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Originally Posted by TheDefiniteArticle
This argument would work if you could adduce more than merely anecdotal evidence that there was a causal link between the use of software and the decline of online poker thus far.
Anecdotal is what I have - alongside the correlation - but I suspect Stars market research and (ex)player feedback has a bit more.
I also have a workable hypothesis, based only in part upon that anecdotal evidence.... The boring nitty, zzzz, games. What those I play with live say regarding online. The whole years long rec friendly site debate. I suspect Stars has a better idea about why it is hard to recruit new players and why they quit so quickly and I suspect concerns about cheating, bots and software comes up a fair bit.
If you want to make the anecdotal more solid the only real option is that market research but of a regular group of about 25 people who had a monthly online tournament (linked to an investment site*) that averaged 15-20 entrants for three years, I'm the only one who still plays online at all. We tried to get it going again but by the end most of the field was saying that our game was the only online poker they were playing and when we tried to reboot the game the handful still playing at all (live) saw no reason to deposit or reopen an online account.
They stopped because it stopped being fun and it stopped feeling fair. Software was a big part of that.
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Originally Posted by 4-Star General
@Richas, just curious, are you a poker player? Or you are in involved in something else related to the poker world?
I'm one of those recs (whose VIP status means Stars should ignore according to some, even though recs pay the bills). I used to play most days, now it is a couple of times a week.
I've also spent some time lobbying the UKGC for better poker regulation.
* Think about that anecdote again. 25 or so people who knew each other through discussing
investment topics- changes in the way poker was played stopped the lot depositing and most of that change was s/w related.