Hi,

I’m going to be posting in this thread at least once a week (and more frequently at first) to answer questions and address concerns that may be affecting your community.

While I’ve engaged various forums on specific topics and potential changes in the past, this thread is mainly meant for players to bring concerns and ideas instead of me bringing a change we're currently considering.

So, if you have any questions, complaints, requests, or suggestions, I’ll post answers at least once a week as long as it isn’t about anything confidential.
If you’re a regular poster on a different but related forum where I haven’t made one of these posts, feel free to jump in to the thread with your questions as well.

Hello Nick,

Why is it 600 the biggest limit for NLO8 cash tables (undoubtedly the most popular O8 format in the site in terms of traffic), while the PL variant has limits up to 2000?

I think we all agree that split pot games should be entitled to some special considerations in terms of the rake being charged. Mainly in pots that end up being split. Are you considering changes in this topic?

Hi,

I like to play multi-tabling ring games but my main issue is time running out if I have too many tables (something like 20).

It does not happen often, maybe 1-2 times per hour, but when there active hands in few tables and eventually a couple of them auto-folds due to time, it pisses me off.

Any chance that some extra time could be introduced when (and only) people multi-tabling or at least delay the auto-fold? (Time x tables)

thx

Try to remove a few tables instead.
Im sure it dont piss any of the 1tablers off when they have to wait for ppl using their timebank preflop time after time.

+ a lot wtf request

is this a level? Get out of your self-centered world

Absolutely not.

Can you raise the min-BI for NLO8? It's weird and annoying that it's 40BB for everything but 20BB for only this exact variant of poker.

u'd think it is a level but err no its not

and this guys a mtt winner....poker ain't dead yet guys

Yes please. This is a MUST DO.

i don't play on Stars (in USA) so i'd normally refrain from posting in the thread.
as my opinion with regard to what you've posted has already been represented by other posters, so i'd normally refrain from posting.

BUT the absurdity of your request needs as many posts to make it clear to you how just misguided you are. your request is contrary to all reason. it's bat**** crazy!!!

you should be penalized for timing out in my opinion. timing out is bad, its inconsiderate, its not acceptable. it will however on rare occasions happen. but timing out as a result of multitabling rather then as the result of using the time to consider your course of action or a dsiconnection makes it just that much more egregious.

i'm still open mouthed amazed.

as to Stars, my suggestion if they ever addressed the timebank issue, it would be in the complicated manner they are addressing ratholing. that accounts are associated with timebanks, and timeouts are aggregately/cumulatively given (not a per table basis but per session), a multitabler does not have the timebank of the sum of tables played.
timeouts causing the speed of play at the tables to be reduced are penalized, by having the timebank reduced and multitablers to have tables closed.
Not that i expect Stars to be addressing/implementing issued related to the timebank/speed of play.

LOL.
Are you serious, you cant wait 5-10 seconds? How the hell you play live poker? Amazing world, people are complaining over strangest things and try to make funny rules. If those 1tablers have time to only play one table im sure 2 minutes waiting in an hour doesnt kill them.

Hello, is there any possibility that u would add some Mtt's in the micro section off pokerstars? for example

1.10nl 08 mtt (200-500guaranteed)
2.2 Pl/nl courchevel (with no guarantees)
And maybe in the weekend that u can add omania 3.3((2r1a)or a normal rebuy)pl08 (2k guaranteed)(slow levels 12mins)

As this would help us to get more players into the 08 world.( a beginning/learning player is not going to start at the 5$+ mtts)

ring game thread. mods, please get in here and clean up

First of all...do you guys play ring games...AT ALL?

Or you just troll around threads just to find something to crap about?

Because, honestly, I saw a lot of criticism about, well, nothing.

All those replying, had ZERO request of their own.

So what, your only concern is that they is no extra time in multitabling ring games?
Is that all you want?
Cos I see no other requests or suggestions here...

And someone mentioned...ONE-tablers??? Seriously?

So someone who plays 20 should reduce, say 5 tables, so a guy with ONE table doesn't wait 5 seconds?
And that's good for the game?
Is this some new "genius" poker math I'm not aware of?

And you missed the main point:
I said it happens maybe 1-2 times PER HOUR that many hands happen at the same time.
1-2 times per hour I'd like some extra time, like 5-10 seconds ALL TOGETHER (not per table).
Is that too much?

You beached more time here...

no, it ain't dead as long as billygstaralikes swim around...

@PokerStars Nick:

1. Zoom:
Would be nice to see all games in zoom and more stakes in every game.

2. Mixed games
I'd like to play more mixed games but my main problem is that when you have a few tables with mixed games, you end up playing different games and that might cause confusion.
For instance, if you play 4 tables Horse, you could end up playing Razz in one, Stud in another, Stud H/L on the next etc...Imagine even more tables.


It would be nice if we had the option to have SOME tables with synchronized game-switching (time based, like switch game in all sync-tables every 10 minutes instead of 6 hands) for those who want to multi-table mixed cash games.

Please try to recall what players are your main source of profit and whom you should thus respect the most.

Dude...

I'll be damned if I ever take lectures from people who scornfully refer to other players as "main source of profit" and then have the nerve to go as far as to call that "respect".

Get a grip kid.

I understand that you're standing higher in the food chain, but it wouldn't exist without its bottom. To want to play poker at all and become your prey, purposeful good regs still need a mix of bumhunters and recreationals at their tables to feed on; in their turn, bumhunters need recreationals to feed on to survive. If you destroy all plankton, shark, you'll die of hunger (figuratively) too.

Sorry for derailing, PS Nick, fortunately the mods here are good enough to move this discussion elsewhere.

omg , just woke up, i was way to tired, did not read topic title! my bad.

ffs, reduce your tables to 15 and you'll be fine. your profit is created by exactly these ONE or TWO-tablers that want to have fun. Seeing that you take 5-10 seconds for every single decision will be tilting to most of them.
Please make sure you understand how you make money at poker and how you can make it a good experience for everyone that contributes to your profit.

We do!!! we do!!!! we do!!!!!

omg...stop mentioning crap about profit as if you know everything, or even worst like the other "genius" who wrongfully called people who play 1-2 tables "losers".

I never mentioned anything about profitability and crap.

I play cash mostly for fun.

I lose in cash game, I only play from time to time for little fun when I don't have enough time for mtts.

And the time-thingie spoils my fun.

Get it now champ?