Slumpy888

I've had way worse happen like 10 times in the day bud but who knows

Please Revert Poker Exactly to the way it was before on the rings games. The update has ruined Poker on stake and sent it from a solid 9/10 to a 3/10.
Lets list the issues:
-Max tables is now only 6
-Waiting list is gone and you can't pick tables so you end up on a table alone and maybe get a 1v1 and then they leave cause most people don't want to 1v1.
-Random bug where it exits you from table if in a tournament 
-Tournament lobby info tab thing at the top right doesn't tell you what the buy in for the tournament is so you forget which tournament is which
-The tournaments supposedly are filled with bots / afk
-max player count on tables is only 8 and 5 now ? Used to be 9 and 6
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I cannot play on here till they fix all of these issues, having only 6 tables is unbearable due to how slow poker can be and not being able to pick tables is pointless.
Even the rabbit feature where you can see the cards when everyone folds is pointless because it just makes you upset lol, Just revert it all.
This Update made me Quit and I will 100% come back if its rectified 

Please acknowledge the ring game complaints also, this is really upsetting to see. I respect the mods attempts to reach out

They literally Ruined Poker, like why? I don't understand.  The Ring games were almost perfect, why mess with it? I could understand adding new tournaments and what not but why ruin it ?

Not at the moment. Stake currently only offers 5 player and 8 player tables, which are highly nonstandard formats. The absence of 6 max tables, which are the most commonly played online, is a major competitive disadvantage. If you choose to play on 5 player tables, they rarely fill up. Most of the time, you’ll be lucky to get three other players. In their current state, 5-player tables are essentially unplayable. Additionally, the new table selection system is poorly designed. There is no option to manually choose tables, and you're often seated at nearly empty ones, which makes the overall experience frustrating and inefficient.

Ring games were basically almost perfect then the updated severely hindered it. Tournaments got a upgrade though which is nice but at the cost of ring games isn't worth it to me. 

As Someone who has played stake poker for the last 8-12 months The new update is the worst poker change I have seen any website make. What made stake poker great was you could play more than 6 tables at different stakes which is now taken away slowing the action and causing regulars to leave. When you are playing 6 tables, you can no longer replay a played hand because you already have 6 tables open and the platform wont let you. Grouping the tables has now made it insanely hard to find a table with more than 2 players on it causing you to continuously buy in and leave tables until the program puts you on a full table which can take 20-30 minutes every time a table breaks.  I understand you want to protect fish and stop bum hunting, but this format is making the website so clunky you are doing the opposite and causing the player pool to leave the website.. Instead just make player names and stack sizes hidden before joining the table.. THIRD, when you join the table you start with 40BB and have to manually top up, I have no words for this its just sloppy and looks like a brokie poker website that just started out.  the bad beat jackpot is whatever, a rake back leader board would have been a better way to reward the playerbase.  
To end, what made stake worth playing despite the outrageous 7% rake to fund those F1 wheels was the player selection, the ability to play as many tables as you wanted, the good UI, the rake back. With the new changes, all of the regulars have left for Coin poker or Clubspoker which is sad to see. I literally see same usernames on Clubspoker now that use to play on stake. Please revert the changes to save the website  till then I will be playing on other platforms like many before me as I watch the pool dry up from a far. 
Id like to add to while im at it. CHANGE THE CHEATER DETECTION. or fire the entire poker team. Hire me for christ sake ill do it on the side while in medical school to stop this shit. I am prohibited to play with random players I played months ago on a random night for legitimately no reason. When you are prohibited to play with these players you aren't given any evidence or able to contact the poker team. I have come to the conclusion that the poker team or whoever is reviewing the auto collusion detector has never played online poker or even understands the game. If a fish punts you two buy ins heads up. THIS IS NOT COLLUSION. at least not probably. check IP adresses and player history, do not just ban both players and prohibit them when they rejoin. what a weird amateur system. they players should be allowed to refute and provide evidence to claims made against them. If two regs are prohibited to play against eachother, they are essentally barred from playing 50% of games on a ruling made by randoms who clearly dont know what they are doing (as seen in the recent update) 
everything aside, Stake was actually a diamond in the rough of a poker site while it lasted. So sad to see what it has become 

