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01-10-2012 , 09:44 PM

#126

Kajzer Sose

adept

Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 850

I really dont like that name...dont care for chess or whatever comparation.

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01-10-2012 , 09:57 PM

#127

Stinky Stu

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 4,201

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Originally Posted by Tilbury

Thing is, if FTP had asked for a game name, I doubt many would have come up with 'Rush', which is pretty lame imo.

"Rush" is a brilliant name. Says it all, feels like you're getting high on poker. And that chick's voice to start the countdown was perfect.

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01-11-2012 , 05:32 AM

#128

Tore82

stranger

Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 3

well it's great news that zoom/blitz is coming soon for pokerstars. one thing they should really do is focus on the rake structure.
a winning plo50 reg making 8bb/100 will still likely play blitz if his rate goes down to 4bb/100 if he can put in 4x the tables. but the top50-95% of players currently making 3bb/100 will be frustrated if it goes to -1bb/100 in blitz -- more rakeback simply won't compensate for this.
so my suggestion is reduce the rake by 4-6bb/100 with blitz -- this will also provide a competitive advantage vs FTP-2 which will probably happen in next few months.

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01-11-2012 , 06:19 AM

#129

fiftyonefifty

centurion

Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 195

cant wait for this

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01-11-2012 , 06:50 AM

#130

hansolobp

centurion

Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 111

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Originally Posted by Tore82

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01-11-2012 , 09:18 AM

#131

rugmuncher

old hand

Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,732

They must add plo8/nlo8 for it to be successful!

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01-11-2012 , 10:58 AM

#132

Pokerpingu

old hand

Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,629

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Originally Posted by rugmuncher

They must add plo8/nlo8 for it to be successful!

not at all lol

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01-11-2012 , 01:18 PM

#133

zahi1974

centurion

Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 176

i really dont see why the "blitz" should have a better rake structure than the normal games. it is the same game of poker and why should these players be given an advantage? if the mass-tablers want a better bb/100, than they should play less tables. i mean crying, that they want to play mor tables/hands and then when they can, crying again, that their winrate drops and so they need a better rake-structure than on the regular games is a no-go for me. same game, same rake-structure. everything else would be a joke and cause me (and probably many others) to stop playing at pokerstars!!!

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01-11-2012 , 01:40 PM

#134

3.14RawManiac

old hand

Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,309

Russian rulette poker

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01-11-2012 , 01:46 PM

#135

hypergeometry

adept

Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 742

Any update on this PokerStars?. Can't wait for it.

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01-11-2012 , 02:22 PM

#136

Mingdu

veteran

Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,271

Got this in the past couple of days

Thank you for your email.

PokerStars is in fact 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!

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01-11-2012 , 02:27 PM

#137

atisz

grinder

Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 694

What about this fast poker thing? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE0KQaEnkQg
Why hasn't it been launched yet?

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01-11-2012 , 03:34 PM

#138

NukeRaise

banned

Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 246

*praying there isn't a max 4 table rule*

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01-11-2012 , 04:40 PM

#139

SparkMan

grinder

Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 596

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Originally Posted by NukeRaise

*praying there isn't a max 4 table rule*

You want less or more?

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01-11-2012 , 06:55 PM

#140

t181241

centurion

Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 178

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Originally Posted by SparkMan

You want less or more?

obv. more

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01-11-2012 , 07:11 PM

#141

epicsaxguy

newbie

Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 26

Looking forward to 24 tabling nitzkrieg

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01-11-2012 , 07:59 PM

#142

NDHand

old hand

Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,505

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Originally Posted by AJFenix

Rush poker allowed me to pee like a human being. To have a conversation if someone happened to knock on my door. To answer my phone. To eat, if I became hungry.

This. I AM NOT A NUMBER, I AM A FREE MAN!

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01-11-2012 , 09:16 PM

#143

whatwonder

Poker Agent

Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 870

I think that a 4-max table per stake rule is good and arguably necessary for the long-term viability of the games. Please implement it!

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01-11-2012 , 09:51 PM

#144

TheRaiderr

veteran

Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,055

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Originally Posted by whatwonder

I think that a 4-max table per stake rule is good and arguably necessary for the long-term viability of the games. Please implement it!

+1

You can still easily 8 table by multi staking.

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01-11-2012 , 11:19 PM

#145

LT22

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 12,842

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Originally Posted by Tore82

I want what you're smoking! Just one hit will obv be plenty given your post.

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01-12-2012 , 08:02 AM

#146

Pelorojo

centurion

Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 153

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Originally Posted by t181241

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".

Blitzkrieg≠Blitz Poker
IMO and NO, I'm not a Nazi, just sick of "forbidden words because of World War" and this kind of paranoia. Who tells me, that your Nickname isn't a code for something evil?

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01-12-2012 , 08:12 AM

#147

bookish

adept

Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 752

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Originally Posted by whatwonder

I think that a 4-max table per stake rule is good and arguably necessary for the long-term viability of the games. Please implement it!

+1. At least until they can get some system in place to reduce the max number of tables of people who time-our regularly.

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01-12-2012 , 09:22 AM

#148

whatwonder

Poker Agent

Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 870

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Originally Posted by bookish

+1. At least until they can get some system in place to reduce the max number of tables of people who time-our regularly.

Well my main point is that if you don't restrict table limit, then you have a reg taking up like 8 seats in the player pool, with a recreational player only taking up 1, which even further reduces the fish:reg ratio, making the games barely worth playing for regs, and less fun to play for recreational players. There are enough regs as it is; we don't need to multiply them (by more than 4) by having no cap on # of Zoom tables.