Well yes, you are "paying for", but you're not paying PokerStars the 5,000 StarsCoin cost. That 5,000 StarsCoin goes into the tournament prize pool. The link doesn't mention a Stars entry fee, but I assume Stars will be raking registrations at 10% - there will be a stink if they rake higher than that! I wonder if they'll rake the re-buys too? I'm guessing "yes"

I think this is a great idea, especially if PokerStars aren't rake greedy... Will watch with interest

I was thinking it's a good opportunity for some Twitchers to create their own weekly [for example] tournament series for tiny, tiny stakes of maybe $0.11 entry [$50 guaranteed lol] to promote their Twitch channel.

It would be worth it for the medium/large Twitch poker channels where the 5,000 StarsCoin cost would be paid for if the tourney generates 17 new Twitch subscribers each time [$4.99 sub = $3.00 profit to the twitcher]. Any new accounts named variations on "888Poker" etc will probably not get their created tournaments OK'd though [all these tourneys are vetted first by PS]

Yeah, i'll be watching with interest too. Will definitely keep an eye out for when one pops up to see how it goes.

well if I have to put up the 50$ gtd, then i also want to be the one who gets the rake.


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I think this would be a nice price for a cheap mtt. 1st prize is this tournament creation.

Seriously, what is up with all the 6 max tourneys paying out the same amount for 6 & 7th place?! You might as well make the FT 5 handed then, as the bubble person not getting to the FT and yet still getting the same payout as someone who does get to the FT is just WRONG!

Have a suggestion Luke:

Schedule every hour
00:00 plays Bigs
00:15 plays Hots
00:30 plays Bounty builders.

Time to change Bounty Builders to 2 different brands:

Big Bounty Builders - plays as Big structure
Hot Bounty Builders - plas as Hot structure

Hot BB can run @ 00:45

Do it ?

Hot BB sounds cool but:

a) too many tournaments
b) they'll be basically hyper-turbo bountys. which there are plenty of in the schedule

interesting that MM 62 should set aside for the winner more than the difference between first and second place.

Stop putting 2% of total guarantee there, specially for PKO.

+10

Assuming we have no need for alternate structures for BountyBuilders (BBs) this sounds like a huge win-win idea. PS doesn't need to support the extra unique structure of the current BBs. Players don't need to figure out the difference. It just makes so much sense. I also play a ton of these and I miss the longer 10min levels in the mid stages.

Turbo "Progressive KO" just get re-labeled to "Hot Bounty Builder" I believe?

BBs used to be like Bigs right? At some point they turned in to a semi-turbo early and slowly slow down, but most play in the 8min-9min/level section.


As a secondary comment to this, I wouldn't mind seeing the micro stakes Bigs start at 8min levels for the first 10 levels (and with 1 hour late reg), then 10min for most of the tourney and 12 around the final 3 tables or so....or something like that. The driving factor being reducing the field down to the sizes (and tourney length) seen at the mid stakes more quickly without sacrificing play-ability.


Also, a Hyper Bounty Builder that starts with the same chip count and starting blinds as the regular BB but with 3min levels. Is that 5k stack and 10/20 level 1? I can't find it online.

Hey Luke, it would be really nice if u added some mid-high bounty builders in 21:30cet and 22:30cet slot to go along with a b55 and b215. thx

Hi Guys, quick question. I'm playing an mtt on my laptop atm on stars, I'm pretty deep already and want to switch to my desktop if I reach last 27 orso. Is this a problem? Or can I just log-out on my laptop during a break and log in on my desktop? Thanks for your help!

it's fine, you can do it. gl

Ok thanks a lot!

Some of the current MTTs follow quite a nonsensical blind structure for no apparent reason, for example the 162 Bounty Builder at 8:30am EST (pretty much the only daily nonbowl on the nightly schedule these days):



MTTs would be much better if they had an increase in effective BB per level not deviating too far from the mean increase i.e. there should not be increases of 13% and 11% followed up by two increases of 26%. (levels 26 -> 29). Also on level 32 the ante increases +200 but then is only increased +100 from 800 to 900 on level 33. This is not live poker where you have a limited amount of chip denominations and have to make blind increases that make sense with the chips available. If there is no problem using antes of 6 8 9 11 12 and 14 in the early levels, there should be no problem using antes of 650 725 855 etc later on.

