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One of the things that have bothered me for some time is the table names on the site. I hate seeing ‘Table 34534’, and I’m sure a majority of our players would rather see ‘Rum Punch’. I don’t have the time to compile the # of names I need, I have more important things to take care of! I have other means by which to get this information put together, but instead of doing that I had an idea.

I want you guys to name the tables on PartyPoker!

I have $1,000 for 10,000 names. I have certain criteria for the names and will spell that out when I decide what to do.

Here are some possibilities:

$1,000 freeroll
Includes: Everyone that submits 200 ‘useful’ names

I can limit the # of entries (first 200 sent)
I can increase the # of names and/or decrease the # of entries.

Is a $1,000 freeroll attractive enough for 200 names? If not, what #’s are? Any other ideas? I am open to anything.

I did some things like this in the past, and I hope to do more in the future.

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i like the names how they are now.

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I like the ones that have typos (although I haven't seen these as much anymore).

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I like the ones that have typos.

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Yeah -- the names should all come from Chinese take out menus.

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haha.. the place by my house has some good ones:


splendid mixture of meats cooked with chief's special sauce

ancient chinese disk with chicken and vegetables

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I wouldn't mind naming a few hundred tables. Scripted names are easier to identify in the lobby.

If you have $1,000 to spend just make it a draw with everybody who submits x amount of names getting 1 entry (1 entry per person). Payout top 5 or whatever. Small value freerolls are not a productive use of my time.

Or if you are can't be arsed to organise it, I'll come up with 10,000 acceptable names myself for a grand.

(When I am multitabling the table names like '31969, and '31966' are easily confused when you are called to a table and want to check out it's avg pot.

Better for Party to tell you on the 'available table' what the average pot is then you don't care what the table name is).

Always be folding

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Here's an idea:

Let's get's the lobby issues worked out first before we start renaming tables. Namely:
- real time updates (mine updates every 30 seconds or so).
- Waiting list fix (has this ever worked correctly?)
- Avg. players/flop percentage

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Here's an idea:

Let's get's the lobby issues worked out first before we start renaming tables. Namely:
- real time updates (mine updates every 30 seconds or so).
- Waiting list fix (has this ever worked correctly?)
- Avg. players/flop percentage

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Yes, that's the idea and the reason I don't have time to come up with 10,000 names!

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I wouldn't mind naming a few hundred tables. Scripted names are easier to identify in the lobby.

If you have $1,000 to spend just make it a draw with everybody who submits x amount of names getting 1 entry (1 entry per person). Payout top 5 or whatever. Small value freerolls are not a productive use of my time.

Or if you are can't be arsed to organise it, I'll come up with 10,000 acceptable names myself for a grand.

(When I am multitabling the table names like '31969, and '31966' are easily confused when you are called to a table and want to check out it's avg pot.

Better for Party to tell you on the 'available table' what the average pot is then you don't care what the table name is).

Always be folding

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Thanks for the suggestion, I was thinking the freeroll might be a bad idea. I will wait to see what others think, then decide. If no one else wants the money, I might give you a shot at it.

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Make it a promo at the tables. Everytime you get quads you get to name a table.

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Mike:

When did you start working for Party? Congrats on the new job... much better than the Wynn! What is your title/role? Very good to know Party wants someone on the ground floor with us.

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This is a fantastic idea. I used to play limit on Party, and the unique table names really add to the character and make the game more memorable. Since switching to NL, table 32116 etc gets tedious after a while.

As for the freeroll, I couldn't be bothered unless there's <150 players or so, I'd much rather just have $10 in my account. This could possibly be done via a special bonus code to coincide with your monthly promo, for example PARTYHELPER which offered 20% up to $110 instead of $100. I can see this being a bigger incentive. Player's Club points may work too(?). If this isn't workable, maybe a $1000 speed tournament would be a fast and fun way of rewarding players. I think most 2+2ers would enjoy that.

Good luck with it.

edit: The draw idea sounds good too, preferable to a tournament which really isn't worth the time imo.

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Mike:

When did you start working for Party? Congrats on the new job... much better than the Wynn! What is your title/role? Very good to know Party wants someone on the ground floor with us.

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Actually I have been with the company since pre-day 1. It wasnt until recently that I decided to work full time on making the software/player experience much better. Although it will take time, expect to see some good things in the future.
My title is Poker Room Manager, my role is complicated. I seem to have a little bit to do with everything in the company.

On a side note, if there is anyone looking to work full time (in Gibraltar) and has a understanding of online poker, what players want and what is out there; email me.

