New Look Update

Now that the new look has had a time to sink in, I am liking it more and more..

The overall effect of the Rooms now are very calming. With a very plush feel to them.
The darkness really helps to emphasise the Highlighting of the Names and players still in the Hands.

There has been however a drop off in the tourneys later at night, now there is only a couple of tourneys from 1030ish through to 5 in the morning. This was a time that was good to play, however now with the reduced tourneys it is now a down time for me, or if lucky a rake time.

The traffic to the site has increased again with numbers now exceeding 4k whereas 6 months ago the numbers were just in the mid 2k range.

Hopefully the numbers will continue to increase.

My luck at the tables still hasn't changed although we had a Team game against a previous Double Forum League Winning Team and beat them. So hopefully that is another good indication for this seasons League Games.


The new format and schedule for these games are going to make it just a little harder however It is now a lot more balanced. These games start this weekend.

The Blogger Poker Tour is continuing along with game 1 down and game 2 to be advised shortly. I am hoping that I can at least have a better showing in that one, then I did in the last.. I have only 12 points so far and need to place final table to have any chance to make the prizes.

Back to the books I think to see if I can change anything in my game to help..

P.Com Upgrade Version 3.3

Last night saw poker.com offline for a 2 hour period while they upgraded their client to Version 3.3

After playing on it for 1 day I have found it to be a very nice upgrade personally, however it has not gone over so well with all..

The major concern is the Darkened rooms and tables.
The over all color scheme now is in rich Deep Colors of Browns, including the Chat box and options boxes.
But to contrast this darkened color p.com has brought forward another concept that has kept them to the front (IMO) of other sites.

When playing a hand, all players involved remain very bright colors as does the board, however when you fold out of the hand, everything goes slightly darker, a very easy visual ensuring no confusion if you are involved...

Along with this is when a player is deciding his next play, His/Her name tag glows brightly with a Glow similar to a Halo around it.

So with the darkened room and the highlighted players a very nice overall effect.

Along with the color changes, there have been a couple of nice Option changes.

Firstly. The Auto Muck, Auto Bet options have been brought onto the Main screen, instead of being hidden inside the options box.

Secondly. The Bet buttons have been Increased to a Lage Button with a color code inside.. a nice look.

Thirdly. A New Hidden Smilie.. One that is quickly becoming my favorite...
Previously there was Donkey and Drunk, Now add to that FISH. and you will see a Suess like Fish appear from your Name tag...

There are more features and changes at the table including new Cards, and Fonts etc..

My overall opinion is Thumpsup poker.com


Briefly, other changes are Backgammon has been bade available for Real Money.
New Sign On Options, either email addy or Screen-name.
And other changes to the Admin and Accounts areas..

If you havn't been by for a while come check it out...

To qoute one of the Signature lines of a Regular players there...

Poker.com you can check out any time you like, But you can never leave.

A Quick Look at the New Look P.com Table

Game 1 Blogger Tour

Yesterday saw the Initial game in the Second season of the Poker.com Poker Blogger Tour.


With 75 Plyers signed up and ready to play,and with all eyes on the Target Player "Shane@poker.com" as the Bounty. (take him out and recieve the same points as the winner of the tourney).

It was time to shurrle up and deal..

I missed seeing who took Shane out of the Tourney.

But a Big Congratulations to ReplicantPoker for winning Game 1.

To see the Full Result of the Game
just click on the following link....


Game 1

And good luck to everyone in Game 2.

Happy Birthday To Me

With today being my birthday I am looking for one thing..

Tonight My Poker Team take on the staff of poker.com in the Forum League Final Game.

We already won the season (Season 7) and have the rights to play the staff tonight, so am really hoping that this game goes the way of Team ChipHunters...

There is 2 other mjor points of note from poker.com

1. There is another update coming this week.. This update is going to include among lots of others... New Games.. Including Stud and Omaha Hi Lo...

and

2. The Blogger Poker Tour Tournament is Back Check out the link for all the information.

Blogger Poker Tour

I'm Back

After a time of movement, I am now back and able to write here again.

Firstly, let me explain the changes in Poker.com Site.

1. Deposit Changes - There have been a few changes.. 1 is that there are more bonuses when you sign up and deposit through "click2pay". So for a deposit you now get 100% from Poker.com, and instant 5% for depositing through click2pay, and the standard bonus.

These bonuses are released in $10 incriments at each 2k in Points...

Don't forget as well as the above there are Reload Bonuses for every month.. Just check out the Promotions page from the Home page of poker.com

2. Freeroll Changes - We are into week 3 of the New Schedule of the freerolls.. they are now
$50 freerolls every 3 hours
$1k freeroll every Mon - Fri
$2k freeroll every Saturday
$10k freeroll every Sunday (I was lucky enough to finish 3rd in the 1st 1k tourney)
$50k Freeroll on the Last Sunday of every month

In addition to these there are $500 New Depositors Freerolls (eligible for 1 week after 1st deposit) these are held Daily
As well as $50 New Depositors Freerolls which you are eligible to play for a specific time after your first deposit.

The current promotion is the Aussie Millions Tournament.

There are many ways to win a seat in Brisbane for this tournament..
With Daily Satellites to the Grand Final, as well as Daily Freerolls (must Comp 400 points the 24 hours prior). As well as the Freeroll Grand Final, which all New Depositors are automatically eligible for. And finally there is the Poker.com Blogger Tour, and the Official Blogger Correspondant.

The above are changes that have been made to the admin side.. there are many updates and changes to the actual client itself. With alot of the Tricks that has stood Poker.com out from other sites remaining.. (eg, rabbit and show buttons)

Also there is now the option of have a 4x4 window with your games and you can personalize your own colour for your name tag at the table.

New games are due shortly with 7 Card Stud, and Omaha Hi Lo both nearly finished with the testing phase and nearly ready to put it into the client.

And finally the Poker.com Blogger Tour Tournament are starting again....
Check out the link below and get some more details on this..

http://www.bloggerpokertour.com/?x=kris@poker.com

As always poker.com continues to excell in customer service and improvement..

Come on by through the link below and I will see you at the tables.

http://KiwiWizfriends.poker.com