Question 1

A história da nossa marca principal, a ACR Poker

Accepted Answer

A reconstrução: trazendo de volta a grandeza do pôquer online ao mercado dos EUA.

Após a Blue Monday, a Doyle’s Room optou por deixar a WPN e a nova marca principal passou a ser a Americas Cardroom, o nome original usado na plataforma DobroSoft. A WPN pagou todos os seus jogadores devido à inevitável “corrida aos bancos” que se seguiu às acusações e deu início ao processo de reconstrução.

Phil Nagy é nomeado Diretor Executivo

Nessa época, a rede nomeou um novo Diretor Executivo, Phil Nagy, que possuía ampla experiência em pôquer online.

Tendo sido um ávido jogador de pôquer antes mesmo de o jogo migrar para o ambiente online, ele trouxe uma perspectiva de jogador que se mostrou inestimável para ajudar a criar muitas das inovações que estavam por vir para a rede.

A primeira prioridade foi mudar o software do antigo cliente 3D para uma versão mais funcional que permitisse o tipo de crescimento que Nagy imaginava.

Em 2011, um novo software foi lançado

Em 2011, a Yatahay começou a alugar software da IGSoft, uma empresa de software com sede na Bulgária IGSoft, que estava muito mais atualizado em relação à concorrência.

O passo seguinte foi elaborar um calendário de promoções e torneios para reavivar o interesse dos jogadores e incentivá-los a voltar.

Reconhecendo que a PokerStars, que era a líder incontestável do setor de pôquer online, havia conquistado sua clientela aumentando progressivamente o tamanho e o alcance de sua oferta de torneios para atrair mais jogadores, a WPN adotou a mesma estratégia.

Em 2019, a Winning Poker Network mudou de plataforma mais uma vez, desta vez para a SJH. O novo software, baseado em HTML5, permitiu que a rede desenvolvesse novas ideias de produtos dez vezes mais rápido do que seu antecessor em C++.

A Transformação do ACR Poker

Em julho de 2023, a Americas Cardroom se reinventou como ACR Poker, introduzindo uma aparência totalmente nova no site e no software, com foco em uma experiência de usuário premium. A atualização proporcionou uma experiência integrada que os jogadores puderam personalizar de acordo com suas necessidades e acessar facilmente as promoções, torneios e portfólio de produtos específicos para suas preferências de jogo.

A história por trás do nosso logotipo: Mudanças ao longo dos anos.

O design tradicional, que utilizava os quatro naipes do pôquer, foi um elemento central da identidade visual original do Americas Cardroom até que a empresa adotou uma versão mais simples em 2010.

A reformulação ocorreu em paralelo ao relançamento da marca pela Winning Poker Network em 2010. O O mudou o foco para uma expressão precisa e atemporal de clareza.

O logotipo anterior do Americas Cardroom incluía uma estrela, simbolizando a busca da empresa pela excelência, juntamente com uma espada vermelha — o naipe mais forte —, para representar a longevidade e o crescimento da empresa ao longo dos anos.

O atual logotipo da ACR Poker, lançado em 2023, apresenta uma estrela de linhas simples exibida em cores intercambiáveis, com o objetivo de representar a versatilidade dinâmica da empresa e sua capacidade de se reinventar ao longo de décadas para se adaptar a um setor em constante mudança.

Question 2

Eventos ao vivo: o que organizamos fora do mundo virtual ao longo dos anos

Accepted Answer

Online poker players have found a home at the Winning Poker Network over the years. But as much as these players have loved WPN’s products and services, it never quenched their desire to also attend land-based or live events.WPN has tried to fill the bill by awarding packages to events like the WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas. An even better solution was to offer their own sponsored live events. Here’s a history of these events through the years.

Latin Poker Series

This series originally debuted in 2009 as the Latin Series of Poker (LSOP). However, it was rebranded to the Latin Poker Series in July 2014. The series was designed for players to attend live events each year across various exotic Latin American locations.One of the highlights of this series was a $500,000 guaranteed tournament in Peru in 2013. In 2014, there was the LPS Millions II in Panama that had a $1 Million guaranteed tourney. There were several Day 1 venues for the LPS Millions II including Panama, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Costa Rica, and Chile.The Latin Poker Series ended in late 2014, although one of its events, the Punta Cana Poker Classic, lived on for several more years. You’ll find more on that tournament from the Dominican Republic below.

