The simple solution is to not let a player who is multitabling and is acting slow to open more tables. You can have a formula where the input is the average time to act and the output is the maximum allowed number of tables. Must be easy to implement imo.

The key isn't to physically prevent datamining, but to make it unprofitable.

1. Limit observing tables to accounts which have a min buyin for those tables. Make this cumulative, so that to observe 20 tables you need a minbuy for each.

2. Track datamining accounts, and confiscate their funds.

Restricting observing table privileges to real money players runs counter to one of the core reasons that observing tables is allowed at all: many potential players want to be able to see the games before they deposit and take part.

Also, I'd suggest that people with further views on the issue of datamining (and the associated issues) email us directly at support@pokerstars.com - feel free to mark your email to the attention of the Game Security team if you want. I think we'd benefit from not creating a list of anti-datamining measures for dataminers to overcome.

So give everybody five hours free a month or something.

Nice to see PokerStars reps responding to a 2+2 thread. Thank you for that.

A feature that has been requested for a long time is the ability to increase the font size at the tables. When resizing the tables to a smaller than default size the fonts become very small and are hard to read for those who use small tables and prefer a comfortable distance from their screen.
It would be nice if you could add options to change font sizes for player names, players' stack sizes and bet amounts (on the table), if possible independently.
Additionally, the option of making the text bold would be nice.

It would be perfect if you could even choose the font that is used.

Well, most people don't even understand how important betting size is or play multitable, so why would they complain.

Yes, that is why you should add it as an option. Just like you can choose fond-size -why is that you think?- I would like to choose my slider size.

That sounds nice, but it's not. You should provide poker and what benefits the game will usually not benefit most players. If it comes to features I can understand you give priority to the most requested ones, but when it comes to the game itself and serious complaints about it you should use a different standard guaranteeing the quality of it!

Also you can't just have a waiting list with problems and never solve the ones at the bottom.

I think there should be a "default" avatar created by PokerStars (like the PokerStars symbol) that we could use to represent ourself at the tables instead of the user uploaded picture. When going to the "change image" options we could just tick the box in front of, for exemple: "Use my custom image" or "Use the default avatar".

Then, we should also be able to have every players be represented by the default avatar if we wish. I don't really like to analyze a mixture of random pictures, blank spots and "empty seat" when I'm trying to figure out at a quick glance how many players are actually sitting at the table.


If this was implemented, we could even go further and have the ability to make the default avatar change color. For exemple, the default avatar would be the PokerStars symbol that could be displayed in red, blue, green, etc. We could just right-click on a players avatar to select a color. That would probably please the players requesting color coded notes as well!

Michael, but what you think about to let us change screen-names? I am willing to pay some extra FPP-s to change my SN.

My vote as well on the name change. We should not have to pay for it. You should get one name change a year. Or, you can base it on a minimum of hands played, but not more than once a year. That would also solve the issue of when a newbie picks a name like "upurbutt" and then matures and later regrets his name choice. That would still allow legitimate individuals to maintain databases on players, while deterring dataminers.

(no offense to anyone named "upurbutt" )

Obviously we need ptr to come up with an opt out function. Other sites such as OPR have come out with this feature and it will work with the opposition. I wrote PTR an email and they actually responded pretty quick, maybe a couple of hours. with this...

changing SN would be cool, like once a year or only once w/e

Isn't there a "Don't show avatars" option somewhere?

Edit: And +1 on SN switch. I would bump it to every 6 months though instead of 12. Stats from longer than that are starting to get outdated anyways so it's a nice auto-refresh kinda thing. The only thing would be notes... iirc, whatever site (cake?) it is that allows SN switches keeps notes the same (i.e. your notes transfer from old SN to new SN).

Yes, but I'd rather have something visible to identify the players than nothing at all and all the random pictures are distracting me.

Plus it would be cool to color them as we please.

Well, sure, that would solve the issue of Third Party Results websites, but then that opens up another whole can of worms. I obviously cannot rule anything in or out for the future, but it would seem very unlikely that we would charge for the privilege: We simply don't see this as an issue of money/rake/profitability, but rather, an issue of doing what we can to protect the integrity of the games.

We'll keep considering all these interrelated issues, and while we do so, we'll be reading the comments here and also the comments that people send us via email.

Yes! This is the thing PokerStars needs most of all!
Please, have some mercy on our eyes. I guess this ability is not too complicated to do.

Just compare whose bets are easier to see. It is so obvious.



Thank you in advance.

P.S. Colored notes and full sized pocket cards will be appreciated a lot too.

I agree 1 name change a year should be standard for all sites. The no name change rule sux imo.

stars atm totally slow in germany - when you switch from nl to fl in the lobby it takes like 2 minutes till the lobby with tables shows up - before that i see only loading and my dsl runs well with everything else

same problem here - also in germany.

constantly getting network-disconnections and timeouts.

everything besides pokerstars works perfectly fine.

an i'm ready button for husngs would long term increase my hourly, and i think it would be fairly easy to implement as well, thank you for your consideration.

Let me share my frustration with pokerstars once more.
All the repressive tolerance in this thread makes me sick.

From all the pokerrooms I played at the last 6 years pokerstars is the worst!!!!
They have the arrogance of a monopolist and think they don't need to listen to their customers. That is why pokerstars still has many problems other pokerrooms solved years ago. Stay away from them if you can!

Please ban this troll.

+1

This is an example of a problem that would never exist if ps took poker serious. Sometimes in the small blind you will call an all in by accident and sometimes you won't spot that 3rd guy in the hand in time.

That got nothing to do with poker, so if this problem can be solved -and other pokerrooms proved it can- it should be solved! Even if nobody complained!

Same goes for the slider of course and for all the other stupid little unneccesary annoying problems that only exist at pokerstars and stay at the bottom of their priorities list forever.

Oh and ban these guys that say things not because they mean it, but just for their forum image. These !#$%^ told me pokerstars was supposed to be the best. On the basis of what? You guys played at how many pokerrooms? Try other rooms and come again when you can speak from years of experience.

pokerstars being so good is a forum hype that I became victim of. I was so stupid to make a deposit and now I am torturing myself every day to make the bonus. Instead of screaming at the screen how much I hate pokerstars I decided to come to this thread instead.

My reactions would have been very different if pokerstars showed any REAL interest in our opinions.