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Head into the haunted manor house, to find your table dimly lit through candle flame and ageing lamps. A ghastly atmosphere hangs over this haunted venue, so get to the table quick, lest you not make it at all.

There are plenty of rewards for those who can make it through the night!  Take your seat in the qualifier for a unique skeleton tee and join in with the spooky fun. Secure a place in the final and you’ll even be able to grab a terrifying skull table item.

This sinister tournament will run all through the month of October, so there are plenty of chances to get involved. Keep your composure and come out on top to walk away with the winner’s trophy and a well-deserved place in the Hall of Fame.

Put together your best costume and prepare to hit the table! Are you excited to take part? Join us on discord as we get ready for a month of high stakes competition and amazing prizes.

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• Come together each month in a highly contested, winner-takes-all competition.
• Each tournament features a unique theme, with decorated environments and soundscapes.
• Three brand new cosmetic items to earn in every tournament, including standout table items and clothing.
• Winners will be immortalised in the “Hall of Fame” a leaderboard specifically tracking tournament victors.

Blackjack’s Treasure Hoard

The first of our monthly tournaments, Blackjack’s Treasure Hoard is a pirate-themed event taking place in the Casino D’Oro. We’ve packed out the venue with what’s left of his crew who’ll get you into the spirit with their selection of sea shanties. Can you be the first to get your hands on the hoard and earn your place in the Hall of Fame?

Chip Store

• Pick up your free bundle and show everyone at the table that with 100k extra chips in your bag and your new hat, you don’t give a cluck.
• Boost your balance with a selection of chip packs with the brand new chip store.
• Browse a range of heavily discounted bundles for a burst of additional chips as well as some glorious shining gold cosmetics.

Price Drop

It’s really important to us that our players have the best possible experience when playing Poker Club. Listening to all of your feedback, we understand that one of the biggest factors in this is having as many players as possible at the table.

To help with this we are dropping the price of Poker Club to £15.99/$19.99 So if you have friends who were thinking about picking it up, now is the perfect chance to get them involved!


Loyalty / Founders Bundle

As part of this update, everyone who already has a Poker Club account will receive a special Founders Bundle sent directly to their account. This contains a unique, never to be seen again item marking you as a “Legend” and founder of the game, as well as another hefty boost to your chip balance.

Additional changes

• Improved spectator mode allowing the spectator host to easily see all cards in the game and cycle between players perspectives.
• In-game messaging improvements via splash screens.
• Improvements to tournament UI.
• Improvements to rewards screens.
• Bug fixes and stability improvements.

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Bundles

The best part of the store is the bundles. These offer the best value as well as unique items not available anywhere else. The aim of these is to give you access to some cool items and a quick boost to your bankroll. The bundles are only available once per person, and one of them is free for everyone.

You saw that right, as a thank you to everyone playing Poker Club we’re giving everyone a bundle completely free, so make sure to log on and grab your bonus!

Additionally, as part of this update, everyone who already has a Poker Club account will receive a special Founders Bundle sent directly to their account. This contains a unique, never to be seen again item marking you as a “Legend” and founder of the game, as well as another hefty boost to your chip balance.

Chip Packs

Chip packs are a simple way to get some extra chips to boost your bankroll. Our aim with these packs is to keep the values sensible and fairly priced so that they don’t devalue the balance of the game and provide meaningful value to players who choose to pick them up.

It’s important to say that Poker Club actively encourages responsible purchasing and all of these packs are optional. They do not change the gameplay or balance of the game. We have a lot more to say about this in our blog post about why we’ve added the store, so if you want to find out more about our approach and focus on fairness and transparency, please read this blog post from the team.

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Poker Nights 2.0: Hosting your ultimate Poker night just got easier. The River will give you full control over your games and make it easier to get the whole crew to the table. 

Community Prize Program: The River will see the launch of our brand new community prize program for larger events. Rewarding both the winning players and those who are putting in the time to help build our amazing Poker Club community.

The Golden Decade Event: There’s never been a better time to join! Jumpstart your Poker Club journey with a massive freeroll tournament.

Brand New Venue: That’s right! The River update is launching with a classy new venue for you to host tournaments and cash games in! More details on the way in a future blog post!

Have we caught your attention? We’ll be releasing more info on each of these areas in the coming weeks, so make sure you’re watching this space for the full details!

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An update is now available to download for Poker Club on PC and Xbox platforms. This update brings PC and Xbox platforms in line with PlayStation platforms. Update 1.56 on PC and 1.58 on Xbox platforms include:

• Private multi-table tournaments.
• Improvements and clarification of trophies 
• Brand new ring reward sequence

As well as this update, we will also be making some changes to the AI across all platforms in the coming weeks. These changes include:

• Behaviour – Based on internal data and community feedback we are making some key tweaks to AI behaviour. This change is primarily focused on the aggressive behaviours of ‘maniacs’ and will also reduce the frequency with which a ‘nit’ will attempt to steal blinds.
  
