Originally Posted by PokerAngel

A donkey is a bad player, usually you'll hear players calling another one a donkey when they've made a bad move but sucked out on them anyway (suck out = steal anothers chips by making a bad play but winning the hand anyway).

In this sense I think he meant it rocks for soft competition.

Morons on tilt will also call people donkeys if they beat them out of a pot, whether they had the best hand or not.

As far as sites go, I play on Pokerstars, mostly, when I ever even get on anymore. I also try my luck at Pokerworld freerolls (cause they're huge donkeys, which means easy money) on occasion, and (very rarely), I'll get on Full Tilt.

Originally Posted by KRE8R

Nothing beats Pokerstars for donkish tourneys.

or horrendous suckouts!

I'm housesitting for a freind who has a Mac and I couldn't run the Pokerstars client. I found Partypoker had this "Play Anywhere" java client and was up and running with a bonus, and a deposit of $100 from Mastercard, in about 10 minutes.

Played a 10man, $22 and got third (won $40), then played a 10man $55 and got second (won $150). Lost HU with 99 against Q6o allin pf. I think the play was a bit looser that most of by PS SnG's but it's hard to judge from 2 games.

Partypoker = one more great reason not to live in the USA

try several rooms and look whats best for you.

Originally Posted by PokerJim

I don't know where you're from but I'd go with PartyPoker if you live outside the US. The standard of play in cash games upto $0.5/$1 level is very poor, and completely teeming with fish, plus there's always action to be found all day long.

Hi, I realise this is quite an old thread now, does this advice still stand? I've stared playing on PartyPoker just recently in the $0.05/$0.10 NL and I am encountering a decent number of reasonable players e.g. VPIP/PFR of 20/15. Thank you.

OK, I've adjusted my strategy and seem to be doing alright on PP. For those interested, IMHO it is still a good place to play $0.05/$0.10 NL. There is definitely a bit of fish (maybe 1-2 on each table), just need to be patient. Happy playing

poker star is good for starting a new poker career.

I play sometimes in 888 . you know , they are here for ages , have good reputation and seems reliable

I like 888, so I recommend them if you aren't from the US. For US players I recommend Carbon Poker.

I think there are a lot of good rooms and mainly you can learn a bit from playing better players but you also want to have plenty of fishy players too. I think 888 is good for this not really played much on Party for cash games but Pokerstars has a lot of fish if you remember to game select and a high traffic rating. Ipoker is also pretty fishy but I have to say without table selecting 888 is probs trumps for finding easy games. Don't really know for US players as only one I have played was Cake which has a low traffic but very soft games.