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  1. horryclutch horryclutch is offline

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    Oct 8th, 2005 (10/8/2005 11:30pm)

    This is not good. cant get a 200 sng going on empire. No more rake back. I am going to puke. 8 tabling on party is an upside though. thinkin about 8 tabling step2s.
     
  2. ePawnMarket Dan ePawnMarket Dan is offline

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    Oct 9th, 2005 (10/9/2005 12:08am) in reply to horryclutch

    There is still rake back on skins. It will just take forever for tables to fill up.
  3. Fox Fox is offline

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    Oct 9th, 2005 (10/9/2005 1:07am) in reply to horryclutch

    I've been watching the traffic most of the day, and empire appears to be at about 1/4 of their previous traffic level. More importantly I've been tracking some tables and it appers that the party tables are much more fish filled than empire. I've been playing mostly on Empire for a long time now, so this blows for me.
  4. amlove amlove is offline

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    Oct 9th, 2005 (10/9/2005 3:15am) in reply to Fox

    this is not good, seems as if party will be monopolizing against the skins as lots of players will switch to party now that they have most of the games. currently 4000 people on skins, 24000 on party. is anybody worried about these skins losing too much business? I'm not sure if i should worry about having money on these skins or not.
  5. Fox Fox is offline

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    Oct 9th, 2005 (10/9/2005 4:26am) in reply to amlove

    party really screwed everyone on this deal. A few special Party affiliates got a deal that the rest of us can't get to bring players back from the skins, meaning the rest of us got screwed. The skins had no real warning that this was going to happen and they got terribly screwed. Players who have been playing a lot on the skins now have no one to play with. My VIP player status on Empire is now worth nothing to me.

    Party screwed everyone and I hope they all get a rash. Unfortunately what they will probably get is rich. Richer I should say. I'm not saying F Beanie anymore, from now on it's F Party.
  6. Sooted57 Sooted57 is offline

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    Oct 9th, 2005 (10/9/2005 5:01am) in reply to Fox

    I would guess that most of their skins are going to have a very difficult road ahead of them. How many were there anyway? The people playing on these sites will no longer have the benefit of getting a quick game, as well as being hooked up with all the fish on party. It really makes me wonder how long they've been planning this. On the surface it seems like a pretty smart move on their part... get as many people hooked on their interface as possible and then just cut it off out of nowhere. The skins are going to have to offer major incentives for new/existing customers, or they're all just going to flock to party.
  7. beanie beanie is offline

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    Oct 9th, 2005 (10/9/2005 5:22am) in reply to Sooted57

    I think the thought that everyone is going to flock to party is incorrect. Fact is, most had a sweet deal with the skins and Party screwed them. So why is everyone going to flock to Party? I would think this would make the consumer quite nervous.
  8. ePawnMarket Dan ePawnMarket Dan is offline

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    Oct 9th, 2005 (10/9/2005 6:07am) in reply to amlove

    I think that most SNG players will move to stars. party poker is just trying to gain a monopoly, and most people realize that. This is bogus.
  9. Dunce Dunce is offline

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    Oct 9th, 2005 (10/9/2005 10:59am) in reply to beanie

    Now beaner -

    Think your logic thru. You OWN ( remember? ).

    Therefore anyone who plays against you is getting screwed. Yet people love to play against you. People flock to play against you.

    ;-]
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    Oct 9th, 2005 (10/9/2005 11:08am) in reply to ePawnMarket Dan

    I personally wouldnt flock back to party cause I have some love afliction with Party. But the reality is this, the biggest fish pool is at Party. The skins are filled alot with solid players who were playing on the skins for a benefit. Unfortunately, this business you have to be where the soft $ is (unless you are beanie which means everyone is soft $) and therefor despite the nice deal that existed with a skin, I will eventually move back to Party cause that is where the easy $ is to be made.
     
  11. Fox Fox is offline

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    Oct 9th, 2005 (10/9/2005 12:48pm) in reply to bdluss

    Why do all you people think Beanie is a good poker player? He's a nice guy and all, but he still can't manage to remember if a full house beats a flush...

    F party.
  12. beanie beanie is offline

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    Oct 9th, 2005 (10/9/2005 2:28pm) in reply to Fox

    Straight beats a flush right? I get tired of hearing about all the fish at party, a friend once told me that you could throw a dart and hit 3 suckers by accident. I think you guys have become comfortable and the reality is, they did something that should be concerning to you. Lots of fish at Bodog too and they haven't screwed anyone to get them.
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