PokerStars (+FTP) software improvements thread...

[Ironside]

feck that didnt work either

[dakky]

Does stars read this thread or just the 2+2 one? I have a suggestion for multi-tabling...

Would be great to have some way to click (right click or otherwise) and say something like "ignore focus from this table" so if you are stacked for instance and have a decision and are tanking it on one table can carry on clicking buttons like a monkey on the others without the table constantly popping back up otentially causing you to time-out elsewhere/ slow the other games down for people.

afaik they only read the 2+2 one. Just move the table you are tanking on out of your stack and you can work on your stacked tables. Pretty simple to set up a set table aside hotkey as well if necessary...

Yes but even so if you pull it out and are still tanking it will still keep coming back to that one and not taking focus from the others in the queue if you know what I mean?

[jgcblack]

just a quick question.

In zoom poker, I've somehow managed to stop the box coming up that asks you to choose how many tables you'd like to play...


This is forcing me to click on the stakes and 'play' then stars auto minimises as I've set and then I have to pull it up again to select again....

and repeat..


help?

[MC]

even so if you pull it out and are still tanking it will still keep coming back to that one and not taking focus from the others in the queue if you know what I mean?

Yeah man, but I don't have this problem. Do you have single click table activation on? (in Options --> Advanced Multi-Table Options)

just a quick question.

In zoom poker, I've somehow managed to stop the box coming up that asks you to choose how many tables you'd like to play...


This is forcing me to click on the stakes and 'play' then stars auto minimises as I've set and then I have to pull it up again to select again....

and repeat..


help?

Not sure if you want Stars to auto minimize from how you wrote that. If not:

Options --> Advanced Multi-Table Options --> Untick "Minimize main lobby when opening table"

[jgcblack]

I dont mind stars auto minimising...

its more that I want to be able to choose how many tables I play at each zoom stake.

[MC]

Oops, missed this from a few days ago:

For Full Tilt Poker:

Today's update (available within the hour) is the launch of the new Black Card program.

I'd like to give a quick (or maybe not so quick) rundown on the promotion, focusing mostly on how the new Black Card leaderboards will be calculated.

Before we get to that, first some basic details that will hopefully answer some of the questions you've had about the promotion:

How do I earn Black Card status?

Black Card is the new top tier in the Edge program. It's earned based off of your 100 day rolling FTP average, with a 500 FTP average required.

What do I get for being Black Card?

There are three main benefits to Black Card:

• You can convert your FTPs to cash at a rate of 200 FTPs per $1. There are two ways you will be able to do this. First, you can set it up so you automatically convert all FTPs earned for the week to become cash at the same time as your Edge Reward (and have it be added to your Edge Reward). The second option is to manually convert any amount of your current FTPs as a one-off thing.
• You will earn double FTPs as long as you are opted-in to the Edge Leaderboards.
• You will be eligible to compete in the Black Card Leaderboards to become a "Black Card Pro."

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What do I get for being a Black Card Pro?

Three things:

• You become "red" on the site and get a "Black Card Pro" avatar
• 100% Edge Rewards (aka rakeback)
• A $20K prize package (either FTOPS/MiniFTOPS entries or a bonus, your choice)

http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/edge/black-card/sponsorship

What are the Edge Leaderboards?

The monthly Edge Leaderboards replace our current monthly leaderboard system and greatly expand it. Instead of only having monthly MTT, SNG, and Heads-Up SNG leaderboards, we will have all of those plus an additional set of ring game leaderboards, for a total of 15 different leaderboards. The top 25 players from each leaderboard will get an "Edge Boost", granting them one Edge level higher for the following month than they had at the end of the previous month. The top 3 from each leaderboard will also win a small cash prize.

What are the Black Card Leaderboards?

Black Card Leaderboards are where Black Card members compete to become a Black Card Pro. There are 11 Black Card Leaderboards. They run for 6 months, and at the end of the 6 months, the top player from each leaderboard will win the 6 month Black Card Pro sponsorship.

More details can be found here:

http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/edge/black-card

So that's the basics. On to the details of the leaderboards themselves –

Monthly Edge Leaderboards

Here is the list of the 15 monthly Edge Leaderboards:

• NL/PL Hold'em High (Above $1/$2)
• NL/PL Hold'em Low (Up to $1/$2)
• PL Omaha High (Above $1/$2)
• PL Omaha Low (Up to $1/$2)
• Rush Ring Games High (Above $0.50/$1)
• Rush Ring Games Low (Up to $0.50/$1)
• Heads-Up Ring Games (All stakes)
• All Other Ring Games (All stakes)
• SNG High ($26 buyin and up)
• SNG Low (Up to $26)
• Heads-Up SNG Highest ($50 buyin and up)
• Heads-Up SNG High ($20-$49)
• Heads-Up SNG Medium ($5-$19)
• Heads-Up SNG Low (Below $5)
• MTT (All)

Each leaderboard uses one of three different scoring systems. All 8 ring game leaderboards use one system, the 4 HU leaderboards use a second, and the SNG/MTT leaderboards use a third.

