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Prase
Rising Star
Silver Level
Naturally, online poker is for an international audience, and this means there'll be players who prefer their native language to that of English.
But isn't there a casino rule where it's only "English spoken at the table"?
... Ok. Maybe in English-speaking countries!
But, bearing in mind issues of collusion in online gambling, would it be pertinent to localise the language by the room.
e.g. Spanish rooms, Russian rooms, English rooms, Cantonese etc
Anecdotally, I was multi-tabling on FullTilt this week one night, and EVERY table was dominated by Russian speakers. Unfortunately, while I do speak a couple of languages, Russian isn't one. I also happen to live in a former Soviet country, where the Russian reputation is, er, not the cleanest. Infer what you will.
Anyway, if non-native English speakers can presume the majority of players are ignorant of their mother tongue, doesn't this invite an opportunity to 'bend' the situation to someone's advantage?
But isn't there a casino rule where it's only "English spoken at the table"?
... Ok. Maybe in English-speaking countries!
But, bearing in mind issues of collusion in online gambling, would it be pertinent to localise the language by the room.
e.g. Spanish rooms, Russian rooms, English rooms, Cantonese etc
Anecdotally, I was multi-tabling on FullTilt this week one night, and EVERY table was dominated by Russian speakers. Unfortunately, while I do speak a couple of languages, Russian isn't one. I also happen to live in a former Soviet country, where the Russian reputation is, er, not the cleanest. Infer what you will.
Anyway, if non-native English speakers can presume the majority of players are ignorant of their mother tongue, doesn't this invite an opportunity to 'bend' the situation to someone's advantage?