The schedule in general would be better if there were 3 different blind structures, 1 for 3K starting, 1 for 5K, and 1 for 10K, and simply alter the minutes played per level to 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, or 30. Get rid of the gimmicky dumb stuff like the 50K ultradeep games and honestly no one gives a **** if the double deuce starts with 22000 chips if you're going to give it a structure that starts at bb 120 instead of 30 like all the other games with 5K starting.

+1
and all(almost) o8 Mtts are 6max

Finally loged back in on Tuesday to play some tournies.

Cashed a few and all of them had at least 2x the buy in as min cash.

Finally !! This does change everything... Having something like 2.1 or 2.2 I think is the best. I still think FT is not paid enough compared to what it was before, as I still think that slightly too big a % gets paid (should be imo between 12 and 14%) but having these min cashes at 2x or over is already a BIG step in the RIGHT direction.

As I said I hope it's not too late following the weirdest decision ever to change the initial pay out structure which, truth be told, no one had asked for, but at least I feel like we are being heard on this topic as the change back regarding min cash is most likely due to you after having read us on here. Thanks.

The short of it is that we're not going to allow significant overlay to prop up an unpopular game type. Guarantees will be set based on demand for these game types, not the other way around.

I'm sure there will be further expansions to the Omania brand in the future. It has done well with the change from 3-stack to re-entry and guarantees have increased. Slow and steady, though...

But then we wouldn't be able to call it VIP Super S...oh, wait.

This has been discussed internally many times. The conclusion that we've reached is that we don't need to give players an incentive to log on to play tournaments on Sunday.

Not every tournament can be given the executive treatment.

I have to pick my spots! Using lobby flyers and emails provides me a lot of flexibility in my ability to make scheduling decisions.

Speaking of emails...

Beginning Tuesday, we've added:

• Omania High Roller [FLO8, 8-Max]
• Omania High Roller [PL 5-Card Omaha]

on Tuesday and Thursday, respectively. They'll both have a $10K guarantee to start. Additionally, any of you who has played $2/$4+ Omaha games in the past two months may have received a wonderful plain text email from yours truly informing you of the additions and the overall Omania High Roller schedule. Enjoy

There's no plans to change the Bigs, Hots, Bounty Builders, or Omania schedule in the near future. I'll continue to analyse the peak time offering and adjust as needed, but the addition of new tournaments requires a slow and steady approach.

Yes, I've added a $2.20 Turbo Deep, $2.20 Deadline Turbo, and $4.40 Last Chance Hyper. They'll all have 10 seats guaranteed to start.

Thanks for the recommendation, this was a slam dunk.

I like the idea of a mid-stakes series! I'll pass on the feedback to the relevant people.

Do you have a tournament ID?

The pay table in this tournament has changed as of Sunday.

A few players here seem annoyed by it, but I think you'll grow used to it. The idea is that the final table bubble having one 3-handed table and another 4-handed table is generally a bad experience.

The Storm's pay table has always been a bit unusual. It has changed beginning this week, though.

I found:

$11 FO @ 14:45 ET
$11 FO @ 16:15 ET

It is entirely possible these tournaments grow as seasonality declines. I'll keep an eye on them, just as I'm sure you will.

As evidenced by the fact that I’m quoting you, you can voice your ideas and opinion without purchasing the item.

The Turbo Takedown is an old favorite of mine! Daily Doubles have been tossed around a few times, but I have a feeling it won't pick up steam any time soon.

We may have the ability to do this soon, and in theory I think the idea sounds fun, but the issue is with communicating it to players. How would you propose we inform players about this functionality and how it works?

Do you have a tournament ID?

Thanks for the thoughts, I've read through them all.

There's no plans to expand the Bounty Builders brand. I am happy to look into adding more tournaments at peak time, but I'd like to let the last round of additions have some space to grow.

There should be at least a couple Bigs in these peak time slots! I'll take a look at the later one when time allows.

