this is a pretty good idea actually but really doubt ftp would implement this, at least within a reasonable amount of time and clayton's idea(s) could be implemented much easier/quicker

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Funniest thing I have read all day.

What did I not understand about it?

And there a bunch of reasons I suspect so many bots on stars, one big reg flag is how when you look up tables on PTR (.5-1nl for example) there will be more than 10-20 good tables to play at on FT yet stars tables there will only be one good table to play at even though the number of tables is about the same if not stars can often have more? It's just too suspect to trust and the fact that you don't actually have any imput and you just flame suggests you're down with the stars that I suspect they are. Again, it's all speculation but the reason that I posted is solid enough to merit.

Why not just put a limit on how long someone can sit without playing? If you're not gonna play, cya later.

The only solution I like is random table names with random player names.

Bumhunting is the problem. Lobby issues are only symptoms of the larger cancer that is killing HU cash.

I'd prefer it if the tables would get sorted by how long a person has been waiting without sitting out. If they sit out their counter gets reset. What do you think? This would encourage people to wait on one table and give action to anyone who wants it.

Bumhunting is not the problem. Consider people out there that are trying to learn hu play. The don't want to fukkin play Taylor Caby... How do you guys not understand this. You're trying to kill the game because you're greedy.

A possible solution for all of you tough guys that want everybody to play everybody is they could have a seperate lobby for either random matches or annonymous matches or even "random and annonymous" matches where you could play. And at the same time people that are learning could play and know that they're not playing "michael jordan of the felt".

lol as one of the best 1/2 hu players in the world, you sure are having a hard time grasping this concept. lets say a bum hunter is sitting at table A. you sit down with him and he sits out. your options are to leave or get reported, thus you leave to find another reg/game to milk your minuscule edge that will take millions of hands to manifest itself. Full tilt still gets rake when you find your new game. Under your system, the bum hunter is forced to leave, and now you have an open table. If a reg sits with you, you will play him. No new games are created. Either you move to find someone who will play you under the current rules, or you stay and wait for someone to play you under your rules.

The fact that tables that start with A now have very egotistical players milking minuscule edges doesn't mean that there are more games. If anything it means fewer games because you are no longer seeking out regs who might play you.

You can however make the argument that a bum hunter under the current system has a massive fishing advantage under the current system, because fish sit the first open table they see. This advantage is eliminated when you introduce king of the hill antics, but a much simpler solution is to just randomize the open hu tables for each viewer. This solution is better because it instantly removes all weight to alphabetical considerations whereas your system makes us weigh the value of getting booted from an 'A' table and the rent seeking behavior that ensues against the value of having a more active fishing position.

This may be true, but FTP's software/policies seem to contribute to the problem. In this case, the "symptom" can be alleviated.

I have never focused on HU play specifically because of all of the bull$hi+ that I see going on there. I suck at poker, so the bumhunters have lost out because of their baloney.

They can move down. No reason we can't allow bumhunting at 50nl. Anything higher isn't "learning stakes," anymore and people shouldn't be allowed to bumhunt. Good compromise.

Except it's not people learning to play. It's people who figured out they should most hands and not flat 3bets and then call three barrels with 22 on AKQT9 preying on people who are slightly more dumb than they are.

lol: D

Would this work?

player A is sitting at a table (bumhunter). a good reg (player B) sits down and posts. Player A sits out. Player B continues to sit in. Player A has 2 minutes to either post his blinds and play or will get booted from table.

The only problem ( it would be huge problem, but possibly monitored/fixed) I can think of is the bumhunter would sit in one hand and then sit out again, rinse repeat, and the good reg gets annoyed and leaves.