PokerStars to limit multi-tabling at cash games to six tables (now four) - Poker News

PokerStars will be introducing Seat Me (Blind Lobby) feature in Italian Market.

Max-tables allowed at cash games for multi-table - 6 tables

PokerStars will experiment this in the Italian market from July 17

More: https://pokerfuse.com/news/poker-roo...es-six-tables/

"We are now ready to roll out Seat Me in Italy. If this market reacts as expected, we will look to PokerStars.com towards the end of the year."

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07-13-2018 , 12:59 PM

robert_utk

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So, +2BB/100 at 24 tables will no longer be a thing?

PokerStars to limit multi-tabling at cash games to six tables (now four)

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07-13-2018 , 01:11 PM

Sasha Foxxx :)

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Cya King10

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07-13-2018 , 01:39 PM

2pairsof2s

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So, no more sitting there watching some Balla's clock go "tick... tick... tick..." hand after hand after hand anymore?

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07-13-2018 , 02:24 PM

JackBurton

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Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 588

Will they also limit zoom tables to only two? They want everone to migrate to zoom so that winrates will be much smaller, because ranges are more condensed and people pay more rake per table/hour. Many times people who go into the tank aren't multitablers but are only playing one surprisingly. Just do a search on the icon of every player that takes a lot of time to make decisions. Maybe the're checking the cell phone or whatever.

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07-13-2018 , 05:43 PM

robert_utk

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Originally Posted by JackBurton

Checking with solver, obviously.

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07-14-2018 , 07:18 AM

Slugant

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if regs can play only 6 tables.. all the seats will go to table-scripters rigth?

the basic reg will only be able to join the toughest games

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07-14-2018 , 07:24 AM

SenpaiSwift

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Originally Posted by Slugant

if regs can play only 6 tables.. all the seats will go to table-scripters rigth?

the basic reg will only be able to join the toughest games

you cant script a blind lobby

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07-14-2018 , 08:45 AM

YGOchamp

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Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 1,555

I like the idea of combating the bumhunting, but forcing regs to battle all day waiting for spots (and thus generating tons of rake for the site) seems more like amaya ****ing people rather than trying to fix a problem.

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07-14-2018 , 09:18 AM

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Mrtrebus

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From the article:

"Admittedly, PokerStars’ own data reveals that on average players that are multi-tabeling take the same time to act as their single-tabeling counterparts, and they even act quicker in certain instances, but the times when they do act slower create a considerable drag on the game, according to PokerStars."

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07-14-2018 , 11:28 AM

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Slugant

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so if this is implemented i assume a) the fish:reg ratio will imporve b) reg's winrates will go up because they cant play 20 tables
i wonder which of these will have the bigger impact

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07-14-2018 , 11:46 AM

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Loctus

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Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 11,156

All of you who prefer to play many more tables: Trust me, this really doesn't have to be a bad thing.

I used to play a ton of tables and break even, now I play fewer and actually win, ya know. It also, if anything, fully changes the dynamic of the entire site. Fish will love this because they know they won't be up against a bunch of 20 tablers. Completely regardless of how fast you act while 20 tabling.

I guess those who can complain about it will be the ones who 12+ table and actually have a good winrate doing it, but **** you millionare geniuses who can do that

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07-14-2018 , 11:59 AM

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sixfour

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Meh, nitregs will just spread their game over multiple sites

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07-14-2018 , 12:02 PM

#14

Loctus

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Originally Posted by sixfour

Meh, nitregs will just spread their game over multiple sites

Irrelevant if the fish is happier "knowing" they won't face a mass-tabler on the site (they won't realize people spread their game over multiple sites, but they WILL know there is a cap on the tables someone is playing on the site

)

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07-14-2018 , 12:06 PM

#15

sixfour

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I'm not sure the fish will notice if they're still going italian24tabler you have 15 seconds to act... italian24tabler has used a script to request TIME

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07-14-2018 , 12:46 PM

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Exothermic

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I hope they reduce the amount of zoom tables as well.

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07-14-2018 , 01:11 PM

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robert_utk

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Originally Posted by Exothermic

I hope they reduce the amount of zoom tables as well.

Unless they change their mind, the article says zoom is unaffected by the new policy. Does zoom have a shorter time bank anyway?

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07-14-2018 , 01:14 PM

#18

Josem

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Originally Posted by Mrtrebus

The rationale that this is about speeding up games doesn't make sense to me - they can just adjust the time limits (across the whole site) or table limits (on an individual basis) as needed if that was the case.

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07-14-2018 , 01:27 PM

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KossuKukkula

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Russians gonna be so mad after this. And I thought this was allready in the .es games? Atleast the blind lobby is.

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07-14-2018 , 02:20 PM

#20

heat555

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I thought people stopped mass-tabling in 2015.

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07-14-2018 , 02:26 PM

#21

JackBurton

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.it is seperated from .fres(pt). But yeah, I'm playing on the fres(pt). with this system. The result for me was that I stopped taking shots at NL100 when I could choose tables, now I only play NL50 and NL25 when there aren't enough NL50 tables. They are so worried with the "ecosystem" that they allow regulars from the rest of the world to play on the site, but no fish will play since they won't be looking outside the .com/eu.

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07-15-2018 , 07:22 AM

#22

Slugant

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would be really nice to be able to play 400+ (sometimes even with fish) without a script

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07-15-2018 , 08:03 AM

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DrDanimal

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Wildly misleading title lol. An experiment strictly on the italian site, come on mods fix that.

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07-15-2018 , 01:50 PM

#24

Daxxar

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So I started thinking about this recently. I really play much better playing 1 table and can focus on every decision i make, granted i am far from a pro though and usually never plays more then 2-3 tables.

So i started thinking about just playing one table and it really got me excited to try doing that for a while. However i been searching a lot trying to find other players only playing 1 table successfully, as in winning a lot and could not find that much about it.

So do you guys know anyone?

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07-15-2018 , 02:03 PM

#25

delfins

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Join Date: Jun 2018 Posts: 388

Some heads up regs single table at times.
Some spin n go regs do 2-3 tables only.

Live pro's players who play just some series like WCOOP or similar but likely even them play 2-4 tables.

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