• Labelling – AI labels will now represent the strategy that AI is playing with at the current table, rather than being formed from how it has played in all of its previous games. This will allow you to make more strategic predictions around how it is going to play.
• Statistics – Stats for particular AI players will now only show their history from playing with their current label. E.g. if TwinnyWinTwin is a ‘donkey’ at the current table, you will be able to see how he performed historically as a ‘donkey’ at other tables.
  

We’ll be releasing a Dev Diary with more info on how the AI plays in the near future, so watch this space.

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An update is now available to download for Poker Club on PC and Xbox platforms. This update (1.30) brings PC and Xbox platforms in line with PlayStation platforms, which received Update 1.30 last week. Update 1.30 on PC and Xbox platforms includes:

• Graphical improvements 
• Fix for screen edge flickering
• Clearer prompt to post big blind
• Wider variation of idle animations
• Improvements to table UI
• Improvements to XP bar
• New PCC Tour Ring reward sequence
• Improved visibility of other Clubs when already in a Club
• Fixed “cancel your application” option for leaving a Club
• Fix for Bounty Hunter PlayStation trophy
• Leaderboards will now rank players based on total chips won
• Fix for exiting the game on PC

A separate hotfix (1.32) also released today on PC and PlayStation platforms to ensure full parity across all platforms and to address a crash affecting some PlayStation players.

Future Updates

This will be the last update before the new year, as our team prepare to take a break for the holidays. We’ll still be monitoring feedback and staying in touch on Discord, just a little less often than usual. We will also be asking for feedback on specific community-raised issues over on Discord during the holidays. If you haven’t already joined us on Discord but would like to contribute your feedback, you can join the Poker Club server here. You can also continue to report any issues using our Player Feedback Form, and every response will be picked up in January. All feedback is greatly appreciated and will help to feed into and prioritise further updates as we return in the new year. If you’d like more details on our future plans, we’ve shared more details in our December Status Update.

All that remains is to say happy holidays from all of us here at Ripstone. Thank you for your ongoing support and here’s to a happy and healthy 2021!

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A new update is now available to download for Poker Club on PlayStation platforms. Update 1.30 includes:

• Graphical improvements 
• Fix for screen edge flickering
• Clearer prompt to post big blind
• Wider variation of idle animations
• Improvements to table UI
• Improvements to XP bar
• New PCC Tour Ring reward sequence
• Improved visibility of other Clubs when already in a Club
• Fixed “cancel your application” option for leaving a Club
• Fix for Bounty Hunter PlayStation trophy
• Leaderboards will now rank players based on total chips won

The corresponding update for PC and Xbox platforms is in the final stages of testing and we’ll share more details on release timings as soon as we can. When this update releases on PC it will also include a fix for exiting the game.

Upcoming Updates

1.30 is currently in the final stages of testing for Xbox One, Xbox Series X and PC. We’re already working on the next updates for January and beyond and you can read more about what we’re working on in our December Status Update. Thank you for your support as we continue to address community feedback and make improvements. Please continue to share your thoughts through our Player Feedback Form as every single response helps to shape our plans for future Poker Club updates.

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An update is now available to download for Poker Club on PC and Xbox platforms. This update (1.19) brings PC and Xbox platforms in line with PlayStation platforms, which received Update 1.03 last week.

Update 1.19 on PC and Xbox platforms includes:

• Server stability improvements
• AI timing reduction to keep play moving
• Club creation fee is now fixed at 50K in the Club creation menu
• 1 v 1 blinds corrected
• Fixes hole cards being turned over before the character animation
• Xbox Only Server for players opting out of cross-platform play
• Fixes hole cards being turned over before character animation
• Improvements to tournaments and customisation UI
• Fix for bounty game calculations
• General bug fixes

We had initially hoped to include a fix for exiting the game on PC as part of 1.19, but this will now be included in the next update. Thank you for your understanding as we work through community feedback as quickly as we can, we’re incredibly grateful for every report that we receive.

Xbox Only Server

Players on Xbox platforms who have set their console settings to Xbox only online-multiplayer, can now play on the Xbox only Poker Club server. Poker Club progress cannot be carried from one server to another, so please be aware of this if you decide to make a change by updating your Xbox system settings.

Upcoming Updates

Following today’s release of Update 1.19 for PC and Xbox platforms, we are carrying out scheduled server maintenance across all platforms, tomorrow between 10am – 2pm GMT / 5am – 9am PST. There will be intermittent disruption during this time as we push server updates live.

We shared details of our current plan and the issues we are currently addressing in our recent December Status Update. We’ll have more details of the next update to share with you soon. In the meantime, please continue to share your feedback and bug reports with us through our Player Feedback Form.

Thank you for your ongoing support.

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