Does anybody know if the new structrue will include all ring games?
ex. 40 bb min.

bye bye shortstacking for the most part

 

Originally Posted by SgtKyle

Also they are putting in knockout tournaments

just noticed a $27 but no guarantee.

please put guarantees on these and 3k starting stacks please stars

 

Originally Posted by SgtKyle

100-250 bb, with default buy-in of 200bb and ante equal to 20% of the Big Blind

from 2+2:

 

Here�s a summary of the changes in today�s software update.

Changes to NL/PL Ring Games

We�ve made some major changes to the buy-in ranges available in most No Limit and Pot Limit ring games. The new ranges are:

• 20-50 big blinds
• 40-100 big blinds
• 100-250 big blinds (with antes)

New tooltips in the lobby will show you the minimum and maximum buy-in for a table whenever you hover over the table name. If you don�t like the tooltips, you can turn them off by going to �Options� > �Lobby Display Options...� and unchecking �Show Information Tooltip for Ring Games�.

We have also increased the time in which a player is required to rejoin a table with the same stack from 30 minutes to 60 minutes.

For more information about these changes, see my colleague Steve D�s post.

Knockout Tournaments

In Knockout tournaments, a cash �bounty� is placed on every entrant in the tournament. Every time you eliminate somebody, you win a cash prize! In a knockout tournament, every player pays an extra entry fee, which serves as that player�s bounty. For example, a knockout tournament might have a total buy-in of $20+$5+$2, of which $20 goes into the regular prize pool, $5 is each player�s bounty, and $2 is the tournament fee.

You can find knockout tournaments in the lobby, marked �KO� or �Knockout� � or type these words into the tournament filter to quickly find them.

KO tournaments will be rolled out slowly in the coming weeks. You must update to the latest client before playing a knockout tournament. Oh, and in case you were wondering, SCOOP Event 12 is a knockout tournament.

Changes to Heads-Up Ring Games

We�ve made four important changes to Heads-Up Ring Games:

If you sit out continuously for five minutes, you�ll be removed from the table.

1. You can now sit at a maximum of two Heads-Up tables without an opponent.*
2. Table names are randomised, to eliminate any advantage to sitting at tables with names beginning with �A�.
3. Players who attempt to abuse the system or make the Heads-Up games unpleasant for others may be banned from playing at Heads-Up tables.

*We know that this isn�t perfect right now, but decided to release the functionality anyway rather than waiting until the next release. Further changes are planned for that release.

More Notes Improvements

We�ve combined all of the notes settings in one place, �Options� > �Player Notes�. In this dialog you can add new notes; view, edit and delete existing notes; edit the notes categories and colours; combine multiple notes files from more than one machine; and change the location of the notes file on your computer.

Responsible Gaming Limits for Tournaments

You can now choose your own maximum limits for scheduled tournaments and Sit & Gos. If you�re a ring game player and don�t want to tilt off all your money in tournaments after a bad beat, this option is for you! You can set a limit in any of the four supported currencies by going to �Requests� > �Responsible Gaming� > �Restrict Tournament Buy-In Limit�.

Special Multi-Event Satellites

In the coming weeks, you�ll notice some special satellites appearing which award seats to multiple events. This is how they work:

1. Each satellite has up to five different target events, all listed in the �Tournament Info� section of the lobby.
2. The first time you win a satellite, you�ll be registered in the first event listed.
3. If you win another seat, you�ll be registered in the second event listed. If you�ve already won a seat in that, you�ll be registered in the third event listed, and so on.

For example, there could be a SCOOP Multi-Event Satellite which awards seats in Event 1M, 2M, and 16M. Win once, and you get a seat in event 1M. Win twice, and you get a seat in both 1M and 2M. Win three times, and you get a seat in all three events.

Note that multi-event satellites don�t affect your ability to unregister from the target tournament if this would normally be permitted.

More Time Zones

We added new time zones for Alaska, Hawaii, Newfoundland, and India.

Gender-Restricted Tournaments

We�ll be running special ladies-only and men-only tournaments in future, so get ready for some interesting �battle of the sexes� promotions!

Themes Improvements

There are number of improvements to various table themes in this release. One such change is to stop the player�s action from obscuring their chip stack in the �Slick� themes, a change commonly requested here on 2+2.

Let me know if you have any feedback. I hope you enjoy the new features!

Best Regards,

Alex Scott
PokerStars Poker Room Management Team

deep stack with antes is SUPA tight. i hate those stort stack SOBS anyway...

im sure eventually they will be for multi table sngs as well

i am guessing today is the first day for the KO tourneys on stars?

Please dont do this, if you do stick to the STT

 

Originally Posted by okse54

u know u dont have to play them if u dont want to

Just play on fulltilt if you want knockouts, stars and fulltilt dont need the same tourneys. I was upset when they introduced 90 man SNG's on stars, it takes away from there bread and butter 180 mans, NO MORE KNOCKOUTS. Regardless of what Bryan S says, they slow the fill time for other tourneys.

It says they have them but I cant find any? Are they not up yet?

Weeeeeeeeeeeee... That is all

Fish click on the first table they see, which would be an table starting with the letter "A"

Yeah regular speed stts...

 

Originally Posted by RapidRevilo

its a start... obviously they'll spread like a disease

yeah i like the idea too... but i'd like to see them in MTT version.. that'd be sweeeeeeet