It makes good business sense to bring them back.

A couple of months ago I downloaded and played the $50 free rolls.

I cashed a couple, and liked the "feel" of Carbon/Merge.

I then deposited $100.

The rest is history..

Not even close to what I said. I said there is a place for it and at the very least it should be known to everyone who doesn't know he is invested in Merge doing well. He directly benefits from new people signing up for Merge under him and current people staying so obviously he is going to be biased in what he says here. Again, I think he is very helpful, but it's not like he is doing it for the players benefit, it's for his, and everyone should know that who reads this forum. I say that with no ill will.

HH problem is NOT fixed (as of 12:30 pm est). Still working on it......ugh

If kahn ever mentions he is an affiliate, or PMs anyone to sell his wares, please inform a moderator, as this would cross the line, by a long way.

As far as I can see, he only posts that he has the ear of some sites and that he will try to help anyone who needs assistance or who has worthwhile suggestions. Seems like a good thing for the players.

Well point out the posts where you feel he is misleading people. That would be much more persuasive than general blanket statements of bias.

Claiming to be unofficial support and then having a link to his affiliate page in his profile isn't misleading? Again, I'm not here to cause problems with Kahn I was just agreeing that is should be made more clear what his agenda is if he is going to be "unofficial support".

With Carbon Ryan no longer allowed to be here, Kahn is the best thing on 2+2 for Carbon players. He has been very helpful..

And I'm not claiming he isn't a good thing. I'm saying there needs to be more transparency as to what he is and what his motives are. With "Carbon" Ryan at least people who don't spend all day on here knew he worked for the site and no matter how helpful had some sort of bias. It's no different than endorsing a product in the real world.

seriously though, think about it: (using your assumptions) Kahn makes money if people play on Carbon. therefore its in Kahn's financial interest to suggest to Merge changes players want.

in the above scenario Kahn's interests are the same as the players'. Where is the conflict that makes him representing the views of this thread to ppl at Merge who he has an existing relationship with a bad thing?

Anyone is allowed to have anything they like in their Profile, (within sensible reason).

He is not allowed to state that he is an affiliate in a post or by PM.

Please get back on the topic of the thread.

Exactly, this thread is for people interested in playing on merge. Whether it's issues or general discussion. Not sure why there should be redundant threads scattering the discussions, unless a paid sub-forum is started for support again.

Thank You, MH

not very happy with merge either. first tops now merge mtt sched is going down hill. ughh

We need both a Merge help thread and a Merge discussion thread. Two threads isn't a lot to ask for, especially considering that Pokerstars has many threads.

We've recently seen time and time again that the best interests of Merge is not necessarily the best interests of its poker players. Even with the best of intentions, anyone with a vested interest in Merge might not give us the unbiased information that we need to really understand what we should expect from Merge in the future. Restricting conversation in this thread is not a solution of any kind.

I agree that consolidation is important but I feel that a separate help thread would be the best way to consolidate the information.

Most of these internet threads are filled with opinion. Posts that are made to help though are very factual. Putting the factual posts in one place can't possibly be a bad thing.

PT4 hud is working

Generally better to have all information consolidated at one place rather than repeat postings all over. Stars have separate threads for very specific purposes. If you notice the official bodog or other sites thread, usually there's one for support, feedback, general etc.

Also, there's already a merge withdrawal thread. There may be two. People can start threads. Most likely, they'll be moved.

Anyway, back on topic, what's actually going on at merge today?

Glad to hear the huds are working again. For people with hh issues, try restarting the client. There seems to be an update that fixed some issues.

HM2 HUD working as well

I hope we can have some consistency in the near future regaurding the mtt schedule & am looking forward to the changes across the lineup

Thanks for getting the HH problem fixed

The $109 6max deep 4k that has been running nightly appears to be scrapped from the schedule. Please have a nightly $109 6max moving forward!!!!

cheers,

Dex

If someone could pass a long the late reg issues I'd appreciate it. It's pretty terrible that you can reg with 2 mins left and be >10 from the money. In the smaller GTD bigger buy in tournaments you can get in with like 6 people left in the entire tournament. 4 hour late reg has caused me to go from playing on Merge (spending $1,000+ on tournaments nightly) 5 days a week to just Sunday.

