Title: On The Slippery Slope Post by: roverthtaeh on November 14, 2006, 07:30:55 PM Good evening.
I don't know if any of you nice folk out there play on Ladbrokes at all, but I feel obliged to air my views concerning the slippery slope which I believe them to be on. What is one of the most important things you learn when starting out on your poker adventure? Bankroll. Never play above your bankroll. So why then, a few months ago, did Ladbrokes remove their popular 5/10c cash tables? I emailed asking the very same question. Their response was to inform me that the 5/10c tables had been 'temporarily' removed due to reconstruction, sorry for the inconvenience. To date, they have not returned. Misinformation. Today, the 15/30c cash tables have also been removed, adding insult to injury, and forcing the 'real' players to either play above their bankroll or change sites altogether. Six months ago, Ladbrokes was hugely popular due to the loyalty they showed their customers in the form of a Weekly Raked Hands Freeroll worth $100,000. Basically, you had to play 500 raked hands within a week to qualify for a seat in the freeroll. Every Saturday, at 6.05pm, there were over 1500 players in that freeroll. Then suddenly, they stopped it. No explanation, no nothing. Finished, finito. The cash game community were outraged and rightly asked for an explanation. We were promptly informed that it was a marketing decision and that was that. Several hundered players left to play elsewhere, I stuck around. No loyalty scheme worth it's salt ever returned. In today's widespread online poker market that's a huge error of judgement, in my opinion. I eamiled Ladbrokes again expressing my concerns, They simply weren't interested. My email was apparently 'forwarded to the marketing division', terminology which I can now interpret as meaning 'deleted'. I have 8 different poker sites on my PC. I just checked the traffic figures on each. Guess which one has by far and away the lowest number of players connected? Ladbrokes. Now, in their wisdom, Ladbrokes are advertising a 'make over' to their site. The best tag line I can think of is; "The All New Ladbrokes - With Gimmicks". A chat facility in the lobby. Great idea. Change the colours of the graphics on your chosen table. Brilliant. A calendar built in to the site. How helpful. A quick bank (whereby you can re-deposit without leaving the table). Irrelevant to players with bankrolls. A buddy list. Gee, thanks. Auto rebuys. That's helpful. Fold and show (show your folded hand at a showdown). ??? All that and yet they take the micro limit tables and the loyalty away. I'm so close to withdrawing my money and deleting Ladbrokes from my PC. Thanks for listening. Title: Re: On The Slippery Slope Post by: Jon MW on November 14, 2006, 07:41:47 PM .... I'm so close to withdrawing my money and deleting Ladbrokes from my PC. ... I've already done this because I saw the way Ladbrokes were going. With the number of sites out there, I don't see any reason to stay with one which is flawed like this. Title: Re: On The Slippery Slope Post by: Longines on November 14, 2006, 08:10:02 PM Today, the 15/30c cash tables have also been removed, adding insult to injury, and forcing the 'real' players to either play above their bankroll or change sites altogether. There was an upgrade today and most of the cash tables were deleted. They've now been restored, including 15 tables of 10c/20c. Title: Re: On The Slippery Slope Post by: roverthtaeh on November 14, 2006, 08:24:17 PM Today, the 15/30c cash tables have also been removed, adding insult to injury, and forcing the 'real' players to either play above their bankroll or change sites altogether. There was an upgrade today and most of the cash tables were deleted. They've now been restored, including 15 tables of 10c/20c. The 10/20c tables were always there, the 5/10c and the 15/30c tables have not been restored. If that's an 'upgrade' I'm a pteryodactyl. Title: Re: On The Slippery Slope Post by: Longines on November 14, 2006, 08:28:56 PM I can see 6 LHE tables and 12 NLHE at 15c/30c in the lobby.
Title: Re: On The Slippery Slope Post by: roverthtaeh on November 14, 2006, 08:34:08 PM I see they cleverly disguised them by hiding them among the 25/50c tables.
Maybe if I search the entire site I might find the NLHE 5/10c tables under Omaha Hi/Low $3-$6. And maybe the replies to my emails are hidden in there somewhere, too. Title: Re: On The Slippery Slope Post by: bolt pp on November 14, 2006, 08:36:22 PM I see they cleverly disguised them by hiding them among the 25/50c tables. Maybe if I search the entire site I might find the NLHE 5/10c tables under Omaha Hi/Low $3-$6. And maybe the replies to my emails are hidden in there somewhere, too. Maybe lord lucans multi tabling at the lower level omaha hi lo games Title: Re: On The Slippery Slope Post by: roverthtaeh on November 14, 2006, 08:39:35 PM I see they cleverly disguised them by hiding them among the 25/50c tables. Maybe if I search the entire site I might find the NLHE 5/10c tables under Omaha Hi/Low $3-$6. And maybe the replies to my emails are hidden in there somewhere, too. Maybe lord lucans multi tabling at the lower level omaha hi lo games No, he's in a $25 PL tourney and there's only three players left; him, Shergar and that bloke from Area 51. Title: Re: On The Slippery Slope Post by: CelticGeezeer on November 14, 2006, 09:10:47 PM They do appear to be trying to drive most of their customers off, with some success.
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