Players Only Poker vs. Sportsbook Poker

Are these one in the same? I already played at Sportsbook.com and downloaded Playersonly.com Poker. When I tried to run them at the same time it said I could only run the application that was open once. I also tried to pick my username (which I find very unlikely that anyone else in the world would have) and it said it was already taken. Anyone who know's get with me.

jmfkbuzzy said:

Are these one in the same? I already played at Sportsbook.com and downloaded Playersonly.com Poker. When I tried to run them at the same time it said I could only run the application that was open once. I also tried to pick my username (which I find very unlikely that anyone else in the world would have) and it said it was already taken. Anyone who know's get with me.

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Don't quote me on this, but I believe they are one and the same.

They are what are called 'skins'. In this case they are skins on the Cake network. Cake looks the same. Think of this particular situation like a big round building, with poker tables inside and many doors. Different companies run each door. They make money via the rake at the same tables you might play by coming through any other door into that same poker room.

There is at least one other site with a Cake skin, but the name escapes me at the moment. The support may differ among skins. SOme support is actual game related and each site will forward those inquiries to whoever is running the engine. Other inquiries are not game related, but maybe money related and each site would handle those separately.

Among other skins would be Absolute/Vegas247. How this works is not real clear.

There are other networks with skins.

More info here https://www.cardschat.com/forum/general-poker-13/all-about-skins-100550/?highlight=skins

dj11 said:

They are what are called 'skins'. In this case they are skins on the Cake network. Cake looks the same. Think of this particular situation like a big round building, with poker tables inside and many doors. Different companies run each door. They make money via the rake at the same tables you might play by coming through any other door into that same poker room.

There is at least one other site with a Cake skin, but the name escapes me at the moment. The support may differ among skins. SOme support is actual game related and each site will forward those inquiries to whoever is running the engine. Other inquiries are not game related, but maybe money related and each site would handle those separately.

Among other skins would be Absolute/Vegas247. How this works is not real clear.

There are other networks with skins.

More info here https://www.cardschat.com/forum/general-poker-13/all-about-skins-100550/?highlight=skins

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Makes sense... thanks for the help!

1nickthegreek said:

Don't quote me on this, but I believe they are one and the same.

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You're right... dj11 pretty much summed it up... thanks for your help.

playaces by sportsbook.com vs playaces by playersonly

i'm assuming these are different company skins, although they are calling them the same name, "playaces". any opinions on which is better?.

firebreather said:

i'm assuming these are different company skins, although they are calling them the same name, "playaces". any opinions on which is better?.

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Wow, you dug up an old thread. I think both sites moved off of the Cake network. Not sure where to tho.

The thing with skins is that by and large, the finances are handled via the individual sites, while the game itself is a pooled game, that is you are playing against players in that round building described below.

I have not seen any post or thread dissing either of those sites for any reason, and will venture a GUESS that either will be fine.

Sportsbook does have that image of being more than a poker room. And because of a weird little loophole in the law, a site that can legally bet the ponies online, can provide other 'casino' services. So they might have a legal edge.

I say this without having visited either one in several years. And IANAL.