LeMunche 0 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 How come no poker sites have attempted to recreate the home game online? I'm talking about a card room that offers dealer's choice from a variety of common card games played at family parties, for example, but not at B&M casinos. Two quick examples would be "Follow the Queen" and "Chicago."In my mind it seems like a great idea and something that should have been tried. A site that offered such games would of course be targeting a niche market, but one that is untapped in such a competitive industry.In fact, I believe that the demand for such games would be much larger than most would speculate. A decent percentage of people must be playing online simply because they want to play cards, a desire deriving from past home game experience. Limited to shark invested games they are not used to, with less social benefits than dealer's choice home games, these people are forced to adapt to the limited choices offered by an unlimited number of poker sites. A dealer's choice site, or a dealer's choice section, with a variety of games would add that social aspect many players are missing. Also, many of these games involve much more chance and bigger pots than the current game offerings giving people who lack skill or confidence in the current game offerings more incentive to play.For the poker site the benefits are not limited to simply being the first to attract this currently unsatisfied demographic (although this is a huge benefit in such a competitive market). People will probably play longer since the games are more social and fewer players will feel dominated due to the luck factor of such games. At the same time the poker room will be benefiting from the rake taken from the large multi-way pots these games create.I'm guessing that this idea has been thought of before by anyone operating an online poker room, but rejected for one reason or another. Not being part of the industry myself, I don't know the reasoning behind the rejection, but I just can't believe not even the big companies are willing to do it since the market is so competitive when it comes to gaining new players.Sorry for the long message. I just couldn't pass up bringing up the idea for discussion among so many poker enthusiasts. Link to post Share on other sites
Abbaddabba 0 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Pineapple is one example of a homegame that's spread online.I cant think of any good reason why the others wouldnt be, except that they're too obscure for it to be worth their while changing the software. Link to post Share on other sites
eYank 0 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Pineapple is one example of a homegame that's spread online.I cant think of any good reason why the others wouldnt be, except that they're too obscure for it to be worth their while changing the software.how hard could it be though?a game like razz seems more complex idk though im not a programmer Link to post Share on other sites
joeythep 0 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Pineapple is one example of a homegame that's spread online.I cant think of any good reason why the others wouldnt be, except that they're too obscure for it to be worth their while changing the software.Pineapple is also spread in a lot of casinos though...Chicago...Screw Your Neighbor...not so much. Link to post Share on other sites
showstopper24 0 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 this actually sounds like a good idea Link to post Share on other sites
chgocubs99 0 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Why does Radio Shack ask for your phone number when you buy batteries?I don't know.... Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Strangeglove 0 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 I would love to see this and obscure games like whiskey. However, I wouldn't play Chigaco cuz cullosion would be way to easy. Link to post Share on other sites
GeneralGeeWhiz 0 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 I would love to see this and obscure games like whiskey. However, I wouldn't play Chigaco cuz cullosion would be way to easy.Nice SN. Love that movie. Link to post Share on other sites
EurekaKid 0 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Traffic issues I'd say, the amount of traffic they'd generate wouldn't be worth the cost of development. You look at Badugi on Tribeca of Dealer's Choice on Games Grid. To the sites like Full Tilt and Poker Stars they have no reason to be so innovative. Link to post Share on other sites
LeMunche 0 Posted October 21, 2006 Author Share Posted October 21, 2006 I can understand why start up sites or those without a good amount of traffic would be unwilling to try something so new. Link to post Share on other sites
Abbaddabba 0 Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 If anything, i'd think those kind of sites are the ones with the most incentive to offer them.Spreading chicago could draw a group of people that otherwise would never consider to play there and (proportionately) double or triple the traffic they'd find. On a big site, the increase in traffic is negligable relative to their userbase. Link to post Share on other sites
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