of playing online tournaments (particularly in an interesting format that is usually a massive money sink), why are we demonizing them? The point is to get to the live event, sure, if they don't then someone else will get there in their place, what's the problem? That being said I do agree that some limitations to encourage people to move up faster is good for everyone including themselves.  @Stubbe-Unibet " With the ticket exchanges" in conjunction with other factors like not announcing destinations mid way though the qualifying period, changing destinations from something really popular to something much less popular, having repeat destinations even 6 months apart, reducing the number of feeder tournaments and the turnover in them, removing a final and then reintroducing it after a few months of people being used to it not existing anymore and not the best lobby to keep track of them, and reducing the turnover of people that did exchange because of weekly restrictions "we consistently had overlay in the finals (significant overlay)" Fixed that for you  . I know everyone likes to create a narrative that fits their story, and I'm not saying exchanges didn't play a part, but context is important. And yes I know you're on our side this time, it just triggers me okay  .       ... View more

I'll try to clarify, that while I think the current system is really bad for the average player, I don't see you as an average player since you would grind multiple tickets which in the rebuy step gives you an advantage over the typical player that will just reg a 1 then reg the 4 with that ticket. And of course if your goal is to get to an event, any discount you can get helps. My own concerns with the system are more related with the longterm health and fairness of them, and them actually starting  . But yeah the investment in them adds up even with all the discounts, am quite curious as well how things will evolve on unibet even though they don't particularly impact me at the moment.  Best of luck in the UOS! I do something similar, see buyins as already lost and whatever I get out of them is good news, it's probably a bit easier on the mind  . Haven't decided yet if I'll go for the general leaderboard or just the tournaments that interest me, soo maybe see you at the tables      ... View more

No, it's not a typo, that's exactly what I mean, there's no point in playing them either way for the average player. Sure from a grinder's perspective yeah you can grind a stock of 4€ tickets on the lower levels for the next one, it's what I've always did, but most people don't do that and those people are very necessary to have in poker otherwise the grind goes nowhere.  ... View more

SNG's have challenges nowadays just like cash games, you get challenge points when you complete those challenges in their entirety. ... View more

@XY  idk how it works exactly, but I would assume that the RNG just creates random numbers, probably actually just a random seed to generate whatever random numbers you need. Afterwards you can do whatever you want with those seeds, decide the outcome of a roulette spin, decide the outcome of a coin toss, decide holecards, decide a turn card, decide which player to move etc. The output isn't really a deck of cards to have to be retrofitted to each format. Each game will use those random numbers to generate whatever it needs to generate.  If it did use such a system where it would generate a 9 handed table and just kill 6, well, it would be just the same, since the other 6 sets of cards are not known and no action has been influenced by them. In a vacuum the probabilities are just the same. It would just be a very very odd way to code stuff, with unnecessary redundancy as well. ... View more

The 1's not getting populated might also have something to do with the target tournament, the 4€, being extensively rebuy addons with no freezout option. If you can pay for 4€ rebuys and addons there's really no point to even play the 1s, and if you can't then there's really no point to play the 1s. R/A satties are cool on occasion, like when having a direct high multiplier sattie to a final target. But as a step structure with no freezout alternative seems quite off, and kinda against what step satties are all about. Don't really know how else to do it tho, the old system wasn't particularly great either. Personally I don't mind either way as long as stuff starts, and having recreationals that can't afford an addon and are at a massive disadvantage to ever get a ticket to the next step is profitable for me, not great longterm as they will quit, but momentarily profitable.  ... View more

He was probably thinking of filtering out uk tournaments if someone isn't interested in a uk tournament, or a 200 pound live event, but maybe would be interested in other qualifiers like for the belgian/swedish/norwegian championship, or unibet open, or supernova. Or any other permutation of like/dislike. Could be something to consider for future filtering implementations but the unibet naming scheme isn't as clear cut as the stars one where you can easily pinpoint the thing you want to exclude (ept, appt, scoop whatever), filtering out the word uk might end up filtering out other uk related promos, filtering out UO might also remove stuff like the UOS.  Having a way to favorite you preferred games might be a way around it without completely removing many things from view, where maybe you place at the top all the favorited stuff that starts today, and then all the rest that are today under it, and same for the next day and the next. Or idk, I guess there are many ways to go about it if there will be a complete overhaul of it.  ... View more

@Tillus double check the tournament lobby, the spreadsheet probably won't be updated every day with every change, and probably lacks some tournaments.  ... View more

@WuDu wrote: I almost registered under the assumption that this was a 4 Tix game. Not cool! The prizepool says 1000€, did the ticket prizes not reflect that? Why did you cut the image to not show that part   As for tournaments shrinking, yeah it was expected since day 1, sad but expected.  And so, the prophecy has become a reality, apparently, I didn't actually see the tournament. But hey, as someone with tickets left over you surely took advantage of these massive overlays lately and racked up a bunch of final tickets, so yeah, bad long term, but a bit of a short term boost I guess  ... View more