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
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$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
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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 PokerStrategy software not support a "table" tag?
