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01-06-2012 , 10:59 AM

#51

Eto Demerzel

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Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 672

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Originally Posted by mullion

By taking notes on players. This way you would not be able to block purchase 0000's of hand histories two weeks after the games start.

You would still have HH. It would be a little more work but some form of HUD would still exist. Oh and no good player needs 10000 hands to crush you.

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01-06-2012 , 11:14 AM

#52

sdrf

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Originally Posted by 7824124751

i always played 4 tables of the full ring rush game and i got 2000 hands per hour. i did this by playing tight and always quick folding my junk hands.

Which is exactly why WC was introduced first. The reason was not to be fair. The reason was that Rush/Blitz don't work well with dealt

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01-06-2012 , 11:18 AM

#53

sdrf

adept

Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 794

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Originally Posted by d7o1d1s0

Hello ***,

Thank you for your email.

I can confirm that PokerStars is developing a fast moving ring games product. We expect it to be available for public beta testing in late January 2012.

At this stage we cannot provide more details, but stay tuned for more news!

If you have any other questions please feel free to contact us anytime.

Regards,

Diana
PokerStars Support Team

This could be a first. Don't believe we have gotten any specific month before.

When did you get this?

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01-06-2012 , 11:45 AM

#54

BackFromABannin

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It was posted in the Stars software thread last month that they planned to have a beta available late January.

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01-06-2012 , 12:08 PM

#55

timchuk

old hand

Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,523

Beta will most likely be play money. Everyone should switch to a fulltilt avatar for fun.

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01-06-2012 , 02:45 PM

#56

checkraise1

centurion

Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 104

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Originally Posted by Tiggz

Isn't Blitz a bad name? Makes me think of the Nazis in second world war etc.

well it should make you think about a fast chess match, but w/e

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01-06-2012 , 02:50 PM

#57

Knightsridge

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NFL Blitz for N64.

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01-06-2012 , 03:01 PM

#58

Mingdu

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It also changes BR management. When you can get the volume of 24 tables with 4 tables then your initial outlay to be fully running is much less. I'm not a huge volume High Stakes guy but because of RUSH I was able to keep less money on FT than I would have if I'd needed to open all those tables

Also it takes seconds and no effort to be fully engaged and playing. No waiting lists. No slowly closing tables while you wait for the BB to come around to you. Doesn't seem like much but the lack of distraction and full play from start to finish adds up.

Also tables don't break up.

I hope they roll it out on my birthday Jan 30th!! It's all I will play

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01-06-2012 , 03:44 PM

#59

ZabuMafu

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Originally Posted by Mingdu

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01-06-2012 , 04:16 PM

#60

cashy

we have welbeck

Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 29,771

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Originally Posted by Tiggz

Isn't Blitz a bad name? Makes me think of the Nazis in second world war etc.

blitzkrieg

blitz

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01-06-2012 , 04:30 PM

#61

Bobo Fett

Carpe Diem

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Originally Posted by checkraise1

well it should make you think about a fast chess match, but w/e

LOL no, there's no one definition that it "should" make you think about, since there are several, but blitzkrieg is the origin of the word.

That said, it's a pretty silly concern given how many different ways the word is used today.

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01-06-2012 , 04:49 PM

#62

hypergeometry

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The word 'blitz' remembers me blitz chess games. Why not to use something like 'Speed-Poker', 'Ultimate-Poker', 'Quick-Poker', 'Super-Poker', 'Ultra-Poker', 'Light-Poker' would sound better than Blitz-Poker imo.

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01-06-2012 , 04:49 PM

#63

brrrap!

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Originally Posted by Tiggz

Isn't Blitz a bad name? Makes me think of the Nazis in second world war etc.

Shock&Awe doesn't have the same ring to it.

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01-06-2012 , 04:50 PM

#64

Bobo Fett

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Originally Posted by hypergeometry

The word Blitz remembers me Blitz chess games.

