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Bulgaria
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Programmed by Polish C. U. N. T. S
June 16, 2025

What do you do with yourself when you're a C- computer science student form a ex-Communist 3-rd world s h it hole country? You go to work for PlayOK of course.
These people can't work in the West because they are functionally $#*!ed,

Date of experience: June 18, 2025
Romania
1 review
1 helpful vote
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On the online backgammon side it's simply a scam site - it doesn't have the slightest respect for the players, many give up because the dice are simply fixed in some cases. I had the opportunity to see a player who gave 14 doubles one after another, basically out of 36 dice he gave 34 doubles, which is logically, mathematically impossible

Date of experience: April 4, 2025
Vermont
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Playok... sucks
April 4, 2025

Play okay sucks... it is uneven... unfair... uneverything. The algorythyms make no sense... I suspect there is a bias to for European players to dominate. For example many players never see a rank below 1900... I've literally played over 2000 games and NEVER made it above 1800s in any game. I play spades, canasta, dice, netopoly and cribbage. Most of the time I will lose 11 games in a row in a game that requires ZERO skill... wins and loses based on algorythyms... its discouraging. I don't know how they keep people on there. The players are abusive, cheaters, and there is no recourse. I miss the other venues in which we could play good games and had at least a chance in hell of winning occasionally. Once you get to a certain rank its like an alarm goes off somewhere and you suddenly lose literally a dozen games back to back sinking you back down in rank while some rarely see a loss... its ridiculous.

Date of experience: April 4, 2025
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Internal fixing
April 3, 2025

If kurnik dislikes you, opponents always have inordinate number of miles and void suits. True waste of time.

Date of experience: March 4, 2025

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Germany
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Scammers! Be careful!
December 16, 2024

Be careful! This platform is operated by fraudsters who will steall your money and then block you everywhere... I lost 230 euros!

Date of experience: December 16, 2024
Pennsylvania
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Rampant cheating and lots of insulting
December 3, 2024

Not only is cheating common, but one loses points if their partner abandons games which happens a lot. Very frustrating experience

Date of experience: December 3, 2024
Australia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Weird rules
November 18, 2024

I suspect the developer doesn't know what byo-yomi means. For instance 15+1 should mean 15 minutes main time and then each step counting to 1 min. However the setting appears to be after the main time is up the player only gets 1 minute for all steps. This is quite stupid and enables some $#*!y players to get cheap "wins".

Date of experience: November 18, 2024
GB
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Bull****tiest of all time.
September 22, 2024

Playok literally allows cheaters to roam freely and use analysis boards and other accounts meanwhile our a**es getting banned for mass registration. If you try asking, they act like "F*** you, not my problem". The biggest mistake is playok.com existing for almost 23 years. Marek Futrega needs to f***ing die.

Date of experience: September 22, 2024
NL
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Cheating: from same IP-adress multiple players (read: same player)

Complaining to playok.com results in this anwser: "They can play any games they want. Don't bother us about such issues".

Date of experience: September 19, 2024
Florida
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Site for POS Polaks made by POS Polaks
September 4, 2024

You wonder where all the Polak jokes come from, well this site is a great source. How many Polaks does it take to screw up a Gin Rummy game, answer, as many idiot Polaks that program and run the site. Computer set to deal gin in one or two cards, the card that are the players gin cards are the lone cards in your hand. You discard one of your pairs, the very next draw is a matching card. When you take an opponents discard, then discard it back, the very next draw for the opponent is their gin card. You have 7,9 spades dealt and you discard the 9, your very next card is the 8, you discard that, your very next card is the 6. POS site POS Polaks running the site, POS Polaks playing the game. Poor players with losing records, are dealt pat hands, gin or one card shy. Computer reads each players hands and is programmed to deal out the cards accordingly. POS site and people. Have fun!

Date of experience: September 4, 2024
Turkiye
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Terrible never play
August 21, 2024

I just wanna say the creator of this game,I fck ur mom dude.Wtf algorithm u use or u stole it from zanga games.Allmost same algortihm,old players are supported by 6-6,5-5,4-4 in backgammon.Never play this game please.They dont deserve visitors.There are a lot players who use hacking tools and when your partner lose,you wait 1 min for him and if he leaves,1 min more.Totally 2 min you wait for a son of btch.Some players create 5-10 min tables so you wait more than 2 min then.I just fck ur all family who created this site and who made algorithm of backgammon.

