Hate it/Love it

[DonkBox]

I'm writing a short feature on things we love/hate about online poker rooms and their software:

For instance:
We love: that on UB you can show one card and fold in a HU pot.
We hate: when boss used to put the 'make a choice' box right over the pot size so you couldn't calculate it when making said decision.

Now, I don't play on all the networks so there must be loads I don't know about. So what are your love/hates of online poker software? Please no stuff like 'pacific sucks cos it's bad beat central' (cue waltypies to post this!) or 'party poker is rigged'

What are the nice touches out there on sites that make you return and play again? And what drives you loopy?

[waltypies]

I'm writing a short feature on things we love/hate about online poker rooms and their software:

For instance:
We love: that on UB you can show one card and fold in a HU pot.
We hate: when boss used to put the 'make a choice' box right over the pot size so you couldn't calculate it when making said decision.

Now, I don't play on all the networks so there must be loads I don't know about. So what are your love/hates of online poker software? Please no stuff like 'pacific sucks cos it's bad beat central' (cue waltypies to post this!) or 'party poker is rigged'

What are the nice touches out there on sites that make you return and play again? And what drives you loopy?

I resent that i dont moan about sites.

I hate i cant find the doomswitch on poker stars.

I love re sizeable tables on there though

I hate the fact BlueSq software looks like it was made in about 2 minutes

I love pro view on DTD hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[RevStu]

Buttons that change disastrously as you go to click on them. Haven't checked to see if it's still the same, but Boss used to have a "Check/Fold" button that changed to a "Call" one when someone bet, which was a catastrophe if you went to tick the former option and ended up calling a massive bet instead before you could undo it, as the four people in between you and the bettor all auto-folded in a split second.

And for FUCK'S SAKE FUCKING STOP IT with the popups about tournaments I don't give a shit about when I'm trying to make a critical decision.

[lev1athan]

BlueSq is hopeless for multi-tabling - everything turns into a confusing blue mass. Window resize FTW. The avatar change option on mine is also permanently greyed out; not critical but irritating.
I've also noticed some tournaments (eg. APAT) don't show up in the relevant tourney sub-section, but DO show under "all tournaments". (??) I've missed one because of this.

[backgammonism]

It's simple - don't play if you can't accept losing!

Software wise - they have to have 4 coloured decks and the ability to quickly review hand history!

Betfair Poker hasn't got the buttons changing sorted either!

[PokerWoody]

Hate:

• Short time banks, no "time" feature.
• Having to use a slider bar instead of just entering my bet amount.
• 5 handed tables
• A stupid cashier that doesn't top you up if you happen to win the current hand.
• Crashing / Hanging software
• Basically everything about the software on the Boss network.

Love:

• Resizable tables.
• Auto top up option (doesn't exist I don't think but would be awesome)
• Multiple Skins
• All the players on the Boss network
• Ability to set up private tables/tournaments

[PokerWoody]

Hate:
- Sites that give you too long to act - e.g. Ladbrokes. Mind you, this could actually be listed as a "love" if you have a tea addiction so severe that you need to make a new cup every hand.
- 6 handed tables 'short handed tables' - why not 5 instead?
- Cards that don't turn over when you are all in (bug on Playtech [BlueSquare etc) in tourneys) meaning occasionally you don't get to see what knocked you out.
- Bugs in general that aren't fixed after being reported (e.g. waiting list bug in Microgaming that took 3+ months to fix, the 'Sit Out' bug in Boss that has been there for over a month now, etc).


Love:
- 4 coloured decks
- 5 handed tables
- Percentages displayed when you are all-in
- Resizable tables
- User creatable Private tables / tourneys

lol nh.

[PokerWoody]

I actually think I've been pretty impartial there (for a change lol). I've even listed a Boss Media problem as a 'hate'.

So why do you love 5 handed yet hate 6 handed? What do you find to be the main differences between the two? What about a network like OnGame which offers both, would that be a love or a hate?

[PokerWoody]

I just prefer the dynamics of a 5-handed game. I find the lower starting-hand requirements suit my game a lot better.

Why do you hate 5 handed and prefer 6 handed?

A site that has a choice of both is obviously going to be better than one that only has one
choice. But given just one choice it's 5-handed every time.

Interesting, I think there is pretty much no adjusting to be done between 5 and 6 handed tables. 10 and 6 handed, very much so, but I think the dynamics between 5 and 6 handed are very similar. Much more so than 2 -> 3 handed, or 3 -> 4 handed.

[PokerWoody]

A site that has a choice of both is obviously going to be better than one that only has one

Not if you love 5 handed but hate 6 handed. In that case i'd be pretty damn annoyed if a network offered both, that would reduce the amount of tables I could play by about a half!!!