Interesting, gonna download sunpoker to check it out... thought after their recent update broke waitlists i'm not expecting much... we shall see if this is completely new software or just a bunch of bull**** tweaks to the existing mess.
just downloaded to check out the upgrade, seems like the lobby is ALOT smoother and more useable than what it was previously... (wasn't hard to make an improvement there)
the tables are still the same, the only other change (as far as i can see) is that the hu tables above 25/50 seem to have gone. I can see tables as high as $200/$400 at 6max and 10max but nothing for hu.
taking a second look there seems to be hu tables missing all over the place at PLO, i can see some 10euro/20euro and £2/£5 tables but nothing for .25/.50, .5/1, 1/2 or 2/4 (all curriences)
e.g. players from Mansion Poker are playing against players from Titan Poker, and you can access every game available on the iPoker network.
Is that true?
I only ask because I'm building a roll at PLO, as there are loads of sites on that network to get bonuses, it will be good to know I'll be playing with the same software and there will be the same amount of games available.
(Software looks lame BTW, but at least I'll get used to using it).
all the iPoker cash games are available on all the skins and it's a very good network for PLO, there are lots of fishy longterm losing players at midstakes level. i prefer playing on Titan myself, because it's pretty easy to get new reload bonuses as VIP player and they have good payouts and customer support. there are some small differences in the client software, I think some of the skins have an older version but Titan/WH/Chili usually have the latest version running.
I have not heard of any ring fenced skins on ipoker at the moment but that is not saying its not happening, as it appears to be happening with ongame.
If its not happening now then it will very likely happen in the future when ipoker2 is introduced, which should be similar to ongame2.
If ipoker was operating with ring fenced cash tables and players then it would involve titan as they are owned by william hill who now own the network (bit more complicated than that but the basic story) so you would be better off playing with titan.
In the past if you raked well playing on an ipoker skin you were likely to be contacted in time with an offer from titan at a rakeback rate just a bit higher than you were getting at the moment. How did they use to manage to guess your rake figures and what your rakeback rate was?
Most ipoker skins have learned that lesson the hard way and now john doe as much network shared information as they can.
Last edited by bertie_tapper.god.; 01-17-2012 at 09:22 AM.
Reason: spelin
A buddy of mine made the point that there might be more to it, but it won't be implemented until all the skins are updated. For example, if you could late register for tournaments on Sun Poker but not Titan Poker just because Sun updated their client first, that would be pretty messed up.
That said I'm a bit annoyed my skin of choice hasn't updated.
Some things that I really hope for:
- A revamped lobby where I can actually tell which wait lists I'm on
- The ability to check "wait for big blind and then post", bonus points if I can set my client to automatically always check this option
- Stop unchecking the auto post button every time I get felted. I'm already paying rake and donating to the games, you need to needle me too?