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Why cap the world recod MTT on Stars?

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  1. ferrisbuellr ferrisbuellr is offline

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    Dec 24th, 2008 (12/24/2008 6:19pm)

    I see there is a 35k person cap on this tourny. Why cap it if they are going for the world record??? Or cap it at 100k.....just asking. Merry Christmas!!
  2. AnonymousX AnonymousX is offline

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    Dec 24th, 2008 (12/24/2008 6:19pm) in reply to ferrisbuellr

    prolly bc their servers can't handle more?
  3. nickh nickh is offline International Stalker

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    Dec 24th, 2008 (12/24/2008 6:27pm) in reply to ferrisbuellr

    There's gonna be a 150k overlay if they keep it capped, so i'm all for that imo!!

    But perhaps they'll up the cap nearer the time? Not sure, maybe they're just feeling jolly this time of year and want to give away that 150k :p
  4. ggIFyouCALL ggIFyouCALL is offline

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    Dec 24th, 2008 (12/24/2008 6:29pm) in reply to ferrisbuellr

    i think the 150k overlay is the bonus that they think is gonna send them over the limit and reach the record.
  5. ferrisbuellr ferrisbuellr is offline

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    Dec 24th, 2008 (12/24/2008 6:29pm) in reply to nickh

    ahh overylay....k cap the motha.
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  6. DeeeJaaayyy DeeeJaaayyy is offline

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    Dec 24th, 2008 (12/24/2008 7:37pm) in reply to ferrisbuellr

    so they can breack the record again next year. imo
  7. downbylaw11 downbylaw11 is offline

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    Dec 24th, 2008 (12/24/2008 7:47pm) in reply to ferrisbuellr

    its because they dont think their software can handle much more than that
  8. paidchex paidchex is offline

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    Dec 24th, 2008 (12/24/2008 7:52pm) in reply to ferrisbuellr

    They wont be upping the cap, look in tourney info and they already have the prizes announced. Its like a $135K freeroll that the microdonks can't afford. I love PS.
  9. kxywrx kxywrx is offline

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    Dec 24th, 2008 (12/24/2008 8:11pm) in reply to ferrisbuellr

    wtwfjiwedt8yhiufj

    500k guar and first gets 30k lawllll

    and they pay 25% of the field if it gets maxed

    i know its 35k ppl playing but not even 10% for 1st ?
     
  10. bef99hwk bef99hwk is offline

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    Dec 24th, 2008 (12/24/2008 8:14pm) in reply to kxywrx

    Who cares about the cap...it's going to be a huge luckfest like the other one. Why the phuck do ppl complain about huuuuuuuge overlays? That's like complaining bout having the nuts on the river...ur always gonna win in the situation yet ppl are complaining. It's not like you can't register early to get in.
  11. iLLNuGWichee iLLNuGWichee is offline

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    Dec 24th, 2008 (12/24/2008 9:17pm) in reply to ferrisbuellr

    When you guys say "World Record" it confuses me.

    First - Do they not already have the world record? I see like 23k people in the 200k every week.

    Second - If they don't have the world record by prolly 10k+ then who the hell does?
     
  12. Whatshoulditbe Whatshoulditbe is offline

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    Dec 24th, 2008 (12/24/2008 9:26pm) in reply to ferrisbuellr

    If they cap the tourney at 35k ppl this forces a 150k overlay... I guess their theory is this huge overlay will attract ppl and this will aid in them meeting their 'goal' of 35,000 people... thats my guess..
     
  13. lockdownpokah lockdownpokah is offline

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    Dec 24th, 2008 (12/24/2008 9:53pm) in reply to iLLNuGWichee

     
    Originally Posted by iLLNuGWichee View Post

    When you guys say "World Record" it confuses me.

    First - Do they not already have the world record? I see like 23k people in the 200k every week.

    Second - If they don't have the world record by prolly 10k+ then who the hell does?

    was thinking the same thing
     
  14. doubledave22 doubledave22 is offline

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    Dec 24th, 2008 (12/24/2008 10:58pm) in reply to lockdownpokah

    i think some secret site that noone has heard of hit 30k ppl in a tourn. nobody heard of it... esp not any of the 30,000 ppl that entered
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  15. AnonymousX AnonymousX is offline

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    Dec 24th, 2008 (12/24/2008 11:08pm) in reply to Whatshoulditbe

    but why run a promotion that will guarantee them losing almost half their profits..they make more if it didn't fill, which it would for a 500k g for $11...i'm pretty sure they don't get anything monetary for hitting the record..
  16. supra1988t supra1988t is offline

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    Dec 24th, 2008 (12/24/2008 11:20pm) in reply to AnonymousX

    Advertisement. Gets people to deposit that never have/rarely do. They know what they're doing.
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  17. efface efface is offline

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    Dec 25th, 2008 (12/25/2008 12:06am) in reply to AnonymousX

     
    Originally Posted by tsxxx04 View Post

    but why run a promotion that will guarantee them losing almost half their profits..they make more if it didn't fill, which it would for a 500k g for $11...i'm pretty sure they don't get anything monetary for hitting the record..

    150k overlay doesn't really dent their 10 mil/day earnings
     
  18. p0cket00 p0cket00 is offline

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    Dec 25th, 2008 (12/25/2008 12:17am) in reply to efface

    WOOOOW i just checked the payouts and if it fills up first is only gunna be 30K, wtf thats like the sunday 1.5 mill paying 90K for first. Pretty terrible payout.
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  19. ReBinkRiver ReBinkRiver is offline

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    Dec 25th, 2008 (12/25/2008 12:54am) in reply to p0cket00

    We're talking about return though.

    If the Sunday million pays out $200,000 let's say.
    $200,000 - $215 = $199,785 in profit.
    That's a 92,923% return.

    If you win this Guiness tournament for 30k and $11 entry:
    $30,000 - $11 = $29,989 in profit.
    That's a 272,627% return.

    The numbers speak for themselves.
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