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Originally Posted by Megloooo
lol 6max isnt gonna go
I just posted this in the NVG thread so ill crosspost it here too:
I think people are greatly under estimating the precedent this sets for the future of online poker. It's not just about HeadsUp.
The ideal situation for Stars is that for every $1 deposited by a net losing player stars rakes $1. They are working on building an ecosystem where by all games are essentially unbeatable and are just another form of casino game such as blackjack. They already have unbeatable games spread at micro-low PLO, then they removed all rakeback for $5/10+, now they are trying to reduce edges in HU games.
What will happen with HU zoom is when a rec player sits the games will fill with enough regs who have an edge. So the 1 rec might sustain another 5 pros who all have to play vs each other. This dramitically decreases pros winrates. Next once they have a sample of the top winners at each limit of HU Zoom they wil most likely increase rake enough to nullify that edge. Thus rendering the game unbeatable and ensuring stars gets all the net losers money in rake.
Now some people such as 6 max regs might think this is a good change because your games will be fishier. However once they have finished with HU they will start on other games aswell. I'd imagine all ring games will go to zoom eventually since it eliminates seat scripting and 'predatory behaviour.' This will lower the 6 max edges even more and all they have to do then is to check a sample size of the last 500k hands at 6 max, find out the top 10% of regs are winning at say 5bb/100, increase rake to nullify that edge and voila, another unbeatable game where all deposits go to Stars.
Then for Mtts, im sure stars arent happy that a lot of people are taking milions out of the economy by being longterm profitable in these. They want the fish money for themselves! I'd imagine we will see a transition towards higher variance,jackpots,shallower stacks and faster structures. If that doesnt get the edge of the top winners down from say 20% roi to 1% then they can always just bump the rake up a touch for good measure.
I realise some of this may seem dramatic but this is the direction everything is heading currently. Stars have to show the shareholders how they can increase profitability constantly. This wont be the last change, the same as the VIP moneygrab wasn't.
This is why all players should be against these changes. If you're not then your game will probably be next.