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Whats up with the pokerstars common sense tournament?

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10-02-2015 , 11:16 AM

btckitty

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Do you guys think it will actually hit 1,000,000 players?

10-02-2015 , 11:24 AM

DukeSigmundIgthorn

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Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 8

It's capped at 300,000 players

10-02-2015 , 12:58 PM

aseHigh

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lol title

10-03-2015 , 12:21 AM

TooRareToDie

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10-03-2015 , 01:06 AM

user12345

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Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 3,737

how could you skip WCOOP?

10-03-2015 , 02:30 AM

yeahm8

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Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 216

I'm doubtful that the servers will be able to handle the 200K+ players at once. I have a vague memory of a similar thing happening in the past where they had to issue heaps of refunds after the servers went down during a massive field tourney.

10-03-2015 , 03:18 AM

jayme87

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Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 3,495

() common sense

10-05-2015 , 08:54 AM

hukel 9

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Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 513

Quote:

Originally Posted by btckitty

Do you guys think it will actually hit 1,000,000 players?

Quote:

Originally Posted by DukeSigmundIgthorn

It's capped at 300,000 players

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10-05-2015 , 10:55 AM

daChimp

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Start to finish, how long do you think 1st event lasts?

10-05-2015 , 11:49 AM

#10

mashxx

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Quote:

Originally Posted by daChimp

Start to finish, how long do you think 1st event lasts?

it's relatively easy to estimate, with 300k players average stack on the FT will be 50M so assuming people will be stalling and whatnot the blinds will be at least 1M/2M, which is level 65, which should happen after around 6 hours of playing including breaks. FT shouldn't take more than 1 hour.

10-05-2015 , 02:24 PM

#11

TheFly

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Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,990

Common Sense is crushing the servers. We are averaging 30 sec. to 1 minute dead time between hands being dealt in another tourny. The other tourny I am in is a turbo. I feel like I am getting ripped off, like 2 hands per blind level due to dead time while servers catch up due to Common Sense. Not sure Stars was ready for this.

10-05-2015 , 02:25 PM

#12

LittleGoliath

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Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 3,921

we played maybe 1 hand in the last 10 mins in h16

sure fun

10-05-2015 , 02:56 PM

#13

TheFly

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Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,990

I wish Stars would dedicate completely separate servers when they try to run a 25,000 table single tournament gimmick.

10-05-2015 , 03:41 PM

#14

PeteBlow

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Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 14,550

OP, it would take 10 million to reach the guarantee, not 1 million.

It's a clever move though.
I wonder how many of the 253,698 entrants had to deposit to have 1c in their account.
$10 minimum deposit....

10-05-2015 , 04:39 PM

#15

Soepgroente

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Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 4,083

Didn't this beat the world record for largest online tournament? Or does the buyin have to be at least 1$?

10-05-2015 , 04:44 PM

#16

Asjbaaaf

Ash phonetically

Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 4,017

Quote:

Originally Posted by PokerStars Matthew

Common Cents week running this week - first event in registration as I'm posting is breaking the all-in MTT record for most entrants.

looks like 1cent buy-in counts

10-05-2015 , 05:23 PM

#17

TheFly

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Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,990

I don't think the record means chit when you screw up every other players tournament with excessive delays and stoppages.

10-05-2015 , 06:57 PM

#18

Uhrenknecht

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Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 3,896

and 90% of the field sitting out

10-05-2015 , 08:34 PM

#19

limplied

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Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 14

Lol they forgot to switch observer chat off for the final table. Tough sh*t if they want to make a deal I guess.

10-05-2015 , 08:51 PM

#20

hukel 9

grinder

Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 513

Quote:

Originally Posted by limplied

Lol they forgot to switch observer chat off for the final table. Tough sh*t if they want to make a deal I guess.

Im sure the players had observer chat toggled off long before FT.

10-07-2015 , 12:28 PM

#21

santy312

adept

Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 998

it did beat the record i think

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