Originally Posted by
Dan Druff
Yeah, I read about the ratholing problem. Unbelievable that a site so obsessed with "fairness to all players" is allowing this.
To be fair, though, Pokerstars allowed ratholing for a very long time. But still, this should have been disallowed.
I agree that the recs aren't that bothered by anonymous tables, but such tables really turn off pros/grinders, and they also discourage railbirds from wanting to watch the games, which in turn spurs action/deposits later from them. Additionally, recs will sometimes like facing particular opponents and re-deposit in order to play them again -- something that again won't happen on anon tables.
An already successful site can transition to anon tables without too much damage (think Bovada), but getting one off the ground with anon tables simply places an unnecessary additional hurdle.
The biggest problem of course is the lack of basic functionality of the software, and the bugginess. The lack of marketing is also a huge hindrance.
They just had a very poor plan going in, and refused to change course when everything was going poorly. Phil keeps thinking success is just around the corner. It's too late. Game over, man.
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