It's a shame, though, because now the only site we have to play poker on is Blind Adrenaline. And yeah, it's fun at times, most of the people are okay. Of course, there's always a few that aren't, but that's anywhere you go in life. My main problem with that site is the owner. He's extremely controlling, to the point of dictatorial. And there are times that he can be a straight up asshole. I joined BA shortly after its inception, and things were more pleasing. We used to have a lot of fun there; it was much more laid back. You could find three or four tables going at once, and at least one of them was high stakes. We'd play until 2 or 3 in the morning, sometimes later. We had high stakes SAGs, sit and gos, of 500k, a million. Then, for absolutely no reason, he decided that everyone should lose all of their chips and start over. Some of us had millions. None of us were pleased, and we all voiced our opinion that it would set the site back hugely. He didn't listen. And from that day forward, he lost a huge chunk of his membership. He as gotten more and more controlling. He has this attitude that we should all play poker as though we're professionals at the WSOP. My view, and several of the other players there, is this: As long as I am a paying member of the site, and I am spending my own money to play poker, then I should be able to play poker any way that I please, and I certainly should not lose my several-million chip stack for absolutely no reason. That was my biggest gripe with the reset. Today, that decision to reset everyone so many years ago is still having ramifications. Very, very rarely will you find a table above 500-chip blinds. SAGs are most often 10k. Every great once in a while someone will get up the courage to put up a 50k, and 100k is virtually unheard of. Now, contrast that: With all in play, the site was exceptionally laid back, and as long as no one blatantly disrespected someone, or was caught cheating, etc., they were allowed to play any way they pleased, and chips we earned, we got to keep. Jen didn't constantly insert herself into players' game styles, or insist that players should play a certain way, should only raise a certain amount, etc. At one point I had approximately 169 million there. So it's a shame to me that a site where the focuses were on having fun and enjoying social camaraderie is no more, and we are left with but one choice where we're constantly waiting for the next stupid decree from on high. Lol. And I happen to really, really like holdem.
JLove