One of the most popular additions to the online poker site Full Tilt Poker, was their creation of Rush Poker. Rush Poker was essentially a fast paced Texas Hold’em or Omaha game, where as soon as you folded your hand; you would be dealt a new hand at a new table. The idea behind this was that players could pick the spots that they wanted to play, and also be able to play many more hands per hour than they could at a normal table. This game took off in the poker world, but since Full Tilt had its license suspended recently, players have had nowhere to play this at.
It seems that PokerStars could be stepping up though, and potentially creating their own form of Rush Poker. A PokerStars rep posted on the Two Plus Two forums yesterday, stating that “PokerStars is developing a fast moving ring games product. We expect it to be available for public beta testing in a few months.” There has been no additional info about this topic yet, but one could assume that this new fast paced game on PokerStars could be similar to the game that was one of the many reasons why their rival, Full Tilt, was so popular.
While this game was very popular, some players felt that Rush Poker took traffic away from the standard tables as well. Rush Poker was incredibly popular with the recreational players, which was a downfall for poker pros and players who look to make a living from playing online poker at the standard ring games. Rush Poker also gave players the chance to earn more loyalty points, due to the fact that they were playing more hands and generating more rake overall.
It will be interesting to see how this pans out for PokerStars, but this definitely seems to be considered a “smart” move for the online poker juggernaut. PokerStars currently has the most traffic out of any online poker site, and also offers some of the largest guaranteed tournaments and most ring games as well. The addition of this popular type of poker may be one of the only things that PokerStars is missing from their arsenal currently.