Is Hero Poker going to fold up soon?

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11-19-2012, 08:47 PM
19neverumind

Is Hero Poker going to fold up soon?

I can't help but notice the signs of another MERGE site that seems to be in trouble. Hero Poker, at which I have been a player for well over a year, seems to be on the verge of not making it. At one time, Hero and Felt Stars had the two largest player groups on MERGE, with the exception of the original combined group of PDC/Carbon/Aced. However, in the past two months Felt Stars has gone belly up and I think Hero is about to do the same. Hero has not renewed any Visa depositing processors, and now their very easy to qualify for daily lottery type freerolls can't even get enough players to get started. They have had a daily lottery freeroll for several months that only requires a Hero player to acquire 60 VIP each day to qualify for. It has a prize pool of $100.00 and only two months ago there were 40-50 players who qualified every night. It paid out to 12 places and was an easy way to make some extra cash every day. It requires 20 people minimum and yet it hasn't been able to run for the last 3 nights due to lack of qualifying players. Tonight, there are only 4 players qualified, which is a HUGE drop off in such a short time. Imagine if PO freerolls suddenly only had 6-10 people sign up for each tournament. PO would cease to exist. It's very clear that Hero Poker has lost a significant number of it's base player group. MERGE has been in BIG trouble overall for the past 4 months and I'll bet that Hero Poker will be gone by end of year. The US feds win again. What a shame.
11-19-2012, 08:54 PM
Poof

I don't think merge is in trouble, but imo, if anything were to happen, I don't see merge folding but maybe some of the less busy skins shut down.
11-19-2012, 08:55 PM
Drywallman3

after Full Tilt and Pokerstars, what was left for US players was Merge. We can bitch about it or just accept it.
11-19-2012, 08:56 PM
RavenKitty

i am expecting alot of skins to be folding after this month...

skins i expect will stay are

Merge Owned Skins(PDC/Aced/Carbon/Sportsbook)
Hero
PokerHost
RPM
11-19-2012, 09:21 PM
rrickir

is possible hero might eventually be for NON usa players in the long run.. if u are intereseted in findout about whats going one, nevermind. hero poker and its ceo, has its own thread on 2+2 forum, and u can read lots of stuff there. and dave, the ceo. recently posted in there too. the threads on 2+2 can be very hellpul for all the sites,, and there sa lot to read in those threads too. gl
11-19-2012, 10:48 PM
EatnCreepios

i always hated hero merge is sinking
11-20-2012, 08:28 PM
rdog1797

ive never played hero poker but is it a good site im looking for more sites to play on
11-20-2012, 08:36 PM
colbyd

So is fulltilt coming back? I have heard about pokerstars buying them just wondering what is going on in the us.
11-21-2012, 03:30 AM
rghy2

I've been playing on hero about a month, and I'd really be sad to see them go. I wonder if merge would be willing to transfer over hero balances to other skin accounts if hero did go bankrupt.
11-21-2012, 03:42 AM
RavenKitty

Quote:

Originally Posted by rghy2

I've been playing on hero about a month, and I'd really be sad to see them go. I wonder if merge would be willing to transfer over hero balances to other skin accounts if hero did go bankrupt.

If Hero were to close merge would transfer the balance to another merge skin like they have done with all the others
11-21-2012, 06:36 AM
abwil2

Quote:

Originally Posted by colbyd

So is fulltilt coming back? I have heard about pokerstars buying them just wondering what is going on in the us.

There has already been a post about that and answered. Try looking around before asking/hijacking a thread..

60vp points for a 100.00 freeroll. not worth the grind, thats why no one is playing anymore. By the time you get 60 vp points you have done went thru or raked in well over a hundred dollars worth of games lol Just not worth it!
11-21-2012, 06:42 AM
Jim Lahey

I think the whole Merge network will fold soon.
11-21-2012, 06:50 AM
MIGO14

Quote:

Originally Posted by colbyd

So is fulltilt coming back? I have heard about pokerstars buying them just wondering what is going on in the us.

Where have you been during the last months ?
11-21-2012, 07:15 AM
blufalotbob

Never knew there were so many sites,
11-21-2012, 11:36 AM
tturne01

Quote:

Originally Posted by RavenKitty

If Hero were to close merge would transfer the balance to another merge skin like they have done with all the others

Yeah, it would be illegal for merge to just close the skin and take all your money. I'm sure they will give out news and allow people to withdraw their funds before they ran off.