Merge Debate .. All In The Numbers
I believe what people confuse as Merge being rigged has more to do with the numbers .. when i say numbers I mean the number of strong vs weak players on Merge which imo is like 20% strong / 80% weak. Carbon was loaded with weak players when I first played here 5 years ago and is still loaded with weak players now. For those of you who had never played on a Merge client and came from places like tilt, stars and ub where the numbers were more in the range of 80% strong / 20% weak there is an extremely huge difference in the quality of play. Let's not get mixed up in this good poker vs bad poker like i have been so horrible about because the fact is everyone has a different playing style. Anyone who has played on Stars and Tilt had a specific foreigner they knew to watch out for because of their loose aggressive style of play .. i know i did as well as many others. A lot of weak players couldn't make money on sites like Tilt and Stars because of the amazing amount of strong players in everything from the ring games to the sngs and mtts so they migrated to sites like Carbon where they outnumber the strong players and make money off of each other.lol If you take a look around you will notice the only place on Merge that has any real action from any real players who are there to make money is on the ring games. The differences are to outstanding to even try and compare this network to any other.
The point is that the proof is in the pudding here folks .. The big 3 poker networks that are no longer with us attracted millions of quality players and had the pros to prove it .. Look around and read the forums .. very few experienced and/or quality players will have anything to do with the Merge network and that is why they are loaded with fish who play any 2 cards. The era of being able to play a good solid game of poker with minimal risk of running into bad play is over for now and the new era of playing any 2 cards is in. When you are used to playing 80/20 and have to deal with 20/80 your win to lose ratios get turned completely upside down. Merge has never been in the same league as any of those sites we all miss and it is pointless to expect that from it.
At least we can still play poker and still have a chance at making some cash .. I do thank Merge for providing that!!! lol