Key Takeaways
- 30% felt that PokerStars should take the extreme move of randomizing seat selection in order to nullify one of the big benefits of seating scripts.
- Only 4% voted that there is nothing wrong with seating scripts.
In an informal poll conducted on the Two Plus Two Poker forums, respondents voted overwhelming for a ban on auto-seating scripts.
Of the 139 who have so far responded to the public poll, 97—70%—voted that PokerStars “must ban seating scripts and police them.”
Auto-seating scripts—with the quirky “ASS” acronym—are third-party tools that scan online poker lobbies and automatically seat a player at a table that meets certain criteria—often when a weak player is spotted.