I just saw a software update and got really excited, but that excitement quickly faded when I realized they didn't fix anything! Still stuck at a 10 table limit and no hud.

Hey guys, there's some systemic issues happening at Merge right now. Be careful. There are better options to play at right now.

Mike, I've always respected and appreciated you at the highest level. However, on this issue I really think you are seeing things from a different perspective than the majority of regular players and posters here do. We really want a thread about Merge not polluted by affiliates and their minion accounts. If that would be allowed, I'd be happy to start one, but they always seem to get 'merged' into this thread. You can't have an honest evaluation of Merge skins with their paid propagandists here. I suppose if that is 2+2's policy now, then there's nothing that can be done for these forums. It would be nice though to have at least one thread about Merge free from the Merge paid propagandists who 'voluntarily' offer their 'help' to the players.

It's funny, I never noticed these paid propagandists warning players that their VIP's were about to be decimated. Surely, with such direct knowledge of the network workings they must have known beforehand. Yet, for all the 'help' they provide they never warned players to do what would be in their best interests. I wonder why?

Well, obviously your $$$$ isn't safe as evidenced as recently as several weeks ago when they slashed the value of your VIP's overnight with no warning, either from the skins directly, or the paid affiliates here who 'inform' us on what's going on at Merge. It was a strategic money grab by the Merge network, one that led to the disappearance of the Carbon sub-forum overnight and the unemployment of one good Merge rep who took a stand for what is right and what is wrong.

I could list many other times when Merge skins closed up without telling players beforehand, who lost all tournament tickets they held as well as their VIP value.

Merge is on a downward spiral in player base. They have the highest rake of many networks and now they are letting tourney subterfuges enter tourneys right as the money bubble is happening, screwing players who started the tourney from the beginning.

Merge has changed it's underlying player philosophy. Play there at your own risk. Don't expect anything positive from them though.

Of course we can have as many honest evaluations by different players as you like in this thread.

If you don't like a particular post by kahn or anyone else, of course you can Report it for consideration by all IP mods and all Admins for deletion or edit.

Otoh, all threads are open to all, and no one is going to be barred from posting sensible and on topic comments in any thread.

It wouldn't realistically be helpful to anyone. No one from Merge would post in it, and you don't want anyone with any contact with Merge posting in it, so, seriously, what use would it be that this thread isn't already?

nobody from merge is here
so if kahn does manage to help any then thx KAHN
he has always been helpfull to the players
i say this and i do not have dealings with him
if he can help players even a little thats to the players benefit

so all you people would rather have a thread WITH absolutely just complainers in it
KAHN is an affiliate and he says so
he at least has contact with merge
did he know this was all gunna happen maybe maybe not/did his players get hurt from the points stuff /maybe /maybe not
hes not merge.did merge tell him this was gunna happen maybe so probally not
right now hes the only link to merge players have and u want him out
hes the only affil. thats ever been on here helping players /players that arent even signed with him
i would rather have somebody who can at least talk with merge around then none
ok im done


well not yet when i open the tourny lobby is says unable to open lobby
and i cant see late reg or player numbers or anything
every now and then if i keep opening it it finally works
other wise all info i have is from the main lobby this sucks

no, but the actual money that players have in their accounts. Do you have any reason to think that players' deposits are not safe on Merge/they will be closing soon without a trace and taking all the money with them?

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Synergistic Explosions, any evidence that Merge is cheating its players and money is not safe there?

does anyone here have the Carbon Elite status ?

... Kahn gets so much free advertising from so many people in this thread, lol...

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Edit/MH: Agreed! For no good reason!