One suggestion to Mr Johnson is to just keep his mouth shut and look for good baps. That’s what I’ve done ever since I got unjustly IG geared.

There is definitely heavy favoritism going on but that does not bother me because I am there to make money off of good players.

Look im not saying the site is a bad site nor am i saying that its not improving and I will consider the fact that it is in transition and improving. My main point I think is overlooked is and I dont think that im getting it across is, that granted there are players that seem to do well there and there are players that seem to do bad regardless of either or any site, job, occupation, ANY WHERE casino ect……. Would not tolerate nor approve of such as people have stated having fun flaming people (one person mentiond) and use such posts titles SANDY VAGINA come on people are you serious you really think that is appropriate for any kind of site or place (comment) I don’t know any professional (in any profession) that does not incorporate fun and relaxation into their lives. This is what SO if for. And they don’t treat new players bad, they ignore bad players yeah well i can mention about half a thousand that would not let you talk like that regardless of the situation. so your mood point about that is totally unjust.

I agree with a lot of points about not talking about the good things so here is what i saw

BAP seemed to be a good place if you want to invest in somone to play for you as long as your not new.

Stratagy MTT and sit and go kinda is like lets make fun of the person that played that hand. There are posts in there when i guy posts a hand i have read ( your dumb to make that call, well what did you expect calling with shit like that, thats why you have negative ROI for making calls like that ect ect ect……) so another area that is very unproffesional as well there are some good comments in there as well with actually members that give advice but it dosent weigh out the negative comments that players leave for somone that made a questionable call with a hand.

tips section is helpful to the new person as well as the videos

but all in all as another person pointed out in here unless you are a member for a long standing time you are treated with a lack of respect criticizim and childish behaviors and this is for anyone that access your site to observe just read the posts i recomend people to read the posts in shooting off and judge for themselves

another point i would like to address no i have never been a member nor a banned member of your site. I was looking into the aspect of taking internet staking sites to a new degree as i mentioned like a minor league system sort of speaking me and a handful investors were willing to bank some players. So rest assure that i am not one of your disgruntled ex member

Keep in mind when you are with a site that treats people with lack of respect and allows members to treat new mebers and others with lack of respect that they are going to hurt themselves and the sites respect. I will also keep in mind that i had came into a scene where things it seems were in a turn about way in making a site a more proffesional way but as of now i recomend to all potential stakers to avoid a site that needs some growing up to do certian members (and seems to be the ones that have been there awhile that should no better and welcome the new people not insult them or make stupid vulgar threads about nothing, and may i say sexist and totally inapproprite threads about women.

But you are all right that is just a small portion of what this site is about however that small portion can seem a way to break down the walls of another staking site to step in your place.

I went back in and noticed the post about this response and had to laugh honestly on some of the comments left by some members there, and was impressed by one of your moderators i assumed Joker and a few other members that seem to thrive for a better place which was very impressive in my opinon. No that is not me that somone has a profile for I dont play online poker nor have i ever I play live cash and tournys like my fellow investors. So you can be assured that is not me well you can make your own judgment on that. Btw and i can only assume that you all realize that craig johnson is not my real name as if i would leave my real name I would be spammed by people wanting to talk with me.

i also had to laugh on another members comment about my lack of spelling and wording yeah you are correct i normaly dont type out responses but have someone else do that for me but it was 2am and i felt like i needed to as some of you would say vent

As i mentioned before and another member mentioned in that post PTP has the potential to become the corner market for online staking but first you need to clean up the middle school/high school talk and treating the new people with more respect and then and only then will it be a thriving site for backers like me and my fellow members.

good luck to all of you members and continue of success and I hope maybe we will come back and see what progress has happened in reconsidering this site as our test to bigger and better goals for everyone and good luck at the tables .

Unfortunately Craig landed there right in the midst of it and got to view some of the inevitable ugly stuff while the site is in it’s time of transition.

I find it rather narrow minded to form an opinion on a site based on the one area where zero business is conducted. There are countless members at the site who conduct their business there and never step foot in SO. The rules are different in SO than in other areas of the site, there is zero tolerance for bad behaviour in the business areas.

Judging the site negatively on what you saw on a specific day when major changes have JUST been made in a specific area to avoid the specific reaction that you had seems rather odd to me.

There are many very talented players at PTP, lots of up and coming players, lots of grinders who are happy to BAP out their action and consistently make you money. There are tons of new players who use PTP as a learning tool as well as a place to get staked. We have players from Pros to brand new.

There are tons of stakers at PTP from the new player who contributes back to the site in small amounts to huge stakers (we currently have a count down on who will reach $1,000,000 staked out first) There is currently an insane amount of PTP member money at the WSOP. If PTP was such an awful place this certainly wouldn’t be the case.

The admin recognizes that PTP has evolved just as any successful internet site does and is working to keep up with that evolution by instituting changes in the non business areas of the site. I think they should be commended instead of penalized for this!

If you are serious about poker, yet like to have fun while not investing or playing, and your stats show that you are a profitable player, you would definitely be a great addition to PTP.

If you come out of the SO forum you might find the staking and strategy forum where everything is all serious there.

If your a poker player or even just a mutual investor you would be dumb not to see how profitable you can be with this site.