FTP Ring game changes
FTP has just introduced ring game changes that must be being considered by Pokerstars, too, Some excerpts:
* No more table selection: you can choose your game type and preferred stakes and be instantly seated at a table, getting straight into the action. It keeps things fun, fast and simple. Tables will be merged if and when two or more become shorthanded. This new system will ensure that
your success is determined by your talent at the table, not your skill in choosing opponents.
* Heads Up tables have been removed: FTP are doing this for two important reasons; firstly, Heads Up games were being
adversely impacted by the minority of experienced players who targeted ‘weaker’ opponents rather than take on all challengers, and secondly, new players who tried out the Heads Up games found it intimidating and confusing (asking themselves
“why are all these guys not playing each other?”). Unfortunately, these table selection changes didn’t fix this problem so in Heads Up we had no choice but to remove them altogether, as we know the more new players that play it, the less likely they are to return and keep playing. In short,
Heads Up ring games just didn’t form part of a healthy poker ecosystem, which made our decision to remove them easier.
FTP recognizes that in the past,
a proportion of players have used extensive table selection to their advantage and that those players might not like these changes.
Their advantage over other players will now be negated and we don’t think that’s a bad thing.
FTP considers these ring game changes to be key to Full Tilt’s ongoing commitment to provide a
level playing field and attracting and retaining more casual poker players.
Now, if only Pokerstars will apply the same "level playing field" logic not only to ring games but also to HUSNGs & Spin&Gos.
Either:
* Ban table selection (and table selection scripts) as not being part of a healthy "level playing field" poker ecosystem.
Or:
* Ban HUSNGs & Spin&Go's if Pokerstars are unable to prevent table selection seating scripts.
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