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And next year? Just saying, its pretty good for games and traffic for stars. Win/win all around.

Donkaments always have promotions going on.

SNGs BOP program needs a rework. But they are trying to find a fix last I heard.

How about instead of hating on other people, come up with solutions for your problems first?

Why get anything next year? Pokerstars isn't going to change the system only to forever compensate those affected.

How about reading my eleven posts in the *** OFFICIAL PokerStars STT Suggestion Thread *** before hating on my pro-active search for the ultimate solution as to how promo money should be spent?! /derail

500k vpp minimum for this year is not compensation at all. But they have a monopoly so what can we really do.

Seems like maybe you've only done the table # capping based on speed of action for cash players, right? Can you please do this for SNG players too? holy ****, some regs zzzzzzzzz lately

Before the happy hour promotion I was getting about 5k vpps a day and for the past 2 days I've gotten 7k on the 24th and 8k on the 25th. Even though I've only played just 2 of the happy hours each day because they are spaced out like they are, I've played longer days to get in on both the 12-13 and 21-22 happy hours. I'm so caught in a genius Pokerstars promotion and have no problem with it.
225,000 vpp

I just reread the post I just made n it sounds like a before and after commercial. Before happy hours I was dragging ass and everyday felt like a never ending grind but now because of happy hours I have more mental stamina and a level of enjoyment in poker that I haven't had in years!!!! Thanks Pokerstars....

surely happy hours for SNGs are coming?

anyone have zoom vpp per hand at 500 and 200 sh. Thanks a lot

omg this would be awesome.

hi

im here to troll a bit and say hi to those i see around tables

anyone know if meleab still plays? me miss him dearly

I just got my table cap increased to 28.

Does Stars increase the table cap beyond 28 again if you act fast enough?

I am not saying 28 tables aren't enough for me, but I am just wondering.

Yes.

The Top 50 Yearly VPP totals are available here.

18 players have earned over 1,000,000 VPPs in 2012.
134 players are on pace.

1,472,461 jorj95
1,183,417 shabalinvlad
1,162,160 1Bunn
1,129,299 Berndsen12
1,106,285 ffguitarguy
1,013,512 twin-caracas
1,001,117 acoimbra
929,609 AironVega
883,175 king10clubs
835,510 tonkaaaa
788,425 L0ve2playU
787,961 $indabank111
751,890 willyBeer22
722,710 slavistas
715,211 MouldyOnions
711,773 Tpirahna
711,364 SantaZzz
701,631 ivanildo
701,435 Xereles
701,408 pistons87
693,592 ment52
688,648 MOCA CHOCA89
683,159 River Prayer
680,099 spacegravy
647,559 Raventhon
644,663 Duckslayer2k
643,660 Odd_Oddsen
638,503 anguila
636,948 ocropTi
606,460 B3RTstare
600,519 ToDaFelt
593,315 ShandeC
590,356 nanonoko
572,298 Isildur1
569,148 badblood1

---PACE--- 568,875

561,256 mysterio6044
557,479 Jackal69
556,811 Sooo Tilted
556,116 jamesgav19
554,391 Sbyla
550,695 knifefish8
545,634 poker_in_pb
543,649 innerpsy
541,189 Bruut99
539,689 natisfinest
538,546 wpr101
528,585 Mayo the Don
523,764 sly caveat
517,889 azntracker
514,439 Quadchrazs
514,146 eppy12588
508,044 horvyjoe
507,044 YaDaDaMeeN21
497,943 _salaz4r_
489,342 live@pompeii
469,874 JazzyFek3000
463,526 slimfast
453,135 darinvg
449,085 2w392y41ur
448,972 showtime
442,395 TenerifeBel
442,155 oscarleon
438,694 dealer666
417,676 GodlikeRoy
409,015 AWice
406,740 Thrash370
401,289 dombomain33
397,679 unblemished
389,667 Brokerface
388,070 MissOracle
382,388 PedroKL
380,972 THEDUTCH4141
366,572 11_king_11
359,758 Octavian_C
356,523 fricirics
352,476 danhp134
343,629 k345


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wow a rec player with 430kvpps?

sup dudes, anyone lose their mind yet this year? Gl to everyone chasing.

He's leading POY no matter where he finishes in the ME but hasn't won it yet because they still count WSOPE in the POY now. He said he was going to play a bunch of WSOPE events though and try to win it.

He lives in Toronto atm, from Maryland though.

No

There's probably a dozen+ people who are going to make a late push for SNE in the higher $ hypers. Those tables should be fun come November.

All games will be fun nov/dec

Hi everyone,

I`am noob here but dont judge book by its cover
I normally play nl100-200 HU and some 6-max (normal and ZOOM sometimes when i play on stars).
Now it looks like i my next year will be work and school free so i have to start planning on that.

I could stay at my normal games but because i have huge amount of free time next year i start to thinking that supernova elite..

U have great knowledge on that thing so here is couple of questions:
-Do you get same amount of VPP`s on normal 6-max game vs. ZOOM 6-max?
-Is it possible to grind SNE with nl100 ZOOM and how i can calculate what it takes?
-How about nl200 ZOOM?
-Does you have to start january on "clean table" or because i`am supernova already in december do i get more points from the start?

Thanks!

Welcome!

The number of VPPs you earn while playing greatly depends on your personal playing style. Some players may find that their style at Zoom awards them more VPPs than how they play at regular tables. Likewise, some players may receive more VPPs at regular tables than at Zoom. The average VPP per hand, collected over a full week without major promotions, is as follows:

Zoom $0.50/$1 6-max: 0.34
$0.50/$1 6-max: 0.36

Zoom $1/$2 6-max: 0.50
$1/$2 6-max: 0.52

Players engaged with a poker forum enough to post about VPP per hand rates can be expected to typically play tighter and receive less VPPs than average. In order to get the most accurate estimates of play required to reach a status or VPP milestone, it's best to use your own VPP per hand data. If using the approximate numbers provided above, you may consider lowering them so that in a worst case scenario the amount of hands it takes you to reach your goal is not much larger than your estimate.

If you earn 100,000 or more VPPs in 2012, you will be a Supernova from the start of 2013. Compared to starting as a BronzeStar, you can expect to earn a little bit over 100,000 additional FPPs on your way to earning Supernova VIP status again or Supernova Elite VIP status. With our new VIP Reward Bonuses, you could spend those FPPs on the $1,600 one

Have you used the VIP Calculator? If you'd like to adjust your VPP per hand in a specific game while filling out Step 2, use the drop down option "Hands" as seen below.

Dear Pokerstars,

I would like to have relations with everyone in your company who made the FTP and Absolute deals possible.

Love,

Ergophobia

As someone mentioned in another thread, some kind of FT/Stars combined VIP/SNE program would be sick.

Even if they remain separate, love the intra-site transfer possibility. Tytyty Stars and Isai once again.

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I think everybody can appreciate that one of the big reasons for the differences in the games on Stars and FTP were the VIP rewards. Stars rewards huge volume mass tabling with a very top heavy system and gives basically nothing to low volume players. FTP rewards were the exact opposite and actually bottom heavy. You got the absolute most out of the VIP system (iron man) by putting in the bare minimum to get and convert medals. Black Card was also a gradual decline. Before somebody says phantom deposits, the bottom heavy rewards system undoubtedly injected vastly more money into the game economy than the phantom deposits ever did. Not to even mention the 27% base rakeback.

Having two different sites is good for everybody - it's choice! And I think each system has its own pros and cons. No reasons to have Stars and Stars with an FTP skin if they're just going to be the same site.