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11-16-2017 , 03:40 PM
15min blinds are for sure too long for a 835pm mtt with decent number of runers. 10-12 max imo but solid change
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11-16-2017 , 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by 888Rep
Added the deepstack label to the deepstack monsoon. Whats wrong with the label on the Great8?
it was saturday night and i saw that your sunday editions of deepstack monsoon and great8 were not label as Sunday Editions so i wanted to warn you because sunday before that one you forgot to label these two as Sunday Editions
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11-16-2017 , 06:00 PM
Its good that you changed things up with those $12 additions but i wish they werent changed to deepstacks as there are just so many of them on the site.
But if you going to have to as deepstacks, please shorten blind levels.Your structures play so deep that its just too extreme when you get these 5k starting stacks 15 min levels.

Personally i find structures you use for $12 pacific catfish (5k starting, 10 min blinds) to be far more enjoyable and they finish in a more reasonable amount of time.Would like to see more of these.

Also can you add a turbo blowfish to the morning schedule (maybe replace the 11.30am $5 turbo) and can you consider changing the 10.30am $12 to something like a $11 ko or $8 888 turbo as having 2 identical $12 tournaments an hour apart doesnt work.

Add a mini challenge $4 or $5 buy so there could be a daily major for micro/low players
Add a midday challenge with a mini version aswell
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11-16-2017 , 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by 888Rep
1. We have decided that instead of having a different "Challenge" tournament every day, with guarantees that have been suffering lately, we will have one new tournament - “The $25,000 Daily Challenge” - running every day but Sunday. This will be a $44 tournament with 2nd chance rebuys and a $25k GTD. Sunday Challenge will not be changed.
I'll guess there's zero reason to open 888 at all now (even in Thursdays) that you killed your last rebuy that had any reasonable structure or prize pool to play.

RIP 888.
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11-16-2017 , 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by the_bridler
Its good that you changed things up with those $12 additions but i wish they werent changed to deepstacks as there are just so many of them on the site.
But if you going to have to as deepstacks, please shorten blind levels.Your structures play so deep that its just too extreme when you get these 5k starting stacks 15 min levels.

Personally i find structures you use for $12 pacific catfish (5k starting, 10 min blinds) to be far more enjoyable and they finish in a more reasonable amount of time.Would like to see more of these.
I agree with your post but we can still have "deepstack" versions of the series as well as the shorter 10 minute ones. 888 rep please could you add "catfish" 10 minute levels like you have done with the other series, perhaps make it 8 max. You could add this around 19:00 uk time. I think its a mistake to take out $12 regular tournaments with no replacements.

Also what about changing the $5 deepstack at 16:15 uk time to "deepstack blowfish" 8 max? We already have a $5 deepstack only 45 minutes before this with the same format. Include a regular "blowfish" possibly in place of the "turbo blowfish" and move this to later in the schedule, this would give lower stakes more options and would be really nice additions, thanks.
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11-16-2017 , 07:49 PM
Some other suggestions Move the 2k $5 rebuy at 4pm uk time forward 1 hour, 5pm is a busier time for a rebuy tournament and gives more players the chance to late reg etc. Also, bring the "grand daddy" back 1 hour, maybe it starts just a little late as a regular tourney, same with the 3.5k $5r starting at 10pm uk time, bring back 1 hour and see how it performs.
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11-16-2017 , 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by the_bridler
Its good that you changed things up with those $12 additions but i wish they werent changed to deepstacks as there are just so many of them on the site.
But if you going to have to as deepstacks, please shorten blind levels.Your structures play so deep that its just too extreme when you get these 5k starting stacks 15 min levels.

Personally i find structures you use for $12 pacific catfish (5k starting, 10 min blinds) to be far more enjoyable and they finish in a more reasonable amount of time.Would like to see more of these.

Also can you add a turbo blowfish to the morning schedule (maybe replace the 11.30am $5 turbo) and can you consider changing the 10.30am $12 to something like a $11 ko or $8 888 turbo as having 2 identical $12 tournaments an hour apart doesnt work.

