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Originally Posted by PokerStars Steve
Ring Game Seating Issues
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Table starters have been somewhat of a success at high stakes, though there are still a few issues we need to resolve. Nick, our ring games manager, will soon be starting discussions with players about this feature.
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No, they haven't been. Ever since they were introduced, the amount of blind grimming have increased to a new level.
I believe that Starters were supposed to be some kind of KOTH system for 6m games (not talking about FR here, cause high stakes FR is dead). Ideally, some 5 best regs would sit there and wait for either the opponent willing to battle them or for a rec player.
In fact, Starters are filled up with scummy bumhunters, who will either play a table, if a mark sits down, or leave before the first big blind comes to them otherwise. Since they are allowed to join Starters right after the table starts, they don't lose a chance to join new Starter for the same stake. They do have a 30-minute penalty, but since they are already seated at needed Starters, that doesn't change much.
Of course, there are some better regs, who don't want these guys to sit in a 5-ppl Starter, so they join 6th and get grimmed. That's the current situation at Table Starters, every high stakes reg would confirm (unless you ask some grimmer, of course)
That could be very easily solved. First of all, ban all these grimmers from Starters forever (or for a week
at least). Then kick a person from every Starter in addition to 30 minute penalty after he grims and leaves the table.