PokerStars recently launched a new section on pokerstars.net, their play money site, (I am sure it will be available on the real money site soon as well. UPDATE: It is now avaliable on pokerstars.com as well) which allows players create their home games to play with friends. It is a great move by PokerStars and I [...]
Read morePokerStars (as well as many other poker operators) announce information about upcoming tournaments in the table window. The information is shown for a couple of seconds. You see the information in the middle of the window. How would you go about to get more information and register? I would click in the information box. But [...]
Read morePokerStars made a design change to the alert shown when you click on “Fold” (as you can see in the image above) a while ago. I did a “Redesign in 20 minutes” about PokerStars “Check” and “Fold” buttons back in November last year. The new design didn’t address any of the issues I wrote about in [...]
Read moreI enjoy playing Sit & Go Tournaments and I do it on a few different poker sites, Full Tilt and PokerStars are among the ones I visit the most. One thing that annoys me big time is when the tournament gets full just when I try to register for it. In this redesign I’ll make [...]
Read moreWho will be the first poker operator with an iPad poker client? I’ve used my iPad for a few weeks now. I’ve noticed a few specific areas where it is used more than others. The main things I use my iPad for are: Playing games: the iPad is the perfect companion when you want to [...]
Read moreMarkus Lind at Inside iGaming wrote an interesting blog post, Fight for fifth, in which he discusses the poker networks and who will take the fifth place after PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, PartyPoker and the iPoker network. It is true that PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker have an advantage accepting american players, but I believe they [...]
Read moreIs instant poker as good as the download versions? Not at the moment! If you compare Full Tilt Poker or PokerStars mac client with an instant version from any of the competitors then you’ll see that Full Tilt and PokerStars is way ahead. It is faster to load, faster to start tables and have more [...]
Read moreIt is important to help your players complete their goals. In the image above you see how 4 different poker sites, Partypoker, PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Unibet (Microgaming), and their implementation of the Buy-in dialogue. When a poker player sits down he needs to bring money to the table. How much he can bring [...]
Read moreLast night when I played poker on PokerStars I incidentaly hit the “Fold” button when I was going going to “Check”. When I did I got an alert window saying “Checking is free. Are you sure you want to fold?” and then there was two buttons “Check” and “Fold”. I think there are two things [...]
Read moreI wrote a blog post giving PokerStars a design advice back in September (read the post here). And today when I played at PokerStars I noticed that they had implemented the solution I wrote about. PokerStars chat window back in September PokerStars chat window today My design advice back in September was “A much better solution [...]
Read moreImage 1. iPhone multiplayer poker app I’m starting a new personal project designing a iPhone poker app. There are a few reasons for this: I love my iPhone I love playing poker The big poker sites/networks don’t have any iPhone apps at the moment An iPhone app for the big poker sites/networks could be a [...]
Read moreImage 1. When will we see iPhone poker apps? When will we see iPhone Apps from the big poker sites? I know that you can’t play for money on iPhone Apps, but all major poker sites also have a “for fun” site (usually the same url as the normal site but “.net” insted). So why [...]
Read moreImage 1. Folded cards shown on mouse over. Being able to see what cards you’ve folded is a great feature in many poker clients today and it is interesting to see how the function has been implemented differently. In the image above you see how PokerStars (left) and Full Tilt Poker‘s (right) versions. PokerStars implementation [...]
Read moreImage 1. PokerStars tournament lobby. I’ve enjoyed playing a tournament at PokerStars tonight. But since I pay a lot of attention to details when it comes to the user experience when I play I noticed something I think PokerStars can do better. There is a little banner area in the top right of the tournament [...]
Read moreImage 1. PokerStars poker table and chat. PokerStars can make it easier for players to join tournaments advertised at the poker tables! When I play at PokerStars I see information regarding tournaments soon to start in the chat window but also as a “banner” on the table (see image above). It is a real hazzle having [...]
Read moreIn my first Redesign in 20 minutes I redesigned OnGame’s poker lobby and today I’m doing a quick redesign of PokerStars poker lobby. PokerStars have a number of different themes you as a player can choose from. I’ve looked at the default theme, PokerStars Black Theme. I’m using the same business goals and player goals [...]
Read moreIn this week’s 20 minute redesign I’ll look at PokerStars poker lobby. So make sure you check back on sunday for redesign suggestions. /Staffan
Read moreWhen I signed up for PokerStars.com I noticed something funny. It happened when I got to step two in the registration process. In this step I was supposed to enter my personal information but I got very confused when I thought I had to fill out my date of birth, street address and zip code [...]
Read moreToday many of the largest poker networks give mac users the possibility to play poker in their network. According to Pokerscout.com the largest poker networks are; PokerStars Full Tilt Poker iPoker Network PartyPoker Cereus Network Everest Poker Microgaming Ongame Network IPN CakePoker Network In all but 3 ( iPoker, Everest Poker and CakePoker Networks) a [...]
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