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« Reply #15 on: December 01, 2011, 12:19:55 AM »

I understand what you're saying but just concerned about security.

wouldn't be handled by facebook (I imagine) but by the operators. (although that's a good concern to have, btw)
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« Reply #16 on: December 01, 2011, 12:30:46 AM »

If it does happen I hope they restrict play to only 1 table. The last thing we want is armies of Internet players moving over, 12 tabling and sucking the value out of the games in 3-6 months.
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« Reply #17 on: December 01, 2011, 10:41:37 AM »

People trust poker operators more than facebook? 
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« Reply #18 on: December 01, 2011, 10:45:47 AM »

I'm really not overstating things here imo.

Facebook could become the new Ongame or iPoker. Overnight.


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the new stars/tilt overnight more like imo.
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« Reply #19 on: December 01, 2011, 10:58:40 AM »

Just imagine how easy it will be for nippers "John Smith just won $10,000 playing facebook poker".

Automated bad beat stories too...
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« Reply #20 on: December 01, 2011, 11:51:00 AM »

People trust poker operators more than facebook? 

Was thinking this myself. A decently regulated, in the UK, Facebook Poker network or some shoddily regulated pokersite. I know where I'd rather stick my money.
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« Reply #21 on: December 01, 2011, 02:32:07 PM »

Yeah I think the number of poker sites that haven't leaked data is very small and that's just the ones I have knowledge of (i.e. unique email for each site). Some the emails even have my full name...
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« Reply #22 on: December 01, 2011, 02:39:08 PM »

lol at trusting facebook re privacy..
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« Reply #23 on: December 01, 2011, 02:40:08 PM »

lol at trusting facebook re privacy..

Don't trust them..but trust them more than some poker networks
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« Reply #24 on: December 01, 2011, 02:56:34 PM »

lol at trusting facebook re privacy..

I was talking about data security rather than privacy.
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« Reply #25 on: December 01, 2011, 03:29:39 PM »

lol at trusting facebook re privacy..

I was talking about data security rather than privacy.
fair enough - what makes you trust fbook more than the poker sites applying for licenses? also, maybe fb adds another layer of abstraction (right term?) to improve data security?
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« Reply #26 on: December 01, 2011, 03:35:33 PM »

i remember when yahoo started real money poker everyone thought it would be good for the game
wasnt really as people who wanted to play for real moneyalready did
and those that played yahoo poker for fun didnt move accross
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« Reply #27 on: December 01, 2011, 03:51:42 PM »

i remember when yahoo started real money poker everyone thought it would be good for the game
wasnt really as people who wanted to play for real moneyalready did
and those that played yahoo poker for fun didnt move accross

facebook is an entirely different animal though.
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« Reply #28 on: December 01, 2011, 03:58:50 PM »

Experience - loads of poker sites have had data security breaches. I can't recall hearing of one on facebook that wasn't user side (correct me if I'm wrong).

Motivation - There's a big issue online with identification and authentication, sites want to know who they're dealing with and people want their details to be secure. Passwords just don't cut it any more... Given that there's a big opportunity for facebook (and others) to provide that service. Also loads of people ready to step up and take FB's social networking crown off them too (Google for one...) - if people lose trust in facebook's security it would be very damaging to their bottom line.

Poker sites, I'm not so sure, I think they'd be bothered, but not as much as facebook. Nothing would really surprise me any more though...

Talent - facebook has loads of talented engineers working on things like security (by that I mean keeping user data secure, identification etc), I doubt the poker sites can attract the same sort of talent or that the people they use they people they have (as much) to that end.

Abstraction is the right term (for what I think you mean), but I doubt it has much benefit here.

As to the deal I'd reckon it's a small thing for facebook and a big deal for the poker sites so the deal would be on FB's terms (see spotify). If I was FB I'd want as much control as possible - accounts funds etc - and just leave the running of the games to the poker site with a rake split. I wouldn't want to let people on the provider's software play against FB players - the grinders would multi table and get more money that way (I might be wrong? FB might not have the knowledge to demand that, although I'd imagine they'd want to force everyone to play through FB so they can get a cut).

Iron -wasn't Yahoo limit poker and before the explosion?
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« Reply #29 on: December 01, 2011, 04:06:27 PM »

i remember when yahoo started real money poker everyone thought it would be good for the game
wasnt really as people who wanted to play for real moneyalready did
and those that played yahoo poker for fun didnt move accross

facebook is an entirely different animal though.

yahoo was huge back then and the US market was still onboard if i remember right

bongo yeah yahoo was limit when i first played there not sure if it ever moved to NL
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