I have to agree with the post. As a poker regular I created a forum account just to raise concerns with poker. This update is a clear and definitive downgrade from what was already in place. It introduced major bugs as well.
The table seating is hugely unintuitive and buggy. The tables seem lower population the last day because it seems like when you enter a game you are at an empty table and seems like there is no one actually playing.
Old features have become buggy. Bet sizing and buy in settings are no longer working.
The new run it twice slows down the game and is unintuitive. The new rabbit hunting slows down the game. Juggling tables slows down the game. Straddle on games over 6 slow the game down.
Nobody likes 5 and 8 max. 8 max is less action and 5 max is non standard and requires a large adjustment to an experienced players actions and is less action.
This update is a UI nightmare. There's less players and will be fewer soon. There's less action per minute and that's bad for both players and Stake in the form of less rake. And there's less fun for the casual stake player base.
It's obvious whoever okayed this has no experience actually playing poker and just implemented poorly thought of copycat features, and tried to make the game "different" from other platforms. Poker is not something you want to do the most "different" to attract players. It's something you want to do the most polished top attract them. And your poker room was scratched with this update instead of polished.
Revert the features and table seating, and keep the bad beat for marketing to bring in more players.