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03-03-2016 , 05:20 AM
She did play for an hour, as far as I understand. Just at the beginning, she was 1-tabling, which was probably done for Twitch streaming convenience (it's hard to play 4 and comment at the same time, though she did go up to 3 at the end).

I'm a bit tilted by the wording 'back them' because that promo is less profitable than staking some of them.

Everest did a promo in the spring of 2014 when its active players got small shares of Sam Trickett's WSOP action 'for free'. That would have been quite a sweat if they hadn't pulled out of Russia that April.
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03-03-2016 , 10:01 AM
does the 7x promo apply again vs the pros today?
Or is it just that some pros will be online at some time?
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03-03-2016 , 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by rawtoast
does the 7x promo apply again vs the pros today?
Or is it just that some pros will be online at some time?
It just apply in the special zoom pools. Not on regular tables.
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03-03-2016 , 01:54 PM
Playing 9 man zoom trying to bust a player that plays something like 5/5 is worse than watching paint dry.
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03-03-2016 , 02:29 PM
Weird that they're playing so tight, not really in the spirit of the promo (given that other players have to give them action).
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03-03-2016 , 03:21 PM
any chance we could get some sort of micro millions/low series???
since we havent had much of anything for a while now.

40 events 5/day

make it 8 days sunday to sunday

mixed game day
ko day
6max day
8max day
turbo day
deepstack day
heads up day
finish off with a main event sunday bring back the warmup/rebuy
make the mini million 1mil gtd.

just send out those 900k plus emails and boom lots of rake monies.

stars can introduce some of the new mtts they want to put on the schedule. win win
make it happen please ty
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03-03-2016 , 05:21 PM
    Poker Stars, $0.02/$0.04 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
    Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

    SB: $8.25 (206.3 bb)
    Hero (BB): $14.20 (355 bb)
    UTG: $9.18 (229.5 bb)
    MP: $4.17 (104.3 bb)
    CO: $4.06 (101.5 bb)
    BTN: $5.27 (131.8 bb)

    Preflop: Hero is BB with 6 K
    UTG raises to $0.12, MP raises to $0.36, CO folds, BTN calls $0.36, SB folds, Hero calls $0.32, UTG calls $0.24

    Flop: ($1.46) 7 3 A (4 players)
    Hero checks, UTG checks, MP bets $1.05, BTN raises to $4.91, Hero calls $4.91, UTG raises to $8.82 and is all-in, MP calls $2.76 and is all-in, Hero calls $3.91

    Turn: ($27.82) Q (4 players, 2 are all-in)
    River: ($27.82) 5 (4 players, 2 are all-in)

    Spoiler:
    Results: $27.82 pot ($1.00 rake)
    Final Board: 7 3 A Q 5
    Hero showed 6 K and won $26.82 ($17.64 net)
    UTG showed 7 7 and lost (-$9.18 net)
    MP showed K A and lost (-$4.17 net)
    BTN showed J A and lost (-$5.27 net)


    Not a bad pot or $5 no limit
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    03-03-2016 , 05:22 PM
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by rawtoast
    does the 7x promo apply again vs the pros today?
    Or is it just that some pros will be online at some time?
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by samigina
    It just apply in the special zoom pools. Not on regular tables.
    Correct, and Lex Veldhuis's PLO pool is running right now, hurry up!
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    03-03-2016 , 10:19 PM
    Any chance some of these promos could be scheduled at different times?
    Running all 4 zoom pools within a 7 (?) hour period makes it a bit tough for people in other time zones.

    It does makes sense to run most promos when there is a high number of players online, but the occasional promotion for us off-peak guys would be nice to make us feel like we matter too.
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    03-03-2016 , 10:41 PM
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    Originally Posted by rawtoast
    Any chance some of these promos could be scheduled at different times?
    Running all 4 zoom pools within a 7 (?) hour period makes it a bit tough for people in other time zones.

    It does makes sense to run most promos when there is a high number of players online, but the occasional promotion for us off-peak guys would be nice to make us feel like we matter too.
    I agree, unfortunately i haven't been able to make many of the zoom pools cos they've all been either at like 5am in the morning, or otherwise clashing with my morning university lectures
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    03-03-2016 , 10:50 PM
    Just looked in the "news" tab, for last month's promos a total of $3.7M of added value was given out, including $2.3M in the milestone challenges. Not sure that this week's "Team Pro Online Week" will even be a fraction of that - maybe 1 or 2% of the value? Still, Stars has 3 more weeks in March after this week to redeem themselves. If they introduce the $1M freeroll, as well as some more mega bonuses, then we could be getting somewhere!

