[Pokerbros] Discussion thread

because the bros clubs have different player pools (for cash games), a player is able to play in more than one pokerbros room at a time. some peeps will get accounts in many different rooms and increase their game selection that way

Would like some feedback on a weird spot that isn’t specifically linked to PB but might be due to the nature of the straddling on the app. I’ve been playing poker for 20yrs 12-13 of which were mid-high stakes professionally. I’ve seen most stuff in this game but I’m no longer a pro.

I’m a very cynical and distrusting person by nature and usually decline these sorts of invites but I got invited to a PB private group with 20-30 ppl in it, by a local degenerate gambler, who I know irl loosely. Only a maybe 10 ppl of that 20-30 play with any volume, and 2 are the organizers of the game/group, who are clearly not playing with their own deposits and are using the house bank. Every single person is a rec, not one person has even the slightest idea about how to play. They all seem to know each other loosely. So why would they want to invite an ex pro and some of his friends to play with them? ‘They like to gamble’ ‘they are only interested in the rake’ bla bla. Anyway over the course of a few days I won, and then I started to lose but started to notice the games tightening up, play styles differing to what I’d seen prior, and before the loss means even an iota to me (like ive lost next to nothing) I’ve quit because I am seeing some odd stuff. I was prepared to be cheated originally because I thought at the very least you’d need to understand poker/equities etc and I’d still win as this is literally the dream spot.

One of the ways I felt cheated was with straddles. They would allow straddle from any position, then between 2-3 of them they would straddle to 3-4x meaning you’d either have to straddle to end up playing very short eff stacks or all in or you’d be capped out of action, or you’d just have to fold to not be involved. I couldn’t quite figure why they would do this meaning if someone straddled to 64 in a 1/2 game I could wake up with aces or anything remotely and be in a great spot. The same person could continue to straddle. Perhaps it was a way to nick the blinds. I did find myself card dead unfortunately over a few k hand sample. But I’d find I’d end up ousted out of playing lost hands because of This strange straddling. I’d also find myself multiway in nearly every pot, every 3b or 4b would be called, 3 or sometimes 4 handed. So you couldn’t play effectively as they would all be in the pot.

I’m not entirely sure if I’m right or they were just a bunch of morons and I could be super paranoid but it doesn’t make sense and feels too good to be true which is when alarm bells should be ringing, so something tells me I was right and quit.

Have any of you heard of this type of stuff on PB - straddles and multiway pots specifically being a tool.

Cannot comment on the specific private games you have been invited to, but in general many Pokerbros players love to straddle and gamble .

Double Boards and Bombpots are somewhat popular poker games but in Pokerbros in most clubs , Omaha tables are with either one or both.

Not to mention the app has introduced Triple Board games, exactly because players love to see many flops and to complain about bad beats online.

With that being said its entirely possible you were victim to collusion, especially since its small clubs and the guys knew each other. Better to play in more established clubs.

I like the pineapple variants on Diamond union and play them often. But there's a problem with the regular pineapple.

Before any action, it goes around the table and everyone mucks a card. Then, the action starts under the gun as in hold em.

The problem is... you should just be able to fold! Only the people who are going to the flop need to bother with the discard. Because of this flaw in the programming, or maybe as an additional flaw, there's no little box to pre-fold your lousy hands, even after the discard. I wish they'd fix this, as it makes it very difficult to multi-table this game.

I have wondered, though, if going through that process causes rec players to get a little more attached to their hand...

I’ve seen this dynamic on clubGG and PB as well recently - was baffling. Same guy straddling every hand, but is playing weirdly good/tight postflop. PPL straddling to 64 in 1/2, getting cooked over a small sample.

Yes exactly this - tight post flop, I didn’t have chance to jam over a 64 because of card distribution. I wasn’t getting cooked per se, as I was just card dead over the few sessions. But it felt odd. It was a couple of guys who were friends too, I’m pretty certain it’s some weird colluding trick.

does bros have waiting list for each table or global waiting list? (or perhaps none at all)

Waiting list is per table.

What emulators are you guys using? I could only get ldplayer 5 32 bit to even run pokerbros but I can't open more than 2 instances because it is wrecking my PC.

LDplayer 3 is the most lightweight version, i believe

for Bluestacks it's version 5

LDplayer 3 is running a hundred times betting than LDplayer5 and bluestacks 5. Thank you!

Got a notice pop up.

No longer available in Missouri after October 8th.

What’s up with that?

Hey Guys need some infos, never played on apps, I am looking for mid high stakes NL games Is PB a good app? How can I find good clubs and Agents?
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Hi, Pokerbros has few good places/clubs for NLH mid/high stakes .

Trust only reputable agents with long history on the platform, which they can proof ( means both club owners and players trust them )

As per suitable places to play, since you are new on the platform, dropping a bunch of names of clubs and unions, will not help you a whole lot . Focus on finding solid partner with many options and go from there.

Is Rounders 2 gg'd for anyone else?

Why so many Bros clubs closing? i know of 3 this week...

It says no games available. I was just playing 2 hours ago.

Not sure if it's Rounders 2 or all of Diamond Union.

Many clubs close, as Paradise Union is now both on PokerBros and ClubGG.

Some clubs moved to ClubGG Paradise Union.

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So, VPNs no longer work on bros? Multiple stables seem to be effectively locked out.

I got a message when trying to log on that said VPNs aren't allowed, but I don't use one and never have. I just double checked on a website that tells you your IP and location and stuff and I'm definitely naked to the world, no VPN.

I see the remark above about VPNs 'no longer being allowed', I guess this is related to that. But I'm not using one!

Anyone else been locked out though not using one? Any luck getting access returned?

It’s working just fine for me through emulator

I play in Australia and I cannot access to the games anymore, VPNs are banned but I still want to play on bros. My small stable friends is facing the same issue, if you got a solution plz get in touch with me

Well, the guys that operated Diamond Union, the biggest union of clubs by far on PB, decided to shut down. It's very disappointing. These guys were total pros at running it. Their union and the money was as safe as any big name poker site with a centralized bank like Stars or Party, etc.

In the wild west days of app poker from 2016 to 2019, I was with a few smaller clubs and eventually got scammed each time. However, after moving to Rounders 2, who was eventually bought out by the Panamerica/Sunshine guys, I never once had an issue getting money out from 2020 until now. Total faith in payouts, and they never disappointed with communication nor timely withdrawals.

Now, I don't know what to do. I'll never be able to trust a club owner like I trusted them because of my experience with the smaller clubs before Diamond Union.

So that's why you're not seeing games running on Diamond because the guy at the top decided to get out for whatever reason, and all of those clubs in the union were interconnected. I'd like to keep playing on PB, but I'll have to be very careful about who I link up with, and you should too.