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i must be :confused: i just found out couldn't run lock poker and carbon poker at the same time ?? same client?​

must be, because when i tried to sign up at carbon freeroll it said someone with my same e-mail was already registered, and denied my registration. but it was at lock poker that i registered. i just closed lock client and opened carbon to see what was up.​

and could anyone tell me or point out what your referring to when you say mege network, what they are? and some explanation?​

just fell off the pumpkin truck in wyoming,,,lol :eek: :D
 
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i must be :confused: i just found out couldn't run lock poker and carbon poker at the same time ?? same client?​
must be, because when i tried to sign up at carbon freeroll it said someone with my same e-mail was already registered, and denied my registration. but it was at lock poker that i registered. i just closed lock client and opened carbon to see what was up.​
and could anyone tell me or point out what your referring to when you say mege network, what they are? and some explanation?​
just fell off the pumpkin truck in wyoming,,,lol :eek: :D
both are on same network(merge)
pdc-aced and about 15 more skins on merge network :)
can have only 1 open at the same time on the same computer !!!!!
 
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Merge, Cake and some other smaller 'networks' provide a service. That service is providing a pooled game and includes the software running that game.

Lets use Merge as the example. Merge provides the computers and software, and network accessibility, and its 'Skins' (Carbon, Hero, Players Only, SPortsbook, Lock etc etc) provide the player control. By control think documentation and authentication, and account control. These skins then open the door to the Merge games.

A pooled game is where players in one skin will sit down and play against players from any of the skins. Same table, different Skins in each seat.


Easier way to think about is is a large round poker room with a lot of different doors. Each door is a different 'Skin' and has some of its own unique entry requirements, and exit requirements (withdrawals).

Once in this round poker room, you sit at the same table with someone who entered via a different door.

Since the software (Merge controlled in this case) is showing the player names, it can not allow you to play against yourself. And for accounting reason your player name via one skin can not be the same as your player name via another skin. SO the large group of player names is controlled by the software (merge).

Cake works the same way, as does Zen (cheap cheezey software, with real time advertising and TV frequency Commercial breaks).

A small network thing perhaps even easier to understand is Cereus. Only 2 skins that I know of (Possibly ClubWPT, but unsure).

Absolute and UltimateBet play pooled games. You logon to UB, and sit at a table with AP players.

One of the things I have always wondered about with skins is...when they show how many players online / at tables, are they showing total network numbers or are those numbers only showing how many are from that skin?
 
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I think you got the gist of it....one site...several skins ...all connected...that's why you can only register on one game site...IT"S THE SAME GAME! Unless it's a private/special game...Carbon/Lock/Hero/BlackChip and others I can't think of right now ..are all part of THE MERGE NETWORK!
 
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To add to what's already been said, where each skin is unique is mostly in its image, reward offerings, and customer service. Some do them better than others. The fundamental aspects of the game (e.g. player pool, cash tables, most tournaments) are shared network-wide.
 
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I think you got the gist of it....one site...several skins ...all connected...that's why you can only register on one game site...IT"S THE SAME GAME! Unless it's a private/special game...Carbon/Lock/Hero/BlackChip and others I can't think of right now ..are all part of THE MERGE NETWORK!


Each of us can register at any or all of the Skins, but we have to use a different players name at each.

I have 4 or 5 Merge skin playernames. Carbon, Hero, PO, SB, and probably another (or 2 or 3). However, each time you bring up the software it checks your PC for a running instance of itself, and thus prevents you from plying against yourself. Imagine if you could enter via many skins, sit at a ring game with 8 seats being you, and 1 seat being anyone else.....Fish Finder?......hell no, FISH MAKER!
 
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thank you very much di and the rest of you tht explains a lot. :D ;)
 
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