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01-30-2019 , 09:51 AM

Snoopy93

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By March 1, looks like.

Negreanu liked it.

https://pokerfuse.com/features/in-de...ating-scripts/

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01-30-2019 , 10:00 AM

NerdSuperfly

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wasn't the plan to roll out the 'seat me' function globally anyway?

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01-30-2019 , 10:15 AM

JohnCleese

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About time too.

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01-30-2019 , 10:43 AM

SleepingOnTheBeach

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6,485,928 years too late.

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01-30-2019 , 10:46 AM

shutdown

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Why did it take them so long?

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01-30-2019 , 11:08 AM

Maximus122

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More Regs are Better

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01-30-2019 , 12:05 PM

TimStone

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****ing finally they go after that seatscripting bumhunting uber scum! Those dirty leeches feasted of those poor recs for way too long with their disgusting predatory behaviour!!!! Fantastic day for online poker!!!!

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01-30-2019 , 12:50 PM

Loctus

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Hs players will literally hire some dude for $5/hr to stare at the lobby 24/7 and click them in when fish sits

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01-30-2019 , 01:19 PM

numberonedonk

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Originally Posted by Loctus

Hs players will literally hire some dude for $5/hr to stare at the lobby 24/7 and click them in when fish sits

Just created my listing on fiverr for this...thanks

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01-30-2019 , 02:31 PM

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SeaKing

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This should have been done in 2013.

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01-30-2019 , 02:58 PM

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SirDehi

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Make zoom even bigger!

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01-30-2019 , 03:10 PM

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d_smith77

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Originally Posted by TimStone

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01-30-2019 , 03:36 PM

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Redley

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finally i will play back to pokerstars ! "impossible" to play on stars high stake without this ...

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01-30-2019 , 03:41 PM

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pocket_zeros

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Originally Posted by Snoopy93

By March 1, looks like.

Negreanu liked it.

https://pokerfuse.com/features/in-de...ating-scripts/

It's an amazing cosmic coincidence how Daniel publicly supports nearly everything a company does that pays him a reported $3M/year in sponsorship money.

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01-30-2019 , 04:00 PM

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JackBurton

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This would be good if they reduced the rake in 2-4 handed games so that more tables were started, and also give rakeback/rewards higher than 4-8% from the chests.

With this the games will run even less often in midstakes and above. I guess it's better just to make everything zoom or whatever.

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01-30-2019 , 04:24 PM

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golfbum983

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Wtf why now lol

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01-30-2019 , 07:49 PM

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Federer20

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If this was 2008 I would say good job pokerstars

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01-30-2019 , 07:52 PM

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GazzyB123

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01-30-2019 , 10:13 PM

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Sect7G

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Grunching here but I guess this wasn't implemented 4 years ago because they wanted/needed rb volume grinders. Now these break even volume type players don't exist due to no rakeback.
Therefore they figure it's best to go after the winning players whom heavily table select using a tools available.

It's a good move and I wished it had been brought forth years ago.

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01-31-2019 , 07:06 AM

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oracle3001

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Wasn't Stars argument for years that they wouldn't ban seating scripts because they couldn't enforce it.

I seemed to remember a number of well known players being flown to meet with Stars, where they told them how bad it was for the game, but their warnings were ignored.

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01-31-2019 , 12:04 PM

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Daveshoelace

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Originally Posted by oracle3001

Pretty much, I suspect 'SeatMe' (blind lobby being trialed) has not been a big success

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01-31-2019 , 12:14 PM

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doctor877

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Originally Posted by Daveshoelace

Pretty much, I suspect 'SeatMe' (blind lobby being trialed) has not been a big success

blind lobby gonna instantly kill hs.

Last edited by doctor877; 01-31-2019 at 12:19 PM.

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01-31-2019 , 12:28 PM

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Josem

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Does the announcement clearly say what year they're talking about here?

This news story is from November 2014

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PokerStars Looks to Ban Seating Scripts

Players on PokerStars may soon no longer be able to use seating scripts, as the world's largest online poker room announces new measures to first limit and then ban them from its tables.

This news story is from January 2017:

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Originally Posted by PokerStars

Seat Me will:
• Greatly reduce the ability to bumhunt
• Prevent seating scripts and level the playing field by undermining those few players using software that allows them to unfairly prey on less experienced players

This news story is from January 2018

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Originally Posted by PokerNews

What is Seat Scripting?

PokerStars has been talking about banning the use of scripts since at least 2014, but it seems little has changed.

Negreanu turned the tables on the would-be sharks, taking them for about $40,000 by his estimation, but the whole process left him a bit disturbed by the state of online cash games.

"As soon as I hit the sit out button, oddly enough, everyone else seemed to have to quit at the exact same time," he said with a smile. "What are the odds? If I was a 'fun' player, that type of environment wouldn't be something I'd want to come back to."