Poker/Free daily poker

[Little Dee]

Spending more than one hand on Free Poker is a huge waste of time. The person who sits around all day to finish second gets nothing, and nobody gets RP.

[lambert444]

Spending more than one hand on Free Poker is a huge waste of time. The person who sits around all day to finish second gets nothing, and nobody gets RP.

Agree 100%. I believe the people who sit and play a 30 minute or longer game of free poker, where you can only win $5k and no RP, are simply those folks who cannot lose a game....

[Necro666]

The task of free poker is annoying. I do go all in the 1st hand. So that others waiting, won't have to wait too too long.
Because i have been this game daily for 3 and 1/2 years, i have adapted a few techniques that may help you over come this annoying task.

1) How to get a seat. Head down, chat bar shrunken, tasks list minimized. 2 seconds after the winner puts their arms in joy, hit the A button.
2) Have many friends that also play poker, if you miss your chance. Fast travel to your friends in the classic poker room. Maybe one will be in a less busy room.
3) Log in, at 1 min past the time the new day starts. Fast travel to the poker room asap

I do agree, that when this task is required, usually twice a week. Should be extra tables available for that day.

[CharlesEatsFood]

I just consider it good etiquette to simply go all in when Free Poker is a daily task. I usually just push right away with free poker anyway; it's a quick shot at 5k and it costs nothing. I'll refrain if I know there are other players who really want this free poker game to be fair, but I'll still rush a bit (call everything, overbet my pairs, pre-flop raise on silly hands, full on donkey moves), or if I'm scraping the bottom and I need to win this free game to get enough to play 5k poker.

[Muffster58]

Using a PS4, having the chat window open can screw you over when waiting to get into a game as well. It's too easy to accidentally initiate a chat instead of joining a game, especially in spots like VIP where the tables usually fill up in a flash.

I always completely close it during those waits, watch closely for the final win, then spam the heck out of the "X" button. Doing so completely avoids the problem.

[Necro666]

I noticed this task, hasn't been in the daily task routine for several weeks. I echo a lot of guests and players here in saying "thank you" for not including it. Just like the invite a friend to your hotel room task, it was a poorly thought up task by the staff at DL. Hopefully this will be the end of this task. I love doing the tasks. The play free poker was a huge waste of time for obvious reasons. I found myself trying to log into 4K's exactly at 8pm, just so i could be in the classic poker room when this task was given. This is in my opinion this was the only way to guarantee getting a seat. And not wasting time, hanging around waiting for the table to clear. Only to be to slow to get a seat.

This task could work if, their was more tables. Like, temporary turn the ring poker tables, into free poker tables for 24 hours.

[PowerSlave]

Or use the events room. Ive not checked in in months, theres no point, nothing changes, so havent noticed if FDP has had a chop

[cerabus]

As somebody who loves poker, occasionally I play free poker. Tonight I met two new, really good poker players. They played like their rent was at stake. That is why free poker is important.