^^ Ummm....one or two things, sir.

The original author of the article referenced in that Pokerfuse blurb wasn't a woman. The Pokerfuse writer, who yes, is a woman, pulled a few figures from a far more detailed article, of which can be found without too much effort (effort needed since the Pokerfuse writer didn't source the actual article - she just sourced a report done on the site where the article was written). Might want to take a gander at that - if you read it in its entirety, I'm sure you'll see the idea of said article wasn't solely to make it seem Merge was killing it with their new schedule. Sorry the Pokerfuse person didn't do so great a job sourcing the original information.

To reiterate: the original article was about using data to replace general assumptions and making things up out of thin air. The numbers as reported seem to indicate and reflect the statements made in the article - the original one, that is.

Merge eats it's tail and posters say its healthy eating.

So Sportsbook players will not be able to play the OPS?

- you're wrong in saying the article is sourced incorrectly. you are cited twice in the sources of the article first to the original report, secondly to the overlay report. But its behind a paywall.
- the site in question is referenced by name in paragraph two of the article.
- as a further courtesy we linked directly to your site prominently in the article.
- the author of the article is a man

I doubt you'll find another poker news site that goes so far in correctly attributing and being so liberal in linking out to other sites. We have linked directly to profdb prominently many times in the past.

It was an editorial decision to link to the broader overlay report, which we thought users would find more useful and help them explore your excellent reports better.

But if you have issue that we don't do "such a great job" of linking exactly how you want, feel free to contact the editors directly to voice your concerns.

Playersonly adding a NO ADDITIONAL RAKE bbj starting today?

I read the link that was provided by Schupick. No other link has been provided by anyone. There was absolutely no reference to any other article in the Pokerfuse story so I don't see how I can possibly find something that I have no idea even exists. I did read the overlay report and there is certainly nothing clear about that. So my posts are only refering to the article that I read, not to some other article that I'm supposed to look for.

I must say that your posts are so vague I really don't even know what you are talking about. Now after reading Hood's post it seems that you were involved with the story which is certainly something that you should have mentioned in your post.

The article that I read, which is the article that was linked by Schupick did make it seem that Merge was killing it and that's what I was criticizing. Mostly, though, I was criticizing Schupick's declaration that this very narrowly focused story based on very shaky stats "Once again shows why assumptions in this thread are dangerous and incorrect." I can see the empty tables on Carbon with my own eyes. I don't need stats to lie to me.

A more proper analyses would have been to compare October of this year to October of last year. Or to perhaps provide a 12 month profit graph. To conclude that profits are up as the result of tournament changes when we are just 2 weeks into the month is just assuming too much. I think that generally folks wait until the end of the month before making profit reports.

anybody else have PT3? mine isnt working on merge today and there was a software update -- i obv didn't/never read what the updates are.

It was mentioned that there is some problem with the updated handhistories that is being worked on. Tournaments and sitngos don't work for me. Cash games do. HM2 is having the same problem.

PLO day traffic seems to be taking a hit. There are currently 5 games running spread across 10PLO-100PLO. Pre Oct it averaged probably closer to double that. Late night still seems decent though.

The Pokerfuse "article" (<- actually just a summary of an overlay report made on the ProfessionalRakeback site) only relates to MTT profits, not overall site profits. Neither the article nor the report draw any conclusions or interpretations from this. But certainly the fact that there was an increase in the amount of rake minus overlay might have something to do with the widespread slashing of guarantees, as opposed to, say, an increase in volume.

I would expect that overall site profits would be up because of the increase in MTT profits and the huge reductions in VIP benefits (increasing the amount of ring game profit, even if volume decreases). The relevance of all this to the grinder may not be much beyond a feeling of security that the network's finances are in order and they intend to keep things that way.

Anyone else think this whole 10-table limit and HUD issues are a sign of things to come? They were put into the software in preparation for when they finally do make the changes maybe?
It seems very odd that these things would happen after a relatively small software update. I could understand the HEM/PT issues if they were just a glitch, but the 10-table limit issue seems very odd if it was not put into the software intentionally. My theory is that both of these changes will be made at some point soon, we just got an accidental taste of it a little bit early.
*Obviously this is just my theory based on what I am seeing. I know very little about software code so perhaps this is just some very random glitch. However, with the direction Merge has been moving in, I have been expecting these changes to be made at some point soon.

Both are confirmed bugs and as already stated in the other Merge thread, the 10 table limit has already been removed.

I play mostly sng's and noticed that none of my results from yesterday or early this morning were reflected on sharkscope. Anybody else notice anything similar?

Wondering if it's a Merge issue or a sharkscope issue..

it's both homie^^^^ merge messed up their tournament hand histories resulting in non-collection of data for sites like pokertracker, holdemanager, and yes pry sharkscope

Yes I understand that. I'm just saying that they seem like very odd bugs to occur, especially right now if you analyze the direction Merge is clearly moving towards. I don't know a whole ton about software, but my theory was that Merge programmed this into the software for future use. Both of these moves would make sense if you want to continue to cater to the rec players and I have been expecting them to make these changes as some point, which is why i'm jumping to conclusions.

The 10 table limit already existed. For cash games only. It was a bug insofar as being applied to SNG/MTT.

I'm not sure why, but it appears that at least one person is still affected by it, while others are not.


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Yeah, ss has been missing many SNGs for a few months now. It started with the name changes. They partially fixed it and started picking up some games but never got close to 100%. The HH would have no effect on ss tho, for what that's worth.

There is no way I'm the only one with this problem! I am still having the problem right now as I type this...

have you heard a time frame for when the hand history issue will be fixed? doesnt seem like it should be a big problem to rectify.

It is confirmed that the new Merge release will require a change in hand history importing to compensate for time of day changes, we are no longer releasing fixes for PT3, we are no sure yet but this may be the end of support for Merge in PT3. We suggest that you upgrade to a more modern tracking tool, there are numerous ones to chose from that provide free trials (including PT4).

noooo!!!

jk. alright, fine. PT4 here i come.

Mid session I just got lowered from a 10 table cap to 6 LOL the fun continues. Thought I was goin cray at 1st, but confirmed it with lobby/tournament list

This is a known bug and will soon be placed far up your ass. Just hang in there and please don't squirm as the fix is released in the next update.

Restarted comp/client and I'm back to 10 table cap. Give it a reset if you run into the same problem

I used PT3 for cash last night, and I think it was fine.