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Taking poker offline

Rod

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I've decided to remove the poker table from CP, at least for now. There is only one company out there which allows easy integration of a poker table, however their customer service is very poor. Aside from that, the popularity of the poker table has decreased dramatically over time, and just isn't worth the money involved to keep it up.

Stay tuned... There are some very cool upgrades coming...
 
Does this mean Chat is coming back :rolleyes:


Edit: to apologies. Sorry Rod, I know its a sensitive subject with chat and poker. That will be the last comment you hear from me about that.
 
Sorry to hear about poker...I hope to see it back in the future, but if it doesn't make it back....well likely less costly for myself. LOL :)

Can't wait to see the new upgrades! Thanks Rod! :D
 
I wonder if poker has started to run its course in general. One of the casinos up here is removing half of their tables due to decreased play. They're adding more slots in their place.
 
LilBastage said:
I wonder if poker has started to run its course in general. One of the casinos up here is removing half of their tables due to decreased play. They're adding more slots in their place.
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Alan....do you think that has more to do with the state of our economy or the popularity of poker is dwindling? The same thing is happening in Atlantic City....they're dying down there.
 
Poker, especially Texas Hold'em, became huge about 5 years ago or so. The past year it has dwindled. The WPT on the Travel Channel was popular at one time, even that seems to have lost popularity. I think it's combination of the economy mixed with the poker fad running its course.
 
Poker lost quite a bit of steam when regulations were tightened up a couple of years ago and USA internet gaming was definitively ruled a no no. Lots of players pulled their $$$ out of their accounts then. It snow balled from there. Not many people can afford the 10k buy-in's at most poker tournaments. Less internet players mean less super satellite big time tournament entrants. Less entrants, and less possibility of becoming an entrant, translates into less interest in the game. It still goes on, and people still wager online, but just in less numbers than before. Since more people have easier access to internet gaming than they do to B&M casinos, the game is contracting rather than enjoying its previous unhindered growth boom. It'll come back. Ebb and flow.

FWIW, the software referenced is not a very prominent feature at any of the cigar sites I know it to be featured on. A niche diversion, at best, and not a cheap one given its generally low number of participants in proportion to a board's overall membership.
 
Rod said:
Poker, especially Texas Hold'em, became huge about 5 years ago or so. The past year it has dwindled. The WPT on the Travel Channel was popular at one time, even that seems to have lost popularity. I think it's combination of the economy mixed with the poker fad running its course.
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I agree with badhangover. It has much more to do with the laws passed in the USA essentially making it illegal to play poker online.

http://www.Gambling-Law-US.com/Federal-Law...ambling-ban.htm
 
ironpeddler said:
LilBastage said:
I wonder if poker has started to run its course in general. One of the casinos up here is removing half of their tables due to decreased play. They're adding more slots in their place.
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Alan....do you think that has more to do with the state of our economy or the popularity of poker is dwindling? The same thing is happening in Atlantic City....they're dying down there.
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For what it's worth, Casinos make a very large percentage of their profits (upwards of 80%) off of slot machines, including video poker and all those variations. Coupled with decreased business in general I would imagine they just need to boost their profits by adding more of what gives them the most money.
 
Wednesday night poker used to be fun. 7-10 people would show up for a game or 3. Then games were getting played every single day with 3-4 people. Took the luster off Wed night poker for most at cp IMO.
 
Gonz said:
ironpeddler said:
LilBastage said:
I wonder if poker has started to run its course in general. One of the casinos up here is removing half of their tables due to decreased play. They're adding more slots in their place.
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Alan....do you think that has more to do with the state of our economy or the popularity of poker is dwindling? The same thing is happening in Atlantic City....they're dying down there.
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For what it's worth, Casinos make a very large percentage of their profits (upwards of 80%) off of slot machines, including video poker and all those variations. Coupled with decreased business in general I would imagine they just need to boost their profits by adding more of what gives them the most money.
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Yeah, they make more off of the slots. The poker tables have seen a steady decrease in players over the last year from what my buddy tells me (he works at one of the casinos). They were very popular at first, but they peaked some time ago. They still do OK on Saturday nights, but they're not worth the space the rest of the time. Most of the people up here aren't going to play $5/hand table games on a regular basis.

The economy may have a bit to do with it, but the casinos here aren't seeing much drop in business. The largest casino in this general area just expanded and they are doing gangbusters. I don't know if there's any science behind it, but gambling up here doesn't seem to slow down much no matter what happens elsewhere. There's always someone looking for the quick buck and most of the people that regularly visit the places up here (they're the ones that keep the places open) can't afford to gamble anyway. They're already betting their rent money. It's kind of sad.

It may be a local phenomenon, though. I have zero experience with gambling/gamblers elsewhere.

Our golf courses are struggling mightily, though. I think that has A LOT to do with the economy.
 
Poker is down everywhere partially due to the economy and partially due to the recent popularity of NL cash games.

To sustain a thriving poker economy, you have spread games with the correct balance of skill verses luck. Good players have too great of an advantage in NL Holdem so the bad players go broke too quickly. The less skilled players will eventually get tired of losing their entire stack of chips and will go play something else.

HenrysCigar said:
Didn't even have a chance to lose some sticks. :blush:
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If you have an account with Pokerstars, we can always start a private table and wager sticks on the side. Cake Poker would probably work. I have accounts at Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet but due to the recent cheating scandals, I refuse to play there.
 
Rebel Herfer said:
LilBastage said:
I wonder if poker has started to run its course in general. One of the casinos up here is removing half of their tables due to decreased play. They're adding more slots in their place.
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So Alan, are you advocating a CP Slots forum? :p
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Not hardly. :laugh:

I've never won a damn thing in a casino. I'm not a big gambler, though. I just have a few friends in the industry up here.
 
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