PokerStars is taking aim once again at the cash game ecology, this time with "active waiting lists" that will award seats to games in a new, semi-random fashion.
Active Waiting List will get rid of "first come, first served" seating and instead throw all players on a waiting into a pool and draw one when a seat becomes available. The draw will be weighted to those who have been seated at the same stakes the longest.
In a post published Monday on PokerStars Blog, Luke Staudenmaier explained the company's rationale.
"Our latest feature, Active Waiting List, is all about making the game fairer and the experience better for most players," he wrote.