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12-12-2016 , 03:46 PM
I double-cashed the monday challenge last week, winning entry to this week's challenges. I unregged, planning to late reg them instead. But when I tried to enter again, it deducted money from my account. I emailed support but they said I was out of luck, which seems pretty unreasonable to me. Any chance I could get tickets for an upcoming set of Monday challenges?
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12-12-2016 , 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by 2MuchLuckWillKillU
Could the $22 monday twins get a 5k stack with 10 minute levels instead of 3k with 15 min lvls ?

Last week's editions ended @ 5:51 and 5:28 CET which makes it unattractive for europeans to play .
+1 on this

Friday Challenge should be faster as well - maybe 5k 12 minutes.
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12-12-2016 , 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by 2MuchLuckWillKillU
The $24 4k gtd is a great tourney but as mentioned before it also ends too late , could swap it with the $12 1.5k gtd at 18:15 CET . since it's right in between both swordfish tourneys it should grow but at the same time end a bit earlier .
Good point. If it is done then $12 1,5k and $12 1k turbo deep would start at 19:15 CET and 19:30 CET respectively.

Prior to becoming $12 1k gtd tubro deep were $7 2,5k, then $7 2k, then $8 1,5k, then $8 1,2k (it seems that higher buy-in did not increase PP). It seems there are too many turbos around this time. What about replacing turbo deep with special tournament called "The Six" (you have The Two, for instance)? Give it $6.6 buy-in, 6 max, 6666 starting stack, 10 minutes, 150 minute LR. Start it with 2k gtd and people will support it.
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12-13-2016 , 07:23 PM
said it couple of times, tryin again:
make different icons for rebuy AND reentry tournaments. There is a huge difference that matters to a player. A player who sees the "+" icon might not be interested in a certain game as he thinks its a rebuy tournament that he simply cant afford to play!
Its just not the same and confuses players as hell or might keep them away from certain tables! Even in the legend it says "Rebuy/Addon" which obv is just wrong for the reentry games
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12-14-2016 , 09:02 PM
Heyho,
1 thing you can improve, if you click on the table and have " When table screen is choosen, set focus on [X]Betting Box" focus is on betting box but the minbet number is always there, so if you want to change the number with a numpad, you have to mark the number and type a different number. On other sites like party/Stars, focus is on betting box but there is no number set, so that you can easily type a number without deleting the number written there. Its really tought to handle while playing more MTTs on your site and most people are forced to use the mousewheel or just minopenraising and so on.

Back in the days it was like Stars/Party it has but it was changed some time ago
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12-14-2016 , 09:22 PM
Prefer to keep friday challenge structure the same as well as the monday twins. You've got to have a variety of structures to suit all. The other days challenges structures are quite a bit faster so keeping two at 15 min levels makes sense.
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12-16-2016 , 07:50 AM
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Originally Posted by schmette
Heyho,
1 thing you can improve, if you click on the table and have " When table screen is choosen, set focus on [X]Betting Box" focus is on betting box but the minbet number is always there, so if you want to change the number with a numpad, you have to mark the number and type a different number. On other sites like party/Stars, focus is on betting box but there is no number set, so that you can easily type a number without deleting the number written there. Its really tought to handle while playing more MTTs on your site and most people are forced to use the mousewheel or just minopenraising and so on.

Back in the days it was like Stars/Party it has but it was changed some time ago
Oh yes, this is really annoying. Party actually changed something recently (could be a bug on my PC though), when you type in a number it puts the next number you type before it instead of after
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12-18-2016 , 02:33 AM
Is the deal option on 888 truly rigged? I was too lazy to do the math in the past, and expected deals to be chipEV as presented by the software. But chopped the Tornado hu yesterday and noticed the actual payouts were 200$ below chipEV at the time of the deal. I just shoved hand after deal since I thought money locked in - nothing to play for etc..

