Major Party Upgrade - Official Q&A thread. (#2 of 5.)
 

The first Q&A thread is becoming cumbersome, so please add your new questions, answers and comments to this second thread, if possible.

Mike O'Malley and other Party Executives will be monitoring the threads and will supply pertinent information as required.

Of course, this depends on the tone of the threads. If you ask reasonable questions and give reasonable criticisms, they will enter the threads more often. If there is name-calling and abuse, they'll stay out of them. It's up to you. Jim and I will be quite aggressive with editing and deleting posts to try to keep the threads as useful as possible for all of us.

Thank you for your support in this aim. It is much appreciated.

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Re: Major Party Upgrade - Official Q&A thread. (#2.)
 

Will NL players be rewarded more appropriately with Party Poker points? I currently pay greater than $10K/month in rake playing mid/high level NL full ring cash games; yet it is nearly impossible for me to ever attain the Gold level status; whereas a limit player paying the same amount of rake as me could easily attain Gold level.

Best regards,

APerfect10

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There has been many threads recently about people getting hacked and losing money. There seems to be a trojan.backdoor that gets placed during the party client install process.

Can anyone from Party comment on this? I can supply the thread links if you would like to read them.

Thank you in advance for replies on this serious issue.

Posted in first thread but, fear overlooked, too serious an issue to ignore.

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There has been many threads recently about people getting hacked and losing money. There seems to be a trojan.backdoor that gets placed during the party client install process.

Can anyone from Party comment on this? I can supply the thread links if you would like to read them.

Thank you in advance for replies on this serious issue.

Posted in first thread but, fear overlooked, too serious an issue to ignore.

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I'd also like some news that these threats are being investigated more seriously than the standard intenet paranoia.

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It would be awesome if Mike or some other Party rep could post the contents and prices of the new store for those of us that can't access it yet.

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It would be awesome if Mike or some other Party rep could post the contents and prices of the new store for those of us that can't access it yet.

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i 2nd this.

Re: Major Party Upgrade - Official Q&A thread. (#2.)
 

This is the response I received yesterday when I explained that my MAS was detecting the trojan.

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Dear xxxxxx,

Thank you for contacting our Customer Care team.

We would like to assure you that we do not have any kind of 'Spyware' installed in our software. As you may be aware that our site is the largest in the online poker community and therefore installation of any software of this sort would be completely unacceptable.

Our systems operate at high levels of security making it highly impossible for a virus to pass through our servers. Regular scans using the most up to date anti-virus software coupled with the installation of robust firewalls ensures our web and game servers are secure and on stable platforms.

Whilst we sympathize with your concerns we must stress that our principle aim has always been to provide a safe and fair gaming environment. On this we will not compromise.

We hope that we have been able to reassure you that it is safe to download and play at our site without the fear of any risk to your computer system.

If you find any kind of spyware or virus on your system, we would request you to contact your system vendor and tell him to do a thorough scan and remove the infected files found, if any.

For more information regarding security at our site please check the following URL:

http://www.partypoker.com/about_us/index.html

If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact our customer care department at any time. We are here 24/7 to assist you via email at [email protected]

Enjoy your Day
Darren
VIP Club
Customer Care Department

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It would be awesome if Mike or some other Party rep could post the contents and prices of the new store for those of us that can't access it yet.

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i 2nd this.

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See the thread about the store, there are a few of us in, and posting of products/prices

Re: Major Party Upgrade - Official Q&A thread. (#2.)
 

OMGOMGOGMOG new toys in the store to work towards like a video game I'm going to play 16 hours a day now.

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It would be awesome if Mike or some other Party rep could post the contents and prices of the new store for those of us that can't access it yet.

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i 2nd this.

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See the thread about the store, there are a few of us in, and posting of products/prices

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I'm checking that thread but it's too slow, I need a comprehensive inventory list! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Re: Major Party Upgrade - Official Q&A thread. (#2.)
 

