Tuesday, June 11, 2013

No Observer Chat on Milestone Hands



I'm not really sure what interest there is for the casual player in even bothering to watch these milestone hands. This was the exception in my investigation to the push for 100 billion hands dealt where three players folded. The previous two milestone hand celebrations had liberal inane comments about what dumb asses the players were for not going all in.

So I try to picture the personality that wants to see these hands played out. And maybe cheer for their favorite player name in the same manner that a ponies gambler picks based on the color of the sash on the beast and the number.

There's a reason that there is no longer observer chat after the hand. Everyone is either all in or folds - no actual betting strategy. And PokerStars doesn't do themselves any favors by producing non-existent players chatting about the strategy, because there is no strategy.

Please note that they proudly report that before the hand the minimum payoff is shown next to the avatar. Alas poor cska2013-12 is showing a goose egg. Must not have blown the right PokerStars employee this week. The Commentator, a typical spud, so let's call him a common tater, proudly reports that everyone at the table won at least US dollars 192.75. Umm. No. cska won naught, nada, butkus, diddly. And it doesn't complain.

This is the kind of thing that happens when AI plays and there are pre-programmed fictional results where the competition has as much seriousness as professional wrestling.

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