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.....I think a global wait list would be a good option, though.......

What if there's a wait list, and if a certain number of players are waiting, they start a new game? (Like if a 6-max list is started, a table will start when 4 players join the list)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Warder

**This post is only waitlists for individual tables. A global waitlist that would seat a player at the first available open seat at his stake would be a good option.**

06-06-2017 , 12:22 AM

#27

GlobalPokerCSadmin

Global Poker Rep

Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 381

Just want to thank everyone for their input on this topic. Many interesting comments both ways and we will certainly take all this on board when looking at this as a potential future development.

06-06-2017 , 10:23 AM

#28

RikaKazak

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 9,662

Quote:

Originally Posted by JMertz22

+1 for no waitlist. Gets more tables going instead of 10+ people waiting for a seat at the juiciest table.

+1!!!!

If we want a grinder boring bum hunting site, we can easily choose one of those non rec friendly sites.

06-06-2017 , 10:32 AM

#29

recondite7

old hand

Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,971

No waitlist please. Keep this as recreational as possible.

06-06-2017 , 11:27 AM

#30

nojgib

enthusiast

Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 78

Quote:

Originally Posted by RikaKazak

+1!!!!

If we want a grinder boring bum hunting site, we can easily choose one of those non rec friendly sites.

With a global style wait list as posted above there is no bum hunting since you would be seated at the first available seat in your chosen game structure. I also like the idea of a new table auto opening and seating the waitlist if there are enough people waiting. Would be similar to a waiting list on the casino floor.

06-12-2017 , 03:41 PM

#31

jacetms

enthusiast

Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 71

Quote:

Originally Posted by Warder

Nearly every poker site has gotten rid of wait lists and for very good reason. What ends up happening is that certain recreational players will attract huge waitlists. A really long wait list at a table makes other players take notice and wonder, "Why is there such a long wait list for this table?". So they also watch the table and find out who the bad player is and then they start to hunt him in the future. This dynamic perpetuates itself and before long you'll have a game filling instantly around the target player to the point where he starts to feel preyed upon and his level of fun goes way down.

For the long term health of your site, do not implement wait lists.

**This post is only waitlists for individual tables. A global waitlist that would seat a player at the first available open seat at his stake would be a good option.**

This is spot on. On acr, if there are long wait lists, then you know there is a rec at the table. When this happens, I'll look at the lineup to see if the rec is already known to me. If not, then I will observe a bit to figure out who the rec is and now that player is on my rec list.

06-14-2017 , 05:39 PM

#32

Sil3ntness

old hand

Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 1,304

Quote:

Originally Posted by jacetms

You can refer to WPN/ACR's BEAST list (Control + F to search their name) as well to see who the recreational player is. Obviously if they are in the top #100 of the rakeback grinding list they are not a recreational player. It saves you time from watching them play.

06-14-2017 , 06:39 PM

#33

iamont1lt

enthusiast

Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 73

+1 For No Waitlist. Please do not implement a Waitlist. Having a Waitlist will cause good players to prey on the bad players much easier. Bad players going broke quicker = bad for the entire ecosystem.

And having a waitlist will decrease the amount of tables running, because it will give less incentive to start and join new tables.

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