The Punta Cana Poker Classic

The Punta Cana Poker Classic (PCPC) was an annual land-based poker event that took place in the Dominican Republic from 2010 through 2017.The Winning Poker Network was the main sponsor of the PCPC and awarded lots of full packages via online satellites. The packages included the buy-in, airfare, hotel and unlimited food and drink.There were two different 5-star locations of the PCPC. For the first six years it was held at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. The final two years it was moved to the Melia Caribe Tropical.

The Punta Cana Poker Classic saw its share of poker celebrities attend over the years, including Doyle Brunson during the first edition. It was attended by Josh Beckley in 2016. He was the 2nd-place finisher in the 2015 WSOP Main Event.

Here’s a look at the guarantee and the final prize pool for each year of the event:

2010$200,000 guarantee$203,000 final prize pool

2011$500,000 guarantee$402,149 final prize pool

2012$500,000 guarantee$522,900 final prize pool

2013$500,000 guarantee$712,950 final prize pool

2014$500,000 guarantee$737,685 final prize pool

2015$500,000 guarantee$824,985 final prize pool

2016$500,000 guarantee$692,580 final prize pool

2017$500,000 guarantee$573,000 final prize pool

The Cage Live

In 2018, the decision was made to move away from the Punta Cana Poker Classic and offer players a land-based event on WPN’s home turf of San Jose, Costa Rica. The main reason for the change was the desire to showcase the offices to players, give players a chance to see how their day-to-day operations work, and introduce players to the teams behind bringing them the products, promotions, and support that the network offers.

The Cage Live was thus born. It was based on their online Cage time-based cash game in tourney format that played every Wednesday night (not running currently but slated to return).The online version lasts exactly five hours, while the Cage Live is a 2-day event with six hours of play on both Saturday and Sunday. The buy-in for the Cage Live is also much larger ($5,250 vs. $1,050). In each version, players battle it out on the felt and have their chips converted to real cash when time expires.Since the Cage Live buy-in is significant, WPN decided to award packages every Sunday through a special Beast and Sit & Crush Cage Live satellite. At least a couple of $8,340 packages are awarded every week and include the $5,250 buy-in, accommodations at the 5-star Taormina Hotel, airfare and spending cash.The Cage Live ran six times in 2018 and 2019, offering mostly Hold’em versions but also some PLO ones sprinkled in. WPN representatives are very happy about the response to the Cage Live and the ability to give players a tour of the WPN offices, offering them a peek “behind the curtains”.Players like the Cage Live poker action, but also love that San Jose is a great party location, something that WPN promoted heavily in their marketing materials.WPN suspended the Cage Live promotion due to the global pandemic, but returned to much fanfare in 2023. The popular event included many of the ACR Pros in addition to CEO Phil Nagy.

Punta Del Este

Although WPN temporarily retired the Cage Live, players on the network continued to realize their poker dreams of playing live in an exotic locale. In 2022, WPN launched its first of many Punta del Este Takedown promos. Package winners not only earn an entry in the Main Event of the Enjoy Poker Series in Uruguay, but each prize package covers travel expenses and accommodations at the luxurious Enjoy Punta del Este Resort and Casino on Uruguay’s Atlantic Coast. Winners love the excitement, both on and off the felt.

High Stakes Adventure Satellites

In 2023, ACR Poker started awarding High Stakes packages to the Super High Roller Series which are valued at over $100,000. Winners face off against the world’s best players in prime locations like Cyprus, Vietnam and London.

Question 3

Inovação por meio de promoções

Accepted Answer

With a strong tournament offering, WPN recognized the need to constantly innovate and create new poker products to bolster their game selection. The Winning Poker network set forth to keep online poker fresh, for both cash games and tournaments, thus offering the promotions listed below.

Welcome Bonus

ACR Poker welcomes players the second they come through the door with a 100% up to $2,000 bonus on their first deposit. This is the most lucrative Welcome Bonus in the online poker industry.

