Running for the red line

Bankroll $165, 52k hands, 2.42 BB/100 16/12/2.94

A lot of debate still going on about Rush Poker, what it means for the fish, what it means for the Regs.

Twitter is pretty quiet about it surprisingly. A few bricks and mortar players celbrating what they perceive to be a death knell for the cyberpunk Hud addicts.

I wonder particularly though how this can be leveraged to bring new recreational players onto the site. FT could get it on with Zynga poker and get themselves on Facebook. Rush poker would go down a storm on there, and if Zynga poker can create a market for facebook chips, FT can bring some fish into the fold.

Meanwhile for the grinders? Maybe it’s now time to embrace hudless poker. It does feel as though the sites are reacting to the impact it has on supressing recreational players. I commented on this in an earlier post.

I’m still not sure if passive players give rake value for a poker site, or what other value they provide. I’m also not sure if supressing HUD’s will handicap a thinking player enough to let fish prosper.

Rush poker should be an interesting proving ground

I noticed today how Holdem Manager have re-branded. Spruced up their site design and started cross selling their other offerings more effectively.

As a marketing professional I have to congratulate them. In a changing market where open source software is beginning to dominate small and medium sized software houses and hobby coders, HEM are consistently turning out a reliable, user friendly and now well presented product. I wish them every success.

Room for an open source alternative though!