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01-22-2017 , 06:52 AM
blakkman,
are u sheldons brother from big bang theory? that was most likely sarcasm of auguskb!
01-22-2017 , 08:05 AM
That's giving a lot of credit on your part
01-22-2017 , 08:17 AM
why kill structures of low/mid games?

your competitors have lots of good options there. i just cant really understand this does anything other than hurt players at all levels

how does being #4 feel? ive been quick to sing party's praises since you removed skrill cashout fee. but i am not a fan of recent changes (or lack thereof).

i think schmette's recent posts are pretty spot on
01-22-2017 , 08:50 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by LittleGoliath
I mean really nobrainers
2. Fix the endgame structures. They actually had a pretty good fix in their new tournaments (which all of them are already gone as well?) which allowed for more play in endphases, while reducing the earlier stages somewhat. No idea why they got rid of that. Having an average stack of 20-25bb in endgames - when the money is actually being divided - is not a pleasant experience, neither for regs as recs I woud imagine. This week - this is rather extreme example but not that uncommon - I saw someone chipleading the final table with 9 left while he had 24 bbs and average was 15bb. I mean, for a 12 minute regspeed that's pretty unacceptable. Just remove a few levels at the start, put in a few levels in between towards the end and you'll be good.
So while this has been said over and over by a ton of people, PP basically decides to do the exact opposite and doesn't even communicate about it to the players?

Sorry but that's just Amaya-esque
01-22-2017 , 12:05 PM
it's messed up how many people will have $215 title fight tickets expire because its not running for 2 more weeks and they can't be used in powerfest events.
01-22-2017 , 01:38 PM
Leaderboard is not showing up in promopage, it just directs to: https://www.partypoker.com/whats-goi....html?promoId= where there is "no available data".
01-22-2017 , 02:15 PM
[QUOTE=LittleGoliath;51571581]I mean really nobrainers

/QUOTE]

Thank you for taking the time to type this detailed and constructive post I will ensure its reviewed in detail by the senior team

Quote:
Originally Posted by Grinding.Nemo
I still cant use my $215 ticket for powerfest!!!! Only for 12 februari, but then my ticket is expired! What to do Colette?
The tickets are valid!
Have you tried to register in the lobby using the relevant ticket?
I understand the tickets are showing as inactive however should you try register for the game they will be accepted


Quote:
Originally Posted by goldenage
Playing the Jab today, and realize the blinds are climbing faster than usual. Check again and see the levels have changed from 12 minutes down to 8.

Intentional? Announced and I missed it?
Yes the blind structures changed continuing on from previous changes to other games the blinds have been altered to a format where they run at a lower time for 16 levels then move to a higher time for the remainder of the game. For Jab for instance has moved to an “8/10 mins” structure, meaning they have 8 minute levels for 16 levels, and 10 minute levels thereafter.

Quote:
Originally Posted by gettym
it's messed up how many people will have $215 title fight tickets expire because its not running for 2 more weeks and they can't be used in powerfest events.
See above ^^ The tickets are valid during powerfest
01-22-2017 , 02:33 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Party_Rep
The tickets are valid!
Have you tried to register in the lobby using the relevant ticket?
I understand the tickets are showing as inactive however should you try register for the game they will be accepted
+1, tried this out at 300k guaranteed and confirmed (at least when pre-registered). Doubt that many people who don't follow this forum will find out, however.

But thanks Colette
01-22-2017 , 02:50 PM
[QUOTE=Party_Rep;51579888]
Quote:
Originally Posted by LittleGoliath
I mean really nobrainers/QUOTE]

Thank you for taking the time to type this detailed and constructive post I will ensure its reviewed in detail by the senior team

Yes the blind structures changed continuing on from previous changes to other games the blinds have been altered to a format where they run at a lower time for 16 levels then move to a higher time for the remainder of the game. For Jab for instance has moved to an “8/10 mins” structure, meaning they have 8 minute levels for 16 levels, and 10 minute levels thereafter.
altered to make the games worse right? Can i ask the reasoning for this change? Colette the games are ruined, what happened to the "new" games which had 1200/2400 1400/2800 1600/3200 blinds etc? You could have at least tried this structure in the tournaments that you have now reduced, instead you do the exact opposite and make things worse, just amazing.
01-22-2017 , 04:23 PM
Hi Colette,

Do you have anything new to share about the PLO8 games? Last time you wrote:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Party_Rep
Our PLO8 offering is limited as we tried these before and they did not receive any support in the regular schedule - yes the games you highlight have the same players however should we introduce more games it would likely decrease player numbers for the current offerings
IF we see these games grow with regular support - yes we will increase the offerings
I will share your feedback however its possible other game formats and filling gaps in the current schedule for our more popular formats will take priority over PLO8 games
Just to give you an update, I've deposited some $ onto your site and enjoy the structure of the games, but what I said earlier about the PLO8 MTT buyins being too low is still true.

You mentioned "more popular formats", what other more popular games are there besides No Limit Holdem and PLO? If you look at Pokerstars' lobby, you can even argue that PLO and PLO8/NLO8 are about equal in popularity in MTTs.

I don't know what the reason is, but it's been difficult to persuade you guys to make any changes to the schedule (I've been able to get through to Stars, WPN and 888 to improve their O8 schedule).

Having your largest PLO8 game be an $11 turbo is a complete misrepresentation of the current poker climate!

A daily $22 and sunday $55 is the minimum at poker site as large as PartyPoker should have.

Thanks as always for reading
01-22-2017 , 04:47 PM
NLO8 hypers one-time! Maybe even PSKO!