The Beast

Unleashed in August 2013, The Beast was the Winning Poker Network’s replacement for its famous Bad Beat Jackpot. In an effort to offer more players the chance to pocket more money on a regular basis, WPN said goodbye to the Bad Beat Jackpot, a concept that was famous across competing sites, and introduced a points race for cash game players, eliminating the element of chance and giving all players the chance to profit. Players who sit down to play in The Beast are awarded points towards a leaderboard, which pays out thousands in cash and tournament seats to the top ranked players. Originally launched as a monthly race, The Beast transitioned to a weekly race, giving players a new chance to profit each and every week. There’s no extra fee to participate in The Beast — the prize pool is funded from the rake WPN already collects. To date, The Beast has paid out over $35 million.

Sit & Crush

Introduced in December of 2013, Sit & Crush is the Winning Poker Network’s Beast counterpart for Sit & Go and tournament players. While The Beast tracks the top point earners at the cash tables, Sit & Crush does the same for tourney players. The promotion was originally introduced as a monthly leaderboard competition but transitioned to a weekly race to follow in The Beast’s footsteps. To date, Sit & Crush has paid out over $8 million.

MO MO MO PLO

The Winning Poker Network has built a strong following among Pot Limit Omaha Players. So, for Christmas 2015, the network wanted to recognize its player base. The result was MO MO MO PLO, an online poker tournament promotion for Pot Limit Omaha players that features more tournaments, more cash games, and more jackpots, plus the chance to create personal bonuses. The promotion has returned annually every December since launching.

The High Five

To give a wink to the 420 community, the Winning Poker Network introduced The High Five in November of 2013, a 420-themed online poker series that celebrates all things green. The original series featured a $420k guaranteed Main Event and a “courtesy break” at 4:20pm ET. Subsequent series have kept the tradition going.

The Online Super Series​

Originally introduced as the Winning Poker Network’s online answer to the World Series of Poker, the Online Super Series (OSS for short) packed a number of tournaments into several weeks, offering up millions in guarantees. A Main Event in the $250k to $500k range was common. Eventually, the Winning Poker Network upped the guarantee and included multiple $1,000,000+ Main Events. And in 2023, the series broke the $50 Million GTD mark for the first time.

Mini Online Super Series​

Not to leave micro-stakes players out in the cold, the Winning Poker Network introduced a smaller version of the OSS in November of 2012, packing dozens of tournaments into a schedule that appealed to players with smaller bankrolls. Wildly popular among the poker playing community, the Mini Online Super Series regularly exceeds guaranteed expectations.

OSS Cub3d​

After witnessing the success of both the Online Super Series and the Mini Online Super Series, the two series were periodically rolled into one, and then had a Bigger Online Super Series added to the mix. The first OSS Cub3d debuted in July, 2016 and since then, the Winning Poker Network has held 7 additional installments of the popular series. OSS Cubed typically features three Main Events — one MOSS, one OSS, and one BOSS. The last several OSS Cub3d series featured several $1 million+ guaranteed tournaments on both the OSS and BOSS schedules.

Freebuy Super Series

Freerolls have been commonplace at online poker sites for nearly two decades now as a means to hook new players. Freerolls usually come with real money prizes, but they’re not that big. For example, a freeroll could see a few thousand players compete for $100. In July 2015, the Winning Poker Network invented the Freebuy, a tournament that combines a freeroll with a buy-in tournament. Players pay $0 to enter, but if they’re running low, they can rebuy for real money, or grab an add-on. To introduce Freebuys, the Winning Poker Network created the Freebuy Super Series, a lineup of freebuy tournaments with $150,000 in guarantees.

Million Dollar Sunday

Before Black Friday back in 2011, big poker was the norm in the United States, with 6-figure and even million-dollar poker tournaments making a regular appearance on the schedule. But when things came crashing down, so too did the guarantees. After Black Friday, it was common for weekly tourneys to top out at $50k or $100k in the United States. But in February of 2015, the Winning Poker Network introduced Million Dollar Sunday, a $1 million poker tournament. The tournament was held rather frequently, and at one point the Winning Poker Network made it a weekly affair, losing hundreds of thousands of dollars each week. Eventually, as the Winning Poker Network grew its player base, the overlays subsided.  The tournament was eventually replaced with multiple events and discontinued in 2022.

