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05-24-2016 , 06:01 PM
Yes auto timebank option and 7 minutes breaks (5 effective) or synch, these 2 things are hurting traffic (actual 3 min breaks sucks)
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05-25-2016 , 03:35 AM
Hey Guys,
We took a big hit Yesterday with significant overlays. Unfortunately we expect the upcoming season to continue to be difficult on the tournament front so we will be cutting guarantees. We will however be prepared to raise them right back up as soon as tournament liquidity recuperates, probably after the Summer. As always, your feedback is welcome.
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05-25-2016 , 05:44 AM
There should be no shame in adding re-entry option instead of cutting gtds of mtts. You don't have almost any re-entry tournaments.
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05-25-2016 , 06:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Bocmanis
There should be no shame in adding re-entry option instead of cutting gtds of mtts. You don't have almost any re-entry tournaments.
No way. I refuse to play re-entry MTTs. If they make tourneys re-entry they may get actually fewer entries. A lot of people want to be able to play 1 buy-in on a level playing field and not have to compete with people firing multiple bullets.

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05-25-2016 , 06:52 AM
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Originally Posted by ChoakMyDee
No way. I refuse to play re-entry MTTs. If they make tourneys re-entry they may get actually fewer entries. A lot of people want to be able to play 1 buy-in on a level playing field and not have to compete with people firing multiple bullets.

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agreed.
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05-25-2016 , 10:52 AM
Maybe allowing multitabling on the mobile will help with the gtds.
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05-25-2016 , 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Uhrenknecht
Maybe allowing multitabling on the mobile will help with the gtds.
this seems like a nobrainer, wont help a tremendous amount wiht traffic but anything helps at the moment over the summer
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05-26-2016 , 08:29 AM
This might not be the ideal thread to ask this but anyway - I am thinking about creating an account on 888 to play tournaments(BIs ranging up to 11$)

now I've been reading a lot about 888 software, security(especially the hacking incidents 2 3 months ago), cashout issues(long waiting) and all that - so what I want to know is it worth it?(I know the fields are way softer than Stars) but I don't want to get my account hacked, money stolen, get multiple disconnects during play and all that.

So yea all of that 'gossip' has got me wondering whether its worth it - I wouldn't deposit much due to most of my roll being on Stars so I'd like to know whether there are some good bonuses to take advantage of for first deposits etc.

basically I want to know whether it really has significant value. tyvm

again if its the wrong thread to ask I apologize - we can then communicate via PM
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05-26-2016 , 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by saycheese
This might not be the ideal thread to ask this but anyway - I am thinking about creating an account on 888 to play tournaments(BIs ranging up to 11$)

now I've been reading a lot about 888 software, security(especially the hacking incidents 2 3 months ago), cashout issues(long waiting) and all that - so what I want to know is it worth it?(I know the fields are way softer than Stars) but I don't want to get my account hacked, money stolen, get multiple disconnects during play and all that.

So yea all of that 'gossip' has got me wondering whether its worth it - I wouldn't deposit much due to most of my roll being on Stars so I'd like to know whether there are some good bonuses to take advantage of for first deposits etc.

basically I want to know whether it really has significant value. tyvm

again if its the wrong thread to ask I apologize - we can then communicate via PM
Never have experienced a single thing listed here except the occasional unresponsive client. No problems with cash outs, money stolen or anything, and I play the same stakes you are looking to play. If you are that worried only keep enough of your BR to cover 2-3 days buyins.

The real issue is the lack of good tournaments in that buyin range
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05-26-2016 , 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by ChoakMyDee
No way. I refuse to play re-entry MTTs. If they make tourneys re-entry they may get actually fewer entries. A lot of people want to be able to play 1 buy-in on a level playing field and not have to compete with people firing multiple bullets.
In re-entry tournaments mincash and top prizes are bigger. For instance, it is much exciting to play $12 2nd chance event at 15.45 CET with $600 to first (previously it was $12 with 1k gtd). I personally rarely re-enter tournaments but fish love to reload with 15bb and shove crap the next hand and I want to get more money from fish. I don't think ultra long special tournaments, such as, Mega Deep, Tuesday Challenge, Friday Challenge should be re-entry but a lot of daily regular speed (10-12 min) and turbo (5-6 min) tournaments should be re-entry.
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05-26-2016 , 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by saycheese
This might not be the ideal thread to ask this but anyway - I am thinking about creating an account on 888 to play tournaments(BIs ranging up to 11$)

now I've been reading a lot about 888 software, security(especially the hacking incidents 2 3 months ago), cashout issues(long waiting) and all that - so what I want to know is it worth it?(I know the fields are way softer than Stars) but I don't want to get my account hacked, money stolen, get multiple disconnects during play and all that.

So yea all of that 'gossip' has got me wondering whether its worth it - I wouldn't deposit much due to most of my roll being on Stars so I'd like to know whether there are some good bonuses to take advantage of for first deposits etc.

basically I want to know whether it really has significant value. tyvm

again if its the wrong thread to ask I apologize - we can then communicate via PM
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Originally Posted by Tilltard
Never have experienced a single thing listed here except the occasional unresponsive client. No problems with cash outs, money stolen or anything, and I play the same stakes you are looking to play. If you are that worried only keep enough of your BR to cover 2-3 days buyins.

The real issue is the lack of good tournaments in that buyin range
I have been playing on 888 for 3 years and I have never had any issues with withdrawals.