    Fingers crossed
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    03-03-2016 , 11:12 PM
    do you guys received any free spin and go tickets? Stars sent me 2 times x5 $1 S&G tickets.
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    03-03-2016 , 11:30 PM
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    Originally Posted by Sylvestra
    do you guys received any free spin and go tickets? Stars sent me 2 times x5 $1 S&G tickets.
    My friend (recreational) received this as well, when he logged in after a fairly long break from the tables. I think they give them to people who've been inactive for a while to encourage them to return to playing on the site
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    03-04-2016 , 12:18 AM
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    Originally Posted by xXPocketDucksXx
    My friend (recreational) received this as well, when he logged in after a fairly long break from the tables. I think they give them to people who've been inactive for a while to encourage them to return to playing on the site
    Yeah a buddie of mine who throws some bucks on every once in a while got this deal, he said he got $10 total worth of tickets.
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    03-04-2016 , 02:10 PM
    Women's day coming, any chance of Men vs Women Special Heads Up sngs on that day? (Rake free for women) And maybe you could double the guarantees of all women restricted tourneys?

    Also any news on $1M Freeroll? Is it happening this month?
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    03-04-2016 , 02:35 PM
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    Originally Posted by anuj22
    Women's day coming
    Wow, I didn't even know that it's still celebrated widely in India. I thought it's popular only in recently or currently communist countries. I mean, Indira Gandhi's regime ended almost 40 years ago.
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    03-04-2016 , 03:58 PM
    Im gonna say RIGGED!!!!:

    http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-h...006_1405798525

    This was against Katerina....
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    03-05-2016 , 02:34 AM
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    Originally Posted by samigina
    Im gonna say RIGGED!!!!:

    http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-h...006_1405798525

    This was against Katerina....
    what kind of player go disrespecfully all in preflop like that in cashgame? disgusting behaviour
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    03-05-2016 , 03:01 AM
    The optimal strategies for both the pros and the challengers in these special Zoom pools certainly differ a lot from the optimal strategy of normal Zoom.

    The pros have pretty much no better option that to go all-in preflop for value and never make a bluff bet or raise of any size because the challengers don't need to have a great equity in order to make a post-bonus profit. Compare this to a progressive super-knockout where the pro has accumulated a huge bounty on their head but the value of their chip stack is much less than that of the bounty.
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    03-05-2016 , 04:24 AM
    I stupidly left run it twice on, and so did one of the pros ended up splitting pot with 25o AIPF vs AK but would have won first run. $35 down the drain. Feel it's unfair of Stars to expect players to remember to manually turn off run it twice (a feature that is obviously gonna be bad for and against the spirit of the promo). They should ensure all team online pros have run it once on to avoid this issue, as it can be quite tilting for the players to experience my sort of situation.

    Last edited by xXPocketDucksXx; 03-05-2016 at 04:32 AM.
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    03-05-2016 , 11:19 AM
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    Originally Posted by HotCosby
    what kind of player go disrespecfully all in preflop like that in cashgame? disgusting behaviour
    Im not mad about the hand per se, Im mad for the meaning of the hand.

    That hand value for me was around 50usd, not just the 7usd I bet, in the context of the promotion this was very painfull; and I guess that pro girl doesnt need 7 bucks more, while for a micros player like me 50buck are a nice boost to the bankroll.
    As I said before, they ran like gods.

    But anyway, this is poker.

    Last edited by samigina; 03-05-2016 at 11:27 AM.
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    03-05-2016 , 02:12 PM
    why don't stars just offer an instant conversion of any amount of starscoins directly to cash? why do i have to click these silly buttons?
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    03-05-2016 , 02:44 PM
    LOLUsuck
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    03-05-2016 , 02:54 PM
    8.000+ posts and all of them a waste of time, your parents must be so proud
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    03-05-2016 , 03:28 PM
    My parents understand a play on words. Yours likely do not. Gene pool FTW!

    Better luck with that frustrating button clicking.

    All the best.
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