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Originally Posted by schummlalala
Please don't introduce tables with other currencies than USD.
I appreciate the idea to acquire more real money players, but offering tables in several currencies will confuse the casual player. They will avoid tables that do not match their home currency.
I remember the first time playing online, it was at an ongame skin (bwin) I think. They offered GBP, Turkish Lira and several others. I never played on them, cause I was afraid to lose money with the conversion.
Keep it as simple as possible!
The casual player should not be confronted with a lobby that shows 5 currencies and looks like a stock trader software interface.
Even though Stars is big, beside of that I think that the games will mix up better, when Stars only offers 1 currency. The casual customer sees more unknown opponents, and less regs (if some regs start to multitable in only one currency), and is less likely annoyed by the same sharks taking his money.
The idea to provide several (two) currency accounts in the cashier is a good idea though. Let the customer cash/ cash out in in their home currency. Then they don't have to deal with the variance of exchange rates.
If they join a table, a pop up should say: "The conversion rate for buying USD chips to play will be exactly the same when you leave the table, no matter how long you play. [ ] Click here if you don't want to see this message again."
Again, please do NOT introduce tables with currencies other than USD.
+1
Also GBD and EUR tables costs more rake to players and make more profits to PokerStars. Numbers are the same ($3, €3, £3 etc) but if you pay in month $1000 rake, €1000 rake or €1000 raket at 1000NL, then player should choose dollar table.
Just make different currencies for cashier, like you can keep your money in Euros, Dollars, Pounds etc.