chat with Lee Jones

[excession]

'R*keb*ck - no. But keep your eyes peeled for an announcement of something Real Soon Now that I think will all but put that issue to bed.'

Put the lack of rb on PS to bed?!

Only things I can think of that could possibly do that would be:
1. some form of frequent player bonus that equates ro RB (ie rb by another name)
2. I'd guess reducing the rake?
3. What on earth else would 'put it to bed'? (well maybe giving up on ring games altogether I guess [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Exsubmariner]

I hope it comes in the form of frequent player points being tradable for bonus $. That kind of player appreciation would put other sites to shame. Stars is already pretty good at doing that when it comes to customer service and marketing. As a friend of mine likes to say "It would be the cherry on top of the cowgirl."

[crosse91]

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something Real Soon Now that I t

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why is this capitalized??

i'm curious....

[Sniper]

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why is this capitalized??

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Its been noted elsewhere that...
Real Soon Now = likely before the end of the year!

[Lee Jones]

"Real Soon Now", when capitalized, carries a certain caveat. [1] It means that yes, it will probably happen relatively soon, but various business or marketing issues could get in the way and prevent it happening, so don't take it with quite the faith that you would if somebody said "It's going to get dark real soon now."

Best regards,
Lee Jones

PokerStars Poker Room Manager

[1] I can't take credit for the term - it originated with Jerry Pournelle - a sci-fi/technology writer who used to have the closing article in every issue of Byte magazine, around the time that most 2+2er's parents were thinking about conceiving them.

[William]

Maybe Lee will be reading this thread and we can ask for a few things we forgot about in the last one.

-The stats function mixes all the tables you are playing at and of course it is absolutely prehistoric and worthless (and I don't even mention how silly it is when you are multitabling different games). Each table you open should have their own stats.

- Is it really necessary to have to wait 48 hours from your last deposit to be able to withdraw? You guys are always talking about how you do things so much better than Party. Well here there is a something they do way, way better than you.

_And of course, if Aces could hold once in a while, it could be nice....

[Sciolist]

I don't know if Lee is going to be reading this thread, but I do know that management will if you mail in with your suggestions.

Don't make me look up your AA hands so far this month!

[CCx]

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- Is it really necessary to have to wait 48 hours from your last deposit to be able to withdraw? You guys are always talking about how you do things so much better than Party. Well here there is a something they do way, way better than you.

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I've always wondered the answer to this question too, maybe Lee will read this and shed some light.

Personally it's not a question of not being able to wait the 48 hours, rather like the OP stated, how come other major poker sites offer this convenience, but the arguably best poker site out there does not?

[MarkGritter]

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Mixed games are being very seriously considered, but since people can sit out games they don't like it might only be tourneys.

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There's really nothing stopping somebody in a B&M from doing this, is there? I can see how online would let the player multitable and continue playing, I guess, but is it the case that a mixed-game player is required to play all rounds?

A fairly simple solution might be to require a player to either leave the table or continue posting blinds and antes for an entire rotation. So, you could hit + run during a Razz round, but if you continued sitting at the table you couldn't avoid paying until the other 3-4 games had each had a round.

Or, you could just give up and let assholes be assholes. It's not like there are no high-stakes tables at Stars for specialists to play at. And we don't try to come up with mechanisms for preventing a Stud player from playing 5 minutes on and 5 minutes off which still ties up a seat for 50% of the time.

[timprov]

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There's really nothing stopping somebody in a B&M from doing this, is there?

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One big difference in B&M is that mixed games are almost always paid by time. If you have to pay the time charge for Razz anyway, sitting out isn't nearly as beneficial.