When DoylesRoom left the Cake Network by the end of January 2011 and joined the small Yatahay Network, most players were quite disappointed with the "new" software because it looked very old fashioned and the overall traffic dropped. Ever since they have been working on releasing a more stable and smooth software and the long awaited update has finally taken place. If you now download the new software, you will get to see the following lobby - if you cannot see the details, simply click on the screenshot and you can see it in original size:
As you can see, it looks by far more professional now and you pretty much find everything you need on first sight. The new rewards program will also be added in the very near future as well and despite some minor bugs, the software is by far faster and the gameplay is quicker than the previous version. The table layout is more clean and two new features have been implemented for cashgame.
The "Chop" feature will just be available if both players next to each other have activated it and there are at least 6 players at the table. Even though it might not happen that often because someone usually tries to attack the blinds, it still is an interesting feature that I personally haven't seen on another online poker site.
The "Straddle" feature will probably be more commonly known, be it from playing live at the casino or the action in the highstakes cashgame that you can see regularly on TV nowadays. What is a straddle? Basically it is a minraise under the gun and it is announced before you have even seen your cards. This might seem like gambling, but is part of what makes the game more interesting and creates more action in general.
Especially at the highstakes cashgame tables behind closed doors, the straddle is a common part of the game and some even use the double straddle. The pot is already bigger preflop and gives even more incentive to steal the blinds. So far I have not seen it anywhere else, I already tried it just for fun and like it.
Hopefully, the minor bugs will be fixed with the next patch as well, but so far it looks quite promising and DoylesRoom also continues their monthly Cashrace as well as the Bad Beat Jackpot on the Hold'em tables. They also still accept players from the United States and if you don't have an account there yet, you can get 27% Rakeback here.
2 comments:
The new skin reminds me a little bit to Entraction network..
By the way I can't connect to Real Money 3 server.. so, it doesn't update and I can't uninstall it. Nice combo..
Hey Laszlo, the automated update doesn't work as far as I know - you have to go to the Doyles homepage and redownload the software and install it in a different folder, that should work.
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