I agree that schedule of small stakes tournaments should be improved. The only FO in which you can win 1k+ for $5 or $12 is weekly Mega Dozen. Freezouts in $5-12 range are very small. R&A tournaments are nice but apart from them there are no other playable MTTs for small stakes players. On the other hand Steps tournaments are decent and it is not difficult to get tickets for $30, $55, $109, $160 events.
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05-29-2016 , 10:24 AM
your mac software still sucks
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05-29-2016 , 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by ChoakMyDee
No way. I refuse to play re-entry MTTs. If they make tourneys re-entry they may get actually fewer entries. A lot of people want to be able to play 1 buy-in on a level playing field and not have to compete with people firing multiple bullets.

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why are re-entry mtts bad? the way I see it people will re-enter late in the tournament when they'll only get 10-20 bb which obv is great.....I guess the only argument is more regs will re-enter then fish but I'm not sure if thats true and even so if they want to re-enter that short its good for the rest of us.....maybe im missing something here but re-entrys seem great
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05-29-2016 , 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Z06Fanatic1
why are re-entry mtts bad? the way I see it people will re-enter late in the tournament when they'll only get 10-20 bb which obv is great....
Enlighten me, because I see strictly downsides to this.
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05-29-2016 , 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Soepgroente
Enlighten me, because I see strictly downsides to this.
I was being sincere - I feel they're good for "pros" but would like to hear an argument otherwise esp if you feel strongly about them....how bout this hypothetical - say 20 people re-enter a tournament - half pros half fish and they get in with 20 bb late in the re-entry - is this a gain or a loss for a winning player?
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05-29-2016 , 11:39 AM
All the super late registration and re-entering just destroys any kind of deep play. It's done mostly by reasonable to good players and almost no players who are so bad that they make huge mistakes at 20bb. Sure the prizepool grows a bit, but it's not dead money and reduces your edge as the fish : pro ratio shrinks. Also, you might not be able to play as many hands vs a fish because of the threat a 20bb late reg guy reships. Over the years, structures have gotten slower and slower but playability hasn't increased much because of this. I late reg with 20bb all the time, but it'd be better for the overall experience of online tournaments if you wouldn't be able to register/re-enter for less than 30+bb or something.
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05-29-2016 , 11:49 AM
I guess it depends on the site, but I've noticed a mix of fish/pros re-entering....what kind of roi loss do you think you take entering with 20 bb vs starting on time? Surely if its like 90% pros we're losing money but I think most pros re-entering that short are taking a big ROI hit
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05-29-2016 , 12:11 PM
Do you find 5k tornado, 10k crocodile, 10k monson super exciting? Short stack play is essential part of poker, sometimes you win flips, sometimes not- that's poker.
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05-29-2016 , 02:58 PM
as i said i'd do, just gonna play 3 tournaments for week at 888, the softer just doesnt get better its sad, i also like to have breaks so...
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05-30-2016 , 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Z06Fanatic1
I was being sincere - I feel they're good for "pros" but would like to hear an argument otherwise esp if you feel strongly about them....how bout this hypothetical - say 20 people re-enter a tournament - half pros half fish and they get in with 20 bb late in the re-entry - is this a gain or a loss for a winning player?
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Originally Posted by Soepgroente
All the super late registration and re-entering just destroys any kind of deep play. It's done mostly by reasonable to good players and almost no players who are so bad that they make huge mistakes at 20bb. Sure the prizepool grows a bit, but it's not dead money and reduces your edge as the fish : pro ratio shrinks. Also, you might not be able to play as many hands vs a fish because of the threat a 20bb late reg guy reships. Over the years, structures have gotten slower and slower but playability hasn't increased much because of this. I late reg with 20bb all the time, but it'd be better for the overall experience of online tournaments if you wouldn't be able to register/re-enter for less than 30+bb or something.
Soep nails it. When people are late regging for 15 and 10bb it just totally destroys the tournament for one of the more interesting periods of play. ACR has the same structures with people regularly buying in with 10 and 12bb stacks and it is just garbage.

I'm mildly ok with re-entry and late registration is obviously good for tournaments, but they need to be in-line with the structure built. Too many tournaments are ****ed up because the people who make the structures and deploy the tournaments never actually play. It's hard to see how big of an issue something is if you never get to experience it.
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05-30-2016 , 09:44 PM
Hi 888rep.

I think it is very important to fix so your timebank activates automaticly preflop. There's an option to activate it, but it only activates it postflop, which makes you autofold many hands pre during the session, so frustrating.

This is a big problem for all grinders to play several tables on ur site (Which is almost all of ur customers, its 2016 theres almost no recs who plays 1table anymore)
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05-31-2016 , 06:53 AM
Hey guys,

We have added 4 new Turbo and Super Turbo tournaments to our Monday schedule as a part of a new series - "The Monday Rebound".
Rebound(verb) - "recover in value, amount, or strength after a decrease or decline."
In case you've had a tough weekend this is your chance to bounce back.

The tournaments are:

18:15GMT The $5,000 Monday Rebound, $109 Buy-in, 6 Minutes Blind levels, 5000 Starting stack.

18:16GMT The $2,000 Mini Monday Rebound, $12 Buy-in, 6 Minutes Blind levels, 5000 Starting stack.

23:10GMT The $3,000 Super Monday Rebound, $55 Buy-in, 3 Minutes Blind levels, 5000 Starting stack, 2nd chance rebuys available.

23:11GMT The $1,000 Mini Super Monday Rebound, $5 Buy-in, 3 Minutes Blind levels, 5000 Starting stack, 2nd chance rebuys available.

The guarantees of these tournaments are not final, we will make adjustments based on how they perform.


Good Luck at the tables!

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05-31-2016 , 08:00 AM
cute, but fix your software.
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05-31-2016 , 09:26 AM
disconnected and cant log back in. sup
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05-31-2016 , 04:16 PM
Disconnected atm. cant log in. working on stars and party.
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