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Originally Posted by PokerStars Luke
I'm out of the office until Monday, but I wanted to stop in and provide some clarifications/comments.
You seem to make this kind of comment a lot. I'm not sure why your office time is at all relevant given you post <once a week.
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Originally Posted by PokerStars Luke
There is not and never has been a concerted effort to push PSKO over another format. When the schedule changed last April, we added more Bigs/Hots than we did Bounty Builders. All three of the brands have 28 daily tournaments. We are usually content to set guarantees with smaller margins on PSKOs because interest in the format is steady or growing.
Another factor to consider is that the schedule has not yet run for a year. Every month from April until now has been a new month with these tournaments. This means that guarantee adjustments happened much more frequently from April-July last year because we couldn't use previous year's data to determine what the seasonal decline might be or the continued effect of an altered schedule.
I'll be discussing the Saturday schedule with the team when time permits. There's a myriad of ideas in this thread, and we'll discuss those and more.
Anyone else have thoughts on this? Personally, I think heartbreak is a big part of MTTs and this could diminish excitement that is unique to the format.
I'm not sure whether you're lying or are oblivious. KOs, specifically PSKOs, have been pushed/promoted more than another other tourni variant. KOs are taking over the schedule and have/had constant promotions ranging from bonuses (tickets added to BBs), incentives (being involved in card hunts/SNG promos), and just value (they have the highest GTDs, which are rarely lowered if not met.)
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Originally Posted by PokerStars Luke
The Sunday Million is the most important tournament in our schedule and an $82 Mini SSS would absolutely cannibalize some play.