Online Poker Forum - Full Tilt Bans OPR from posting player rankings!!!!

pennstatejake · High Card Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 4

I think its just ridiculous. The only advantage that comes from OPR is knowing how good or how bad your opponents have played in the past. The thing is though, you can still use pokertracker and sharkscope. (both of which you must pay for) makes me wonder if FT is getting money from the two companies/sites for making this move. this is a great tool to use to track to see if there is collusion. could FT be trying to cover up inside collusion???

I use OPR to track my own progress and my friends progress. if people are taking the time to look up other players at their table they are missing the play and its probably a bit of a disadvantage. I really enjoying challenging myself to increase my ROI and seeing if im best at MTT's and SNGs b/c its very difficult to tell otherwise. I think i'll just play on pokerstars if they continue to block OPR. At the very least they could set up their own database similar so you can only track yourself, or track yourself and track friends progress with a day in between requesting to track them and actually seeing their stats to take away from any potential advantage.

do you think anyone actually complained to FT? They would have emailed FT and say: I am losing b/c people are looking me up and see that I'm bad. Then they know I'm a weak player.

just ridiculous.

I encourage everyone to flood FT's emailbox at support@fulltiltpoker.com and complain and make them change this. At the very least block pokertracker and sharkscope too. OPR has to be steaming over this.

UFO1947 · Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 7:16 pm Post subject:

Penn, how many times have you seen someone use OPR stats against someone at the table?

there's your answer.

lenny_bruce · Message Board Junkie Joined: 14 Sep 2007 Posts: 1373

I don't see a reason to ban the use of either site, as long as they allow people to block others from seeing their stats if they choose.

thejuanupsman · High Card Joined: 06 Jun 2008 Posts: 17

FT is my favorite site to play on but I will likely play here less if this decision stands.

x_Danno_x · High Card Joined: 19 Jun 2009 Posts: 1

I really enjoy tracking my stats. I will also change sites if this stands.

Ike1957 · High Card Joined: 06 Apr 2008 Posts: 6 Location: Toronto

After 2 years on Full Tilt,starting as a complete novice I found OPR very useful in tracking my own stats to see how I was improving month to month,as well as looking up other players in tourney play to get some idea about their skill level.Since everyone could have access to OPR I dont see how this was a problem.Its no different than chatting with players in a casino about other players in a tourney,or watching poker on TV and hearing the commentators give their opinions about various players.Very disappointed with this decision and I will have to think about whether to take my online poker dollars to another site. Sad

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Kam1972 · Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 9:41 pm Post subject:

KoacNation · High Card Joined: 19 Jun 2009 Posts: 1

I dont see how they can justify having their own leader boards, and yet feel that the outside ones are giving an unfair advantage. All their arguments fall flat with this fact.

The whole thing is ridiculous. No one would go to those sites if FT did the same thing on their own site.

How is it I have to go to an outside source to get my own tourney history? Sure, I could write it down, but for the 10% rake on tourneys . . . me thinks they should provide the data storage for such info.

I sent an email about this tonight and got back a response in minutes, a standard one since I guess they are getting a lot of complaints.

And I hate to sound like an elitist, but for all the brains it takes to be a good poker player, if I had a nickle for every poker writer/poster who typed "loosing" when they meant "losing" I would be able to retire. just a major pet peeve of mine.

otherwise, I love FT. just find the lack of your own playing history to be a glaring problem . . . that clearly the market has filled to the disappointment of FT. I would never have sought out OPR is FT had the same info!

Pete D · Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 10:32 pm Post subject:

PinkSharkMark · High Card Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 10

TheFlashOne · Banned Joined: 25 Aug 2008 Posts: 341

I use OPR purely to track my own stats and I find it keeps me disciplined to play within my bankroll.

After a solid session I was always very keen to go back over the stats to see how I was doing - what games were going well for me etc etc. To have a free site to do this was great.

I am COMPETELY BEMUSED by this decisoion and there is CLEARLY a hidden agenda here.

I really like the FT platform but this decsion could be enough to see me hitting PS or one of the others as my first choice - purely on moral grounds.

FT - please re-consider.. I think you'll find a lot of players are in the same boat as me and use OPR as a tool to track their own progress only.

As others have mentioned - you CAN HIDE your stats if requested so this makes the decsion that much more bizarre.

nekotec · Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 1:25 am Post subject:

i dont like this decision either but i guess its fair cause some players have no idea about this sites. It does give an advantage (very small one) but it is an advantage. I hope they revoke this decision but i cant be too mad with full tilt for doing this.

TheFlashOne · Banned Joined: 25 Aug 2008 Posts: 341

Zarken_Ventreth · Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 3:13 am Post subject:

Hear Hear All...

Keep 'em coming. If we heat up this thread enough someone at FTP has to notice!!!

Thanks to all for your replies and for your opinions.

Best of luck to you at the tables, wherever you decide to play.

Zark

craigo6x · Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 7:59 am Post subject:

disappointing-on my mac don't have any tracking software so the only way I tracked my stats and other's here was OPR.

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