Million Dollar Jackpots

This 3-man Hyper-Turbo Sit & Go format quickly became a player favorite with an opportunity to spin for $1 Million. Players choose their buy-in and once all three players are seated, the table spins and the prize is revealed.

The $10 Million Venom

After a series of successful $1 million Venom tournaments and with a rapidly growing poker network, ACR Poker held the $5 Million Venom in the summer of 2019. Leading up to the multi-day event, Winning Poker Network sites pumped hundreds of thousands of dollars into marketing the tournament by offering up $0 Step tournaments, helping players secure their seats for free. The result was outstanding and worth the effort. The $5 Million Venom attracted a record number of entries and ultimately paid out a record $6,382,500 in prize money. The network also earned the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for the largest cryptocurrency winning jackpot in an online poker tournament with a $1,050,650 Bitcoin payout. Today, the Venom has a regular guarantee of $10 Million.

Question 4

Torneios: De um torneio com prêmio garantido de US$ 7.500 para US$ 6.000.000 em apenas 8 anos

Accepted Answer

In 2011, when the network was being rebranded, the Sunday major consisted of a $55 buy-in $7,500 GTD tournament that at times, wouldn’t reach the guarantee. With the introduction of the Big 10 daily tournament schedule, and a slow but steady traffic increase on the network, WPN set out to bolster its Sunday tournament schedule, and that all started with a Sunday Major.WPN set its sights on its first $50k GTD tournament in 2012. While this seems like a paltry guarantee compared to today’s standards, at the time and current status of online poker in the U.S., it was a huge undertaking. They left themselves three months as a leadup time to allow for marketing and satellites, and hosted the $50k GTD event as part of a larger tournament series. Both strategies worked well and became key to their major growth efforts in the years to come.

The tournament was a success and brought enough traffic to start growing the tournament schedule. As the network tournament guarantees grew, so did their ambitions to start hosting major tournaments. Their Sunday major (the Sunday Special) grew to a weekly $125k GTD tournament and was supported by other big tournaments including the $100,000 GTD Warm-up and the $50k GTD High Roller.

With their regular weekly schedule in full swing, the network set its eyes on its biggest endeavor yet, and something that had not been seen since before Black Friday, a $1,000,000 GTD tournament. In order to accomplish this, Nagy and his team incorporated the same principles they used years before when attempting to run their first $50k GTD tournament. They allowed for a 6-month lead-up time for ample opportunity to market the tournament and for players to qualify via satellite.

In December of 2014, WPN launched the first Million Dollar Sunday, but they were forced to cancel the event due to DDoS attacks from an unknown perpetrator. Nevertheless, the tournament was on pace to meet its guarantee before the time of cancellation, and the rescheduled event in early 2016 was a huge success. The tournaments remained a staple of the Sunday schedule until they were discontinued in late 2022, in favor of multiple events to accommodate more players.

After a series of successful $1 million Venom tournaments and with a rapidly growing poker network, ACR Poker held the $5 Million Venom in the summer of 2019. Leading up to the multi-day event, Winning Poker Network sites pumped hundreds of thousands of dollars into marketing the tournament by offering up $0 Step tournaments, helping players secure their seats for free. The result was outstanding and worth the effort. The $5 Million Venom attracted a record number of entries and ultimately paid out a record $6,382,500 in prize money. The network also earned the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for the largest cryptocurrency winning jackpot in an online poker tournament with a $1,050,650 Bitcoin payout.

The Biggest Poker Tournament Online Ever Hosted By A US-Facing Site

In November of 2019 the Winning Poker Network once again continued to push the envelope with an even bigger Venom tournament, this time with a $6 million guarantee.  Once again, the tourney well-surpassed all expectations and the guarantee with 2,696 total entrants, creating a $6,740,000 prize pool.  The first-place winner walked away with $1,039,982.

