Comments on the beta implementation

[SidK26]

Sometimes the Pot size is displayed wrongly, like 13 instead of 16, 31 instead of 32, 60 instead of 64 etc

[Selebra]

Could you please move the action buttons closer to the cards? Having them at the very top of the page is quite inconvenient. Thank you!

[PlumRiver]

+1 on showing the players' hole cards at showdown. I've just joined two games after hearing Holdem was available, but I don't think I'll be joining any more until I see that this crucial piece of information (that one expects to see as routine at places like Poker Stars) is included.

Showing giant cards in the game log to the right makes for a lot of awkward down-scrolling. I'd prefer seeing text like Ac Kd or 8h 7s in the game log window so that the hand could be presented more concisely. I also think with a little work that the previous hand could be presented professionally in the game log window like, for instance, the way that the Two-Plus-Two hand histories are shown in the analysis section of their Poker Forums.

Along this line, I'd like to see a button at the top every time I'm brought to a table where it is now my action that reads.... REPLAY THE LAST HAND.

Agreed on text for cards in the log, and double thumbs up for a way to replay the last hand. In turn-based games it's not uncommon to return to the board and see the next hand already in play. The log is nearly useless as currently displayed.

However, and this is essential: NOBODY should see a player's hole cards at the end of a hand unless (a) the player was called, or (b) they choose to show. Showing hole cards violates the basic concept of the game of poker, which is that you have to pay to see my cards.

Poker Stars, whatever they do, is neither the originator of the game nor the authoritative governing body on the sport. The fact that they do this is all the more reason for BGA to NOT do it.

We're going to play against each other, and it should be IMPOSSIBLE for others to study the way I play given hands with that information. If BGA starts showing my hole cards after every hand, I will NEVER play the game here again, and might well cancel my premium membership.

[PlumRiver]

My two cents: Once you're out of chips you should be able to leave the game and not be forced to track it as a viewer and get notifications that theres a pending game waiting for you to play. Also leaving a game you have lost (no money left to keep playing) you should be able to leave the table with no hit to your account "karma/reputation"

Absolutely, Completely Agreed. This example confirms other poster's view that the primary dev(s) on this game simply don't play it, don't understand it. My guess is that almost anybody posting in the forums for Hold 'Em would be happy to share some insights directly with the devs.

[Mathew5000]

We're going to play against each other, and it should be IMPOSSIBLE for others to study the way I play given hands with that information. If BGA starts showing my hole cards after every hand, I will NEVER play the game here again, and might well cancel my premium membership.

In BGA's implementation of this and any other game, it's always possible to replay any game from any player's perspective. You are able to go back in my history and look at every Hold 'Em game I've played at BGA, and see what my hole cards were on every hand. For example here: https://boardgamearena.com/gamereview?table=731795237 (then click "Choose this player" beside my name). And I could do the same for you. That's just how BGA works, for poker and every other game.