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Gawuss   Poland. Feb 27 2014 11:09. Posts 2336 | | |
Hi LP. I'm about to start writing my thesis and I obviously want it to be on the subject of poker. However, it needs to be something business related. It may be an analysis of the online poker (or gambling) industry or something along these lines, but I have no idea how to specify the topic. That's why I come here to ask for your suggestions. By the way, my major is management. Thanks in advance for any help!
Mike
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SIG1   United States. Feb 27 2014 12:16. Posts 651 | | |
Stars' semi monopoly and how the competitors are responding to it. How broad can your topic be? |
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GoldRush   United States. Feb 27 2014 14:40. Posts 1025 | | |
u came to the right place, but its very broad, theres many areas of poker that you can be writing on. id focus on skill and how interstate poker can work in usa with ease. |
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Gawuss   Poland. Feb 27 2014 14:50. Posts 2336 | | |
I can't write about skill and the game itself. It has to be business related.
@Seo
I guess that is a kind of topic I'd need. I'm not sure how broad it can be though, it has to be broad enough so that I can write 20+ pages about it. |
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rogier   Netherlands. Feb 27 2014 15:40. Posts 1528 | | |
when is outsourcing the marketing a good idea (affiliating ipoker style vs direct advertising stars style) |
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LemOn[5thF]   Czech Republic. Feb 27 2014 17:15. Posts 15162 | | |
in depth of pokerstars business model would be fun |
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TalentedTom   Canada. Feb 27 2014 17:50. Posts 20070 | | |
the history of online poker and why juggernauts like partypoker (lastgest pokerroom in the world pre black us legislation) who made 100% of the wrong moves are nearly extinct in addition to the poker model itself, the insertion of things like zoom (more hands/house (rake/hoour) lower winrates etc..)
Live poker vs online poker, everyone I talk to in RL seems to think online poker is rigged and that they can go to a live game and read people |
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punix   Germany. Feb 27 2014 17:58. Posts 406 | | |
black friday and the impact on the pkr business market
yea dicision making by the companies and the effects (Full Tilt; Party PKR) |
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something on the process models for poker clients |
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NewbSaibot   United States. Feb 27 2014 23:01. Posts 4943 | | |
Nobody cares about poker or the companies that run them. It's profitable because people give them money. Instead write about what it takes to be a winning player, the poker mindset, how someone might file their occupation as an "equity analyst" on their tax return or something lol, and what that really means. Make it sound legit, since everyone's first reaction is going to be "gambling". Prove that it's not gambling. |
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LemOn[5thF]   Czech Republic. Feb 28 2014 05:12. Posts 15162 | | |
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That would be a thesis in statistics, probability and psychology.
The resources and research needed is way above the resources available for an undergraduate thesis.
Focusing on Black Friday and how companies tackled it would inevitably lead to a large legal section. Unless you have a dual degree and focused on law a lot I would be against that.
Focusing on a single company is really easy - pick one, pick your scope and focus then find what's available, contact people within the company with questions for research etc.
Stars will be by far the easiest as they are approachable, you pick your scope like their marketing, takeover of FTP, their business model and position on the market etc.
If you try to find out stuff about e.g. Playtech (ipoker) you will struggle - when I worked in sales even trying to find out who is the management where they stay and how to contact them was a total nightmare and when you did they were total dicks. |
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KeyleK_uk   United Kingdom. Feb 28 2014 07:49. Posts 1687 | | |
I did my thesis on the motives and effects of Mergers and Acquisitions in the UK Energy market 2007-11 (snore) but at least its a semi-common topic and was somewhat easy to research and construct statistical models of. If you're looking for pretty good grades I would recommend starting hard and early and doing a topic that is easy to find a lot of information about.
If you are working on something like Pokerstars as a company you have to focus on it in such a way that I don't think the fact that it's about a poker company will really make your thesis much more interesting for you to be doing yourself.
| On February 27 2014 16:58 punix wrote:
black friday and the impact on the pkr business market
yea dicision making by the companies and the effects (Full Tilt; Party PKR) |
Really cool but have to make sure you stay on topic constantly, really tough literature review as I'm sure there is not many academics that will have wrote about this topic before.
Suggestions
How can Pokerstars maintain its dominance of online poker? & Talk something about organisational structure
How can so many different poker sites co-exist (in the face of Pokerstars?)
How did Pokerstars set up its organisation to compete with existing poker sites? (going back some time here, and I guess some decent percentage is due to UIGEA screwing over Party Poker)
Can Full Tilt Poker regain its reputation from Black Friday?
How long is your thesis ? (Word Count) |
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Gawuss   Poland. Mar 07 2014 13:19. Posts 2336 | | |
I have no idea about the word count. It has to be 20-30 pages long (survey, bibliography included).
