Exclusive Moneymaker interview, new GGPoker security rules, and a breakdown of variance in Ocean KO
We've put together the key events of the past week for you.
🟣Chris Moneymaker gave an exclusive interview to Pokerflow
The 2003 WSOP Main Event champion assessed the odds of a new poker boom, compared Russian poker players with Brazilians, and gave his forecast for the future of online poker.
🟡Sanzh Savchenko won the $5 Ocean KO Opener on GGPoker
The hyped format helped the tournament gather a record field of 420,084 entries. Sanchenko earned $61,817, while the Chinese player "HHHBVVVVBB" who lost to him heads-up took $63,157 thanks to bigger bounties.
🟣We looked into the variance in Ocean KO that the community has been arguing about
A simulation in Fyodor "Lorem" Truntsev's calculator showed that this format is safer than freezeouts, and over a long upswing it can bring a very fat profit.
🟡GGPoker has banned all third-party poker software. Yes, again
Among those hit were Jurojin and Intuitive Tables, which turned out to be directly involved in the high-profile scandal with the Mesh Agent trojan. The room also added a feature that blocks screen recording.
🟣Researchers uncovered a huge bot farm on QQPK
Analyst Wojciech Czerwinka found almost 11,500 suspicious accounts. The Asian room has so far blocked only 893 accounts and allocated $300,000 to compensate affected players.
🟡CoinPoker raised the rake in cash
Now Coin charges rake even preflop, and at stakes from NL/PL500 up the room's commission has increased by 50%–233%. It has already been calculated that because of such decisions the games will stop being beatable for many. Regulars are outraged and are calling for bumhunting or even a boycott.
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🟣Chris Moneymaker gave an exclusive interview to Pokerflow
The 2003 WSOP Main Event champion assessed the odds of a new poker boom, compared Russian poker players with Brazilians, and gave his forecast for the future of online poker.
🟡Sanzh Savchenko won the $5 Ocean KO Opener on GGPoker
The hyped format helped the tournament gather a record field of 420,084 entries. Sanchenko earned $61,817, while the Chinese player "HHHBVVVVBB" who lost to him heads-up took $63,157 thanks to bigger bounties.
🟣We looked into the variance in Ocean KO that the community has been arguing about
A simulation in Fyodor "Lorem" Truntsev's calculator showed that this format is safer than freezeouts, and over a long upswing it can bring a very fat profit.
🟡GGPoker has banned all third-party poker software. Yes, again
Among those hit were Jurojin and Intuitive Tables, which turned out to be directly involved in the high-profile scandal with the Mesh Agent trojan. The room also added a feature that blocks screen recording.
🟣Researchers uncovered a huge bot farm on QQPK
Analyst Wojciech Czerwinka found almost 11,500 suspicious accounts. The Asian room has so far blocked only 893 accounts and allocated $300,000 to compensate affected players.
🟡CoinPoker raised the rake in cash
Now Coin charges rake even preflop, and at stakes from NL/PL500 up the room's commission has increased by 50%–233%. It has already been calculated that because of such decisions the games will stop being beatable for many. Regulars are outraged and are calling for bumhunting or even a boycott.
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