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05-02-2017 , 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by PokerStars Luke
Hey everyone,

SCOOP begins on Sunday! I just have a few items to catch you up on…
  1. There is a VIP Bash tomorrow @ 13:00 ET. It costs 5,000 StarsCoin to enter and has five seats added to the first $1,050 Phase 1. Sit & Go satellites are available.
  2. SCOOP Challenges are underway and offer great value. You can complete the challenges once this week and next week to gain entry to $50K ticket freerolls.
  3. Event 05 Low's guarantee has been increased from $75K to $100K. When making the schedule, we had not planned to run a SCOOP PLO Spin & Go. It has added a slew of players to the $27 Low and as a result we're making this one time guarantee change.
  4. The Super Tuesday and Thursday Thrill will begin at 14:30 ET next week instead of 14:00 and will have lower guarantees and fewer satellites. This is due to Event 01 High running at 14:00 ET daily. These majors have the most crossover and we'd like the focus to be on SCOOP.
  5. The Mini Kickoff and Mini Million will not be replaced on May 7th. We'll evaluate the results on May 8th and make a decision for the rest of the Series.
  6. Events 02, 10, 23, 24, 28, 29, 39, and 50 have had 14K/28K and 70K/140K levels added.*
  7. Events 14 and 38 (Razz and Stud8) will begin with 50 bets instead of 100 but some levels have been added resulting in late registration ending at approximately the same point. The objective of this change was to provide more meaningful play at the start of these Events.*
  8. Event 01 High's structure has been altered. Day 1 has been extended by 30 minutes but will end on the same level.
  9. I'm in the process of deploying satellites for Event 01 through Monday. Guarantees will be adjusted for future iterations based on results.

Good luck this weekend!

*These changes are not yet visible in the client.
what about putting level 350/700 in 1k+? 3/6 to 4/8 seems a bit too much
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05-02-2017 , 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by C-Unit
In the phase tournaments can you play multiple phase 1's to get a bigger stack for phase 2? Or is it your first qualifying stack that counts and then you cannot play any further phase 1's? Apologies if this is a dumb question / has already been answered
If you make phase 2 for a given event, you can't play any more phase 1's. There's no ability to forfeit a stack.
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05-02-2017 , 05:04 PM
you have $11 phase 1 at 10pm gmt (lasts 5.5 hours) and $109 phase 1 at 11pm gmt (lasts 6.5 hours), would make sense to switch them for less chance of 1 tabling?
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05-03-2017 , 03:27 AM
Can we get one off-peak 11$ Phase1 ? Same time as Battle Royale Early Edition should work well
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05-03-2017 , 06:42 AM
On Sunday it starts "for real".

What about the turnout so far? Higher or lower amount of entries than expected in general? And what about the value (subjective)? What do you think? (I haven't played anything yet).
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05-03-2017 , 07:15 AM
109s have been amazing so far.

1k on Sunday was alright yesterday looked pretty reggy
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05-03-2017 , 08:12 AM
can u make some turbo $11 phases plssss?
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05-03-2017 , 08:21 AM
any excel or similar around for alla events including NrOfDays, NrOfReEntries and LateRegMinutes?
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05-03-2017 , 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Mintewek
can u make some turbo $11 phases plssss?
+1
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05-03-2017 , 09:55 AM
+1 for some turbo 11$ phase
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05-03-2017 , 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by rotisseur
Can we get one off-peak 11$ Phase1 ? Same time as Battle Royale Early Edition should work well
This is a good idea.

Can you also put a couple of $11 phase one around the same time as the Battle Royale Late Edition as well?
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05-04-2017 , 05:51 AM
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Originally Posted by OurSurveySays
how close will day 2 of the $109 scoop be to the money?
would love to know this as well
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05-04-2017 , 07:13 AM
+1 to some turbo $11 phase 1s. Guessing they might do this closer to phase 2 but if we could get them sooner that'd be great.
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05-05-2017 , 05:35 PM
Do players' timebanks rollover to phase 2 or does everyone get a new timebank in phase 2?

I'm guessing the latter but can someone confirm how it's been in the past?
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05-06-2017 , 05:19 AM
Pretty sure you get a new timebank
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05-06-2017 , 06:56 AM
I think so too

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05-06-2017 , 08:14 AM
Same here
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05-06-2017 , 10:51 AM
Get some Turbo Phase 1 going!!!
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05-06-2017 , 11:34 AM
Hey everyone,

It is about time for (proper) SCOOP to begin! I wish you all the best of luck and hope to see some familiar names at the top of the lobbies.