Date of experience: August 21, 2024
GB
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Poor management!
August 19, 2024

Extensive cheating activities and abusive languages, particularly from Chinese players are not managed at all. Never respond to reports and complaints.

Date of experience: August 19, 2024
Michigan
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Hearts Player
August 9, 2024

I use to play at Yahoo games which was great, been a long time. Playok sucks, the cheating, and when you call the cheaters out, don't insult them or you'll get blocked, lol. The only good thing is the games have a time limit, if they otherwise copied how Yahoo did it that would be an improvement. Overall, if you enjoy playing games online, and you're looking for a good honest experience, playok is a waste of time.

Date of experience: August 9, 2024
Belgium
1 review
2 helpful votes
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0 credibility in backgammon. A joke a scam if it Was for money they would be called crooks and put to jail. No money, so they are only $#*!s Who don't give a f**k about the beautiful game of bg. This fake *** is a plague, a scam, an insult.

Date of experience: June 28, 2024
Minnesota
1 review
1 helpful vote
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THEY TALK ON THE PHONE IN PARTNER SPADES, AND TELL EACH OTHER WHAT THEY HAVE\. FKG CHEATS. LOL AT A FREE CARD SITE. Nothing better to do than get online and cheat each other at cards. 3rd world POS'S

Date of experience: May 7, 2024
New York
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Bull$#*! site
April 1, 2024

The winning team or winning player is selected by the computer before the game even starts. It is a bull$#*! site and I wouldn't play on this site again if you paid me money!

Date of experience: April 1, 2024
Wyoming
2 reviews
8 helpful votes
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I gave this website a pass when I knew they were letting people win over others and 'cheating'. It is a FREE site! But, when they put fake players into the game to rig it, I was done! I played against 2 people, one was called "administrator" Their time ran OUT. But, for some reason when they were about to lose their time DID NOT...ours did! Seriously? They were able to keep the clock going and make it looked like we times out. So, I created a NEW profile giving Playok ONE MORE CHANCE...And that's when I knew they were holding people back. The new profile I created and played and was doing 'ok' not red level, but, when I started doing good. My computer froze up on the screen. I could not get off the screen. I seriously think this site is not mean to have fun, I have been doing research and they are out of France (IPN address). They also only have one email to contact...no phone. This company has an ulterior motive. It is not about cards...

Date of experience: March 12, 2024
Wyoming
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I would VOTE ZERO
February 5, 2024

I would vote zero. I actually had an opponent named 'administrator.' Their time had run out...but they held the timer to make it look like my partners time ran out. So, WE lost when in actuality they lost. I have been going back and video recording games. I recently recorded a game with a person who was cheating and received a text message during the game from 'reidman' (I think that was the name) saying they knew who I was, and that the FBI was going to investigate me and come after me. GO ahead investigate me! They are lying and threatening us!

Date of experience: February 5, 2024
Wisconsin
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Horrible
January 12, 2024

Management is horrible. Blocks ppl who don't cheat and don't block cheaters. Also can't get in touch with them. Useless site and shameful owners. Horrendous.

Date of experience: January 12, 2024
Canada
1 review
6 helpful votes
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How to ruin backgammon
November 25, 2023

Playok's algorithm mostly decides the outcome of games. We've all been on both receiving ends of its whims. Sometimes it decides that you win a round and other times it makes you the designated loser. Sometimes it even decides not to intervene. These few times are when your skills actually matter. Sometimes you're the loser, but because you're a strong player, you manage to turn your apparent misfortune into a strong back game, reversing the odds of a loss. Or so you thought. Playok will correct things back near the end of the game and you'll lose in an even more spectacular and damaging way.

But why does it do this?

To keep you interested? To create the element of suspense? For the dopamine hits? To hook you to the site?

Ultimately, it just sucks. It ruins a game that is already fine on its own. It turns backgammon into something different. Now, I can't double even if I know that I have a really strong back game, because I know, based on how my opponent keeps getting the perfect roll to get out of my otherwise difficult home row, that they are being favored to win the round. I'm dominating the round, but my mission is to just minimize the damage of my inevitable loss. On the board I'm winning, but I'm not playing to win, I'm playing to minimize my upcoming loss in a game that I'm winning. Sad.

Date of experience: November 25, 2023