Also what do you dislike about the Mtt structures? Too slow? Too fast? They've always seemed fine to me, what are you looking for

The 10k starting chips is too much imo for the majority of the tourneys. I think it all stems down to not having enough players in the pool. At least with ROW you can get rec players who satty into bigger buyin stuff so there's some fresh meat..

It just feels so off. Like peak time on a Friday night you have 800 players with maybe 2-300 actually playing.

I agree that I don't like structures that start with 10k but honesty the overall structure is fine. It starts a little deep but it isn't like it takes an incredibly long time to finish or anything. They do a nice job of moving the tourney along with also keeping average stack fairly deep.

Idk, seems like your overall biggest complaint is "the games aren't super soft". This isn't really a complaint with stars, but just 2016 poker. This is isnt pre Black Friday where everyone was a massive whale. People are fairly good at poker these days, average skill is much higher.

you do realize cash hu ROW failed miserably and was removed right? With all the advanced software, seating scripts and other tools used that has a hard time controlling and detecting this is literally the worst form of poker for recreational players in terms of winrate, -0% chance hu cash is added.

I've played on ACR/Bovada/ROW Stars/ ROW 888 and NJ sites by far the most reg infested/nitty. I'm not saying it's impossible to win but your game really needs to be sharp. I'm pretty familiar with the 2016 poker environment.

I mean, ok. But I still don't get your complain then? Idk.

To me it's like you're saying "the games aren't soft, therefore stars.nj sucks". Stars seems to be doing a good job of offering promos, games, etc...doesn't seem like it's their fault if the people who play aren't all awful at poker.

I guess my point is: the softness of the games should not come into play for your review of the site when it comes to a thread like this one where we're discussing what stars can do to improve in nj

Agree with all of this. Even the games being reg infested is a semi rediculous statement still some of softest games on the net especially tournaments which take longer to turn.

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I haven't played any of the super long tourneys. Most of my play has been at 1/2 and 2/5 cash NL/PLO.

Maybe it's just been my game selection/timing. I'll give it a few more weeks and I am admittedly rusty right now.

so r you saying stars sucks because you cant win the money you want to? lmfao . poker is still gambling and part of gambling is the risk of not winning.

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i agree w pocket rockets 00000 about the sats on PSNJ.

ive said it before and wrote up some ideas so im not going to go into detail again. ill just say there should be attractive(to lower stakes and newer players) sats running often. low buyin/multiple ticket guarantee to 20/50/100$ mtts. the only sats i see are stuff like 20$ sat to 100$ mtt.

off topic from sats ....
Also why isnt there any freerolls for player levels yet? every other site has like a 500$ weekly for micro players and 1k+ for higher rake players. The lobby even has a filter option for VIP mtts.

im not outraged by this im just curious. id guess PS NJ might say "with other promos like cardhunt or whatever promo it works out the same" or something.

does PS ROW still run vip freerolls?

Ok, well I'm not buying the whole 2/5 thing. I mean there are games of course.


When you are like tell me something I'm missing, I feel you are missing the fact that the games are soft and the software is prime and the rakeback is awesome.

Please don't take this the wrong way but psnj is super soft and a big part of winrate is the inherent aggresion in some nj players. No matter the game, if you think it is filled with regs, I assure you it is not. I would just study a little more. Or move down limits. If you think high stakes plo is filled with some regs you might be right. Why not just chill and murder 200 nl?

Not sure if this is the right place to ask this but here goes... I will be moving to NJ in a couple of weeks. I will be living in Weehawken just outside of NYC. Has there been any trouble playing on the Jersey sites like PokerStars from so close to New York (which obviously does not have IPoker). Just wondering because I remember there being issues with that when New Jersey poker started up.

I've been a winner all levels so far. I'm just saying the style of play is very different then ROW sites and it's gonna take some getting used to. I think my frustration is more around the lack of game selection/small MTT's, and to be completely honest a little frustration in my own game regarding the ability to adapt quickly.

I have prob close to 500k hands on ACR cash which is one of the nittiest bot infested sites and I'm v profitable long term. I'm still going to play on NJ stars just bc the software is nuts and cashouts are lighten quick. Hopefully my opinion changes after a few more weeks grinding.

I live on the Weehawken waterfront and have never had an issue

Just an FYI; PSNJ added a Super Tuesday and Thursday Thrill for next week.. both $500 editions.

Is that 500$ buy in or prize pool?

buy in obviously. If its ever a 500GTD for the super tues. or thrill its time to close up shop for psnj

With that being said, I feel like the price point is going to be too high and these might end up like the 250 PSKO that used to be on the schedule.

$500 little too high imo.

Actually I was happy to see an ad on NYABCTV right before prime time Friday nite

500$ way too high for nj. just ensures a far smaller pool.

The 500 6max does quite well, idk.

250 would be fine pricepoint as well




Also, the satellite(s) to the live festival need more exposure. Most people I talked to today didn't even know there was a satty. Put it in banner, or put the tourney in the main lobby tab

Yeah I think most people complaining about the $500 price point are people who want to play $250s. All the other sites run/ran either weekly or monthly $500s that did fine. Add the fact that summer is winding down and more people will be playing again and it'll be fine.

Just to confirm as I see some questions below this, NJCOOP dates are confirmed as October 16-30 which will lead right into the first PokerStars Festival New Jersey Event. Full details of this event are on our webpage.

When the NJCOOP schedule is published I'll be sure to share it here.

Regards,
Dylan

+1 Will there be Cash Games? Won't be able to take time off for the tourney but would love to try out the new room.

Nope. I personally couldnt care less one way or the other bc I dont play MTTs, however I obviously want MTTs to do well.

Well see what ends up happening. Just my opinion.