Can we see an ante-up event in the turbo series

Hey Luke
Any chance we can find some info on what s fixed or new with the latest software update? Is there some form of release notes ?

Hi guys,

I'm a micro cash player transitioning to MTTs. I mainly play on stars.

I posted a thread (bumped an old one) in the other MTT section the other day and got no responses.

My question is about the length of time on stars MTTs. I have a life (do this recreationally) and sometimes cannot allow for more than a few hours of play at a time. For this reason I've stuck to SNGs so far. I'm wondering if anyone can shed any insight on how to predict the time lengths of the MTTs. How long are they per x thousand people and how does the 5/10/15 minute blinds impact this? What about SNGs? I like the 10 minute blind levels cause you get more time at a deeper stack, but stars only has the $1 45 man it looks like?

Also, what should I do as a new MTT player, what is people's advice to be successful and play soft fields?

Just play turbos and bubble rushes. Everything else will last too long for ya. Even some of the smaller 3000 starting stack 10 min blinds last over 5 hours. Deep stacks are around 8 or 9 hours depending on field size.

See how many entries something gets, multiply by starting stack and divide by about ~75 to get the size of the big blind of the last level of the tournament.

Ok thanks. Does this change based on blind length?

Yes, the slower the structure the higher the average stack will be when the tournament ends (in terms of big blinds).

Luke, if we are going to be seeing mixed/draw games in this series than I think NLSD event should be a pko format. There's no point to offer this game non pko anymore as all the mtts in the daily schedule are pko and majority of sd players are now used to this format. Of course for SCOOP/WCOOP, you can offer this variant as non-pko.

I'm honestly excited for the re-branded Turbo Series and I think the dates are even better than the previous ones of late-January. Couple of suggestions/wishes:

1. Can we have one $1,050 or at least $530 Progressive KO Hyper 8 or 9-max tournament?

2. What about a $109, $215 or $530 Shootout that starts with 8-max*, 2nd round 6-max, 3rd round 4-max, 4th round Heads-Up and 1 final table of 8?

Round 1 (8-max)*
The way this would work is have a max entrants limit of 1,536.
Whether it sells out or not, round 1 is 8-max. Let's assume it does. So we'll have 192 tables of 8 players each. The top 2 from each table advance to round 2. That gives us 384 players advancing to Round 2.

Round 2 (6-max)
384 players spread out across 64 tables of 6 each. The top 2 from each table advance to Round 3.
You are in the money once you've reached the top 3 on each table.

Round 3 (4-max)
The final 128 players will be spread out across 32 tables of 4 each. The winner from each table advances to Round 4.

Round 4 (Heads-Up)
The final 32 players will play 2 rounds of Best-of-3 Heads-Up matches. You have to win 2 heads-up rounds to make the final table.

Final Table (8-max)
The final table consists of the 8 Quarter-Finalists from the Heads-Up Round.

This tournament could be called 'The Grind', 'Ironman Challenge' or 'The Challenge'.

*Round 1 could start with either 8-max or 9-max, if it's 9-max you just start with a max entrants limit of 1,728 instead of 1,536.

It'd be nice if you could try something like this out for the Turbo Series, see how it goes and perfect it by the time the WCOOP rolls around.

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Discord link for a chat in with some other pokerstars micro MTT players, we like to discuss hands, spot, strategy, and some crypto.

Midday schedule for CET dont have Big which are low stakes 5-19$ range ,only one 16.5,but dont have with less money .Is it possible to add 5.5$ or 8.8$ after lunch time.Also i played today some zoom 4 max satelite but i didnt see same on other red tournaments it was fun.Still waiting for some diffrent tournaments like PKO buble rush,8 max PKO low buy ins,some marathon PKO 15 min blind levels like the reg marathon but 11 and 109 versions.

+1

This sounds super fun but i doubt their software could do it.

You don't need Luke to answer that. If you'd have taken notice the logic is that all Majors have Mega/Deadline/Last chance satties, and other tourneys don't. I doubt Luke's gonna change that for a few specific tournaments to suit your schedule, so you're basically asking to add dozens of satties to all featured tournaments.

Nothing is lacking, special satties just for the majors makes perfect sense.

Please fix blinds when two-handed in 3max zoom (triple threat). Big blind is button apparently and it makes for an infuriating experience playing OOP small blinds.

Has no one ever noticed this?!

Shorter blind structure in the 12 $2 PLO PKO would be much better.

I've final tabled twice at that tourny and it takes like 7+ hours to finish, it's absolutely insane. I think 8 minutes you still get tons of deep play, but you're not sitting around forever either.

So many whiners in here even when luke has been responding more often than before. Get a grip

How about a tripple-M? Monthly Morning Million, for the early risers in europe and grinders in asia? Could be a cool promo maybe..

Hey everyone,

A few announcements first…

• We experienced a bug with the Spin & Go satellites to the Anniversary tournaments. At some point last night, tickets started expiring instantly. We've corrected the issue and credited all affected players with new tickets. Sorry!
• Last week, we experienced our first site crash since June. While we dislike site crashes as much as you do, the silver lining this time around is that some development completed last year kicked in and paused all tournaments and registrations near-instantaneously. In practical terms, this means that the number of players materially affected and requiring refunds was miniscule. Of course, not all site crashes are the same, but the point is that we're trying to make progress and reduce the frustration caused by site crashes as much as we can.
• We're focused on getting Turbo Series ready for launch. The schedule will be revealed once it hits the client, but until then, there is an article on the PokerStars Blog with some details.

