***OFFICIAL Stars 2015 MTT Discussion Thread*** - Page 169 - MTT Poker Strategy

I'd be fine with this, though I'd prefer to see the first seat won paid out as a ticket rather than being locked into registration from the start. This would achieve the aim of discouraging satelite players who have no intention of ever playing the target, whilst still allowing some flexibility to players who might win a seat in advance then later discover they can't play the target from the start this week.

If that sounds like a very specific situation that won't occur very often, I can assure you that from my own point of view I play most days but whenever I'm locked into playing a particular tournament in advance you can bet your life I'll either be invaded by family visitors or one of my idiot friends will get married that day. If I know that I'll still be free to either late reg it or play next week instead, I'll be more inclined to play the satelites.

huge +1 to this.

I would love the opprtunity to store some 109/55 tickets for a day when i'm able to commit to a session.

I've been known to do the same with steps

07-01-2015 , 07:10 AM

#4202

U shove i call

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 3,810

Make the 1r3x 40k gtd 14.15ET red and give it a fancy name that someone more creative can think off.

This mtt should be alot bigger than it is.

The storm rebuys on stars.Fr do really well and plenty of people play them in a small market compared to .com

Of course stars.Fr do rake all rebuys so would be nice to prove that your not trying to kill rebuys as alot of people think and promote the one that appeals to the rec players the most.

Don't think its even necessary to give the GTD a huge bump. Just make it stand out, its right in peak time and amazes me that the GTD keeps going down.

Last edited by U shove i call; 07-01-2015 at 07:18 AM.

07-01-2015 , 08:29 AM

#4203

odGin

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Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 2,667

Quote:

Originally Posted by LostOstrich View Post
I'd be fine with this, though I'd prefer to see the first seat won paid out as a ticket rather than being locked into registration from the start. This would achieve the aim of discouraging satelite players who have no intention of ever playing the target, whilst still allowing some flexibility to players who might win a seat in advance then later discover they can't play the target from the start this week.

+1
+ this is big problem at special series main events too i think... You can win seat week before and you cant unregister and you are locked to play it from start x hundreds bb deep...
It can be useful for ppl who want light latereg of satelited event too...
If players will be awarded with ticket only to target tournament, you can lock them to play it too, few months expiration and it is...

07-01-2015 , 08:30 AM

#4204

gettym

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 11,011

Would rather they turn a struggling MTT into a new red. Would be cool if we could turn the $55 Deep or $54KO during the AM into a Red 6-max "daily major".

07-01-2015 , 09:13 AM

#4205

mashxx

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 7,819

Quote:

Originally Posted by PokerStars Luke

Traffic was up across the board for main schedule guaranteed tournaments, not just the tournaments with Sunday increases. A few of these tournaments received an additional increase for this week.

Sure, but don't let it be your excuse not to up the gtds further. The traffic could be up because more people seen better gtds so they got incentivised to play. This is what we're trying to get through - many of us often decide by the gtds whether to play or not a given tournament (unless you're rounder or asj then you don't care)

07-01-2015 , 09:22 AM

#4206

ONLYRAISEAA

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 4,880

Luke, couldn't find the 3 stack hyper last night. Is it a case of me being blind/wrong filters or did u take it off the sched again?

also thx for taking so much time and giving reasonable responses, good work!

+1 to giving the first seat won out as a ticket, being forced to play that day will see a decrease in a bunch of sats. This way you make sure ppl won't just use it as a BR (maybe give "t$ tickets" so it's kind of a buyin range thing instead of specific mtt) and can still mix in sats in short turbo sessions etc.

For me personally sats are only played in turbo/180 sessions to maximise hourly

Last edited by ONLYRAISEAA; 07-01-2015 at 09:28 AM.

07-01-2015 , 10:37 AM

#4207

anuj22

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Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 2,172

Quote:

Originally Posted by anuj22

But there used to be a $6.75 knockout PL turbo Badugi, FL 2-7TD both got removed because they had no gtd and had starting stack 1500 and only had 10-15 mins late reg. 1) Can you add them back with a buy in of $11 or $16.50 for PL Turbo Badugi at 13:20 ET with new structure(maybe have it Progressive SKO) and may be put a $300-350 gtd? 2) And a $5.50 or $11 FL TD Turbo at 09:20 ET - new structure 3) and a $11 NL SD(Re-entry) Turbo at 14:50 ET or 13:20 ET - same structure as 5.50 turbo(Re-entry)?

Before you go on holidays, quick comment on this pls

07-01-2015 , 03:08 PM

#4208

Sect7G

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Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 11,234

Luke,

As per making satellites a must play or better business wise to make it a "ticket" I'd be fine with it... just as soon as you raise the guarantees of rebuy sats to coincide with the number of seats they actually generate and double the amount of offerings.

Did you get a chance to review why the $1.65 3x's have only a 3 seat guarantee but always eclipse 10 seats during peak hours?

edit: I should add that this "ticket" policy would only work for the SM as other sats would cancel far too often with this approach.