How can there be more money for the winner when it's not mentioned in the deal window?
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12-18-2016 , 04:36 AM
thin
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12-18-2016 , 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Alexos
How can there be more money for the winner when it's not mentioned in the deal window?
It is actually mentioned there, but it is very hard to see. I think its written by plain text on the bottom of deal window. Win 10 version here, not sure how does MAC deals looks like (if there is option to do deals on MAC).

Edit: found picture on google: http://pokernerve.com/assets/uploads...al_making1.jpg
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12-18-2016 , 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by suk12
It is actually mentioned there, but it is very hard to see. I think its written by plain text on the bottom of deal window. Win 10 version here, not sure how does MAC deals looks like (if there is option to do deals on MAC).

Edit: found picture on google: http://pokernerve.com/assets/uploads...al_making1.jpg
weird because I do remember seeing this in past deals, but had forgotten or didn't see it yesterday. Thanks for looking it up
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12-19-2016 , 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by blakkman08
88$ 8-max 88k guaranteed 888 special

just make it 8k during weekdays and its all guad
What about this new major? Can we have it in $215 turbo timeslot and move turbo to 22:15 CET? :-)
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12-19-2016 , 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Alexos
Is the deal option on 888 truly rigged? I was too lazy to do the math in the past, and expected deals to be chipEV as presented by the software. But chopped the Tornado hu yesterday and noticed the actual payouts were 200$ below chipEV at the time of the deal. I just shoved hand after deal since I thought money locked in - nothing to play for etc..

How can there be more money for the winner when it's not mentioned in the deal window?
shoutout to summuNNN who just sent me $100 (half the exta money) when i brought it up in chat today. respek
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12-21-2016 , 04:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Uhrenknecht
The lobby may be packed with satellites, but I think it's not that bad if you could actually filter the main lobby better. For example if I untick satellites in the lobby, only one game disappaears in the list of available games (ie not scrolling down = based on the size of the lobby).
We are aware of this issue and it will be fixed in future versions.

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5$R is the smart idea since people have way more 5$ tickets to play for than 12$ tickets. for example 1$ to 5$ runs every hour, generating about 10-15x 5$ tickets each time. 1$ to 12$ runs far less often.
I'm okay with fees on re-entries, as long as there are games on your site that have unraked rebuys and so forth.
Done. With minimum players lowered.
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btw: is there an xmas calendar on 888?
No. But we do have an upcoming calendar promotion starting in January.
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12-21-2016 , 04:46 AM
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Originally Posted by cnafish
@888Rep
Why have you guys been removing all the Super Turbos? First the Second Shot was removed and now the Super Monday rebound (later ones). Can't you just lower the guarantee if they sometimes don't meet it? Now on Sundays there is a Third Shot but no Second Shot.
Super Turbo's have unfortunately not been doing great. We have removed a couple after lowering GTD didn't help. We will fix the name of the 3rd Shot - thx for pointing that out.
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12-21-2016 , 04:47 AM
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Originally Posted by DonkeyPro
Im not familiar with xxl series. Is there any turnaments in the range between 11$-55$ bi?
Yes
https://www.888poker.com/poker-promotions/xlcalendar/
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12-21-2016 , 04:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Bocmanis
There are no satellites for Sunday Challenge on Saturdays. Could you add some $12 sats, for instance?
We plan to look at the structure of this tournament and its satellites in the upcoming future.
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12-21-2016 , 04:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Bocmanis
Really good job on Super XL schedule. Love $55 Twin concept on first Friday.
It is good you are boosting daily challenges a bit as well.
Thanks.
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12-21-2016 , 05:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Rocky-PN
I'm not an expert on blind levels, so I can't say exactly what the changes need to be. But if it's more like a turbo similar to the Monday rebound for example, I would consider playing it. In the current form the turbo Mega deep will not have many winners and the good players still experience a lot of variance because of the small edge and high rake. For this reason a lot of people I know skip the tournament, but they do play the Sunday Super Sonic on Pokerstars (also a $215 buy-in turbo) because the rake is lower and they get more rake-back.
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888rep any chance of adding a $22 Mini Turbo Mega Deep? The non-turbo mini is a great addition and I think adding a turbo version would be a good idea
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i like this.. i think it would be very successful
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Such a good idea!
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Originally Posted by ORLY???
Looking at the structure sheet it actually looks pretty good, not sure why it plays so fast. Every time I played it it felt like I was playing a hyper. Maybe change levels to 8 minutes? Or make it 6 max, although some people probably won't like 6 max on a sunday. If you are keeping the same rake the structure needs to be slower in some way.