I am going to keep my comments to the new release for now. Questions regarding the points for NL game can be directed to [email protected]. I can assure you that they are taking everything into consideration. Concerns about the download can be directed to [email protected]. Any possible concern regarding the safety of the download is taken seriously.

The hot topic debate is going to be about the new Sit&Go structure (time vs. hands). There was a lot of thought put into this and a lot of feedback gathered from players. Some players are going to love it and some will hate it. The overwhelming majority of players wanted the changed.
The regular Sit&Gos will not take much longer than the old ones, and we will have Speed Sit&Gos that take 1/2 the time.
This seems to be one of those things that players will get used to and forget we ever did it the other way.

More to follow...

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Dear PartyPoker Rep:

Please comment on the issue of HHF files / aka the temp hand history files that used to get written to our hard drive that allowed us to collect stats on OBSERVED GAMES. We all noticed that they were no longer written to our computers in the Beta.

Was this a conscious decision by Party? They don't want us to be able to datamine observed hands anymore??

Re: Major Party Upgrade - Official Q&A thread. (#2.)
 

It looks like Party Points are finally going to be worth something!

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Dear PartyPoker Rep:

Please comment on the issue of HHF files / aka the temp hand history files that used to get written to our hard drive that allowed us to collect stats on OBSERVED GAMES. We all noticed that they were no longer written to our computers in the Beta.

Was this a conscious decision by Party? They don't want us to be able to datamine observed hands anymore??

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Hand histories were always intended for the players that were dealt into the hand. It was a conscious decision to stop writing them for observers.

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Dear PartyPoker Rep:

Please comment on the issue of HHF files / aka the temp hand history files that used to get written to our hard drive that allowed us to collect stats on OBSERVED GAMES. We all noticed that they were no longer written to our computers in the Beta.

Was this a conscious decision by Party? They don't want us to be able to datamine observed hands anymore??

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FWIW, I don't mind not datamining, nearly as much as not being able to bring up a table and see my pt stats for it before I decide to join the waitlist. I imagine if there's no longer any way to do that, you're going to see a great deal of table hoping.

edit: deleted my reply to keep the thread smaller.

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Dear PartyPoker Rep:

Please comment on the issue of HHF files / aka the temp hand history files that used to get written to our hard drive that allowed us to collect stats on OBSERVED GAMES. We all noticed that they were no longer written to our computers in the Beta.

Was this a conscious decision by Party? They don't want us to be able to datamine observed hands anymore??

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FWIW, I don't mind not datamining, nearly as much as not being able to bring up a table and see my pt stats for it before I decide to join the waitlist. I imagine if there's no longer any way to do that, you're going to see a great deal of table hoping.

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Use a buddy list.

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Hand histories were always intended for the players that were dealt into the hand. It was a conscious decision to stop writing them for observers.

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nh. datamining is gay.

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Will there be speed limit tables, like there are at stars and pokerroom?

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Will there be speed limit tables, like there are at stars and pokerroom?

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Speed Sit&Gos yes. Speed cash games will be coming in the future.

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Will there be a lobby for SNGs with clear info on the payouts?

Will the MTT lobby display the current ranking of all the players?

Also, I think that concealing the rake with the combo buyin+entryfee does not seem to be customer-friendly.

Buzz

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Dear PartyPoker Rep:

Please comment on the issue of HHF files / aka the temp hand history files that used to get written to our hard drive that allowed us to collect stats on OBSERVED GAMES. We all noticed that they were no longer written to our computers in the Beta.

Was this a conscious decision by Party? They don't want us to be able to datamine observed hands anymore??

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FWIW, I don't mind not datamining, nearly as much as not being able to bring up a table and see my pt stats for it before I decide to join the waitlist. I imagine if there's no longer any way to do that, you're going to see a great deal of table hoping.

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Use a buddy list.

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I do. But that's no substitute for seeing table stats.