Before I get into some direct responses, a few announcements:
  • SCOOP 2nd Chance Freerolls have been added to the client. Players who play Low Events and do not cash (or do not advance, in the case of Event 01) will receive a ticket to the next day's freeroll. More information in the link below...
  • SCOOP Ticket Drops have been added to several Medium Events. Basically, in some Events, it will rain tickets 50, 52, and 54 minutes after the start time. To see which tournaments will award tickets, click here.
  • Satellites have been posted through Monday. Tuesday's "special" satellites have been posted as well.
  • There is a limited selection of satellites to the $25,000 High Roller. You can find them by navigating to the MTT Satellites tab and searching "15-H".
  • Event 39 will not award Player of the Series points. The lobbies have been updated to reflect this.

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Originally Posted by watevs
I don't really care how many entries you get in the mixed events

I get to play these tourneys like once in a blue moon so I'll trade some "EV" for getting to play for more than an hour if i get bad beat in the first lvl or some ****
This was my thinking as well. It isn't often that these games are offered at such stakes and guarantees, so I assumed that fans of these games would prefer having the ability to re-enter.

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Originally Posted by OurSurveySays
how close will day 2 of the $109 scoop be to the money?
We hope to pay all players, but there's always the possibility of complications. Each Phase 2 tournament currently has a "fake" pay table in it. In order to pay all players, we need to redeploy each Phase 2 tournament in the time between the last Phase 1 ending and the Phase 2 beginning. At the same time, we need to create a pay table for each stakes level, which is no simple task in and of itself. That is why there is a disclaimer in each Phase 1 lobby.

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Originally Posted by C-Unit
In the phase tournaments can you play multiple phase 1's to get a bigger stack for phase 2? Or is it your first qualifying stack that counts and then you cannot play any further phase 1's? Apologies if this is a dumb question / has already been answered
Someone else answered, but I'll confirm that we do not have a "surrender your stack" mechanic. If you make it to Phase 2, you will not be permitted to enter more Phase 1s.

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Originally Posted by leitalopez
what about putting level 350/700 in 1k+? 3/6 to 4/8 seems a bit too much
There won't be any further structure changes unless an error is discovered. I do plan on reviewing structures before the next Series, so please continue to leave feedback over the coming weeks.

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Originally Posted by davidv1213
you have $11 phase 1 at 10pm gmt (lasts 5.5 hours) and $109 phase 1 at 11pm gmt (lasts 6.5 hours), would make sense to switch them for less chance of 1 tabling?
Your suggestion is sensible for European players playing both late Phase 1s, but the current scheduling is not an issue for players in the Americas. These Phase 1s cater to them. Additionally, these time slots allow for nearly uninterrupted late registration from 10:00 ET to ~22:00 ET.

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Originally Posted by rotisseur
Can we get one off-peak 11$ Phase1 ? Same time as Battle Royale Early Edition should work well
On the final day, there is a Phase 1 scheduled at 06:00. Otherwise, I haven't really considered altering the Phase schedule. More Phases would mean a lighter satellite offering for other Events. I think there's some lessons learned in terms of how to better utilize this extra week of tournaments that we'll consider next time around, but I think players will be plenty busy with the rest of SCOOP starting tomorrow.

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Originally Posted by randomuser1
On Sunday it starts "for real".

What about the turnout so far? Higher or lower amount of entries than expected in general? And what about the value (subjective)? What do you think? (I haven't played anything yet).
Not sure if you were asking me, but I'm pleased with how Event 01 is performing! Players still have many opportunities to qualify for Phase 2, but this week was a great way for players to have a taste of SCOOP before the rest of the Events begin.

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Originally Posted by TheDegenFund
Do players' timebanks rollover to phase 2 or does everyone get a new timebank in phase 2?

I'm guessing the latter but can someone confirm how it's been in the past?
Players will receive a new timebank.
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05-06-2017 , 04:25 PM
Can we get on demand sats for $27 tix please?
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05-07-2017 , 09:39 AM
I did not like the change in deadline satellites, for the $27 tournaments before they were $2.20 turbo and $7.50 turbo, now they got $2.20 and $5.50 hyper turbo.

For the $11 tournaments, I only see $1.10 turbo satellites. Before it also had a $2.20 turbo deadline for these events.

Please return the $7.50 turbo satellites to the $27 tournaments.
thx.
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05-07-2017 , 10:15 AM
Good luck everyone at the SCOOP! I hope someone from this forum will take the 1st place of the main event! GL GL GL
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05-07-2017 , 10:33 AM
Hopefully meet u at some ft Snake-glory.

I would like to play more reg speed sats.
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05-07-2017 , 11:36 AM
structure of 1k kickoff is very very sad
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05-07-2017 , 12:45 PM
Where is the starcoins satellites ? Those we climbing until final satellite, i forget the name, we had to climb about 8 satellites until we reached the final stage. Mainly for the main events.
Was a good way to use the starcoins.
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