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Wasn't sure from the description if they were going to be selling extra power ups for people to use as many as they want, like they do with Candy Crush? In the picture it looks like everybody has 2 or 3, so maybe everybody gets the same amount? And it looks like a Spin & Go, if it starts with something like 25bbs and 3 people?

Probably

Man this sucks, it's going to attract hearthstone and other gamer idiots who won't respect my raises.

I think its nice and a very good try

We need to expand the player pool

FORGET THE RED OCEAN

LETS GO TO THE BLUE OCEAN BABY

anyone here read this?

don't get me wrong, but you sound a bit 'too old', which would mean, that you're most likely not the target audience. demanding that an operator keeps up 'traditional poker' while the market clearly shifts to fast mobile games (not to mention the rise of esports) is beyond delusional.


yeah, they must be really nervous if all the rakeback grinders, which are obviously the most important customers to them, want to leave and i bet other rooms will rub their hands and welcome the masses with open arms

Looks fun would play. Games like Hearthstone have a huge young audience, thinking this is bad in any way is pretty shortsighted imo.

You can see from the other screenshot that cards have a cost of 2-5. I would guess there's a drafting stage in the game. So say you get six points to spend in the store at the start of every tournament (which, as you note, seem to be 3 handed shortstacked games) and you decide whether to buy 3 2x cards, a 4x and a 2x, two 3x, etc.

Demanding? Not really. It's more of a rant than anything.

Wouldn't surprise me if you were on the team that set this thing up.

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Just in case they're not messing up the other formats, i think this looks very interesting.

maybe 'expecting' would haven been better than demanding, i'm sorry. but like you said yourself, you just posted a rant. good for you. leave some angry comment behind, if that makes you feel better. i couldn't give a f*** less.

But the difference between an opinion (From my point of view, I think this "innovation" is complete and utter sh*te to be honest) and a statement (Pokerstars should be a site for traditional poker [...] This is another step in the wrong direction) is, that i can argue about the latter. Hence my reference to the mobile market and the growing esports sector, which are facts.

last, but not least, "the team that set this thing up" isn't interested, what you think, b/c - like i said previously - you're not the target audience. I really don't get it, why people still argue about the casino expansion, which was not only planned before Amaya took over, but is necessary to keep the big boat afloat. I personally don't like Casino games, i hate slots and i don't need a sportsbook within the client. i would be fine, with the 'good ole PS', but this is where the market heads. i don't say that a poker only platform can exist (e.g. i'm really looking forward, what RIO poker will look like), but all the big competitors are Casinos/Sportsbooks.

tl;dr: if you don't like it, don't play. but don't claim, this is a failure, just b/c you're not the target audience

as someone who used to play competitive tcg, this seems pretty interesting and fun.. but the problem is that in poker, there is so much variance that 'winning' isn't really fun unless you win for money, so i can't see this being too fun unless the rake is beatable. thinking of the most strategically benefical way to play cards isn't very rewarding/fun if it increases your chances of winning more chips arbitrarily. the luck factor is too high for winning to feel good/have bragging rights, so profit is pretty important.
in chess if you win, you feel like you accomplished something/outplayed your opponent but in this it would still seem like you just got lucky (which doesnt matter if you have some profits)
in general the crowd it attracts i imagine will be far less gambly type players, and much more younger/strategical/smart/thinking players and that in itself is already bad (from a how beatable is it standpoint). ofc it could still be beatable though.

Looking forward to High Stakes Yugioh battles by the end of the year

Poker Players source of money is humanity stupidity

The more different games with some sort of skill we have the better

Being against this is just a prove that you are afraid of not being able to adapt

what???
Does this make sense to you if you will re-read your own post?

Then stick to traditional poker and dont play any other stuff they offer... problem solved?
you are bashing a company about stuff they offer you personally dont like, just dont play it and play the stuff they offer you like...

I really don't get all the fuzz about this kinda releases... if you like it play it, if you don't then don't..
Having a wide variety of games etc.. brings in new players that might eventually show up in your game of choice.

I think a lot of the frustration boils down to their focus on new offerings which aren't related to traditional poker.

They don't seem to be doing anything for most of their customers- poker players. I'm sure if a new tournament series was announced alongside this power up thing, people wouldn't feel so irritated.

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Point taken.

I posted a rant because I guess they wanted some feedback on this thing before its rolled puy. My feedback just happened to be a rant and I was also giving feedback from a recreational player POV because it seems reg players get a lot of stick for constantly "moaning".

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This looks very fun and I guess this is what Dneg was talking about.

People are gonna love this on twitch!

The reason why poker market is not growing are not the good poker players but lots of very rich people who hate it to see them winning.
For example Pokerstars/Amaya doesn't promote poker anymore. They don't say: Hey when you play spin and go you will lose so much and so much so fast. Or when you play slots than you will lose your money so much and so much and so fast. And they don't say: If you work on your game, you can become a winner at poker but at the same time they make poker more and more difficult to beat. No, they don't say any of them. They say when you play poker with good players at the table you will lose your money fast and we want to protect you, play (no matter how much you lose at spin&go (this they don't mention ofc)) rather Spin&Go where you have the chance to become a millionaire. Rich people and rich companies are knavish foxes. They don't let their customers read their mind, one can only be sure it is nothing good. They only want your money as fast as possible without you recognizing it. The best professional sellers they sell their product in a way that their customers think they did gain a lot.

This seems like the kind of poker variant that'll draw in new blood fresh fish from the Millennials generation. I wonder how long it'll be before NLHM starts being called "Classic Hold'em" by the younger players?

It still looks like it's going to be less fun than hearthstone, it's almost like a ****ty CCG with a gambling element. I also find it somewhat hard to believe that the pros were "smiling and asking to play again" but hopefully I am wrong :-)

No, everyone genuinely comparing this game to ccgs is pretty far off base. This is not a "ccg with gambling," it's much more "nlhe with a twist."

Some people are really stupid, poker is dying basically everywhere. You are never gonna get another boom by trying the same things you did in 2004.
This move is pretty smart however you can never guarantee something will succeed.

Gaming has completly exploded, the gaming companies are making more money than pokerstars can dream of. There's so many young people willing to spend their money recklessly, trying to get a piece of the pie from hearthstone and other players might be pokers last attempt to save itself.

If you could collect cards and build decks, I think I would actually be seriously interested.

well to be fair they don't explain much...I think that they want changes bad for regulars and good for recs...if the changes attract recs and fishes the pros would come after them...i still believe that the rake increase is bad for everybody bad they have their agenda...i don't think that they want their corporation to die...it's the theory of pendulun clock,at the 2006-2011 the poker was at is best and now is a tough time but better times will come

A post from 2014 about the future of online poker:
If Pokerstars Power Up is a massive success, I hope that guy receives some royalties.