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So the solution is to provide nothing to all players to ensure a healthy ecosystem?

Has anyone ever won anything with those tickets you get for completing daily task? Its the one where its all in freeroll. I think i registered for every single one of these and don't believe once i even placed in the money for these. Not that it matters much but just curious because i would have figured well you probably cash in at least 1 of these if you reg every single one of it.

Yes I have & the results are not hidden thus you can check for yourself who won what. As to how badly YOU have run in these that is also easy to figure out with these heads-up all-in freerolls - if you've kept the data. If not you can request the HHs & TSs from PS.

If you really did reg for all of those then you most likely have won one min-cash or two, but zero can happen [I did the calcs at the time]. The key problem is that achieving more than a min-cash requires a lot of luck because the prize structures are abnormally top heavy. I did calculate for one of these that I needed to win around 6 or 7 HUs in a row to get in the money & I achieved this twice for that that comp in perhaps [guessing from memory] 80 tries - which is good going.

After that experience I realised it's a poor use of time to work towards these when only the top 4 finishers have a reasonable return. You gotta be lucky.

Hi there. Well i'm pretty certain close to 100 percent i haven't cashed in any of these. Also i was not aware how many all in matches in a row you need to win to make the money. 6 or 7 sounds right to me but i figured that has to happen once at least but it hasn't happened once. The thing is i previously had tickets in freerolls similar to this a while back when stars had something similar... i think it was those 10k or 20k freeroll all ins etc and i did cash in a few of those. Those were similar where you needed 5 all in matches in a row to get a cash.


These however, prize is very small etc but i would have thought... well with all the times i reg these... i probably would have hit one. Well i meant if these pay say top 200... i dont believe i even got one of these.


Well the thing is i usually complete one of these missions everyday so i just reg these every time etc. But i recalled i had did like x amt of missions to qualify for some of those 10k and 20k freeroll all ins a while back.

I've mincashed in the all-in shootout once out of many many attempts. The tournaments can be somewhat amusing to watch and see how you finish, but I would like it if PS replaced them with a better promo.

Hi,

I am a Rec on Stars and really love your software compare to others

I would like to suggest you guys create a Rec Tourney or Cash table -- where you can't access or operate all 3rd party software(HUD and ¢hiitt..)

Surely this get along with your company purpose to create a better Rec environment for Poker

Thanks

I usually play on Stars whenever I am on my holidays so its been a while since I checked out the software (probably since Jan end). So first of all the lobby for the sngs and tournaments are frustrating and limiting (obviously). It feels like I am being conned because of the lack of options provided. The old list of tournaments were far superior. This new lobby is frustrating and dreadful.

Let your customers choose where they want to play, treating them like idiots who cannot pick or do anything won't make anyone have any goodwill towards the product. Regs or Recreational players why not show respect to both? I am sure you have team of researchers coming up ideas. Let me tell you, this idea sucks and makes me angry.

As months pass there won't be people complaining because they will give up. People who complain are probably more likely to keep playing.. but for how long? Patience is wearing thin and giving your opinion to a company who's stubborn because they know better ain't helping anybody. Thanks.

I've registered for the all-in shootouts almost every day until May or June. I've only cashed once, but I think it was for $5.

i remember getting discouraged by the poor odds for those other challenges pretty quickly - then stopped playing it altogether ... have been wondering if anyone's won anything ...

Was just snooping around the MTT thread, and apparently the MicroMillions is schedule to start on the 14th of July ... hopefully the $1mil freeroll will have qualifiers and stuff running then? Otherwise ... ?

Ahhh, guess will hope for the best ...

Will see ...

gogogo Suggestion: next pyramid promo starting july 11 is win between $10 and 10k every day but minimum stakes will not be 10nl but 100nl. Make poker great again!

$1 Million Dollar Freeroll Info (Finally!) But I only have info for new depositors!

How to Enter the $1 Million Freeroll

We’re giving away $1,000,000 in one of the biggest free-to-play tournaments ever hosted on PokerStars, and we’re giving all new depositors a free ticket to take part!

There will be three $1 Million freerolls held in 2016 and the next tournament runs on July 17, at 12:04 ET, with two more tournaments to run in September and November, 2016. Once registration opens, tournaments can be found under the Tournaments tab in the main lobby.

Your ticket is valid in any one of these $1 Million freeroll tournaments and will expire after the last event in November. Event dates for each tournament will be announced closer to registration opening.

https://www.pokerstars.com/poker/promotions/30-free/

I just posted in the Stars MTT thread about this exact phenomena. You seem very dedicated and loyal to Stars but for everyone like you there must be 20 that start to discount future promos due to feeling burned this time around.

I just made a statement about Stars that wasn't at all flattering - so it doesn't really follow that I'm dedicated and loyal to Stars at all ...

You must be thinking that the only reason anyone wouldn't play on Unibet is because they're attached to Stars. But I play fast-fold because of my patience issues, and prefer using a HUD because it speeds up play even further.

Thanks so much Edgelooker

Wonder if we'll all be invited to play as well? Otherwise the freeroll entries could be worth something like ... ~$1k, or something?

Guess the idea of trying to use the $ to encourage new deposits is a nice one - but then the payouts might be so large, what if people start depositing just withdrawing afterwards for the free money? Like if people only have to deposit $100 or something, and then everybody cashes and min-cash is $500?

The deposit required is only $20.

If not open to current members, then a lot of members will be signing up their "close relatives".

make challenges a challenge, at least once in a while.

anyone else having trouble connecting to pokerstars on mac? i can log in on mobile and on mac i can log into winamax and pokerstars.fr no problem. it just shows like when its not connect at all.

You play on Stars and it seems for the games you like Stars is def. the best fit. My point was many recs who don't feel the "bonus" is worth the effort to obtain it will seek other options.

That's very true - guess if there's a windfall to be had, then it would seem like more people would probably start scrambling to grab a piece as well

Was lazy before and didn't click on the link hehe () - it's interesting they didn't put a $ value on the $1mil freeroll ticket like with the other free tickets. Guess if the servers can only handle up to 100k entries, then it should be worth at least $10, but maybe more?

Was hoping that maybe if they don't get a ton of people new depositors, then maybe they'll introduce another way the rest of us might have a chance to earn a ticket to the freeroll too?

The freerolls were to be open to everyone, can't imagine they go back on that.

+1

All year long, the promos were tailored for 10nl...

5nl players get nothing at all, and 100nl+ get almost nothing compared to their turnover.

Make poker great again!

As you already know, cash games at high stakes are pretty cannibalistic. There are only a few regulars that are willing to start games, specially with no rakeback at 1k+.

I think it would be fair if players were given VPP's while playing 5-handed or less at 6-max and 8-handed or less at 9-max (when there's no recreational player, otherwise the table would always be full).

Once the table is full no VPP's would be earned. This would be an incentive for regulars to play against each other and reward players that start tables which is good for the games. Also, bumhunters would still get no VPPs.

Thoughts?

Didn't you post this already yesterday in another thread?

Will never happen. How would they explain to a fish why he never earns points?

I did but since PokerStars rep ignored it I figured I had posted it in the wrong thread

edit: fish never earn points at 1k+ as it is anyway

You're missing the point. You're suggesting they reinstate rakeback for everyone except fish, that will never happen.