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PokerStars Roundtable 2012-05-30

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  1. Lee Jones Lee Jones is offline

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    May 31st, 2012 (5/31/2012 3:51am)

    Hi folks -

    Just a few updates on what's going on at pokerstars...

    Changes from player requests

    We've got a few things to announce that are direct results of player requests and meetings:

    Limit Hold'em Rake

    We're making some adjustments to the limit hold'em rake (probably effective June 1st) to smooth out some rough spots. They're not huge, but they're in your favor:

    Stakes | # of players | Old cap | New cap
    -------------------------------------------------
    $1/$2 | 3-4 | $.80 | $.70
    $1/$2 | 5+ | $1.00 | $.80
    $2/$4 | 3-4 | $.80 | $.70
    $2/$4 | 5+ | $2.00 | $1.25

    More frequent bonuses

    We are reducing the size of the bonuses in the VIP store so people can buy bonuses for fewer FPPs (the bonus will be correspondingly smaller). That's also planned for June 1st. The new values are as follows:

    Min. VIP Level | USD | FPP | USD/FPP | % Reduction
    ---------------------------------------------------------------
    Bronze | $10 | 1000 | 0.01 | 60%
    Silver | $25 | 2250 | 0.011 | 50%
    Gold | $75 | 6,250 | 0.012 | 75%
    Platinum | $200 | 15,400 | .013 | 69%
    Super Nova | $600 | 40,000 | 0.015 | 60%
    Super Nova | $1600 | 100,000 | 0.016 | 60%


    The "% Reduction" column shows the reduction in the number of FPPs you need to get the bonus. All of the bonus amounts (in dollars) have been reduced proportionally; there is no change in the USD/FPP ratio for any of the bonuses. Couple of minor points:
    • The old bonus levels will go away immediately.
    • Bonus levels will not change for U.S. players.

    Unregister from all tournaments

    This is something that came up in the player meeting in March. We're developing it right now and expect it to be out sometime this summer. This feature will allow you to get out of all of your registered tournaments with just a few clicks.

    I want to note that this is just one of the items that came out of the March meetings. Steve recently sent a three-page report to all participants covering every item that had come up in the meetings. He will send out a similar report following up on the April meetings.

    Other news
    • We've deployed $1/$2 PLO Zoom. Enjoy.
    • We've added 6-max $60 and $200 Hyper Turbo SNGs.
    • We are now waiting four orbits instead of three to pick up a sitting-out player at six-max tables. That change went in on April 26th.

    Thanks for your time and interest. I'll answer whatever questions I can.

    Best regards,
    Lee Jones

    P.S. Does P5 software not support a "table" tag?
  2. NarcoCop NarcoCop is offline

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    May 31st, 2012 (5/31/2012 4:02am) in reply to Lee Jones

    Even though i am in the US and not able to play on stars i still see why Stars is always going to the best online poker site in the world. Always willing to listen to their customers. Well DONE PS!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Edited By: NarcoCop May 31st, 2012 at 04:03 AM
     
  3. OMGitsGees OMGitsGees is offline

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    May 31st, 2012 (5/31/2012 4:14am) in reply to NarcoCop

    why dont you run some huge wsop sattys?
     
  4. sssssssivarT sssssssivarT is offline

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    May 31st, 2012 (5/31/2012 7:36am) in reply to OMGitsGees

    we are still paying to much rake does pokerstars not care about the poker community, the games are getting harder and a good way to keep the games growing is charge less rake so all the break even players are now winning players and a % of the losing players are now break even players and the winning players make more which keep the bigger games alive. it's honestly sickning that a lot of players pay more in rake then they make on the site, I think you guys need to come up with a cap amount a player depending on the avg limit they play that they should have to pay and after that cap is met they get 100% back or dont pay rake.
  5. wackyJaxon wackyJaxon is offline Admin X

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    May 31st, 2012 (5/31/2012 10:06am) in reply to Lee Jones

    Lee Jones - thank you for update! Everything here seems to be in the benefit of the player which is nice to see! :)

    I noticed yesterday that the Netherlands was moved to .eu, making it the 6th country to do so. Will all the European countries be moving to the .eu client in the near future? Also, any idea of which countries will be next and the timing surrounding that?
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  6. DonkNotWanted DonkNotWanted is offline

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    May 31st, 2012 (5/31/2012 3:54pm) in reply to wackyJaxon

    Would be nice to see some changes in the mtt schedule too. There are barely no low stakes rebuy 6 max tourneys and I believe they would be a great success. Also making a daily Big 22 6max instead of the daily cap 500 players would be great.
     
  7. Richestuser Richestuser is offline

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    Jun 1st, 2012 (6/1/2012 1:09pm) in reply to DonkNotWanted

    are u guys planning for another round of small stakes series like Micromillions? there shud be atleast 3 rounds of micromillions in one year...their are many non pro players like me who dont play regularly on PS..but whenever a series like MM comes. they take break from their regular work and deposite 500-600$ to play full series for 10 days.... and then move on with money or no money....
    FTOPS and Mini FTOPS used to happen multiple times in one year.. i dont know why major series are organized only once on stars
  8. Lee Jones Lee Jones is offline

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    Jun 4th, 2012 (6/4/2012 8:54pm) in reply to Richestuser

     
    Originally Posted by Richestuser View Post

    are u guys planning for another round of small stakes series like Micromillions?

    I can't give out specific information, but we were definitely delighted with the response to Micro Millions and when people love something, we tend to do it again. Watch this space for more news.

    Best regards,
    Lee Jones
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  9. Lee Jones Lee Jones is offline

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    Jun 4th, 2012 (6/4/2012 8:56pm) in reply to wackyJaxon

     
    Originally Posted by wackyJaxon View Post

    Lee Jones - thank you for update! Everything here seems to be in the benefit of the player which is nice to see! :)

    You're most welcome.

     

    I noticed yesterday that the Netherlands was moved to .eu, making it the 6th country to do so. Will all the European countries be moving to the .eu client in the near future? Also, any idea of which countries will be next and the timing surrounding that?

    We just don't (and can't) discuss this sort of thing. We are obviously paying close attention to the regulatory environment, and responding to changes in it, but for very good reasons, we don't discuss plans or schedules regarding it.

    Best regards,
    Lee Jones
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  10. Lee Jones Lee Jones is offline

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    Jun 5th, 2012 (6/5/2012 2:33pm) in reply to Richestuser

     
    Originally Posted by Richestuser View Post

    are u guys planning for another round of small stakes series like Micromillions?

    Ha - you must have broken something loose:

    http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/microm...mi-095061.html

    Best regards,
    Lee Jones
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  11. Richestuser Richestuser is offline

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    Jun 11th, 2012 (6/11/2012 6:36pm) in reply to Lee Jones

    This is what makes pokerstars sickest site of all time....hats off to you Sir!!!

    will be waiting for this event...

    Thanks
  12. Richestuser Richestuser is offline

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    Jun 11th, 2012 (6/11/2012 6:47pm) in reply to Richestuser

    Sorry for asking another thing on same thread please buy FTP.....badly need my 450$ stuck over there....will never get addicted to rush poker again.. :(

    Thanks
  13. sssssssivarT sssssssivarT is offline

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    Jun 11th, 2012 (6/11/2012 7:37pm) in reply to Richestuser

    lol at 450$ over a year let it go bud
  14. CANUKEH44 CANUKEH44 is offline

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    Jun 12th, 2012 (6/12/2012 3:12am) in reply to sssssssivarT

    How about doing a Canadian poker Tour Series?
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