Ok so I've finally chosen the topic and I'll be writing about the development of the online poker industry including the effects that Black Friday had on it |
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KeyleK_uk   United Kingdom. Mar 09 2014 10:36. Posts 1687 | | |
| On March 07 2014 12:19 Gawuss wrote:
I have no idea about the word count. It has to be 20-30 pages long (survey, bibliography included).
Ok so I've finally chosen the topic and I'll be writing about the development of the online poker industry including the effects that Black Friday had on it |
Oh cool, thats quite short it shoud be fine think mine was like 60 pages + like 10 bibliography pages andtitle page etc
That should be fine then, good luck |
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poker is soooo much easier when you flop sets | Last edit: 09/03/2014 10:37 |
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NewbSaibot   United States. Mar 09 2014 13:39. Posts 4943 | | |
| On March 07 2014 12:19 Gawuss wrote:
I have no idea about the word count. It has to be 20-30 pages long (survey, bibliography included).
Ok so I've finally chosen the topic and I'll be writing about the development of the online poker industry including the effects that Black Friday had on it |
Why do people always ask for suggestions on what to write about when it comes to poker and then always end up writing about the exact same thing "moneymaker + black friday" |
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waga   United Kingdom. Mar 09 2014 15:21. Posts 2375 | | |
| On March 09 2014 12:39 NewbSaibot wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 07 2014 12:19 Gawuss wrote:
I have no idea about the word count. It has to be 20-30 pages long (survey, bibliography included).
Ok so I've finally chosen the topic and I'll be writing about the development of the online poker industry including the effects that Black Friday had on it |
Why do people always ask for suggestions on what to write about when it comes to poker and then always end up writing about the exact same thing "moneymaker + black friday"
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edit : I should not post drunk ...
but man ... sometimes it's hard ... |
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devon06atX   Canada. Mar 10 2014 11:49. Posts 5458 | | |
| On March 09 2014 14:21 waga wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 09 2014 12:39 NewbSaibot wrote:
| On March 07 2014 12:19 Gawuss wrote:
I have no idea about the word count. It has to be 20-30 pages long (survey, bibliography included).
Ok so I've finally chosen the topic and I'll be writing about the development of the online poker industry including the effects that Black Friday had on it |
Why do people always ask for suggestions on what to write about when it comes to poker and then always end up writing about the exact same thing "moneymaker + black friday"
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edit : I should not post drunk ...
but man ... sometimes it's hard ... |
QFT |
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NewbSaibot   United States. Mar 10 2014 13:26. Posts 4943 | | |
| On March 09 2014 14:21 waga wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 09 2014 12:39 NewbSaibot wrote:
| On March 07 2014 12:19 Gawuss wrote:
I have no idea about the word count. It has to be 20-30 pages long (survey, bibliography included).
Ok so I've finally chosen the topic and I'll be writing about the development of the online poker industry including the effects that Black Friday had on it |
Why do people always ask for suggestions on what to write about when it comes to poker and then always end up writing about the exact same thing "moneymaker + black friday"
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edit : I should not post drunk ...
but man ... sometimes it's hard ... |
And then someone always comes to make the cliche defense post. Dont make things personal just because you dont like me. Man up and admit this thesis will be shit. |
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mnj   United States. Mar 10 2014 15:37. Posts 3848 | | |
There are several papers comparing companies or firms exiting a very competitive industry too leaving the tables if you come to the conclusion that you are minus ev. Gl |
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LemOn[5thF]   Czech Republic. Mar 10 2014 19:16. Posts 15162 | | |
| On March 10 2014 12:26 NewbSaibot wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 09 2014 14:21 waga wrote:
| On March 09 2014 12:39 NewbSaibot wrote:
| On March 07 2014 12:19 Gawuss wrote:
I have no idea about the word count. It has to be 20-30 pages long (survey, bibliography included).
Ok so I've finally chosen the topic and I'll be writing about the development of the online poker industry including the effects that Black Friday had on it |
Why do people always ask for suggestions on what to write about when it comes to poker and then always end up writing about the exact same thing "moneymaker + black friday"
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edit : I should not post drunk ...
but man ... sometimes it's hard ... |
And then someone always comes to make the cliche defense post. Dont make things personal just because you dont like me. Man up and admit this thesis will be shit. |
Man I agree. The scope is large, if it wasn't it's gonan be legal stuff that's boring for us. We had documentaries on thar shiz
I say make it focused, do e.g. marketing startegy of Pokerstars and it's gonna be so much fun to read.
- social media
- hiring pros (demographic (Baal?), women, live pros online pros
- adverts
- events
- forums and communities (pokerstars Steve)
- stunts (world record, 8 mil Sunday, SCOOP WCOOP ...)
- SNE
etc. etc. |
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