Thanks for the feedback - I think early/late time slots in Series like MicroMillions makes more sense from our perspective than SCOOP Events in the middle of the night. I'd recommend bringing this up again as summer approaches (in the northern hemisphere!).

The play-through requirement is an anti-money laundering effort. Any system like the one you propose which removes the play-through requirement for the person who made the deposit or received the transfer does not achieve the goal of combatting money laundering at the individual account level, and is not being considered.

I think I need to clear something up. The rebranding of TCOOP to Turbo Series is not so much about the Events on offer, but the way the Series is marketed. I think a new player is much more likely to give Turbo Series a try than TCOOP. It is entirely possible this line of thinking is completely off the mark, but this year it will be Turbo Series. Don't worry, the schedule is somewhat similar to previous years.

PM me your UserID and I'll see if I can find something lying around. One time offer!

I understand your frustration here, and I'll pass it on. Unfortunately I'm not positioned to provide such progress as my area is strictly tournaments.

There will be a non-NLHE Event every day except the first!

While bracelets/watches are gone for WCOOP and SCOOP, it should be noted that we're awarding a substantial number of $30K PSPC packages to players throughout the year. $30K per package adds up quickly...

Players were not unregistered from future tournaments. Tournaments that started before the issues were paused and cancelled. If you feel you were materially affected, please contact Support.

Thanks for the feedback. Of course, I'm always required to mention that the more special tournaments you have, the less special they are. There's no planned expansion to the red brands, and we're pleased with most of the Majors at the moment. Our focus right now is on tweaking guarantees and preparing for the Anniversaries and Turbo Series!

Unfortunately these replays were removed after the site crash. We're still investigating the cause, but the Winter Series replays will not return. Apologies for this, we'll do our best to make sure it doesn't happen again.

I first mentioned it in this post on December 21st.

As discussed a couple times, we don't plan on altering the pink satellites or branded tournaments in the near term.

What do you think about Hyper-Turbo 6-Max Progressive Total KO as a part of the normal schedule?

Unfortunately, Ante Up did not make the cut.

While I could find out what has changed, it would require hours of compiling information about development items I'm not involved with. I think this would be a great feature in the client, though. I'll pass on the feedback.

You're not wrong about the main schedule, but there's also nothing wrong with offering a traditional tournament, either.

1. One of the Supersonic SEs is a Progressive KO, but it is 6-Max.
2. We've had a lot of issues around Mixed-Max in past Series. It won't return without some development, which I do not foresee coming any time soon.

So you're saying you want more everything.

It has been raised here a handful of times. Unfortunately, it requires development, but during Turbo Series, we're going to try this type of tournament as 4-Max. The thinking is that we can run it as Zoom until six players remain, then go to a normal final table at five players. It just might do the trick!

Thanks for the feedback - we'll take a look when we get a chance, though we'd be looking at a large number of tournaments, not just this one in a vacuum.

Sounds like I deserve a six week posting holiday!

This would require a serious financial investment. There's another reason this would be difficult to do, though. Niche promotions reach a much smaller group of players, but require the same amount of effort on the part of the numerous teams that are required to execute it. With three verticals and a pretty stuffed calendar, it is difficult to justify the use of resources. For this reason, I think the better discussion to have is "how can we include these players better in what we're already doing?"

Haha take 2 or 3 days off and people will think you're not doing your job properly

Umm, no. I'd appreciate if you refrained from unnecessary ass licking when Luke has finally started after 3 years responding a bit more often (as he should and it should be normal and not quite praiseworthy). It's been just a month or so, so please don't write your paeans yet. And also there's not that much whine, so not sure why you feel like you should jump in and defend poor Luke twice in 24 hours, we get that, you're friends or you want to appeal to him.

not sure how the exact development is but the Big162 (around 2pm european time) is heavily struggling. On Monday it got cancelled and to be honest, a 8k guarantee wont change things. Add one 11$ Deep Sat with 5 Seats gtd or reduce its buyin to a Big82 15k gtd. Now its just not worth it.

Monday 215 6max sats keep struggling and especially the Deep ones get cancelled almost every week. Think you should consider making at least some of them in 9max format and see if attendence goes up. I never really understood why Sats have to be played out in the same format as the target event without exception.
Also increase gtd of the Mega and Deadline Sats

Sounds good, I don't mind a longer tourny, but if you're barely playing for 100 BIs up top, it's just not worth it IMO, that or make the buyin bigger.

How have the tournies I suggested gone for you guys from your perspective, i.e:
The PLO PKO at 12
The rebuys in the 820 PKO zoom
HU at 930

From where I sit, they've done very very well so far and only been getting better, but I'd love to get someone's thoughts whose livelihood (although not directly tied to those tournaments per se) is effected by their performance.

Ummm, nah no ass licking, you cry babies need to stop crying for unnecessary reasons. I note you are the common culprit so your reply does not surprise me in the slightest.

I get the feeling that the Late Registration for certain Omaha tournaments might be too long (Long enough to allow late reggers get ITM via stalling)

I was playing the $16.50 PKO Omaha that starts at 19:39 UK time and had a player join the table in the last minute and stall his way to a mincash! Happy days for him and his $2 profit!

I do not know if this is something similar to the situation in the Bigs a few months back but I guess it is something you could look into.