Plenty of really bad players use a HUD. If they wanted to limit multi-tabling they could do so just by setting a lower limit of tables like 888 does. But why on earth would they want to limit how much rake they get.

Pppppfffffffff.

I'm not saying that limiting multi-tabling is good. I meant that discouraging mass multi-tabling Regs grinding rakeback is good. If Rec's want to multi-table that's awesome.

A lot of the high stakes players are trying to rally the Micro/Low stakes players into thinking this is a negative thing. Yes it's negative for those playing high stakes or those who grind rakeback but it's not for the vast majority of Regs. Whether Pokerstars will be more Rec friendly is irrelevant. All that matters is it appears to be more friendly to Recs and offers promotions that attract them.

I would rather Pokerstars put the money into attracting Recs with Gambling games and promotions because these players will trickle into the Zoom player pool. So yes we get less rakeback at the supernova+ levels but we will hopefully see a softer player pool.

Ok, I would like some cliffs here. So Pokerstars allows pt4, but not notecaddy, and limites color-coding...
is notecaddy a different word for notetracker?
also, if the hud has different colors for different individual stats, but those colors stay static, is that ok?

Just do what bovada does, make player names anonymous.

No

Yes

Who would you rather play against, a good reg using a HUD 30 tabling or a very good reg 8 tabling without HUD but with a lot more focus on each table?

A fish

False dichotomy. I'd rather play against the former but it's obviously good for the games if the former turns into the latter.

I would rather play against a reg 8 tabling because I`ll come across him a lot less and his game is not going to improve to very good just by reducing tables.

NoteCaddy is not banned on pokerstars. It is specifically listed as allowed on pokerstars' site https://www.pokerstars.com/poker/room/prohibited/ "Can you give some examples of acceptable tools and services ?"

Badges and in-game graphs had to go but there are still many features like auto color coding (for game selection), player tagging (badges you set yourself), and custom stats that are approved for Amaya properties.

Why on earth am I getting popups from pokerstars when I don't even have auto import turned on?

RIP pokerstars.

You hit the nail on the head there Kiwi boy.

Colder than a penguins nether regions.
I spose a refund is out of the question huh Table Ninja management!??

Super good post sir. I am computer illiterate save posting in forums and playing pokers online but you articulated very well,so well a dill-pot like me could get the general gist. Thanks for that, and no doubt lots of other Two Plussers will agree with my thanks.

Having bagdes pop up for certain situations is almost like giving advice in real time.

The badges are always present, just like hud stats.

As someone who hasn't been following this thread at all:
1. Is it today allowed to show VPIP in a three-color way? (thus, "classifying" players)?
2. Is it with the latest version of PT4 it possible to use the above?

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they still remove the skill from HUD interpretation. tbh I think colour coding should be banned too, but badges a) encourage datamining and b) involve all the skill of a monkey clicking buttons.

yes, if you have any problems configuring it or need clarification on how PT4 addresses the new third party tools rules ask in their stickied thread in the internet poker > software > commercial software forum.

It is very bad every time to set the 3betsize. Is there a solution? I think this decisiton is very bad from pokerstars? The customers generate fewer rakes and they lost customer on long time. I want change from pokerstars? Which poker provider has a good traffic on cashgame (with) fast cashgame tables?

PokerStars gives the user the ability to set up hotkeys within their software where you could set up a % of pot or 3bet in bb size hotkey. You could also just add it as one of your bet size buttons shown on the table.

Online poker is on the decline.The average Joe,having tried playing some online has got tired of the inability to foot it with players who have the software available.It is just too brutal a game for the average player to persist with.One can study plenty and still keep getting his aerosole kicked, and this alone is enough to deter most, IMO online poker will be really small in a couple of years as only stubborn masochistic folks will keep banging their heads trying to beat the game.Most people, if they dont taste success at their endeavour within a certain time frame,they give the endeavour/hobby/interest a big miss, and find something less challenging, and with some reward signalling the progress one has made at the particular thing, but pokers is such a cruel beast online that one does not get many progress cues,rendering it in the very hard basket, and easy to give the game a miss as a consequence.

Your post has absolutely nothing to do with software. The harsh learning curve exists either way.

To suggest that 3rd party software doesn't significantly steepen this learning curve is incredibly stupid.

It's really not, except insofar as you need to develop the skill of using a HUD etc. It doesn't really make the game in itself that much tougher, especially when you're first starting out.