While none of the details are final, the spirit of this trial is that the tournaments players create are joined by as many players as possible, so it is likely they end up in all of the relevant normal tournament tabs.

I've asked the VIP team and it is unlikely password-protected tournaments will be allowed. Players could create such tournaments in Home Games.

One thing that certainly won't be allowed is self-advertisement. You cannot spend $50 to advertise in our poker client. Any such requests will be rejected.

Acceptable: "Anuj22's Stud Tournament for Studs"
Not acceptable: "Visit twitch.tv/XYZABC's Tournament"

I've passed this feedback on. I'll check on the main schedule PKOs with set asides and adjust accordingly. Thanks!

There's no changes coming to the Bounty Builders schedule in the immediate future. A couple people have mentioned peak time as a place needing more tournaments. I'll keep it in mind as I'm looking for places to add tournaments in the future.

I don't think the tournament schedule needs to follow a mathematical pattern or only have three blind structures. Most players just want an experience that feels fun. I doubt there's many situations where a recreational player feels incredulous that the blinds go from 2500 -> 3000 -> 4000 because it is a 20% increase followed by a 33% increase.

Glad you noticed. Cheers

18:00 CET Big $3.30
19:30 Bounty Builder $3.30
1 hour 30 minutes waiting for next MTT is too much. Yes there is Big $1.10 at 19:00 but it's too cheap. Need something like $2.20 or $3.30 (or $4.40).

22:40 $3.30 NLHE [6-Max]
00:15 $2.20 NLHE
Here is the another problem. 1 hour 35 minutes waiting for an MTT... And there is no bigs or bb or another reg speed MTT (there is $1.10 NLHE at 23:20 but it's re-entry MTT plus he is cheap)

Please add some reg speed MTTs in these time slots. $2.20 and $3.30 would be great! (You can add $2.20 [6-Max] at 18:45)

P.S.: Would be great if you add an additional reg speed MTT at 20:35 CET. $3.30 or $4.40 (deep stacks maybe? or 6-max deep stacks PKO?)

Luke

I've noticed some deep sattys (for instance to ST and Thrill) are tagged as deep non-turbo when in fact they only have 6 mins of blind levels.

I think this is misleading as its a very small difference with turbos.

So, you either increase blind levels (8 mins would be decent) or you just tag them as deep turbos. Needless to say, first choice is much better given the lack of great/massive slow speed sats.

1.10$ is a great tournament for people from 2nd world countries and people who play with BRM.
Back earlier we had the magnitude of 5$ hypers, 3$R and 1$R 3x-turbo. Now we got 1$ hyper and withered splash. Do we even have a 3$R anymore?

Would love to see:
-mini-weekender on saturday
-mini-sunday cooldown
-mini-fast-tuesday/thursday

Luke, ty for the $22 Double Deuce Sats you sir are a legend

- I agree, VIP stuff has to be saturday, sunday has enough as it is
- get that mid-stakes tourney series rolling asap hehe
- when can we expect these user-made tourneys to pop up in the schedule?

Thanks again Luke. 2x min cashes are popping up alot so thanks!

I wrote about that before and it looks like there was deep turbo and non turbo sats with 5 min levels but someone replayed that after some levels the non tubo sat had bigger ones. Scroll to see. I think that ps changed the blinds level form 5 to 6 min for some sats so we can easy notice the difference.

Rebuys as a format is reeking of death, which is such a pity.

mini weekender sounds SO good.

Hi Luke,

Care to comment on the idea of a hyper deep prog KO that starts with the same stacks and levels as the bounty builder but with 3 min levels. Maybe even slowing to 4 and 5 min to become a turbo later.

I couldn't disagree more! A big blind jump is extremely noticeable and jarring. it should be smooth. I can't think of any reason for what was posted. it seems totally illogical.

Until now I assumed you guys just plot a curve over time (perhaps based on several target metrics like avg stack and bust out rate) and let an algorithm round out the level blind amounts to something easy to understand. Do you actually type in each level to build a tournament? As someone who supervises the development of in-house software to make our company more efficient, not having a tool to build structures is sort of unbelievable. No automated tool should be automated such choppy results!