Last edited by Sect7G; 07-01-2015 at 03:18 PM.

07-01-2015 , 04:50 PM

#4209

straykatbluz

old hand

Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 1,425

#Any chance of bigger buy in phase tourneys? Why has it always just stayed at 11? a 55-109 would be awesome.

#Turn these:
55 deepstacks
22 deepstacks 6max

Into these:
55 Daily Deepstacks 6 max
55 Nightly Deepstacks 6max
Red label both as the daily 6 max majors

#Leave thrill at 1k

07-02-2015 , 01:43 AM

#4210

blakkman08

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Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 13,134

luke, since you mentioned the phase thingy struggling please listen to what has been said many times:

make phase mtts NOT be satellites. i (and i assume a LOT of other players) filter out satties and grind standard normal tournaments. aas such the 11 phase mtt doesnt show up which results in me playing about 3 of them per week instead of a potential 9 or whatever (i never make day 2 LOL) people simply mis it because of how your filters are set up

i am sure there must be a way to count them as normal tournamets showing up in the regular---> all lobby pretty please.

enjoy the summer and seeya

07-02-2015 , 02:37 AM

#4211

ONLYRAISEAA

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 4,880

^^not an issue for me since the new client, have sats filtered out and the phase is there...

07-02-2015 , 06:42 AM

#4212

Big_Mick00

Verified Coach MTT

Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 8,691

The only time I play the phase is a Sunday, when I see phase 2 in the lobby. I can't be the only one

07-02-2015 , 07:20 AM

#4213

jk88

enthusiast

Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big_Mick00

The only time I play the phase is a Sunday, when I see phase 2 in the lobby. I can't be the only one

Exactly, same here.

I know the Phase 1 exists but during a normal day I "forget" or am too lazy to scroll to the Phase 2 to see the sats. (I have filtered out the sats)

The Phase 1/2 would be huge if it's displayed as normal tourney, because it's red and has a nice structure, plus it's exciting to go to Phase 2.

07-02-2015 , 07:26 AM

#4214

Pierich

centurion

Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 118

Hey Luke, nice job with the 90 mins late reg for the $22 10k. Any chance of the same treatment for the $11 10k a little later at 3:30ET? They have identical structures. Thanks

07-02-2015 , 08:07 AM

#4215

gettym

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Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 11,011

Any chance we can get a guarantee increase on the $33 1r 1a 2k 6-max that runs @ 17:30 CT? I think it covers guarantee by a good margin all the time(correct me if i am wrong). You could make guarantee 3k and up it by $250 every day it exceeds it's guarantee. feel like even more people will flick it in if the guarantee wasn't so withered.

07-02-2015 , 09:56 AM

#4216

RovoDice

grinder

Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 548

same here with phase1 , i only play it like 1-2 times a week which is saturday/sunday most likely , even though i prob played it 15 times if i had to manage to get to day2 or w/e . fix this and it wont overlay

07-02-2015 , 10:02 AM

#4217

libormar

enthusiast

Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 51

I still dont know why you guys dont use Tournaments -> Regular.
There are no sats but you can see phase1 and if you dont play sats, what do you miss in this regular filter?

07-02-2015 , 11:05 AM

#4218

RovoDice

grinder

Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 548

^ they dont show up no matter what unless i have added sats in the filter

07-02-2015 , 11:55 AM

#4219

U shove i call

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 3,810

Quote:

Originally Posted by libormar

I still dont know why you guys dont use Tournaments -> Regular.
There are no sats but you can see phase1 and if you dont play sats, what do you miss in this regular filter?

This works for me also.

07-02-2015 , 12:53 PM

#4220

I AmLegend11

adept

Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 724

Big 7.50 at 4 pm est?

I think it would fit in perfectly here. This would probably boost participation in our sacred 11R as well. Euro regs would be more likely to reg the both of these.

07-02-2015 , 01:00 PM

#4221

deucesofclub

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Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 14,423

Big 66 or Big 82(steps 3 ticket) @ 8 AM as that slot is empty with no Bigs..shd be a good addition.

07-02-2015 , 01:21 PM

#4222

JohnBoyWWFC

journeyman

Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 368

For Phase, I just created a filter ($5 - $33 reg speed MTTs and rebuys and KO, for example) and then just favourited the few tournies I play outside of this and then just use the favourites tab (3.30r, B55, Sunday Million and Phase1, for example). Just use the filter you use in the main lobby and then click save filter (top right). Never miss a Phase 1 again.

07-02-2015 , 01:26 PM

#4223

DBerglin

grinder

Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 682

Quote:

Originally Posted by I AmLegend11

Big 7.50 at 4 pm est?

I think it would fit in perfectly here. This would probably boost participation in our sacred 11R as well. Euro regs would be more likely to reg the both of these.

Enough with micro/lowstakes in the schedule imo, mid/high need more love.. Would rather see Big 82 or Big 215 coming up soon if anything is going to be added...