PokerStars Sit & Go Changes: Effective May 6th, 2011 - Page 104 - Internet Poker

whatever, bop is 90% luck based, an those 10k for certain targets are tlolololo

based on last week scores that many players would benefit:
division low high
mercury 0 0
Mars 0 0
venus 0 0
earth 0 0
neptune 0 0
uranus 0 0
saturn 0 0
jupiter 0 0
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0 players.

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12-05-2011 , 03:24 PM

#2577

pushy26

grinder

Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 659

Yeah, I agree. It's something for sng players at least.

Last edited by pushy26; 12-05-2011 at 03:26 PM. Reason: Made my 'Bink' post before I read the details, thanks for throwing us a bone I guess Stars.

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12-11-2011 , 09:12 PM

#2578

bbfreak

journeyman

Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 317

lets see what the vip changes are for 2012. a 6x multiplier instead 5.5 would be too good to be true

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12-15-2011 , 08:07 AM

#2579

dybboss

old hand

Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,514

1 guy luckboxed his way into 10k bonus, at mercury 20 games score, by 1 point

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12-15-2011 , 08:11 AM

#2580

dybboss

old hand

Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,514

scratch that, he played all his games with the same 5 people in 6handed sng, wow people are stupid to try this type of stuff, hahaha

Last edited by dybboss; 12-15-2011 at 08:18 AM.

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12-15-2011 , 08:29 AM

#2581

alexd11

old hand

Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,965

lols they should give him 10k for having the sheer cheek. Unreal. 6 banhammers coming up.

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12-16-2011 , 12:07 AM

#2582

SiQ

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 7,248

I wish we could get video of his excitement of winning the $10k and then the moment he tries to log in / reads the email.

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12-16-2011 , 04:12 AM

#2583

Aeis

grinder

Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 679

Pokerstars, how about making the all Pokerstars sites use the same player pool?
For tournaments this should be easy. Just charge 14.89 +1.11 for non regulated countries that you don't have to pay tax towards.
And for those countries that do need to pay tax you just make the lobby look a bit different and charge the extra rake. Like 14.89 +1.11 +0.5
or whatever the extra rake is...
Or just write 14.89 + 1.61.

This would increase the traffic in all games and making it more profitable to play at other times than prime time. It would make the players happy with games starting alot faster and it would make you happy raking the $$.

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12-16-2011 , 04:18 AM

#2584

FDSaussure

old hand

Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,242

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Originally Posted by Aeis

Yeah lets ignore laws because that worked really well this year!!!!

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12-18-2011 , 02:40 AM

#2585

18m beast

banned

Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 213

^ And what exactly is the "law" regarding player pools?

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12-18-2011 , 03:28 AM

#2586

Sly Caveat

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 8,635

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Originally Posted by 18m beast

^ And what exactly is the "law" regarding player pools?

Not sure why you put law in quotes, but as with anything the law is different in different places. I don't want to speak about any specific country because I'll get it wrong, but some countries only allow their players to play with other people within the country. It's not like Pokerstars has any choice in the matter.

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12-18-2011 , 06:41 AM

#2587

QQ_1_CUP

newbie

Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 32

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Originally Posted by Sly Caveat

Correct Italians and French aren't allowed on PS.com. In Belgium player pools are not segregated.
PS had to agree with this to obtain a license

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12-21-2011 , 05:00 AM

#2588

Aeis

grinder

Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 679

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Originally Posted by QQ_1_CUP

Correct Italians and French aren't allowed on PS.com. In Belgium player pools are not segregated.
PS had to agree with this to obtain a license

With my suggestion the french would still be playing on pokerstars.fr

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12-21-2011 , 12:00 PM

#2589

vadiupoker

grinder

Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 632

when we will get a clue of the new sngs (aka hypers) next year?

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12-21-2011 , 04:04 PM

#2590

Gramps

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 6,588

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Originally Posted by vadiupoker

when we will get a clue of the new sngs (aka hypers) next year?

December 17th, I think that's coming up pretty soon.

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12-21-2011 , 08:44 PM

#2591

RockardGB

journeyman

Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 350

I know Pokerstars will have paid lawyers hundreds of thousands for regulation and licenses but i still have never seen an answer to.... why isn't French and Italian license deals hugely against free EU trade laws?

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12-28-2011 , 02:59 PM

#2592

JayC170

banned

Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 272

still not decided on higher buyin hypers???? come on stars....I want to go for 2mill+ VPPs next year, i don't even have a chance of making elite without higher buyin hypers.

The fish love them, they are ridicously popular and there is high demand for a full offering.

you will make more money too....this is such an easy decision.

for the players moaning it will hurt other games....should we all still be playing 7 card stud now? Because we would if that train of thought was always applied.

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12-28-2011 , 03:03 PM

#2593

dybboss

old hand

Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,514

+1, i sent stars email about hypers
but i doubt it will be read this year covered with pile of crap that cashgames players spam them. Maybe if they just see plenty of emails with "hyper" in topic, it will help

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12-28-2011 , 04:43 PM

#2594

comguy321

enthusiast

Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 61

Hey guys,
I've tried to get up to speed on how sng's have changed on pokerstars, but there's just too much info.
So, here it is- I usually played 6 man $11 and $22 before BF.
How have these games changed?
I'm a U.S. player, but thinking of expatriating, and need a heads-up on the situation.
Thanks for any info,
Steve

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12-28-2011 , 06:56 PM

#2595

Mecastyles

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 4,657

eta on breaks in 18man ?

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12-28-2011 , 10:36 PM

#2596

philurivey

veteran

Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2,426

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mecastyles

eta on breaks in 18man ?

NO

Let's not and say we did.

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12-29-2011 , 10:35 AM

#2597

Mecastyles

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 4,657

bump

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12-29-2011 , 10:47 AM

#2598

theMBK

adept

Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 858

Anyone else experiencing Deja vu atm?

May: Screw SNGs up completely, fix them but with higher rake
Dec: Screw cash game players, fix rake changes but still higher rake

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12-29-2011 , 10:51 AM

#2599

Mecastyles

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 4,657

Sng's dont have higher rake.

They are raked more evenly across the board. There will be people who got off worse. but personally it encouraged me to move up and play stakes that were previously higher raked than they are now