How are Merge sites handling the upgrade?

Has Merge changed the format of the Hand Histories with the new update? Anyone having a problem with new imports into their trackers? or should the trackers be updated as well?

Trackers must be updated. HM1/2 released updates, not sure about PT3/4.

Thanx D'...

Both updated.

Black Chip crashed on me when it consolidated tables.

Next time they should do real testing with real poker players. Not have a few upper management types play a few hands and say "it's a wrap".

Finally with the update (at least BCP) they made instant hand history available with one click, no more searching for the table then through the hands

Ya Think...? Nice one...

This is starting to get annoying. Before the upgrade, you could check auto post blinds and wait for bb and it worked. Now with those settings, it posts my bb out of turn.

I can't quite figure it out -- which tournament(s) are you guys talking about? Just want to see if this is something that will affect me or not. Haven't played much since the 6.0 update.

At this point it is all tourneys.

In reference to this? "Are you saying it's now treated like freeroll winnings that you have to clear?"

All tourneys? Kind of confused. I cashed in a couple tourneys the weekend before last (after the update) and this was not the case. Maybe we are talking about two different things. But this certainly isn't happening for all tournaments. And it wouldn't -- players would mount a huge backlash if Merge started turning cash winnings from all buy-ins into play-through bonuses. Maybe some value-added, private, or freeroll tourneys, but never all tourneys.

The only tourneys I have gotten restricted winnings from are the Hero freerolls, but that was the case for quite a while before 6.0.

All the tourneys were affected with the problems detailed ITT.

However, this morning, a large client side upgrade listed many of these issues as fixed. We will see.

Horse freeroll at 10 EST is my test.

It should be noted that a whole lot of world wide players must be feeling the same. For months this HORSE freeroll started with 2700+ players, and since the 6.0 upgrade, that number is about half what it was.

Yes, you are confused.

You have to remember that days before 6.0 rolled out, Lock moved from Merge to Revolution (nee Cake Network) and took a large Merge player base with them. Well, not as large as they like to claim, but still pretty significant. They claimed they had 40% of Merge's players, although realistically a lot of players chose to remain with Merge or to play on both networks. Combined with the rollout issues 6.0 had that pushed many away from Merge for awhile, contraction in Merge fields should be expected.

News Carbon Poker:

Your poker software has been updated. The following changes have been applied:

- Auto Post Blinds has returned to the table in response to overwhelming player feedback
- Dealer button locations have been changed to always sit to the left the player
- Increased font size in player boxes across all window sizes (most noticable at smaller window sizes)
- The "Total Pot" text has been moved above the community cards and font size increased slightly
- Hole cards are now displayed side-by-side, where possible, rather than overlapping
- Fixed issue with blinds being posted out of position in some circumstances
- Allowed stakes selector to select a single stake in the advanced filter panel
- Fixed issues with "Invert Mouse Wheel" option and small blind betting increment not working in some circumstances
- Fixed issue with "Don't Ask Me Again" checkbox not working for tournament completion popups
- Improved "Poker Settings" screen to better differentiate table defaults from global table settings
- Refresh button added to "My Tournaments" and "My Ring Games" screens
- "Hide Completed Tournaments" on "My Tournaments" screen now also hides tournaments you've been eliminated from
- Fixed issue with antes being obscured in tournament lobbies
- Fixed issue with "Player Wins" sound setting not being applied across sessions
- Fixed issue with hand history not saving on Mac OSX after clicking "Delete All" on "Hand History Settings" screen
- Fixed issue with timezones not applying to the display of "Today", "Tomorrow" and "Yesterday" in tournament list
- Fixed issue with draw counters not moving for draw games when using preferred seating
- Preferred Seating now supported on 5-seated Badugi tables
- Fixed issue with players not being allowed to rejoin a limit table with previous balance
- Fixed issue with "Forgot Password" link not working for some brands
- Added an "All" option to the basic filter when selecting "Stud" or "Draw And Other" in the previous column
- Chip stacks are now only rounded for totals in excess of $100K. Precise totals displayed on mouseover
- Fixed issue with stakes filters not working correctly for SNGs in basic filter view
- Fixed issue with auto-timebank being disabled after sitting out and sitting back in again
- Fixed issue with custom games not showing in hand history viewer when name includes certain characters
- Fixed issue with lobby VIP balance displaying points earned rather than balance
- Fixed issue with betting not allowed in Stud games in some circumstances
- Adjusted player box positions on 7 seat custom tables

Update did nothing to fix the lobby lag.

I played in this event as well. Tho they have fixed some of the problems with the software I still don't see any improvements over the old software and still far less functional, user friendly. One thing I noticed today is that the new way they are displaying the cards in non holdem games is really ugly and distracting (in stud games) it goes from very wide display of the 1st 3 cards in stud and then compresses/overlaps cards as more come .... very strange looking if you have seen it.

At least they did this (finally..) How this wasn't initially set up this way is beyond me. Really makes you wonder if the tech people actually play poker or used the software prior to releasing it.

No, obviously.

Uh, thanks for clarifying. No one ever mentioned deposit bonuses. I was responding to this -- "games like ($500 added $2.20 buyin) are handled like a FR"

OK, now I figured out what confuses you. On the day of the big upgrade, many tourneys started, and then the site crashed big time. THe discussion at that point was about how Merge would handle the crashed tourney re-reimbursements.

Best to totally ignore it lest your (and my) head burst.

is there any one else feeling annoyed by the Preferred Seating thingy?
i liked the old alot more the new is awful.

today when i played i didnt experience any lag but seeing now its not fixed yet
maybe i was just lucky :P

OK gang, this one is really bizarre lol. Before I post the passwords, I always check to make sure they work and the tourneys are in place and all. After that I deregister, log out and go on my merry way. Lately I've been tracking the registrations for the BCL buy-in on Sundays. Just did that now and BCP won't load--I checked my Windows Task Manager and the software is not shown as running. Good thing I wasn't planning on playing today. Guess I'll reboot my computer...

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I also don't like the new seating. That AND how long it takes to update a tournament lobby. Other than those few things it's running pretty good.

Do you have any other Merge client open, like Carbon? You'll get that error if *any* Merge client is open when you try to run another. And if one crashed or didn't close completely, it may still have remnants running. The Merge process is "client.exe" but it could potentially have DLLs or other dependencies loaded and hung.

No, I didn't have any Merge sites open. Must have been those pesky other dependencies. The restart cleared up the problem. For future reference, is there an alternative way to clearing out whatever is hung like that? Thanks d'mo--I always learn something from your responses.

Sometimes the icon of Carbon Poker is the lower right corner of the PC, even after the software is closed, i click the right mouse button on "exit" and the software shuts down completely ...

From today's experience, the lobby lag issues is much better.

Horse freeroll, approximately 1500 players, and as long as I closed down the lobby each time I looked, and not just shrank it, it seemed to be almost timely enough. Not perfect, like say Stars, but decent enough so that I might consider returning to tourney play on Merge.