partypoker to Make Cash Game Hand Histories Anonymous

In October 2015, partypoker made several improvements to its poker software that were designed to protect recreational players and improve its ecology. A year on, partypoker announced it is making changes to its hand histories that could render HUDs obsolete at the site.

The first wave of improvements saw traditional waiting lists scrapped in favor of a room-wide system to help prevent “bum-hunting.” Bum-hunting is the term given to the process where stronger, more skilled players target weaker, lesser skilled players when they see them online. The practice — while not against any rules — is frowned upon because the weaker players have a greater chance of going broke, which in turn leaves only the better players on the site.

Other changes in the first phase was the anonymity of cash game tables. When a player was looking for a cash game table to sit at, instead of seeing potential opponents’ aliases, they only see Player 1, Player 2, etc. until they were physically seated at the table and had been dealt into a hand, at which point aliases were …

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