Absolutely loved these.

Major +1

did i miss some?

Hello,

Rec fish here. Supernova for 2 years running now.

27+ hyper PSKOs please.

Thanks!

That would degenerate really quickly, no? On the plus side the low rake keeps the format reasonable.

You just improved my enjoyment of the Lego movie.

^^ I assume this is a reply to my post

I think you guys need to start calling a spade a spade here. It's 2016. No "fish" are playing poker because they think they can win long-term. The only "fish" money you get is from people like me - degens. Degens who can spell "poker" but can't necessarily construct an optimal 4-betting range for a UTG x% open and a c/o y% 3-bet.

I played the b109 every day for almost a year. I even won it once on a Sunday (brag). When the bounty builders came along, I stopped playing it, and started playing the 109 BB that starts 1hr 15 mins later (which is really bad for me) instead. Why? Because I'm a degen, and degens love PSKOs.

You want more money in the economy? Hyper PSKOs.

Ok. The real reason I visited this thread is because after FTP's absorption by PS, I am concerned we re going to be tortured by the scourge of re-entry tournaments. I can live with one tournament a year being a re-entry as part of a promotion. But having a whole new slew of re-entries is an entirely different matter.

Same applies for most of FTP gimmicks. I am in favor of on demands, but only on off-peak hours.

Last but not least, a more particular concern. I am Greek and I have to contend with the idiotic tax regime which taxes us on daily profits while giving no allowance for losing days. Most Greek players sidestep this by registering for future tournaments.

Recently, I had a big score (long long LONG overdue) that's forced me to register to the maximum number of tourneys allowed. A big side-effect of this is that because i reached the limit of future registration, there was a big disincentive for me to play, not only because of tax aversion, but because of the fear that unpredictable variance could lead me to a ton of of wins over a condensed time span -and getting taxed for them- only to embark on a losing streak after that that's going to wipe out all of my profit. Me not playing (along with others in my position) seems like a negative for both me and pokerstars.

I noticed that the client re-spawns mtts every Friday giving players the opportunity to register for two weeks worth tournaments.

I would really really really appreciate it, if this was extended to 3 or 4 weeks. it seems to me like a simple thing to do with no cost to anyone, but a great benefit for people like. Please do it.

2013 called. They want their lovable Greek back.

Please can we have a midstake Big in the timeslot of the old big $16.5. Huge gap in the schedule now for bigs in offpeak. The Bounty builders don't have the same 1st prize to shoot for.

Have been living in Asia a few months each year over the past few years and the mtt schedule is just awful for any non micro player in this continent. The beginning of any decent tourney schedule happens around 10 pm. Only micro players can start their sessions earlier than that because there just aren't enough tournaments early on to make regging a long session worth it. I've fallen asleep countless times staying up til 11 am playing sessions but can't do it anymore. Taking a long break til the new schedule is created because life is just more important than sacrificing my sleep schedule and life obligations just to play a few decent mtts. If you stay up til 11 am one day, u might as well write the rest of the week off. Sick of sleeping in the day and waking up late just to grind. The imbalance really just sucks.

Even when I'm in the UK it's crap because nothing starts til like 5 in the evening. This US based timing is just so out of date for the rest of the world. Sure everyone on that side of the world loves it but it's just impossible in Asia. im not advocating making everything earlier because then the imbalance would be on the other side of the world.. But there needs to be way more mtts in the early schedule. People don't play early as much here because there is barely one good tourney every two hours til night time in Asia and that is not worth starting a session over as there is just no volume. Used to be able to supplement with some full tilt tourneys til that site became a graveyard. Gna take a break for a few months and travel. Awaiting the new schedule. Pls keep us updated on its progress. See u guys in late December.

Sounds like you need more spins in your life, friend.

This is very true. There are hours of nothing in the middle of my session in Asia each evening. I brought this up before but no response. I guess they don't care about us. I will not play the stupid $0.55 bounty builder. Why not have micro + low + midstakes MTTs mixed thoroughly throughout the schedule? I used to get excited when I started my sessions each night...not any more.

Yeh just to add further this is a huge developing poker market. More and more players are learning the game and looking to practice their skills. With very few gambling destinations outside of Macau, the majority of Asian players will b looking to find their fix online. The
only name they know is pokerstars. I know plenty of poker players in India and Thailand and we all have to live a nocturnal lifestyle as regs in order to maximise our profits.

Rec players don't even bother with the late night stuff. I have many friends in India who only play mid-high stakes online but don't even bother with most stuff on weekdays because they have work the next morning. The most they will fire off is a couple of 82 6 max hypers because they know they can at least then sleep at a decent hour.

None of these guys are low stakes players and all are looking to fire off a few buyins in decent mid-high stakes tourneys earlier in the evening which have a decent structure. The big 33 and 44 as well as a couple of bounty builders were a great start but there is just not enough else worth regging to make a multi table session worth it. None of these guys I know are going to fire the big 33 and 1 table it for hours til something decent starts. They enjoy playing 4-8 tables like most players but the time constraints make this difficult. Pls add some more good tourneys with decent guarantees in the new schedule. I promise you we will play them.

Thank you Luke for at least listening to my request and continuing to work together with us to improve the MTT experience for recs and regs alike.

Hopefully the new schedule will address the imbalances.

Do u think its good idea and is it possible PS to have the same schedule over 12h time slot but with different gtd? I think that is a must have. What about 8h time slot so who wants can register for 8h+ and can play some tournys 2 times a day like at weekends?

As we get older its more and more harder to play at nights (if u are not in America)...

Phase 2 cancelled for no apparent reason. And this time it didn't overlay.

Opened its lobby and saw its min players required is 5000

Edit: That's the min req for all phase tourneys. It got more than 10K players not sure why it got cancelled.

Wtf???? This is ******ed stars

wow so bad

Hey all,

I'm investigating the cause of the weekly Phase 2 cancellation. I'll provide an explanation as soon as I am able but my best guess at the moment is that it is an issue with the server restart. Tomorrow I will confirm that the roll forward which occurred at cancellation was accurate.

Wow, the Sunday Mini got over 10,000 participants today.

Luke: raise the guarantee to $150k and consider offering more minis. Clearly the demand for a low buy in, high guarantee tournament is there. You should thank the people on 2+2 for literally forcing you to put this tournament on.

Imagine how many other games (spin, cash, mtt) are currently being played by those 10,000 players, which translates into more liquidity for the site.

a 1/2/5$ hyper in the slot between the ET 17:30 - 22:30 ones would be nice.

btw, I like the 1.5$ 36man SuperKO Hyper SNG you got there, but 0.68+0.68+14 is a joke, right? A 500 chip hyper game with such a rake, yeah...

comparison
Hyper MTT: 2% rake, 3 min blinds, 3k starting stack
Hyper SNGMTT: ~10-20% rake, 2 min blinds, 500c stack

just realized isn't a standard hyper with 10/20/2 as first blind level (1.40+0.1$ Rake for comparison),

but a 25/50/10 huge ante hyper, like the old 6max hyper sats (raked 2% mostly)

so much for ripoff. The only good cause of this to punt off when you're drunk I guess.

guarantees exploding again and again....but hey, keep sleeping

Luke has mentioned several times he is reconstructing the entire schedule. I don't think he's doing it in his sleep.