Tony Corbett
05-14-2004, 11:29 AM
Recently there have been a number of posts bemoaning the fact that the games on Party are getting tougher. People are asking where have all the poor players gone? There are several factors to explain why the games are getting tougher but what follows is one that is often overlooked.
To help explain my theory imagine Tony opening his very own online poker room called "The Aquarium". On any given night there are a 100 players at the tables. The players can be
split into two basic groups, winnners and losers. On average there are 20 winners and 80 losers playing. Now the software only allows players to sit at one table at a time so we have ten tables each with 2 winners and 8 losers.
The losers are having fun, the winners are making money and Tony collects the rake. Everyone is happy. The winners however would like to make more money and suggest Tony upgrade the software so they can play two tables at once. Tony being the nice guy that he is gives his customers what they want and now players can play two tables at once. The winners start playing two tables to win more money but the losers stick to playing one table because they don't want to lose money quicker.
This results in 20 winners x 2 tables = 40 virtual winners sat at the tables along with the same 80 losers increasing the number of tables to 12 with each table having 3-4 winners and 6-7 losers.
The losers are still having fun, the winners are making more money (although not quite as much as they thought they would) and Tony, well Tony is not a happy bunny he spent a fortune on the upgrade and thought he'd nearly double his revenue but it's only increased by 20% and he's seen a shiny new car he'd like to buy.
Tony decides to gamble on another upgrade and now players can play on 4 tables at once. The winners see this as an excellent opportunity to make even more money and start playing 4 tables the losers didn't read the pop up screening telling them of the new feature and stick to playing one table.
This results in 20 winners x 4 tables = 80 virtual winners and the same 80 losers spread over 16 tables each with 5 winners and 5 losers.
The losers aren't having as much fun as before because too many players are taking the game too seriously and don't chat. The winners are moaning that the games are getting tougher and are wondering where all the losers have gone and Tony picks the car up Monday.
To briefly sum up Tony's theory states that the ability to multitable creates a situation where the number of good players at a limit is increased in relation to the number of poor players thereby making the games tougher than they otherwise would be.
I realise that the toughening of the games is more complex than the above but Tony's theory is an important piece of the puzzle.
Finally a question: Which sites only allow one table at a time and what are those games like?
TTFN
To help explain my theory imagine Tony opening his very own online poker room called "The Aquarium". On any given night there are a 100 players at the tables. The players can be
split into two basic groups, winnners and losers. On average there are 20 winners and 80 losers playing. Now the software only allows players to sit at one table at a time so we have ten tables each with 2 winners and 8 losers.
The losers are having fun, the winners are making money and Tony collects the rake. Everyone is happy. The winners however would like to make more money and suggest Tony upgrade the software so they can play two tables at once. Tony being the nice guy that he is gives his customers what they want and now players can play two tables at once. The winners start playing two tables to win more money but the losers stick to playing one table because they don't want to lose money quicker.
This results in 20 winners x 2 tables = 40 virtual winners sat at the tables along with the same 80 losers increasing the number of tables to 12 with each table having 3-4 winners and 6-7 losers.
The losers are still having fun, the winners are making more money (although not quite as much as they thought they would) and Tony, well Tony is not a happy bunny he spent a fortune on the upgrade and thought he'd nearly double his revenue but it's only increased by 20% and he's seen a shiny new car he'd like to buy.
Tony decides to gamble on another upgrade and now players can play on 4 tables at once. The winners see this as an excellent opportunity to make even more money and start playing 4 tables the losers didn't read the pop up screening telling them of the new feature and stick to playing one table.
This results in 20 winners x 4 tables = 80 virtual winners and the same 80 losers spread over 16 tables each with 5 winners and 5 losers.
The losers aren't having as much fun as before because too many players are taking the game too seriously and don't chat. The winners are moaning that the games are getting tougher and are wondering where all the losers have gone and Tony picks the car up Monday.
To briefly sum up Tony's theory states that the ability to multitable creates a situation where the number of good players at a limit is increased in relation to the number of poor players thereby making the games tougher than they otherwise would be.
I realise that the toughening of the games is more complex than the above but Tony's theory is an important piece of the puzzle.
Finally a question: Which sites only allow one table at a time and what are those games like?
TTFN