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Originally Posted by PokerStars Steve
Thanks for the chat today Phil. We'll definitely be reviewing this thread.
Thanks Steve!
Alright guys, I'll try to get the ball rolling. I think I may have scared a couple people away from making the first post by asking for "really great ideas."
Here are some ideas that have been shared with me (not necessarily ones I'm in favor of):
Global Wait Lists:
Like an interest list in live cardrooms, everyone that wants to play 5/10plo signs up for a list (and indicates how many handed they'd be willing to play?). They're seated at tables when enough players are signed up. When a seat opens in a game, the first player is pulled from the one universal waitlist.
Some details will need to be figured out to accommodate multi-tabling while still preventing abuse of re-listing yourself and continually quitting games until you get the one you want.
HU Quitting on Button
When you are playing HU, if you want to sit out, you are forced to play (or pay) your BB first. If you break and come back, you'd get your button next.
An alternative is, you indicate that you want to quit, and it randomizes how many more hands you play at each table (1 or 2).
The second is "fair" while the first encourages action.
6max Quit After BB
Same concept as above, but in 6max games, when you want to quit, you have to play (or pay) your BB on your last hand.
Could also be worked out so you pay a smaller price to quit, but still provides no advantage to rushing to button people.
Breaks instead of Sit-Out
No sitting out on an individual table and holding seat. If you want to take a break, you sit out all tables on next BB. If you want to sit out on an individual table, you are booted after 1 minute. Perhaps there is a max amount of break time per hour.
Lobby Sorting
Customizable tabs - see all of your favorite games in one tab.
Again, these are not all my ideas or all ideas that I endorse. I'd just like to get some conversation started.