Stake Poker is in a strong position to grow, especially in states like Florida where its sweepstakes model gives it a legal and competitive edge. With fewer poker options available, Stake has a real chance to dominate the market.
But recent changes are holding it back. The removal of standard 6 max and 9 max tables is a major issue. These are the most popular formats in online poker, and replacing them with 5 and 8 player tables has led to slow, half-empty games. Right now, 5 player tables are practically unplayable, and 8 player ones often sit half full.
On top of that, the new table selection system has frustrated players. You can’t choose your table or join a waiting list anymore, you just get dropped into random, short-handed games. Many users are spending more time switching tables than actually playing. That said, it's worth noting that Stake has done an excellent job improving its tournament offerings. The structure, variety, and value have all taken a big step forward.  If the platform takes the same player-first approach with its cash games it could truly stand out in the market.
Stake has the opportunity to lead in a market with little competition. But to do that, it needs to bring back 6 max and 9 max tables and restore manual table selection. The demand is there. Now it’s just a matter of listening to the players.

I've had way worse happen like 10 times in the day bud but who knows

my hand is tired of closing and opening tables all the time to get to tables where more than 5 players are playing 🤣
still constantly on all tables, someone reserves a place but does not deposit money or play, and after 1 minute he is seated and he sits down again and just takes a seat for 1 minute and so constantly on all tables, who it is not clear, you can not see the nickname 
Please return the 9-max seats tables, waiting lists, and table view as before.
because as I understand it, the seats that are now permanently Reserved by someone are just someone who comes in to look at the table, but they don't have the money to sit down at it, they just take up seats and don't play

Where did the waitlists go?
The worst update in poker history

Why can't I run more than 6 tables? Return it to how it was
 
bring back the ability to play more tables!!!!!

please return everything to the way it was before - the game for 9 tables, waiting lists, table format, please make the standard 9max and 6max
but the most inconvenient thing with the new changes is, of course, seating at the tables.
earlier, I calmly sat down in the empty seats, you were added to the waiting list and you are playing, now there are a lot of tables that are half full, some tables stop altogether and I also have to change seats, I spend more time changing tables than playing
For example, before the update, I played 9max tables and each of these tables was almost always full. 
Right now, out of 6 possible tables, I only had 2 full 8max, the other 4 tables were played by 3-4-5 players from 8 seats, and they didn't fill up for a very long time.
and in order for me to get to a full table or where more than 6+ players are playing, I had to close the table and open a new one and hope that they would put me on a full table, and not at a table in HU or 3-4 players are playing.

Please Revert Poker Exactly to the way it was before on the rings games. The update has ruined Poker on stake and sent it from a solid 9/10 to a 3/10.
Lets list the issues:
-Max tables is now only 6
-Waiting list is gone and you can't pick tables so you end up on a table alone and maybe get a 1v1 and then they leave cause most people don't want to 1v1.
-Random bug where it exits you from table if in a tournament 
-Tournament lobby info tab thing at the top right doesn't tell you what the buy in for the tournament is so you forget which tournament is which
-The tournaments supposedly are filled with bots / afk
-max player count on tables is only 8 and 5 now ? Used to be 9 and 6
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I cannot play on here till they fix all of these issues, having only 6 tables is unbearable due to how slow poker can be and not being able to pick tables is pointless.
Even the rabbit feature where you can see the cards when everyone folds is pointless because it just makes you upset lol, Just revert it all.
This Update made me Quit and I will 100% come back if its rectified 

Please Revert Poker Exactly to the way it was before on the rings games. The update has ruined Poker on stake and sent it from a solid 9/10 to a 3/10.
Lets list the issues:
-Max tables is now only 6
-Waiting list is gone and you can't pick tables so you end up on a table alone and maybe get a 1v1 and then they leave cause most people don't want to 1v1.
-Random bug where it exits you from table if in a tournament 
-Tournament lobby info tab thing at the top right doesn't tell you what the buy in for the tournament is so you forget which tournament is which
-The tournaments supposedly are filled with bots / afk
-max player count on tables is only 8 and 5 now ? Used to be 9 and 6
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I cannot play on here till they fix all of these issues, having only 6 tables is unbearable due to how slow poker can be and not being able to pick tables is pointless.
Even the rabbit feature where you can see the cards when everyone folds is pointless because it just makes you upset lol, Just revert it all.
This Update made me Quit and I will 100% come back if its rectified 

Please for the love of god at least 8 tables and let players pick the table so you don't get stuck 1v1 for 2 hours.