SNG/MTT Leaderboards: The SNG/MTT leaderboard calculation is exactly the same as it existed in the monthly leaderboards previously.

Ring Game Leaderboards: The 8 ring game leaderboards use an entirely new scoring system (created with the help of the feedback we received here) and works like this:

You score points on the leaderboard based on your record vs. each player in the game and stake level you're playing. The number of points you get are based on three factors: How many big blinds you're up on that player at the end of the month, what stake level you were playing, and whether or not that player you beat was in the top 100 of that leaderboard the previous month.

Capping the number of points you can win off a single opponent should encourage players to play as many different players as possible. We also hope giving a bonus for beating players who were on the previous month's leaderboard will encourage some players to "take a shot" at some of the better players. The stakes multiplier was needed because there are fewer "different" players to play against at the higher stakes, and the competition is obviously tougher up there.

There is no crossover between the leaderboards. This means that if you're playing Heads-Up NLH (even at a table with more than 2 seats) that hand counts towards the Heads-Up leaderboard only and not the NLH leaderboard. If you're playing PLO Rush, it counts towards the Rush leaderboard only.

HU SNG Leaderboards: The HU SNG Leaderboards work similarly to the Ring Game leaderboards, but instead of needing to win a certain number of BBs from each opponent, you need to be a certain amount of SNGs "up" on that opponent to earn base leaderboard points.

For both the Ring Game and HU SNG Leaderboards, the "previous month bonus" obviously won't be in effect for July since there is no previous month results to go off of, but that will start up in August.

The exact details of each scoring system can be found here:

http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/edge/monthly-leaderboards/rules

Black Card Leaderboards

Black Card Leaderboards feed off of the monthly Edge Leaderboards. If you have Black Card status, your top 4 monthly Edge Leaderboard scores will be added together to form your full 6 month Black Card Leaderboard score. This means you can take 2 months off for whatever reason and not be unduly punished in the leaderboard.

There isn't quite a 1:1 mapping from monthly Edge Leaderboards to Black Card Leaderboards (some Edge Leaderboards won't have enough players with Black Card status to make it an interesting and competitive leaderboard), and the full list of 11 Black Card Leaderboards looks like this:

• NL/PL Hold'em High (Above $1/$2)
• NL/PL Hold'em Low (Up to $1/$2)
• PL Omaha High (Above $1/$2)
• PL Omaha Low (Up to $1/$2)
• Rush Ring Games High (Above $0.50/$1)
• Rush Ring Games Low (Up to $0.50/$1)
• Heads-Up Ring Games (All stakes)
• Other Ring Games (All stakes)
• SNG (All stakes)
• Heads-Up SNG (All stakes)
• MTT (All)

More details relating to the Black Card Leaderboards can be found here:

http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/edge/black-card/leaderboards

It's important to note that we don't expect everything in these leaderboards to be perfect immediately. We will rely on your feedback on how we can improve the systems for the next running (starting in January) to make sure we really are rewarding the "best" (however that's defined) players on the site.

I'm personally pretty excited to see how this will work out. I hope we'll see some great battles in at least a few of the leaderboards. I predict at least a couple will be wide open to start, so it'll be interesting to see who wants to fight for it.

Game on!

[MC]

Q: Bryan, can you comment on a complete revamp of the schedule? I recall someone posting in here a few months ago that the MTT schedule will be completely different in the upcoming months.

A: The schedule overhaul is currently planned to deploy shortly after the conclusion of WCOOP 2013. The new schedule will be different in many ways, though a lot of the major standbys, like the daily Bigs, the Hot turbos, Omania, the Saturday Line-Up, the Sunday Majors, the Super Tuesday, etc... are going to stay in one form or another. A survey is being sent out to many thousands of players this month; please take the time to fill it out and let us know what you think!

[MC]

Update for PokerStars:

We are in the process of deploying a small client update this week. Here is a list of the most notable items:

Re-entry tournaments (Beta)

We are introducing re-entry tournaments to the PokerStars tournaments offering. In re-entry tournaments, when you bust during late registration, you are given the option to re-enter the tournament. Unlike in a rebuy, you will not keep your seat (and there is no add-on period); instead, you are given a completely new tournament entry. Initially we will start with a small Beta offering of those tournaments until we verify that everything is functioning properly.