Add a mini challenge $4 or $5 buy so there could be a daily major for micro/low players
Add a midday challenge with a mini version aswell
+1 for 10.30am $12 should be changed to a KO as there are very few in the morning, turbo blowfish also good idea.
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11-19-2017 , 06:34 AM
Could you change the betting box so that it doesnt have a comma in it? It sometimes is hard to enter number
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11-20-2017 , 03:26 AM
Could some of the mtts that get cancelled ~2 times a week which almost never overlay and start at the hour be started a couple minutes after the hour? (ex. 12AM EST $12 turbo deep this weekend)
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11-20-2017 , 12:55 PM
is the $44 daily challenge a massive joke ?

re-entry until 300/600 w/ a 5k starting stack and 15 min lvls starting at 20:35 CET ?

Making the thursday challenge the daily challenge would have been 100x better .
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11-21-2017 , 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by the_bridler
Add a mini challenge $4 or $5 buy so there could be a daily major for micro/low players
+1 to mini challenge. After $5 2,5k deepstack at 18:45cet/17:45 uk you do not have any $5 games with decent guarantee (apart from r&a). Therefore, mini challenge at 20:35cet/19:35cet would be welcomed. Probably you could try rebrand sunday mega mirco (you have lovered its gtd) as mini sunday challenge with 5k gtd.

Since the two at 20:30cet/19:30cet is stagnating/struggling/not growing you could try to re-brand it as $2.2 mini startfish at 19:00cet/20:00cet with 1,5k gtd. It should reach 750 entries if re-branded.
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11-21-2017 , 05:19 PM
bocmanis i wish they listened to your ideas more often as the low stakes on 888 are being a little neglected, not sure why you suggest a mini challenge at 19:35 tho as they already have "the two" and $5 KO mtt around this time, i think a mini challenge would be better at 18:35.

I mean why do they have a $12 turbo deep at 18:30 uk time which barely makes the gtd? this could be a much better tournament in a busy time slot, it's made worse that there is a turbo blowfish 30 minutes before this and a turbo r+a 30 minutes after lol.

"The Two" should just be rebranded, something like a 1r1a 8 max, just something a little different to get more interest, as should the $5 deepstack at 16:15 uk time, i have noticed lately it has been overlaying almost daily, it's no wonder as they basically have the same tournament 45 minutes before this. I wish they could just add more and tweak things at <$12 stakes and i would forget almost all other sites. Basically, the low stakes schedule between 18:00 - 20:00 uk time for low stakes is very poor, way too many turbos not enough lower stake reg freezouts.
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11-22-2017 , 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by 888Rep
Hey guys,

3. The Late Night Crocodile ($160 Buy-in, 6k GTD) at 01:00 GMT was replaced by The Late GREAT 8 ($88 Buy-in, 5k GTD).
I like this change and I also like changing the Cyclone into mini Late Great 8, but both need at least one sat with min 3 seats gtd. This will help attract more players at the beginning and overall ;right now both are starting very slow .Ty
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11-22-2017 , 05:08 PM
thank you for reducing the buyin of the lighning! will be playing it every session now
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11-22-2017 , 05:51 PM
shorten the show me mtt blinds from 6m to 5m. I wanted to bink this today and had to play this on mobile for like 60 minutes total because It just wouldn't end.
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11-23-2017 , 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by blakkman08
thank you for reducing the buyin of the lighning! will be playing it every session now
It was the softest 109 around, you should have played it anyway probably :P
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11-23-2017 , 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by blakkman08
thank you for reducing the buyin of the lighning! will be playing it every session now


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11-26-2017 , 10:32 AM
I see the Sunday Mega Dozen is now a rebuy wtf?!

This used to be a part of my Sunday lineup but I wont be playing it anymore as I can't compete with people who can afford to rebuy 5 times.

