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Originally Posted by Raistlyn M
If pokergo is going for a casual viewer experience; maybe the live feed shouldn't have 5-10min+ of a break message.
I could go either way on this comment ...
1) Easy ... You do realize that the Players are on break too, yes? And Aria needs some advertising time. I actually like the timer since it helps me figure out when I need to get back to my device ... not that it couldn't be in the corner while they run something else to entertain us during the break.
2) Better ... I think there is a separation between Poker Stars and PokerGo when it comes to live streams. I think it partially comes down to PokerGo is part of an independent 'operation' without the benefit of internet poker supplementing their budget. I'm not sure why PokerGo has repetitive graphic/stream issues. (See last night during one of the best decision points of the whole stream ... Bonomo folding.) Last night it seemed to be one camera angle that had issues, including the Bonomo tank, but it makes no sense to me how a camera angle could crash a stream.
PS has had stream issues in the past, but they do a much better job with the breaks than PokerGo does right now .. including 'instant' replays of that day's important hands.
I think (never really tried to prove) that DNegs has a piece of Poker Central (or at least the PokerGo 'venture') and he could facilitate some 'help' from Poker Stars when it comes to some of these issues with the streams. He is wearing Poker Stars gear during this SHRB so I don't really think there would be a conflict.
I think Nick and Ali really keep the stream going well. They don't seem to go on tangents the way Stapes does sometimes but Stapes has less to work with most of the time with no hole cards being available. GL