Saturday, April 24, 2010

Challenges

Zynga has introduced 'Challenges' to their Facebook Poker game. An excellent addition. Challenges are small trials that give players opportunities to make some chips on the side. A few examples are:
Win 3 Hands in a Row - Payout 8,000.
Knockout (Take all of a players chips from the table) - Payout 7,000.
Weekly Warrior (Score in the top 5% in the Weekly Tournament) - Payout 100,000

But the catch is that 5 of your poker buddies must also accomplish the task for you to win. If they do, then you each win the full prize money.
This setup does a few things. First, players who lose all of their chips can get back on their feet quicker. Second, it adds another dimension to their poker game. Remember that Facebook is all about being social, and their games support it. This leads to the third point. The challenges encourage players to add more 'poker buddies' to assist them in completing their tasks.

Do you play the challenges, or are you strictly poker?
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Why They Ask for My Poker Chips

This is a response to yet another repeat request for my chips. The name has been hidden to protect the guilty.

XXXX, I have not played with you yet so I am not sure what you need to do to get better.
But there are common issues with players who ask me for chips more than twice.

1) They play tournaments that exceed 10% of their chips

2) They play cash tables that exceed 10% of their chips

3) They battle against much more experienced players

4) They take too many uncalculated risks

5) They assume my bank is open to the public
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