- Partypoker has decided that Casual Cash Games have been a success and are now extending the concept to all No Limit Hold’em stake levels at full ring, 6-max and heads up tables at stake levels up to $0.50/$1.
- The games were introduced in May this year as a means of protecting recreational players from multi-tabling grinders.
- With the introduction of $10/$20 Casual Cash Game tables, high stakes have returned to partypoker—albeit only one table at a time.
Partypoker has decided that Casual Cash Games have been a success and are now extending the concept to all No Limit Hold’em stake levels at full ring, 6-max and heads up tables at stake levels up to $0.50/$1.
The games were introduced in May this year as a means of protecting recreational players from multitabling grinders. Players playing a Casual Cash Game are limited to playing on a single cash game table; players already seated at a normal cash game table are not allowed to sit at a Casual Cash Game table.
The special tables are indicated in the lobby with a smiley face icon.
“The Players’ response to the trial exceeded all expectations and the primary goal of the Casual Cash Games format—to tailor an experience for people looking for a more relaxed and entertaining poker game experience—has been met,” the press release stated.
In addition to the rollout at low stakes, Casual Cash Games have also been launched at higher stakes with the addition of NL2k ($10/$20) option.
In July 2012, partypoker ditched its high stakes cash game tables, leaving the maximum No Limit Hold’em stakes cash games at $5/$10. $10/$20 is now back, but exclusively as a Casual Cash Game table—high stakes players wanting to play high stakes will have to limit themselves to one table.
The new high stakes tables will “meet the needs of a hitherto under-served group of recreational high-stakes players,” it was explained.
When the new tables were introduced, partypoker explained its rationale.
“We think this and other coming changes can create a slightly different cash game experience,” explained a partypoker representative at the time.
“Our first task is to change the conditions of the game and the site so that this differentiation is made possible. Our second task is to find out if anyone is looking for that slightly altered game experience. Our last task it to figure out if we can make money off of it.”
Partypoker plans to expand the format to its nationally regulated poker rooms later this year.