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Make it a promo at the tables. Everytime you get quads you get to name a table.

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This is a fantastic idea!

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Cool, something to exercise the grey matter a little. Yeah I'm up for 10,000 names (knock it on the heads in a few days) if needed.

Fun table names or poker related I'm assuming.

So what's the criteria, the themes, the no-nos and how many characters in the name?

Let us know what you are thinking of and I'll throw a couple hundred together tonight to kick it off.

Always be folding

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Just give me $1,000 and Ill give you 10,000 names. Its rather easy, no need to make it more difficult for yourself. If you do it the way you are planning you'll have tons of duplicates

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Having multiple people do it should result in many more funny and memorable names. As for duplicates, copy and paste into database, hit "delete multiple records", then sort alphabetically to weed out the rest. Easy.

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Make it a promo at the tables. Everytime you get quads you get to name a table.

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While I think this is a great idea, I expect it creates more work for the programmers than a simple drawing or freeroll...

Acme

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Make it a promo at the tables. Everytime you get quads you get to name a table.

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While I think this is a great idea, I expect it creates more work for the programmers than a simple drawing or freeroll...

Acme

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it also generates much brand loyalty and a sense of community within Party - for little effort. IMO, this idea is absolutely brilliant!

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it also generates much brand loyalty and a sense of community within Party - for little effort. IMO, this idea is absolutely brilliant!

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YSSCKY.

What happens when someone suggests a dumb name? Do you tell them 'sorry, your name is dumb'? A rude name? What if a name has been suggested already? How long will it take to build the database this way? Do you send an email out to each player when they win quads? This will require work. If it's done in-client, reprogramming is required. As is a client download for another 1/2 million or so players.

Seems dumb to me.

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Make it a promo at the tables. Everytime you get quads you get to name a table.

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Yes, they could have the promo from 5:30-6:00 one day.

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it also generates much brand loyalty and a sense of community within Party - for little effort. IMO, this idea is absolutely brilliant!

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YSSCKY.

What happens when someone suggests a dumb name? Do you tell them 'sorry, your name is dumb'? A rude name? What if a name has been suggested already? How long will it take to build the database this way? Do you send an email out to each player when they win quads? This will require work. If it's done in-client, reprogramming is required. As is a client download for another 1/2 million or so players.

Seems dumb to me.

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Gross misuse of YSSCKY

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On a side note, if there is anyone looking to work full time (in Gibraltar) and has a understanding of online poker, what players want and what is out there; email me.

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Don't I wish. Anyone got a link to Gibraltar immigration?

Anyway, I like the drawing idea. Have a couple hundred entrants submit 200 names each, the lucky winner (or split it 2-3 ways) gets the cash.

Five for free!
 

Bottom Deal

Cold Deck

Card on the Floor

Second Deal

Up the Sleeve

No need to thank me, it's my pleasure.

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I like the table numbers better.... I´m sure I´m not the only one!

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I like the table numbers better.... I´m the only one!

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FYP

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Here's an idea:

Let's get's the lobby issues worked out first before we start renaming tables. Namely:
- real time updates (mine updates every 30 seconds or so).
- Waiting list fix (has this ever worked correctly?)
- Avg. players/flop percentage

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Yes, that's the idea and the reason I don't have time to come up with 10,000 names!

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Please do not put put % of players seeing the flop in the lobby. I can't see what benefit that has to the casual player.

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Gross misuse of YSSCKY

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Here's an idea:

Let's get's the lobby issues worked out first before we start renaming tables. Namely:
- real time updates (mine updates every 30 seconds or so).
- Waiting list fix (has this ever worked correctly?)
- Avg. players/flop percentage

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Yes, that's the idea and the reason I don't have time to come up with 10,000 names!

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Please do not put put % of players seeing the flop in the lobby. I can't see what benefit that has to the casual player.

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It has no benefit to the casual player. It's the folks that know how to process the information (those that read 2+2 and study the game) that will benefit.

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Here's an idea:

Let's get's the lobby issues worked out first before we start renaming tables. Namely:
- real time updates (mine updates every 30 seconds or so).
- Waiting list fix (has this ever worked correctly?)
- Avg. players/flop percentage

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Yes, that's the idea and the reason I don't have time to come up with 10,000 names!

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Please do not put put % of players seeing the flop in the lobby. I can't see what benefit that has to the casual player.

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It has no benefit to the casual player. It's the folks that know how to process the information (those that read 2+2 and study the game) that will benefit.

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Exactly why it shouldn't be there.