Which, last I checked, are pretty quick.

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Originally Posted by hypergeometry

Why not to use something like 'Speed-Poker', 'Ultimate-Poker', 'Quick-Poker', 'Super-Poker', 'Ultra-Poker', 'Light-Poker' would sound better than Blitz poker imo.

Umm...

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01-06-2012 , 05:14 PM

#65

Exothermic

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no blitz!!... blitz just make the games nittier ehh

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01-06-2012 , 05:21 PM

#66

Svenie25

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More nitty as they are? Don´t think this is possible.

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01-06-2012 , 05:29 PM

#67

Joshfan

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Originally Posted by brrrap!

Shock&Awe doesn't have the same ring to it.

Shock&awe poker sounds pretty cool actually

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01-06-2012 , 05:45 PM

#68

hypergeometry

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Originally Posted by sdrf

Which is exactly why WC was introduced first. The reason was not to be fair. The reason was that Rush/Blitz don't work well with dealt

After reading this I'm asking myself if the changes PS made had in mind the release of BP. Are those events disconnected each other or not, what you think guys ? Seems pretty much PS will get a lot of rake with BP due that multitabling is very confortable to play plus I wouldn't be surprised to see some players having 4k hands per hour ( SNEs will do that, I'm sure ).

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01-06-2012 , 05:54 PM

#69

Exothermic

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svenie that is the point, it is possible.. will make the games worse, i hate copying rush poker...

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01-06-2012 , 06:18 PM

#70

cashy

we have welbeck

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Originally Posted by Bobo Fett

LOL no, there's no one definition that it "should" make you think about, since there are several, but blitzkrieg is the origin of the word.

That said, it's a pretty silly concern given how many different ways the word is used today.

what?
blitz is the german word for lightning

the germans used a very quick rushing strategy a lot which got called "blitzkrieg" because blitz is basically the defintion of very quick.

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01-06-2012 , 06:34 PM

#71

JH1

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^ +1

Blitz --> Flash / Lightning
Krieg --> War

The word blitz was around long before 1939.

Just because doughnuts make you think of Dunkin does not mean that all doughnuts are Dunkin related. Doughnuts were here first and can't help that their name has been hijacked by Dunkin in your mind.

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01-06-2012 , 06:57 PM

#72

Suzukishosan

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Originally Posted by NoTurns

Some way to keep the huds out and make it practical to make notes would be good. The Rush games got a lot worse as soon as the huds started working properly. The huds got working, the parasites kicked in (not blaming them) and boom, the games dried up in no time. Stars could and should learn from this.

The games didn't dry up after HUDs got working at all, they were booming until black friday.

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01-06-2012 , 08:54 PM

#73

t181241

centurion

Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 178

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Originally Posted by JH1

it's right that "Blitz" (lightning) and "Krieg" (war) was there before world war 2. BUT the reason for the german word "Blitz" to become english was the world war 2.

It's like the word "Downloaden" or many many other "Anglizismen" (Anglicism)
that we have in german language today. Download was english and there was "Herunterladen" in german. But because most of the IT inventions came from the US, words like downloaden, uploaden etc. made their way into german language.

sorry if I made grammar mistakes

I personally would really hate to see fast moving Poker called "Blitzpoker".

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01-06-2012 , 10:40 PM

#74

GeleHaas

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I only now Blitzkrieg from the Ramones

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01-07-2012 , 03:21 AM

#75

Maso777

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Originally Posted by HU4holes

i agree that HUD-free BLITZ would most likely be superiour for the quality of the game.
i might PM the idea to POKERSTARS-STEVE, and if i do i will of course send him the link to this thread,
maybe he will join the conversation with us here.

HUD free rush wouldn't even be poker. With no idea what type of opponents you are against and no ability to make reads or adjustments, you are left basically just playing your cards. The game wouldn't have an depth to it, people would just formulate what to do with what hand vs an unknown.

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