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Originally Posted by SrslySirius
They may not aspire to be pros, but they absolutely like to think they can get reads, or be tricky, or use their wits somehow to win.
Of course, why else would they even play if they didn't believe they could use all their "skills", limited or not, to win against other players?
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Originally Posted by SrslySirius
To believe that you could take the skill out of the game and still attract players, you would have to either be extremely cynical (assuming the customers are profoundly stupid), or simply not understand the game at all (like short-sighted Amaya execs).
Not sure I get your point, since game selection is supposed to be one of the crucial elements of a player's success, or win rate. You don't select a game full of sharks to play in, you look for a soft game full of fish, right? Recs will be attracted to rec-full games where they can win some money, or at least not lose as fast.
And to be sure, the sharks will attracted to those rec-full games, but Stars is now making the decision not to cater, pamper, or otherwise compensate them to stick around any longer, that's all.