Weekly Poker Showdown with Jaime Staples

27 - Tom Waters


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Tom Waters, the managing director of partypoker, has seen lots of changes and improvements inside partypoker over the past year. Tom and Jaime discuss software updates, how partypoker keeps the game honest, and how they've massively up-leveled the mobile site. Listen in to hear what he thinks about some competitor product releases – and learn why Tom is optimistic about the future of live tournament poker online.

Time Stamped Show Notes:

  • 00:00 – 06:30 – Online poker news, the Poker Masters main event results, title winners, upcoming tournaments, Spins Ultra information, and a unique everyday player success story.
  • 06:30 – 14:00 – Millions Online, the software updates at partypoker over the past year, the partypoker game integrity team, and the newest information on real names and aliases.
  • 14:00 – 21:30 - On Project Phoenix, Mobile Client, figuring out a mobile-friendly poker game, the fixes they've made, and how mobile games have been made more fun.
  • 21:30 – 27:00 - Information on Spins Ultra, why they created it, how partypoker caters to regular and new players, and why he doesn't agree with some of the product releases on other sites.
  • 27:00 – 35:30 - On his own poker playing, people loving live tournaments online, what he sees for the future of live poker, and what he thinks about the manager of Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.
  • 35:30 – 37:00 - The weekly JS Poker Hero challenge and an update from last week's challenge.

3 Key Points

  • Partypoker has become much more mobile-friendly!
  • People are loving live poker tournaments online.
  • Partypoker makes an effort to support regular and new players - and they stick to poker.

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Weekly Poker Showdown with Jaime StaplesBy Jaime Staples