Bigger Venom

Since launching that first Venom, the Winning Poker Network hasn’t rested on its laurels. In keeping with its commitment to always go bigger and better, WPN launched additional Venoms, scheduling at least 2 per year. Each one offered a bigger guarantee than the one before. And in August 2021, the Venom guarantee reached $10 million for the first of many times.

Venom PKO

In 2020, Winning Poker Network unleashed Progressive Knockouts, a tournament format in which every player enters with a bounty on their head. But instead of getting the full amount when you take out a player, you get half their bounty. The other half goes on your head. Players responded to the format positively, thanks to the potential for huge bounties during deep runs. With the rise in popularity, WPN created the Venom PKO, a multi-million-dollar PKO tourney. And they’ve already held multiple Venom PKOs, with a focus on adding more regularly.

Moneymaker becomes an ACR Pro

In early 2020, the man who ignited the online poker revolution, became an ACR Team Pro. Back in 2003, Chris Moneymaker entered a low buy-in satellite at a large online poker room and won his $10,000 WSOP Main Event seat. He went on to win the title, netting over $2.5 million, and the rest is history. Today, Moneymaker proudly wears the ACR Poker patch. Why? Because ACR Poker and the entire Winning Poker Network stand for bigger, better poker that puts players first.

Punters’ Pad

In 2021, ACR Poker celebrated the return of the live version of the WSOP by sending several Team Pros to share a house in Las Vegas.  Not only did the ACR Pros chronicle their big scores, bad beats and hilarious antics, but they shared it all with the poker community on the ACR YouTube Channel in a web series called Punters’ Pad.  The series is loaded with confessionals, challenges, special guests, and tons of poker insight.  What’s even better is that the Punters’ Pad returned for a second season in 2022 and a third season in 2023.

Next Moneymaker

WSOP Champ, Chris Moneymaker is an ACR Poker Pro. Each year, there’s a ‘Next Moneymaker’ competition with the winner getting approximately $150k in cash + a $15k trip package to Las Vegas.

Moneymaker Tour

A second promotion surrounding Chris Moneymaker is the Moneymaker Tour. ACR players win packages to his land-based tour in the U.S. which typically has a Main Event guarantee of $300,000 or more.

Mystery Bounty

In 2023, ACR Poker started offering Mystery Bounty tournaments, allowing for massive money jackpot potential to be won by any player advancing to Day 2. The Sunday Squeeze ($250,000 GTD with $25,000 top bounty) and The Dime ($75,000 GTD with $7,500 top bounty) were also converted into monthly Mystery Bounty Events.

Dream Tournament

Micros stakes players have the chance to win big at ACR Poker thanks to the Dream Tournament. This event has a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool for a tiny $2.50 buy-in.

Big Poker Thursdays

Sundays are still the busiest day, but many players are looking for big weekday action as well. The guarantee of 22 Thursday tourneys were increased by over $300,000 total. Now, Big Poker Thursdays are the new Must-Play Day of the Week

The Daily Double

These are daily Multi-Table Tournaments (MTTs) named after ACR Pros, Jeff Boski and Michael Loncar. Part of the Daily Double jackpots go to a Progressive Jackpot. Players get 10% of the respective jackpot by making the Final Table of both Boski or Loncar tourneys on the same day. And 100% for winning both tourneys.