Also, there are plenty of people who know that playing tight is correct, but don't play that way. Having the flop % just reminds them of the importance of playing tight.

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Can you upgrade your software to include the total pot on the screen instead of just the pot for the last betting round. At the moment you still have to count the bets and add them to the previous pot. I'd imagine this wouldn't take long to program.

Also, the lobby doesn't show you your position in a multi table tournament. Not a biggie but it's nice to know what position you are to the bubble etc...

But my biggest gripe about Party is their tournament breaks. They just start the 5 minute break while hands are still being played. I played a tournament a few days ago and some tool was taking all his allotted time on EVERY turn. He did it also when the 5 minute break started and by the time the hand had finished there was 1 minute left on the break. I couldn't even go for a piss as I had to wait for the hand to end in order to get the add on. Once I got the Add On, the tournament was about to resume.

I don't play at many other sites but is hand for hand normal from 42 players down to final table? It seems to take a long time and the blinds get huge.

Speaking of tournaments, the big ones like the Super Weekday and the 200k weekend start around 9-10pm ET which is really late in Europe, around 3am, and i'd imagine really late in USA by the time they finish. Any plans to start them earlier?

Ramble over. ;OD

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I think you should call a table "Increased rake"

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I agree with the camp that doesn't want a free roll. If you're going to ask us to put in the time coming up with names, most people wouldn't want to bother to have to spend more time getting the money when they could be earning more doing something else. I like the drawing idea, or maybe just straight up giving $10 to people who submit 100 good names.

The promotion idea where everytime a player during X time slot does Y (quads, straight flush, whatever) gets to name a table is certainly interesting. If you spell out the constraints, and perhaps have them submit 5 candidates, you can pick a safe one. It is a lot of overhead, though, so you may want to limit the number of names you give out this way.

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But my biggest gripe about Party is their tournament breaks. They just start the 5 minute break while hands are still being played. I played a tournament a few days ago and some tool was taking all his allotted time on EVERY turn. He did it also when the 5 minute break started and by the time the hand had finished there was 1 minute left on the break. I couldn't even go for a piss as I had to wait for the hand to end in order to get the add on. Once I got the Add On, the tournament was about to resume.

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I might do some kind of promotion (like I did a few years ago) asking for suggestions on improvements/fixes in the future. For now I think I probably have everything identified (I had everything on your list, good or bad).

I did want to point out one thing that you mentioned (above). I initially put on my list to start the break when all tables finish the current hand. But after thinking about it I don’t think that’s the right thing to do. Why should some tables have to wait 6, 7 or 10 minutes when the break is only 5 minutes? Why should the tournament be extended up to a ½ hour because of the increased breaks? In land based tournaments the tournament starts at a specific time, and you can predetermine when the breaks will start. The same should be for online. I will try to get something implemented so that each table can do the add-on as soon as their last hand is complete.

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Make Party Poker a better experience?

Mike, please no. Party Poker is the leader for a reason, the software is well put together, solid and above all simple. Unless you folks are seeing a reverse in growth, leave it alone man.

As a game designer, I know the pitfalls of trying to "improve" something. All it does is shine a light on what is currently being used and then all of a sudden, everything must go.

You've got millions of people who know and approve of your software, obviously. I will eventually be competing with your site, true enough. But my 9 years of designing video games has shown me that just tweaking a button from gold to green causes the faithful to start to "look" for other places to improve.

You guys have it right for now and changing anything will simply stir the pot.

My two cents.
Doug

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Make Party Poker a better experience?

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Of course!

This does not mean change what works. It means add more cool stuff that adds appeal and customer base.

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It has no benefit to the casual player. It's the folks that know how to process the information (those that read 2+2 and study the game) that will benefit.

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Exactly why it shouldn't be there.

Also, there are plenty of people who know that playing tight is correct, but don't play that way. Having the flop % just reminds them of the importance of playing tight.

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Well, pacific has that, too. It doesn't hurt their games, does it?

But I am against it on party, too.

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shorten your name? [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Mike O'Malley/PartyPoker.com

How about M.O'Malley/PartyPoker?

That way your name doesnt cause the main page to strech out the name field, and shorten all other fields.

As for improving party... How about making the software playable on a Dell Axim's VGA screen? (640x240)

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Absolutely. All adding this would do is create long waiting lists for high VPIP tables, which means more waiting, less playing, and less profit for Party. Think of the shareholders, man!

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", the software is well put together, solid and above all simple. "

You need to get out more often.

Party software is low grade dogsh+t.