S8 - English Online Amateur Poker Championship, Sunday 14th September

[Matt D]

Sorry but this is ridiculous

I"m into double figures and wishing I"d had Sharkey"s problems

Totally hacked off and having AK vs Q10 on an AJxKx board doesn"t help

Sorry to hear you are having problems staying connected. I"m watching a few of the tables, and it does look like you"re the only one with this issue. What ISP are you with, and what area do you live in?...

Virgin media, in Teesside.

iPoker does this so much and tbh I had all but sworn not to play there again, even though it meant not playing DTD and Genting sats

Have uninstalled and reinstalling now during break. Coral support are investigating for me

There does seem to be an issue with Virgin Media and iPoker. There"s pages and pages on Google of people reporting similar problems. Weirdly, other ISPs seem to be fine. Of no help to you I realise

[pokerpops]

Sorry but this is ridiculous

I"m into double figures and wishing I"d had Sharkey"s problems

Totally hacked off and having AK vs Q10 on an AJxKx board doesn"t help

Sorry to hear you are having problems staying connected. I"m watching a few of the tables, and it does look like you"re the only one with this issue. What ISP are you with, and what area do you live in?...

Virgin media, in Teesside.

iPoker does this so much and tbh I had all but sworn not to play there again, even though it meant not playing DTD and Genting sats

Have uninstalled and reinstalling now during break. Coral support are investigating for me

There does seem to be an issue with Virgin Media and iPoker. There"s pages and pages on Google of people reporting similar problems. Weirdly, other ISPs seem to be fine. Of no help to you I realise

Sigh - am off to research the issue

At least support gave me a refund as a "goodwill gesture"

I finally managed to stay connected long enough to call off my last 4BB with Q10, up against A2, flop A34, turn 5...

[Robbiebox]

Always good to play Omaha Hi/lo thinking it is Hi only for two hours  

[Big Club]

Always good to play Omaha Hi/lo thinking it is Hi only for two hours  

We"re playing Hi/Lo? FML!

[pokerpops]

Matt
Seems most of the google results for "iPoker problems virgin media" are a mix of people moaning about disconnects from iPoker and others recommending Virgin

The theme of people having disconnection problems is pretty common, and although I may well be the only one tonight, it feels like it was just my turn.

[Curlarge]

On another subject entirely, why on earth are playing these two totally different formats at the same time?

Surely we can find another day for the side events?

It must be a nightmare for someone with just one screen, particularly if their eyesight is anything other than 20/20.

Please change it asap.

[Matt D]

On another subject entirely, why on earth are playing these two totally different formats at the same time?

Surely we can find another day for the side events?

It must be a nightmare for someone with just one screen, particularly if their eyesight is anything other than 20/20.

Please change it asap.

This was discussed to death at the start of the season. I suggested the side event should be on a different day. However, the majority were of the view that they should be the same night. Maybe something to look at again for next season.

[kevod85]

Matt
Seems most of the google results for "iPoker problems virgin media" are a mix of people moaning about disconnects from iPoker and others recommending Virgin

The theme of people having disconnection problems is pretty common, and although I may well be the only one tonight, it feels like it was just my turn.

Me and the other half played last night. I didn"t have any problems at all, she on the other hand struggled to stay connected for more than 5 minutes. Our isp is Sky.....

Seemed to fix itself after about an hour but by then she"d missed so many hands she"d lost the will to live! lol

[pokerpops]

Matt
Seems most of the google results for "iPoker problems virgin media" are a mix of people moaning about disconnects from iPoker and others recommending Virgin

The theme of people having disconnection problems is pretty common, and although I may well be the only one tonight, it feels like it was just my turn.

Me and the other half played last night. I didn"t have any problems at all, she on the other hand struggled to stay connected for more than 5 minutes. Our isp is Sky.....

Seemed to fix itself after about an hour but by then she"d missed so many hands she"d lost the will to live! lol

I know that feeling.

any thoughts on the cause? assume you are both using a wireless connection?

[kevod85]

Yes both on wireless connection, no idea what caused it.

I have had issues with ipoker before so it must just be luck of the draw.

Like i said i was connected without an issue the whole night so it can"t be our ISP.

[ian.ski309]

I can"t stay connected to iPoker for any length of time either, my ISP is BT. If anyone comes up with a solution I"d be happy to hear it  

[pokerpops]

[TheSnapper]

I poker has been problematic for a long time.

It"s not that long ago, after their IT department had struggled for over a year to resolve the long running " re sizeable tables issue" ( they were practically the only site not offering resizeable tables )

Embarrassingly some kid built a solution in his bedroom and sold it as an external program

There is a long standing thread HERE that has been running since early 2012.

It is widely accepted that there is a bug in the software that kicks people off the network and sometimes won"t allow logging back on as the system still thinks you are connected to your previous session.

The ipoker support response has always been to blatantly assert that the problem is at user end.

[AceOnTheRiver]

On another subject entirely, why on earth are playing these two totally different formats at the same time?

Surely we can find another day for the side events?

It must be a nightmare for someone with just one screen, particularly if their eyesight is anything other than 20/20.

Please change it asap.

I disagree with my curly friend on this one... Same night works best IMHO.
The rare fact that PLO8 was the side event rather than PLO makes it harder I admit (especially for the over 50s ) but it"s better than 2 whole nights which would reduce the field I suspect. I would have a full hour between start times though

[mporter123]

Cracking fields yesterday, the biggest in a while I guess? Enjoyed it.