Question 5

Criptomoeda: a revolução

Accepted Answer

With a strong tournament schedule, cash games available at a wide range of stakes, and an extensive range of promotions, the Winning Poker Network had little trouble piquing the interests of poker players. Yet challenges remained, especially pertaining to payment processing.In the aftermath of Black Friday and Blue Monday, making a deposit at an online poker site was no easy task, even for avid poker players. In many regions, players were forced to contend with banking restrictions that were complicated, arbitrary, and constantly subject to change. Prospective depositors in the US market and several other regions could not always count on the convenience of payment methods like credit cards and debit cards.In jurisdictions where online poker remained fully legal, many players also faced difficulty funding their accounts. With a patchwork of regulations to contend with, it wasn’t uncommon for payment processors and card issuers to err on the side of caution and reject payments, much to the dismay of potential poker players. Even players who had easily funded their account in the recent past could face difficulty using the same card in the future.While rejected deposits certainly frustrated players who were forced to miss out on the excitement of a particular tournament or time-limited promotion, the then-current poker climate was more problematic for players hoping to claim their winnings. Withdrawals were at the mercy of international postal services, banks that asked too many questions, and other intermediaries who could leave players in the lurch for weeks, forcing them to wonder if they would ever be paid.Like most internet gaming sites, the Winning Poker Network did welcome the use of third-party electronic wallets, but this proved to be little more than a stopgap measure. Unfortunately, these services were slow, inconvenient, and expensive to use. And although diehard poker players were willing to use these services, they only did so due to the lack of alternatives. Convincing casual players to jump through countless hoops and put their trust in these unfamiliar services was a markedly harder sell.In late 2014, the Winning Poker Network found a solution to the payment processing issues that continued to plague the industry. WPN decided to embrace the blockchain and welcome bitcoin. As a decentralized digital currency with no central bank or intermediaries to answer to, this peer-to-peer payment method was arguably the perfect match for poker.

In 2015 WPN accepted their first cryptocurrency transaction

Yet when WPN accepted their first cryptocurrency transaction in January of 2015, Bitcoin wasn’t a household name. The fledgling blockchain asset did command its share of headlines thanks to its rapid rise in price a year earlier, but it remained little more than a curiosity even among tech savvy internet poker players. Still, the Winning Poker Network was quick to embrace Bitcoin since it solved many of its payment issues in one fell swoop.

With Bitcoin, players at WPN sites could finally fund their accounts or claim their winnings in a matter of minutes rather than having to wait days or weeks. Thanks to the reliability of the decentralized networks, deposits were no longer dependent on arcane regulations or the whims of intermediaries. Finally, players were be able to bring their bankrolls to the table and cash out their profits without forsaking convenience, speed, privacy, security or affordability.
Given the popularity of cryptocurrencies around the world in general, and among the online gaming community in particular, the Winning Poker Network dramatically increased its support for crypto rather quickly. Not only did WPN sites begin heavily promoting Bitcoin in late 2017, but the Winning Poker Network started accepting 60 different cryptocurrency options, giving players unprecedented flexibility.

Cryptocurrencies make up 60% of all Winning Poker Network transactions.

In 2023, the Winning Poker Network downsized its crypto selection to focus on just the major coins, allowing for even faster processing speed.  Customers can currently use Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, and Tether.  In just a few short years, cryptocurrencies have come to represent the bulk of WPN’s business. Cryptocurrencies have gone from making up 2% of the transactions on the Winning Poker Network in 2015 to 60% of all transactions just four years later. Even though conventional payment methods are still accepted, the percentage of crypto transactions continues to grow rapidly.For the convenience of players, all WPN cash games and tournaments are run exclusively using US dollars. The network automatically converts payments to or from US dollars when players deposit or cash out, meaning no one is forced to worry about crypto volatility while playing.

In 2019 WPN made the GUINESS WORLD RECORDS

On Wednesday, July 24, 2019, WPN made crypto and poker history by setting the GUINNESS WORLD RECORD™ title for the largest cryptocurrency winning jackpot in an online poker tournament. After the conclusion of the network’s multi-day $5 Million Venom tournament, WPN promptly paid the event winner his $1,050,560 prize by bitcoin.

WPN's $5 Million Venom was the biggest tournament ever hosted

With a final prize pool of $6,382,500, WPN’s $5 Million Venom also had the distinction of being the biggest tournament ever hosted by a US-facing poker site. The Winning Poker Network’s support for dozens of cryptocurrency options allowed players to participate in the tournament with ease and was instrumental in the overwhelming success of the event. Yet the popularity of cryptocurrencies at the Winning Poker Network isn’t reserved for big events. WPN welcomes players of all financial means and skill sets to play in their tournaments and cash games at any time of the day or night.

