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06-07-2011 , 08:57 AM

#576

penfold

banned

Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 2,279

Quote:

Originally Posted by jukofyork

Anybody worked out how much effect the rake increase has had on the 16s players yet? Just looked on Sharkscope leaderboard and noticed sippin_criss has been on a 6K game break-even stretch and The_Venetian just stopped playing after a long break-even stretch? I don't know many other prolific Stars players to look up so it could just be sample size, but it doesn't look good.

Juk

A few regs still on 6-7%.

06-07-2011 , 08:59 AM

#577

Roy4lPl4yor

journeyman

Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 272

Quote:

Originally Posted by jukofyork

I did some calculation, saying that 6% ROI = 5% after rake increasing at 16's. Tbh, the real problem for serious players is traffic. You can't play 25+ tables out of peak time and you need to add to your set some 30's as well.

And also, if you don't play in the peak time, you can't practice table selection coz you would wait for your set forever. So, nobody cares about table selection now and that's the another reason why everybody has lower ROI.

06-07-2011 , 10:15 AM

#578

HorvatH

old hand

Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,394

Quote:

Originally Posted by boydy19

Gonna stop playing i think. 4 or 5 regs playing a $7 6 max? I mean come on.

just wait until hypers being introduced across all stakes...

06-07-2011 , 11:17 AM

#579

Gazillion

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 8,721

Poor old Sippin' always seems to get his results thrown under the microscope

06-07-2011 , 12:07 PM

#580

mr_tea

journeyman

Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 278

I'm just curious guys, I don't actually play at Pokerstars but why has the traffic gone down so much at the 15-16s. I mean I understand why the Regs would stop playing, but are you telling me the Fish decided that the rake increase was too much and just stopped playing?

06-07-2011 , 01:12 PM

#581

penfold

banned

Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 2,279

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gazillion

Poor old Sippin' always seems to get his results thrown under the microscope

He should be flattered he's considered the benchmark.

06-07-2011 , 01:14 PM

#582

penfold

banned

Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 2,279

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr_tea

http://www.pokerblackfriday.com/

06-07-2011 , 02:18 PM

#583

sippin_criss

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,773

games are super easy i'm just having an unlucky stretch. just played 25 games and noticed upwards of 2 randoms.

06-07-2011 , 02:30 PM

#584

RedDartFrog

banned

Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 59

this is fairly catastrophic

06-08-2011 , 07:18 PM

#585

jukofyork

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Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 11,749

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr_tea

Quote:

Originally Posted by penfold

http://www.pokerblackfriday.com/

Was it all down to BF or did some also leave because of / after the changes?

Juk

06-08-2011 , 08:50 PM

#586

Roy4lPl4yor

journeyman

Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 272

Quote:

Originally Posted by jukofyork

Was it all down to BF or did some also leave because of / after the changes?
Juk

I had no problem to play 30+ tables after BF most of the day. I remember this pretty well, coz i was surprised by that. Since they changed structure and rake, SNG's traffic really sucks.

06-09-2011 , 06:57 PM

#587

_Towelie_

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,771

way to go steve, way to go stars, gg sngs

06-10-2011 , 01:59 AM

#588

sippin_criss

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,773

yeah for reals. standard used to be 15~ mins to fire up a set of 25 $16s. now it's about 30 mins to load a set of 25 $15s, and they are horribly ****ty games.

06-10-2011 , 07:32 AM

#589

penfold

banned

Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 2,279

The ONLY thing left that leaves the slightest of hope to these things being resurrected is the tiny chance USA can play again soon worldwide. Pretty much zero chance is what it feels like to me, though.

06-10-2011 , 07:42 AM

#590

bbfg

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Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 12,264

Quote:

Originally Posted by penfold

What tiny chance is that?

06-10-2011 , 08:08 AM

#591

Aeis

grinder

Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 679

I wonder if Stars is considering reverting back to the old system.
Considering how the changes turned out...

06-10-2011 , 10:53 AM

#592

AMT

Charlie Brown of MTTs

Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 17,745

Hi Aeis,

Stars has released a detailed update since the new changes, so there isn't much of a need to wonder. Links are contained in this thread. They've said that, as always, they will monitor progress of the changes.

This thread seems to have run its course as it no longer appears to be different than the $16 regulars complaining about the tough games and lack of game selection 2 years ago. If Stars has an update for the community, as always they are welcome to share it either by posting a new thread or by asking the mods to re-open this one.

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