You have joined all the other cowardly poker sites that are afraid to meet the guarantee so they make most MTTs re-entry or rebuy.

I don't play rebuys generally so I won't be playing on your site any more. I'm just letting you know why you might notice that the volume is down because there may be other rec. players like me who don't like the changes and are going to stop playing.

It's very sad. The Mega Dozen was the best/only micro-low stakes MTT you offered on a Sunday.
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11-26-2017 , 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by jambo227
bocmanis i wish they listened to your ideas more often as the low stakes on 888 are being a little neglected, not sure why you suggest a mini challenge at 19:35 tho as they already have "the two" and $5 KO mtt around this time, i think a mini challenge would be better at 18:35.

I mean why do they have a $12 turbo deep at 18:30 uk time which barely makes the gtd? this could be a much better tournament in a busy time slot, it's made worse that there is a turbo blowfish 30 minutes before this and a turbo r+a 30 minutes after lol.

"The Two" should just be rebranded, something like a 1r1a 8 max, just something a little different to get more interest, as should the $5 deepstack at 16:15 uk time, i have noticed lately it has been overlaying almost daily, it's no wonder as they basically have the same tournament 45 minutes before this. I wish they could just add more and tweak things at <$12 stakes and i would forget almost all other sites. Basically, the low stakes schedule between 18:00 - 20:00 uk time for low stakes is very poor, way too many turbos not enough lower stake reg freezouts.
I like daily challenge and mini daily challenge concept. $5.5 KO at 20:40 CET should not be reason not implement this concept because you can run $5.5 KO at any other reasonable time. $2.2 mini starfish at 8pm cet and $4.4/$5 mini daily challenge at 20:35 CET would be improvement of schedule.

Mini daily challenge at 19:35 CET would be too close to 2,5k deepstack at 18:45 CET. $2 1r1a as replacement of 'the two' will be different buy-in tournament and I hardly doubt it will be more popular than 'the two'. Re-branding of early $5 deepstacks will make sense if they increase their gtd. However, it will also mean that they will have make them re-entry to justify higher gtd.
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11-26-2017 , 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Adjusted
I see the Sunday Mega Dozen is now a rebuy wtf?!

This used to be a part of my Sunday lineup but I wont be playing it anymore as I can't compete with people who can afford to rebuy 5 times.

You have joined all the other cowardly poker sites that are afraid to meet the guarantee so they make most MTTs re-entry or rebuy.

I don't play rebuys generally so I won't be playing on your site any more. I'm just letting you know why you might notice that the volume is down because there may be other rec. players like me who don't like the changes and are going to stop playing.

It's very sad. The Mega Dozen was the best/only micro-low stakes MTT you offered on a Sunday.
Mega Dozen was overlaying for a few months. If they kept it as FO and reduced GTD then we would probably have about 1000 entrants in this week's Mega Dozen. Probably casual players pay more attention to GTD rather than FO or re-entry.
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11-27-2017 , 12:26 PM
cmon 888rep, more low stakes games around peak time please
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11-27-2017 , 01:31 PM
ugh again lowering gtd, the $5r 16:00 uk time now 1.5k gtd, why not try something else like move it an hour forward or re-brand? Lowering gtd's are counter productive less and less people will play but its the first thing you seem to do.
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11-27-2017 , 04:11 PM
Traffic pretty poor here so alot of overlays, id guess its something to do with such a bad rewards/rakeback system and so customers have no reason to stay loyal to the site.
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11-27-2017 , 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by the_bridler
Traffic pretty poor here so alot of overlays, id guess its something to do with such a bad rewards/rakeback system and so customers have no reason to stay loyal to the site.
I used to play 100% of my volume on 888, but with the reward system change, every tournament becoming re-entry and the toughness of games, there is such a small incentive to play high volume on 888 other than 888rep being so receptive to ideas and change.

(probably play like 60% volume on 888 now)
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11-27-2017 , 06:18 PM
Big shake up of the schedule needed ASAP 888 come on get your act together
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