Question 6

Metodologia Ágil Scrum

Accepted Answer

A Winning Poker Network opera com a metodologia de gestão ágil Scrum, que difere dos métodos tradicionais de gestão utilizados pelos concorrentes no setor de pôquer online. O CEO Phil Nagy reconheceu a necessidade de adotar uma mudança no estilo de gestão quando percebeu que estava microgerenciando todas as decisões, grandes ou pequenas. A metodologia ágil conta com equipes individuais e confia que cada uma delas é especializada em seu respectivo campo. Cada equipe é composta por um Product Owner, que tem a visão do produto de valor pelo qual é responsável por entregar ao stakeholder ou à empresa. O Product Owner, então, transmite a visão do produto aos membros da equipe. Cada equipe tem um Scrum Master, que decide com a equipe quais tarefas devem ser realizadas em cada sprint (um período de tempo predeterminado). A Winning Poker Network trabalha em sprints de duas semanas, momento em que se espera que cada equipe apresente o que realizou durante esse período de duas semanas, para receber feedback das partes interessadas e de outras equipes da empresa. Com sprints tão curtos, isso permite que as equipes “falhem rápido”. Ou seja, se estiverem no caminho errado, elas terão dedicado apenas um curto período de tempo trabalhando no produto antes de poderem ser orientadas na direção correta.Por outro lado, o Scrum Agile permite total transparência, pois todas as equipes sabem no que as outras estão trabalhando. As equipes são avaliadas com base no número de pontos de história que realizam. Um ponto de história é uma unidade que mede o tempo que determinadas tarefas levariam. As unidades são pré-determinadas pelas equipes. A equipe da WPN adotou a nova metodologia, o que lhes dá mais independência para experimentar coisas diferentes e avaliar sua eficácia, apresentando os resultados do produto por meio de indicadores-chave de desempenho para cada projeto.

Question 7

Os fracassos: não há doce sem amargo

Accepted Answer

Sit & Go 2.0

A WPN o apelidou de “A Próxima Evolução do Pôquer”, mas, para ser franco, foi a próxima evolução de um jogo que ninguém jogava. Após um ano de desenvolvimento e esforços de marketing, a WPN descobriu da maneira mais difícil que é bastante complicado tornar os Sit & Go empolgantes. O jogo foi descontinuado após pouco mais de um ano de existência.

6 Plus Poker

A WPN achava que o 6 Plus seria o próximo grande jogo que todos iriam querer jogar.  De jogos a dinheiro a torneios, a WPN priorizou disponibilizá-lo no lobby.  Mas ele simplesmente não decolou.  Apesar de ainda ser um jogo popular e em crescimento na Ásia, o jogo foi retirado da WPN durante a atualização de software em meados de 2019.

Promoção Flying Bucks

Quem não gosta de dinheiro de graça? Pelo menos essa era a teoria. A WPN tentou a promoção Flying Bucks, que lançava um avatar voador na tela, recompensando com quantias aleatórias de dinheiro o primeiro jogador da mesa que clicasse nele. Infelizmente, como muitas das quantias aleatórias eram pequenas e o avatar distraía, a promoção foi removida logo após sua primeira execução, depois que os jogadores expressaram seu descontentamento.

Question 8

Escritórios da WPN

Accepted Answer

Em 2011, a rede mudou de escritório para ocupar um andar menor em um prédio vizinho e contratou mais pessoal de apoio para atender melhor aos jogadores. Nessa altura, o número de jogadores ainda era relativamente pequeno e, embora o quadro de funcionários tivesse dobrado, passando de aproximadamente 15 para 30, o número total de funcionários continuava baixo.

Após a reformulação da marca da rede para WPN, o tráfego começou a crescer exponencialmente, assim como a necessidade de mais pessoal. Foram contratados mais funcionários de suporte, criadas novas equipes e ampliadas as já existentes, incluindo os departamentos de mídias sociais, suporte, marketing por e-mail, afiliados, web, desenvolvimento e segurança.

No final de 2017, o andar inteiro destinado à WPN já não tinha capacidade suficiente para acomodar a equipe contratada para ajudar a desenvolver a rede. A WPN então alugou um prédio comercial inteiro e passou a contar com mais de 350 funcionários.

Embora se esperasse que o novo escritório fosse a sede definitiva da WPN, o espaço rapidamente se tornou um problema após a contratação de mais 50 funcionários. Surgiu então a oportunidade de adquirir um espaço de escritório com capacidade para o dobro do quadro de funcionários, proporcionando uma sede permanente que permitiria à rede atender com eficácia jogadores e parceiros de todo o mundo.