New card decks (Beta)

We've introduced two new card decks. They are accessible via Table Themes. Here are screenshots of the new decks:

Click to see full-size image.

Click to see full-size image.

Mac Client and Cocoa API

The PokerStars.NET Mac Cocoa client rollout has gone rather smoothly, so we are deploying the new Cocoa Mac client to several real money licenses this month. If all goes well, it will be deployed to .COM and .EU next month. In the Cocoa client there is initial Retina support for text and native OS controls.

Other bug fixes and improvements

• Beta Sounds: A fix for the ante sound being played too many times each hand.
• A fix for some graphical issues with full hole cards obscuring the dealer button in themes derived from the Classic theme.
• A fix for a problem with tournaments not auto-closing when a player busts at the same time the table breaks.
• Other smaller fixes and tweaks.

Note: Most of the above changes would only take effect once your gaming client has been updated, which could happen at different times for different players. Please ensure you are running PokerStarsUpdate.exe to get the update.

[MC]

Update for PokerStars:

We are in the process of deploying a client update this week. Here is a list of the most notable items:

PokerStars 7 Alpha

This is not technically linked to the update that is being deployed, but as some of you may have heard we have started an Alpha testing phase of PokerStars 7 with a small number of players. The first Alpha version has key features such as Quick Seat lobby, Favorites, new Main Lobby filters, the new App Bar and more. We will be updating the Alpha client as more features are ready to be released there, until we are ready to transition to the more open Beta stage. Stay tuned for more news!

Extra Bet Slider Button

The desktop client will now have four configurable buttons that control betting amounts. We have also turned the bet slider shortcut buttons on for everyone, though you can still switch them off if you prefer. If you have already customized the bet slider shortcuts, you will  need to  go to “Options” > “Bet Slider Options” and configure the extra button.

Mac Cocoa API

We will finish the upgrade process and deploy the new Cocoa client to all remaining licenses (including .COM) this month. The Cocoa client has initial Retina support for text and native OS controls.

Ratholing Restrictions

We are in the final stages of testing the new ratholing restrictions that were agreed upon during player meetings. If we do not find any problems they will be enabled this month.

Other bug fixes and improvements

• We believe we've identified and fixed a rare occurrence that sometimes prevented starting SNGs from opening when multi-tabling.
• Tournaments will now correctly auto-close a table that breaks when the player busts.
• Changed the ante sound triggers in the beta sound set. This sound will now play less often. We look to enable the new sounds by default in early October, while keeping the option to use the old ones.
• BOOM! hand replays can now be watched using mobile devices, via boomplayer.com
• Few more fixes and improvements.

Note: Most of the above changes would only take effect once your gaming client has been updated, which could happen at different times for different players. Please ensure you are running PokerStarsUpdate.exe to get the update.

[Ironside]

is there an app for the ipad for FTP?

[MC]

is there an app for the ipad for FTP?

http://bit.ly/17Nap3l

[AlexMartin]

they do all this good work then allow scripters to ruin the lobby

[MC]

We are releasing a small client update this week. The focus right now is mostly on PokerStars 7 which is in closed Alpha stage, but here is a list of few items that are being released:

• Mac Performance Improvements --We have optimized the Mac clients performance slightly to alleviate some of the lag problems that players might have experienced. We have also fixed several other issues reported recently. Players who are using the special client posted in this thread earlier will not be asked to update to the newly deployed client and can continue using the special client until we confirm the instant lag issue has been resolved.
• New Default Card Backs -- we have changed the default card backs to be one of the recently added variants. If your card backs have changed and you want to go back to the previous design, then please right click on the table background or felt and select "Table Themes" and adjust your card back design from there.
• Auto-Centering when Automatically Seated -- we have added the option to always be automatically centered in the bottom center seat (or the one closest to bottom center) when a player is automatically seated at a table, for example via "Seat me" or "Find Me A Seat".
• Other minor improvements and fixes.

[theprawnidentity]

What is this Pokerstars 7 I read about in here?

[titaniumbean]

What is this Pokerstars 7 I read about in here?

currently running PS6.

ps7 is the newest software iteration, has improved lobby and quick seat, favourites for tournaments and a bunch of other changes. it's been in closed alpha for a while, if I could remember my 2+2 details atm then I could see when the beta will be out but no dice atm lolz