Party sucks (obvious)
So the worst poker site on the internet (party poker) has been experiencing increased amounts of software related issues the past few weeks. Apparently, when multitabling, certain action buttons (ie call, raise, fold) disappear at random, making it, umm, quite hard to play. Now while Party's software has sucked huge dick since day one, it's never been this bad. For a company with a multi-BILLION dollar revenue stream, clearly this is beyond unacceptable.
Now, the question is, why do I care?
Well, these problems are lighting up the 2+2 forums. For weeks, multitablers simply couldn't play and many, like myself, they play poker for a living. Because of this, there is a lot of talk about players switching to Poker Stars. That is why I care.
You see, in the SNG world, there are essentially only 2 places to play. Stars and Party. Suprisingly, most 2+2'ers play on Party, due mostly to their rakeback program, but also due to higher volume of players (especially at higher buy-ins) and quicker games. There are still a lot of multitablers who play on Stars full time, but the majority play on Party. Now, since Party is fucked, the multitablers who played there are now coming over to Stars to play. Keep in mind, these are mostly all strong players (especially at the $60+ level). Because this problem only affects multitablers, the regular 1-tabling fish who we (multitablers) make our money off of won't even consider leaving party because in their mind nothing has changed. Whats going to happen is there is going to be a large influx of players populating the SNGs at Stars, all of whom are above-average in skill level, which is clearly shitty.
It's beyond a joke that Party would ever let this happen. I mean, are they seriously making that much economic profit that their software can remain buggy as all hell without them caring? It truly is strange.
So, we'll see how this next month goes. I imagine a lot of players will remain at Party regardless, waiting out for the eventual bug fix, but there will definitely be those "irrational" players who will make the immediate switch. And who knows, maybe when they get used to Stars, they'll realize its a better place to play and become a lifer.
This got me thinking that perhaps I should consider moving back to cash games. I mean, in the long run, cash games are where the money is at. My only fear with that is that because I haven't played cash games in so long, my game will have deteriorated so much so that perhaps the damage is irrecoverable. Pushbot styles are so simple and easy that I've forgotten what poker actually is.
Now, the question is, why do I care?
Well, these problems are lighting up the 2+2 forums. For weeks, multitablers simply couldn't play and many, like myself, they play poker for a living. Because of this, there is a lot of talk about players switching to Poker Stars. That is why I care.
You see, in the SNG world, there are essentially only 2 places to play. Stars and Party. Suprisingly, most 2+2'ers play on Party, due mostly to their rakeback program, but also due to higher volume of players (especially at higher buy-ins) and quicker games. There are still a lot of multitablers who play on Stars full time, but the majority play on Party. Now, since Party is fucked, the multitablers who played there are now coming over to Stars to play. Keep in mind, these are mostly all strong players (especially at the $60+ level). Because this problem only affects multitablers, the regular 1-tabling fish who we (multitablers) make our money off of won't even consider leaving party because in their mind nothing has changed. Whats going to happen is there is going to be a large influx of players populating the SNGs at Stars, all of whom are above-average in skill level, which is clearly shitty.
It's beyond a joke that Party would ever let this happen. I mean, are they seriously making that much economic profit that their software can remain buggy as all hell without them caring? It truly is strange.
So, we'll see how this next month goes. I imagine a lot of players will remain at Party regardless, waiting out for the eventual bug fix, but there will definitely be those "irrational" players who will make the immediate switch. And who knows, maybe when they get used to Stars, they'll realize its a better place to play and become a lifer.
This got me thinking that perhaps I should consider moving back to cash games. I mean, in the long run, cash games are where the money is at. My only fear with that is that because I haven't played cash games in so long, my game will have deteriorated so much so that perhaps the damage is irrecoverable. Pushbot styles are so simple and easy that I've forgotten what poker actually is.
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