Remember when Poker Star announced that after the increase in pumping caused player dissatisfaction, DanNiu, who was the ambassador of Poker Star at the time, stood up for his own platform public relations and said the classic sentence "The more water pumped, the better for players"?
At that time, Dan Niu was directly ridiculed by most of the poker circles because of this sentence. One of the most fierce people is Doug Polk. Not only did he frantically spit on Danniu in Joe Ingram's live broadcast, but he also used a lot of words that needed to be silenced, and the two broke out into a Twitter scolding war.
However, it turns out that no one can escape the "law of true incense". Today, years later, Doug Polk is running a poker room that is probably the most pumped in the nation. YouTube poker video blogger Ryan Depaulo couldn't help but tweet sarcasm after seeing this ironic scene.
Polk, a @Doug who had pumped a BB, became one of the shareholders of a poker room that competed for $500+$100 a month. Ha ha.
To explain, Ryan Depaulo tweeted that the poker room has a monthly $500 tournament, and $100 is a service fee (since pumping is illegal in Texas, the local poker room will be "flexible" through membership fees, service fees, venue fees, drinks, etc.).
Doug Polk was quick to respond, admitting that the pumping was a bit high, but he noted that the tournament had been played with the same pumping before he bought the poker room, and that they had the cheapest cash game in the country (which was a bit of a brag).
Doug Polk also said that these smaller buy-in events tend to be larger and require more licensors and on-site staff to maintain operations, which is also a considerable expense. In any case, his view is that increasing the pumping is not good for the player, and low pumping is even more so.
He also added that this tournament is one of the best $600 MTT, is held in the poker room every month, and has been guaranteed a guarantee of $500K per month for 3 consecutive months, which is very popular with players. The last time it was held, the 60-table room was instantly full, and there wasn't even more room for other interested people to play.
However, everyone did not buy Doug Polk's explanation, and the messages were all kinds of yin and yang weirdness.
How much do you pay the dealer? I'm looking for a job
Lesson: Starting with high pumping (20%) is fine, but increasing pumping (11%->15%) is not.
Running a business is never easy, and when Doug Polk's identity changes from player to boss, he can finally empathize with DanNiu.
But Doug Polk is thick-skinned and a smart guy, and we're pretty sure he doesn't care about the ridicule. And from a poker room perspective, when casual players clearly like the games it has to offer, why should it care if professional players complain about pumping too much?