Starting time should be later, this is the beginning of peak time where there's a lot of better value tournaments to play, I would move it to 22:00, 22:30 or 23:00 CET. I would prefer 23:00, running time is under 3 hours so almost every reg can still play it and go to sleep at a reasonable time.

If these changes are made I would play it every time, and I think a lot of others with me.
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Originally Posted by Soepgroente
I agree, 15$ rake on a site with 0 rakeback the structure can't be super fast.

Adding 125/250, 350/700 and 3k/6k+3.5/7k instead of 6500 would help a lot. 20k/40k 25/50k 30/60 35/70 40/80k is also better, but not as relevant. Adding 30/60 and 40/80 would help a lot with people that latereg an hour in, but isn't really necessary for ppl who play it from the start.
Alright Guys!

Starting Sunday 1.1.2017, The Turbo Mega Deep's start time will be changed to 20:30 GMT. It will have a deeper structure with slightly longer late reg as well. We expect its performance to improve.

We have also added a Mini Turbo Mega Deep with the same structure but this tournament will also have re-entries. It will start at the same time with a $22 buy-in.

As always your feedback on this matter has been very helpful.

Thanks and have fun!
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12-21-2016 , 06:21 AM
That's how it's done. Well played
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12-21-2016 , 06:53 AM
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Originally Posted by 888Rep
We plan to look at the structure of this tournament and its satellites in the upcoming future.
Please look at the structure of Friday Challenge as well. Last Friday it finished at 8.30 CET which is too long for non-Sunday event.

Possibly you could try the structure of 8-8-8 tournaments on Friday but with 12 minute levels (8888 starting stack; starts with 10/20/2, 15/30/3, 25/50/5, 50/100/10; 75/150/15 etc. levels). Larger starting stack will give an impression that is not fastened for no reason; it will ensure that it is deep stack poker during late stages.

I made final table of 8-8-8 tournament a few days ago and it had 35bb-40bb average stack with a few tables left (despite being 10 minute level tournament). 8888 staring stack and 12 minute should accomplish two things: finishes at 5am - 6am CET and probably 40bb+ play at late stages.
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12-21-2016 , 08:20 AM
Would have preferred no re entry or 1 re entry max for that mini turbo deep.Maybe if the tournament out performs ur expectations you can make some adjustments to the re entry part.
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12-21-2016 , 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by 888Rep
Alright Guys!

Starting Sunday 1.1.2017, The Turbo Mega Deep's start time will be changed to 20:30 GMT. It will have a deeper structure with slightly longer late reg as well. We expect its performance to improve.

We have also added a Mini Turbo Mega Deep with the same structure but this tournament will also have re-entries. It will start at the same time with a $22 buy-in.

As always your feedback on this matter has been very helpful.

Thanks and have fun!
In order to not crowd the new Turbo Mega Deep time slot, we will be moving the Tornado from 20:15 to 20:00 GMT and the Thunder from 20:35 to 21:00 GMT.
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12-21-2016 , 08:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Big_Mick00
Nice work on the 500k mega deep. Crushed it. More special events please as it proved you can make huge gtds
As promised, we did not wait long with our next special event. on 15.1.17 we will run a special edition of the Baby Whale which will be called The Super Whale. This tournament will have a $500,000 guaranteed prize! It will have a slightly deeper structure as well as re-entries during the late registration period.

Good Luck!
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12-21-2016 , 09:00 AM
good changes!

Would like the challenges to end sooner too, i no longer play them as they take to long. But they perform well so its w/e.
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