about time we got some much needed support for PLO8!

ok this is the PLO8 schedule the revolution network has come up with...LOL

0130 $3 PLO/8 unlimited rebuys11.5 hours until the next PLO8 multi

1300 $5 PLO/8 unlimited rebuys ($500 guaranteed)

1415 $6 PLO/8 freezeout ($200 guaranteed)

1600 $5 PLO/8 unlimited rebuys ($750 guaranteed)from 4pm until 9pm est. with no PLO8 multis....how is your everyday amateur who has to work the next morning supposed to play PLO8 when there are no tourneys running until 9pm and they probably wont end until well after midnight?

None of the following multis can anyone who has to work or get up with the kids in the morning play...There goes the fish!!!2100 $11 PLO/8 unlimited rebuys ($1k guaranteed)

2115 $5 PLO/8 freezeout ($150 guaranteed)

2130 $10 PLO/8 deep stacked freeze out ($500 guaranteed)

2215 $22 PLO/8 freezeout ($500 guaranteed)

8 total PLO8 multis a day is SAD!!!

Shane, will there be a weekly 75 free seats tournament?

Shane, thank you for keeping us well informed. I appreciate the effort put in here, but I'm afraid I share many of the sentiments as others on this thread in regards to PLO8 and O8 in general. By now, it's evident we all want more O8 tournies. There simply need to be more NLO8 tournaments out there as well. I'm particularly not sure what the risk is in running an NLO8 freeze out and an NLO8 rebuy and seeing what the results are? To me, an NLO8 rebuy seems like a rather profitable situation, don't you agree?

John L.

You have spoken and management has listened, Ive just been green-lighted to implement as many of these PLO suggestions as possible. Will update here when its done.

yea, the o8 schedule looks pretty bad, please consider adding a larger buyin daily plo8 freez ($55+) along with an even bigger one on sunday, a few Lo8 mtts would be nice, as merge currently has none.

you should just implement an original tournament schedule completely shane

Is there any chance of Limit Holdem tournys making a comeback? this old dieing form is still popular and would be nice for a couple stakes of limit holdem to be there without the omaha offset.

omg no


Thanks for Plo8 considerations Shane

Yeah I would appreciate this. Also adding more limit holdem sngs would be nice

Shane, I really hope that was a mistype! Please tell me you meant PLO8, not PLO...

i hope you meant plo8 and if you did we REALLY appreciate it

So much arrogance in this statement. The only way Merge has to "dramatically" lower their guarantees is if all lock players were to leave and never come back. We'll see what happens come June 1st, but I think you and everyone else in charge of Revolution are overestimating a lot. People will play on both, not one or the other and if cashouts don't dramatically improve, the software will keep a majority on Merge.

Not micro tourneys. Some of us aren't playing low and mid stakes so having small buy-in tourneys that are not turbo's or hyper-turbos would be nice.

some mid high mtts with 8-10kish gtd in the 12-17 lobby time range would be euro friendly and would help increase the traffic etc

I play Cake most days. This schedule sucks. PLO8B gtd's are already higher and have been making there guarantees. If there is an overlay it is usually very small. I play both sites. I hate Merge in general. Crappy payouts. Hey, are they changing the payout structures? Oh, now I don't think I like this. I hope Lock is willing to put a little on the line and give more in the beginning to insure player loyalty. I like Cake just fine and have no desire to jump ship unless the site forces to many crappy changes. Add whatever tournaments you want but why cancel or change the already existing schedule that has player loyalty? Some of us, the ones that play everyday, do not care if you add some more tournaments. I would ask Lock why they would want to alienate the solid, yet small, player base that has keep Cake a viable site.

Tell me, did Lock even consult with the other skins about canceling the existing schedule?

^^ yeah, I thought it was kind of funny that the "genius" who designed this new schedule, ended up sending plo8 back to the stone age.

lock, run a 1 million gtd tournament every sunday. even if you take a loss, itll bring in new players.

I'm glad to see the PLO8 suggestions were considered and MAYBE even something will be done. I don't play PLO8 (would like to start) but seeing Lock actually MAKE AN EFFORT leaves me optimistic. We all want a good site to play on, so make that happen and you will crush Merge. Copy and pasting there schedule with minor to little changes isn't going to get many players to jump ship, aka smaller site, aka smaller GTD, aka bad business. I (and I assume most people on Merge) would LOVE to never play on the netowrk again..... Speaking as a player we BEG you to put some real effort into this!

IMO Cakes main problem is the cannot seem to get US players paid in a reasonable time line. Since I am non US my payouts have been through MB and have been taking no more than a week for a couple of months. If the payouts were more reliable for US players than Cake would be busier. I think a better idea would be to add to the already set schedule and build on that. You already make most the guarantees and you can count on the existing Cake player base. The thought of playing for even smaller guarantees is disheartening.

I really like the 24 player limit o8 tourneys that cake runs through-out the day. I'm taking it that you guys are gonna do away with them come June 1st? Perhaps we can have some multi table o8 sit-n-gos? 18 man and or 24 man omaha hi/lo sit-n-go's priced at $.50, $1, $3 and $5 would be pretty successful imo.

You know I am an O8 reg but please don't pit PLO vs PLO8. This schedule needs a lot more of both games. And don't get me started on Horse, Stud, etc.

yeah, I am "starting" to diversify into PLO mtts myself, so I am not against PLO in any way. It's just that from my research the prize pools and player numbers always tend to be higher in PLO8. From that it follows that it makes business sense for the MTT schedule to reflect the actual market demand.

will Revolution have freerolls like Cake does?

I know I make a substantial volume on merge and I am for surely 110% gone after LockOps cancelled. No if ands or butts about it. After Maximus i don't think there is an over estimation here. ANd given the size of Lock Ops that obviously will be coming since they run the network now it was MUCH larger than merge will allow or even has allowed before the split. So lets not kid ourselves that isn't changing after the split. On top of that a 2k 200% bonus.. Merge also does not allow bonuses like that either.

Lock has its own independent cashier that is the fastest on merge atm. That cashier goes with them..