PurePlay

Never spent a dime on there. Never will. Used 30,000 play money to enter a cash qualifier game. Won a free seat entry to the £1,000 first prize cash instant game. Problem is, there is no such game and repeated emails asking them were a waste of time. I found ONE such game for Players Club members only using 250 poker points and that was in THREE days time. They told me I had to use my free seat entry into the £5000 cash game which had the £1000 first prize in 15 days. Impossible since there is no such game. Anyone who spends money on this site is a mug.

This site uses a Texas Holdem game program that is totally controlled by them. I have been there almost daily just to watch and laugh at the fraudulent control of the games. I have been online with pureplay for well over 16 months and never won 1 game. I have been a poker player for 43 years and play as well as anyone. Day 1 at pureplay i could see things happening which had zero real possibility of ever occuring with real cards. I made a comment in their chat as to the fraudulent control and Voilla! Every table every day not more than a single hand in countless hours could have won. And this has now been over 16 months and every day exactly the same outcome. Nuff said!

I have been with pureplay way back when it was betzip. To get right to the point there is nothing random about there schuffler. Once I was playing in two tournaments at the same time. Well I got the very same cards the very same hand in both tournaments. I have a seven of hearts and a four of clubs three hands in a row. It seems that if you are the first to bet and you go all in with any two cards you will win the hand. But it does not work for me. I have complained to pureplay a number of times about this but that has done no good what so ever. They do need to get shut down until they get a random schuffler

Other than the poker games - I've won a whopping $10 TWICE in several years - I enjoy the slots that play as a side game. However, it's obvious that Pureplay has some SERIOUS problems with their software and their customer service. This weekend there was a BOGO, but I never received my bonus chips. E-mails from my personal mail and account have not been answered. One game I played completely froze after reaching the bonus round and I am unable to play many of the other games. Again, no response. Time to find another site, I guess, as Pureplay clearly doesn't give a damn about their customers.

Played on PP quite awhile and put up with the unrealistic Texas Hold'em game. The "NEW" management has completely let the site burn down and crater. Constantly get kicked from tournaments during table moves, can't log back in to play. It almost appears to be personal action to kick because it happens when one is leading or high up in a tournament chip count. Customer service is a totally NON EXISTENT. They never answer complaints or fix programming issues. Attendance is dwindling, rightly so! Never have these problems on other real Poker sites. DO NOT GIVE THESE WEST COAST CLOWNS A DIME OR WASTE TIME THERE.

Your game sucks more everyday! Use to be fun, not any more. Those videos take over your game playing their just in the way. You think people will buy chips to remove the videos. HOW SORRY!

I love pureplay!

The reasons why may not be what you expect though.
I love it because I am a DONKEY type player when it comes to playing for free.
Don't get me wrong, when there is actual money involved such as a cash tourney or other, than my style changes.
On Pureplay I can go all in preflop with a 4-7 and win more than 50% of the time if it is heads up.
If it is several players going all in pre-flop I well, I will win more often with the worst pre flop hand than the best.
I recognized this by playing conventionally and noticing that The worst hand usually changes.

I can almost guarantee that Pocket Aces or Kings will be beaten.
I have lost more all ins with these pairs than I have won.

So I changed my strategy immensely.
No longer am I afraid to call someones all in pre-flop or after flop if I hit a low pair.
There is such a good chance that I will hit another card that it adds to the excitement.

I do not take this site seriously and would never buy a membership here but have won some real money on this site.
Also, when you get a bad beat, it is more than likely your next pre-flop hand will be a good one. Like KJ suited or A10 suited.
This hand will look good after the flop hitting one pair or hitting 2/3 of your suit.
The turn and river will be so far off though and someone who had maybe a small pair will hit trips or two pair after the flop or turn.

The river here is absolutely crazy.
It may be a design in their program or such because I noticed a few kinks in their bonuses for slots.
One example is they roll 2 die and you have to guess if the next roll will be higher or lower.
When the die reads three (1&2) always bet on lower because the next roll will be a 2.
I have used this to my advantage as well.
Same goes for if the die hits 11. Guaranteed the next roll will be a 12 so bet higher.

Enjoy this site as a free fun site and throw out everything you think you know about texas hold em.