Cryptos: Hourly bonuses just got harder

[Tapin]

Just got an email from Interpoker, this sounds like good news to those of us (like me) who stopped playing the Cryptos because the players are so freakin' slow:

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You felt The Need For Speed and we've delivered by making the following adjustments:

On the standard tables:

Decision time for players to act has been cut from 30 to 22 seconds
Time allowed to post blinds is down from 30 to 13 seconds
The amount of time winning hands are displayed has been shortened from 5 to 3 seconds
A new timer will display, below the dealer seat, when the count down reaches 10 seconds for a player to act
And If that's still not fast enough for you - then our Lightning Tables will be - designed specifically for those that like to play and like to play fast!
These games are set up to a higher-speed and are labeled “Lightning” in the lobby, here's how they differ:

Decision time is changed from the (new) normal 22 seconds to 12 seconds
Winning and losing hands are automatically mucked
Due to the fact that a player has less time to make a betting decision, Lightning games are only available for limit games only

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[liquidboss]

Not a great thing for the hourly bonuses but it's good for Interpoker and the Cryptos that have a raked hand requirement. It drives me crazy to have to watch everyone decide to turn their losing hands over at every showdown.

[kenstall]

Played there this weekend, and this was a great improvement. No longer folding and watching TV for 3 minutes between hands. I was 4 tabling and had very little wait time.

[HesseJam]

This is a very much welcomed development.

No more yelling at the stallers

[theghost]

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Not a great thing for the hourly bonuses

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Why? (unless a person is a losing player over time)

More hands per hour should be more entertaining and more profitable, no?

[Tapin]

General consensus is that one of the (many) reasons the Cryptos played so slow is because at any given table there'd be 2-3 people clearing an hourly bonus who were attempting to limit their risk by taking the maximum amount of time for every decision. I wouldn't necessarily call those people "poker players".

This change means I might actually try to whore the Inter and Plex bonuses again in the future [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[liquidboss]

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Not a great thing for the hourly bonuses

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Why? (unless a person is a losing player over time)

More hands per hour should be more entertaining and more profitable, no?

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If you are a good poker player, yes... If you are just a bonus whore... maybe not. At the beginning of the month there are a lot of ultra-tight and slow players who stall just so they can get the hourly.

[parappa]

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Not a great thing for the hourly bonuses

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Why? (unless a person is a losing player over time)

More hands per hour should be more entertaining and more profitable, no?

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Well, yes, but I should think that it's marginal. Crypto $1/$2 is unlikely ever to be a goldmine.

[HesseJam]

1.0/2.0 will never be a "goldmine". The Cryptos are at least as good as Party. The 6 max may be even better at some times,