Desde seu humilde início, com apenas 15 pessoas, a Winning Poker Network conta agora com mais de 400 funcionários em todo o mundo, e esse número continua a crescer.

Question 9

A equipe da WPN: As pessoas por trás da equipe

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A Winning Poker Network tem registrado um crescimento expressivo em seu quadro de funcionários desde 2001, contando atualmente com 400 funcionários em diversos locais ao redor do mundo. Algumas das áreas de especialização incluem TI, Segurança, Marketing, Desenvolvimento de Produtos e Recursos Humanos. Além disso, a maioria dos funcionários possui formação acadêmica que vai do nível de bacharelado ao doutorado.

A direção da WPN acredita que pessoas = talento. É por isso que os funcionários da empresa têm benefícios, assim como nas empresas da Fortune 500. A diversidade da equipe também é impressionante, com muitas culturas, idiomas e etnias diferentes.

Por fim, a WPN incentiva os funcionários a se desenvolverem fora do ambiente de trabalho e a cultivarem seus interesses. Uma pesquisa recente listou alguns dos passatempos mais populares, a saber: culinária, fotografia, videogames, leitura e esportes.

2010	Prêmio garantido de US$ 200.000	Prêmio total de US$ 203.000
2011	Prêmio garantido de US$ 500.000	Prêmio total de US$ 402.149
2012	Prêmio garantido de US$ 500.000	Prêmio total de US$ 522.900
2013	Prêmio garantido de US$ 500.000	Prêmio total de US$ 712.950
2014	Prêmio garantido de US$ 500.000	Prêmio total de US$ 737.685
2015	Prêmio garantido de US$ 500.000	Prêmio total de US$ 824.985
2016	Prêmio garantido de US$ 500.000	Prêmio total de US$ 692.580
2017	Prêmio garantido de US$ 500.000	Prêmio total de US$ 573.000

A Winning Poker Network foi uma das primeiras redes de pôquer online já criadas, tendo feito sua estreia em 2001 sob seu nome anterior, MyPokerNetwork.

Em 2001, a Winning Poker Network iniciou suas atividades e começou a distribuir cartas sob sua marca principal inicial, a Americas Cardroom.

Em 2007, o Americas Cardroom migrou para a Rede Yatahay

Em 2011, a Yatahay Network adquiriu o "O Poderoso Chefão do Pôquer".

Surgiu a Winning Poker Network.

A linha do tempo

A reconstrução: trazendo de volta a grandeza do pôquer online ao mercado norte-americano.

Phil Nagy é nomeado diretor executivo

Em 2011, foi lançado um novo software

A Transformação do Poker da ACR

A história por trás do nosso logotipo: as mudanças ao longo dos anos.

Série de Pôquer Latino

O Punta Cana Poker Classic

Veja a seguir a garantia e o prêmio total de cada edição do evento:

The Cage ao vivo

Punta del Este

Satélites de Aventura de Altas Apostas

Bônus de Boas-Vindas

A Besta

Senta e esmaga

MO MO MO PLO

O High Five

A Super Série Online

Mini Super Série Online

OSS Cub3d

Série Super Freebuy

Domingo do Milhão de Dólares

Jackpots de um milhão de dólares

O Venom de US$ 10 milhões

O maior torneio de pôquer online já organizado por um site voltado para o mercado norte-americano

Venom Maior

Venom PKO

Moneymaker torna-se um profissional da ACR

O Cantinho dos Apostadores

O próximo Moneymaker

Circuito Moneymaker

Recompensa Misteriosa

Torneio dos Sonhos

Quintas-feiras de Grande Pôquer

A Dupla Diária

Em 2015, a WPN aceitou sua primeira transação com criptomoedas

As criptomoedas representam 60% de todas as transações da Winning Poker Network.

Em 2019, a WPN entrou no Guinness World Records

O torneio Venom de US$ 5 milhões da WPN foi o maior já realizado

Sit & Go 2.0

6 Plus Poker

Promoção Flying Bucks

Transações bancárias seguras

Jogo responsável

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