Friend was playing 100nl and sent a hand where a splash pot actually happened on global poker, then later saw a 500nl splash pot, is this at all stakes, anyone have any info?

https://globalpoker.com/poker-school...er/splash-pots

Just had two of them at 200NL

Yep! Happening at PLO tables too. This would be a great promotion that is good for the reg and fun players!

Very cool promotion Global thank you! Can anybody confirm if all limits; up to 10/20 are included in this?

This is across all Gold Coins and Sweeps Coins ring games.

More stuff like this! But you should definitely advertise it better than it randomly showing up.

^^^^

Had no clue this was happening until I saw 2p2 post.

Is it a set frequency that cash tables are drawn? I just played a 3 hour session and had about 3 over 2-4 tables.

amplifier triggers per eligible table: if the previous hand on a ring game table was a raked hand then that table is eligible and there's 1/100 chance the next hand will be 'amplified' (5bb added to the pot).

I had a long day yesterday and was nearing the end of it when Global started splashing pots, had to check with others in the chat to make sure I wasn't imagining it lol

We are trying it out. It's called the "Amplifier". Some amazing feedback so far.

We didn't want to make a big marketing splash in case it didn't work as expected, or created unexpected outcomes (game integrity, technical, etc) so had to be withdrawn. We like surprises.

As said above: currently* every ring game hand [directly after a raked hand at the same table] has a 1 in 100 chance of being Amplified with an extra 5BB.**

All currencies.
All game variants.
All stakes.

Not sure how long we will let it run in its current form, but we have a lot of ideas how to tweak this in future. We currently have no plans to rake more to pay for it.

*This may change. We will aim to have an info page with this info shortly.

**The sharper ones among you will be able to determine what % of hands are raked at your preferred stake, the average number of players, and perhaps work out the expected value for each player per hand.

Promos like this are awesome because they replicate the live game experience that a lot of casual players like. Keep it coming!

I like Splash Pots and I can not lie!

I have only been in one and it cost my entire stack but it was AA vs AA so that was probably going to happen regardless.

Got to give props, Great job adding the splash pots!

creates action, nice work

Translation: We will definitely increase the rake at some point to pay for it.

Just let global have some credit for a good promotion.

At this point there are are no plans to turn it off, or change rake.

The next change is likely to be making them pop a little more frequently.

I am pretty happy with the 5BB level as it is big enough to be interesting ("quarter of a stack") and small enough not to just immediately trigger everyone at the table to shove.

We are considering future enhancements such as;
- Happy hours (higher probability certain times of the day)
- Random prizes (i.e. sometimes higher, sometimes lower)
- Promotional "boosts" (e.g. buffing frequency and / or prize for a weekend)

Gotta give credit where credit is due.... This is a great promo. I'm glad they R doing this instead of a BBJ (bad beat jackpot). Thanks global... keep up the good work.

@david lyons --- perhaps global would consider changing the "Splash Pot" structure for PLO specifically to how RunItOnce does it. Keep the open raise size options the same as normal hands and have the dropped $$$ be dead money. I've spoken with a handful of players and this would be a welcomed modification.

Out of curiosity why would you and others prefer that?

just speaking on my own accord, but I find that I'm priced out of a lot of splash pots pre-flop because of the large raise sizes, and don't think that it's generating the amount of action that it's intending to. capping the raise size to normal sizes in PLO would encourage more players to enter the splash pots. IMO

couldn't that influence the normal dynamics of the game? if you're priced out then fold. people raising 20x for 5bb tend to get caught.

I can't speak for others, but these are my thoughts---

With the ability to open raise to 8-9BB pre in PLO, it's essentially as if someone 3bet preflop when the action is on you. Unlike NL, there is little to no fold equity preflop once someone open raises, so you're not incentivized to try and "resteal" the pot pre (especially if there are shortstacks at the table). In my opinion, this format does not incentivize people to fight for the pot when someone raises in front of you and you have 0 invested (and even the .5BB/1BB) unless you have a strong hand. On Runitonce, where you are forced to play normal condition raise caps, you now have a lot of incentive to enter the pot with much more speculative holdings due to the pot odds you are getting from the dead money. More "poker" is going to be played rather than ramp the pot pre with good hands and have the hand play itself if a flop is even seen.

I think the way global has it currently set up is definitely ok if everyone was playing deep 200-300+ BB stacks, but with some players being shortstacked and most being around 100 it's not a great structure. Just my opinion and I'm sure others will disagree with me.

isn't the point to drive action? i'd rather be incentivized to play looser than my normal ranges, not tighter.

is global happy with a lot of these pots being taken down pre with no post-flop rake? don't know how they're raking these pots

100% agree. The way the splashed pots are currently programmed, people at lower stakes play much tighter during these than during normal hands, because the opening raise size is obnoxiously large now. It is more likely these pots don't see a flop, and don't get action.