(I currently don't even play anything else in Stars).
01-22-2017 , 06:56 PM
Just a question Colette, did you forward the feedback regarding guaranteed?
Sunday 55s Sunday 109s
Daily 55s Daily 22s.......?
01-23-2017 , 07:52 AM
Colette, how about better structure for 5k ME. It's such a crapshoot for a 5k$. The bubble is a huge cluster**** and it's just the same structure as every 500(which runs @ the same time too). It deserves @ least 100k$ startstack imo and/or 25m/30m levels. Last year it ran during WCOOP ME. WCOOP was still infinity bigs deep and this was almost already @ the bubble.

It would be way more exciting for me @ least if it wasnt your every day tourney.
01-23-2017 , 02:26 PM
Hi Colette!

Leaderboard has appeared, but at least high leaderboard is totally wrong: https://www.partypoker.com/whats-goi...promoId=176400

I should have like at least like 700 points and got 170,7 and other players points are clearly flawed too. I opted in before started to play so that can't be reason either. Please check it out and ask ones who are handling this to post real leaderboard results ASAP.

Thanks

E: I think reason is that someone has made leaderboard to start counting points at 0:00 ET in Monday, while it should have started day before.

Last edited by FarseerFinland; 01-23-2017 at 02:52 PM.
01-23-2017 , 03:59 PM
And if possible, ask them to add leaderboard which updates automatically all the time in poker lobby - Promotions section. It did work well during CPP leaderboards and one wouldn't have to open separate internet browser.
01-24-2017 , 12:12 AM
Still some points appear to leaderboard and some not...
01-24-2017 , 04:31 AM
[QUOTE=jambo227;51580091]
Quote:
Originally Posted by Party_Rep

altered to make the games worse right? Can i ask the reasoning for this change? Colette the games are ruined, what happened to the "new" games which had 1200/2400 1400/2800 1600/3200 blinds etc? You could have at least tried this structure in the tournaments that you have now reduced, instead you do the exact opposite and make things worse, just amazing.
Management decision

Quote:
Originally Posted by schmette
Just a question Colette, did you forward the feedback regarding guaranteed?
Sunday 55s Sunday 109s
Daily 55s Daily 22s.......?
Yes

Quote:
Originally Posted by FarseerFinland
Hi Colette!

Leaderboard has appeared, but at least high leaderboard is totally wrong: https://www.partypoker.com/whats-goi...promoId=176400

I should have like at least like 700 points and got 170,7 and other players points are clearly flawed too. I opted in before started to play so that can't be reason either. Please check it out and ask ones who are handling this to post real leaderboard results ASAP.

Thanks

E: I think reason is that someone has made leaderboard to start counting points at 0:00 ET in Monday, while it should have started day before.
The promo team are aware of the leaderboard issues
The data is being collected correctly however there are ongoing issues with the display and the LB feeds
The promo team and tech team are working on full resolution
01-24-2017 , 12:49 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fanta Pomelo
Colette, how about better structure for 5k ME. It's such a crapshoot for a 5k$. The bubble is a huge cluster**** and it's just the same structure as every 500(which runs @ the same time too). It deserves @ least 100k$ startstack imo and/or 25m/30m levels. Last year it ran during WCOOP ME. WCOOP was still infinity bigs deep and this was almost already @ the bubble.

It would be way more exciting for me @ least if it wasnt your every day tourney.
plzz

01-24-2017 , 03:45 PM
+1 little goliath, good post

esp your satty/ticket system is rly bad and annoying...
01-24-2017 , 04:36 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Party_Rep
Management decision
I think you deserve boycott from small stakes players after the first week of Powerfest if you keep 8/10 structures.
01-24-2017 , 05:37 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Party_Rep
Management decision
Then you don't deserve our business, i have honestly never seen such poor choices when it comes to creating a tournament schedule / structures etc. Now i'm totally convinced there is a real lack of poker knowledge within your team. Colette what is the point in this thread any longer? what are you looking for here? People give you feedback then party go and do the exact opposite, seriously i don't get it?
01-24-2017 , 06:13 PM
Variable level times are a good idea in general, but atm poorly executed. Should make the transition quicker compared to the 6k bb it is now. Also 8-12 minutes would work better. Would suggest like 8 minutes till bb2k or something in that neighboorhood.

Just a quick suggestion, I think something like this would work well.

Old 10 mins => 8-12 minutes (jump at 2k)
Old 12 mins => 8-12-16 minutes(jump at 2k and for example at 20k)
Old 15 mins => 12-16-20 minutes (jump at 2k and for example at 20k)

alternatively could just keep fixed levels and squeeze in few levels in between.

More ideas are welcome, don't have much time to figure it out now and compare to old structures.
01-24-2017 , 10:02 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bocmanis
I think you deserve boycott from small stakes players after the first week of Powerfest if you keep 8/10 structures.
yeah as we know those are very effective
01-25-2017 , 01:19 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fanta Pomelo
Colette, how about better structure for 5k ME. It's such a crapshoot for a 5k$. The bubble is a huge cluster**** and it's just the same structure as every 500(which runs @ the same time too). It deserves @ least 100k$ startstack imo and/or 25m/30m levels. Last year it ran during WCOOP ME. WCOOP was still infinity bigs deep and this was almost already @ the bubble.

It would be way more exciting for me @ least if it wasnt your every day tourney.
+1
01-25-2017 , 01:20 PM
When I try to log in to my Party account, the log in screen stays white. Do you have any solution for this problem? Pretty good timing in the middle of powerfest.

      
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