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Sure it is. Find a buddy sit to his left. I guess this might not be enough if you're playing full ring, but any table where you're sitting next to a 60/5'er in 6-max can't be that bad.

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Will there be a lobby for SNGs with clear info on the payouts?

Will the MTT lobby display the current ranking of all the players?

Also, I think that concealing the rake with the combo buyin+entryfee does not seem to be customer-friendly.

Buzz

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1) There will be no lobby for the 1-Table Sit&Gos. This had been discussed and the feedback we got was that players didnt want to take two steps to get into a Sit&Go.

2) The Multi-Table Tournament lobby is being redesign for a future release. It's cool.

3) Putting the amounts together was not about hiding the fee. The fee is clearly displayed on the buy-in screen and in the lobby (Multis). This was simply a move to make the lists cleaner and easier to promote. The fee amounts have not changed.

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Someone in the other thread suggested making it easier to switch seats. Any chance of this happening?

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Will there be a lobby for SNGs with clear info on the payouts?
1) There will be no lobby for the 1-Table Sit&Gos. This had been discussed and the feedback we got was that players didnt want to take two steps to get into a Sit&Go.


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Fair enough--thanks for the response. However, will we see the payouts for a given SNG?

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Someone in the other thread suggested making it easier to switch seats. Any chance of this happening?

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At some point I think we will introduce an 'easy seating' method for Sit&Gos. You tell it what you want to play and it auto seats you into the next available. Or you can still open a table and pick your seat.

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PPRep,
11am-1pm-2pm

I really want to play poker the new party. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

Re: Major Party Upgrade - Official Q&A thread. (#2.)
 

After this one, I'll stop clogging up the thread. Does Party have plans to spread additonal games on the horizon? (e.g. razz, or 2-7)

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Will there be a lobby for SNGs with clear info on the payouts?
1) There will be no lobby for the 1-Table Sit&Gos. This had been discussed and the feedback we got was that players didnt want to take two steps to get into a Sit&Go.


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Fair enough--thanks for the response. However, will we see the payouts for a given SNG?

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The payouts are displayed on the buy-in screen. Possibly the payouts might be added the the table in the future table redesign.

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woa, im in baby.

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PPRep,
11am-1pm-2pm

I really want to play poker the new party. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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It's close! This was a major release. Not just from a front end (what you see) but also a complete back end release.

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What are the new SNG buy-ins?

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Speed cash games will be coming in the future.

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WOOHOO!!!! [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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Someone in the other thread suggested making it easier to switch seats. Any chance of this happening?

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At some point I think we will introduce an 'easy seating' method for Sit&Gos. You tell it what you want to play and it auto seats you into the next available. Or you can still open a table and pick your seat.

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How about for cash players already at a table? Currently you have to leave the table and re-open it to change your seat, a "seat change" button like in a real casino would be great.

Re: Major Party Upgrade - Official Q&A thread. (#2.)
 

Dear Party Poker,

On the other thread someone posted that Poker & the Casino will be combining. Will this be true for PartyBingo also? I haven't joined Bingo yet, but have been thinking about it.

(ok guys you can stop laughing at me now, I'm an old lady who enjoys bingo sometimes!)

S&SGW

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woa, im in baby.

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confirmed. I'm downloading it now.

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What are the new SNG buy-ins?

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For now, $77 and $530.

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How about for cash players already at a table? Currently you have to leave the table and re-open it to change your seat, a "seat change" button like in a real casino would be great.

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I recognize there are logistical issues associated with making this change, but if those could be solved this would be a HUGE improvement.

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Game #3563641444 starts.
#Game No : 3563641444
Hand histories are only displayed for hands that you were dealt cards

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boo

Re: Major Party Upgrade - Official Q&A thread. (#2.)
 

Party Poker Rep:
Everyone here is having trouble getting bounced out of the My Account section of the website.

You may or may not be aware: this was a HUGE problem with the old Party affiliate website, before they fixed it...hopefully this is just a temporary thing.