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Points win prizes
Jun. 24th, 2009 12:42 pmThere appears to be a bit of a price war going on in the poker world at the moment. Bonus cash on Pacific is accumulating far faster than it used to, and now Party Poker is using the previously outlawed term "rakeback".
In fact, the new Party scheme looks to be a rakeback dream. But this has its downside, that being; look what happened to the I-Poker network.
It would be soooo great if Part could stay as it is today with the new points scheme. But I know that it just won't happen. The shitbag 10%/9% short-stack multi-tablers will appear (may they all die horrible deaths). These players are beatable because they have to play ABC style (indeed, many on I-Poker are bots), but to beat them you have to "slightly out-bot them". It's tedious and marginal. very soon, the games become unplayable if you are a relaxed full-stack kind of player, and you go elsewhere. That leaves people like me facing fewer desirable opponents and many more undesirable opponents.
Luckily it can take up to six months for this to have its full impact, and I sincerely hope that it won't happen. But I'm not optimistic.
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Went all way to Richard herring last night and it was sold out! Stupid of me because I could have reserved tickets online quite easily.
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One of the most solid weeks of poker in the past year. No net win per day of more than $90 and no net loss greater than $60.
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In fact, the new Party scheme looks to be a rakeback dream. But this has its downside, that being; look what happened to the I-Poker network.
It would be soooo great if Part could stay as it is today with the new points scheme. But I know that it just won't happen. The shitbag 10%/9% short-stack multi-tablers will appear (may they all die horrible deaths). These players are beatable because they have to play ABC style (indeed, many on I-Poker are bots), but to beat them you have to "slightly out-bot them". It's tedious and marginal. very soon, the games become unplayable if you are a relaxed full-stack kind of player, and you go elsewhere. That leaves people like me facing fewer desirable opponents and many more undesirable opponents.
Luckily it can take up to six months for this to have its full impact, and I sincerely hope that it won't happen. But I'm not optimistic.
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Went all way to Richard herring last night and it was sold out! Stupid of me because I could have reserved tickets online quite easily.
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One of the most solid weeks of poker in the past year. No net win per day of more than $90 and no net loss greater than $60.
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