PokerStars Sit & Go Changes: Effective May 6th…

Xantos · 2011-05-07T12:57:48Z

Announcement from Steve from PokerStars.com - write a post in here to show Steve how much we would appreciate PokerStars pushing info directly in this forum on a regular basis! :) ----- PokerStars is pleased to announce comprehensive changes to Sit & Go Tournament offerings. The lobby display, blind structures, variety offered, and buy-in/rake have changed for many Sit & Go Tournaments. New Hyper-Turbo cash Sit & Go’s are also being tested at the $5 buy-in level. Many of these changes are a direct result of player feedback over the past months. Thanks to all players who offered their thoughts and suggestions. Lobby Display There are two new columns in the Sit & Go lobby: “Speed” and “Type”. The Speed column tells you if the tournament has a faster blind structure, either Turbo or Hyper-Turbo. The Type column identifies Fifty50, Knockout, Heads-up, Satellite and other special tournament types. The Type column also includes icons identifying tournaments with fewer than 7 seats per table. The changes to the Lobby Display will be available with the May update to the PokerStars client. Mac users will be able to download the updated client today. The Windows version will be available sometime next week. Improved Variety A wider variety of buy-ins is now available for many popular tournament types. A few new combinations of tournament type and game speed are also available. Tournaments that were rarely or never played in the past have been removed from the lobby to help players find opponents more easily. Hyper-Turbos In direct response to player requests, PokerStars is introducing $5 Hyper-Turbo Sit & Go Tournaments for a trial period. The new Hyper-Turbos feature 500 chip starting stacks and 2-minute levels. These extremely short tournaments are a good match for players who have limited time or like a lot of all-in action. For now, these tournaments are available in 6 -handed, 9-handed, and Heads-up formats for both No-Limit Hold’em and Pot Limit Omaha. Buy-Ins All non-satellite Sit & Go’s now have standardized buy-ins. Players can choose from $1, $3, $5, $10, $20, $30, $50, $100, $200, $300, $500, $1000, $2000, and $5000 buy-in tournaments. Not every Sit & Go type is available at every buy-in, but the buy-ins offered match player demand for each tournament type. Rake Consistency Rake for Sit & Go tournaments has been re-evaluated and set to be more consistent. Variations between the rake charged at various tournament/game types have been eliminated. types in different game types. Now, single table non-satellite Sit & Go’s reliably charge less rake for tournaments with fewer entrants and tournaments with faster blinds structures. Some rakes have increased and others decreased, but taken as a whole the rake for Sit & Go Tournaments is very slightly decreased. The above graphs are specific to No-Limit Hold’em because the line representing ‘Old’ rake would be different for some game types. The ‘New’ line, however, is consistent across all games. Improved and Standardized Blind Structures Blind structures for No Limit Hold’em and Pot Limit Omaha have been improved and standardized. A few NLHE and PLO tournaments that were deployed with unique blind structures in the past have now been brought into line. All NLHE and PLO S&G structures now have shorter blind levels and smaller blind increases per level. All Turbo speed single-table tournaments have 3-minute levels while all regular speed tournaments now have 6-minute levels. Despite the shorter levels, the tournaments will last a similar amount of time overall, as the blinds will increase by a smaller amount than previously (The new blind structure has no levels where the blinds double). The table below shows an example of the change, with the old and new levels side-by-side.

Att0r

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Anouncing changes and perhaps even upcoming changes diectly here at pokerstrategy would really be appreciated.

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08.05.2011, 21:09 0

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Steve we would really appreciate direct responses here cheers

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thx in advance Steve.

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08.05.2011, 21:13 0

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Steve we would really appreciate direct responses here cheers

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08.05.2011, 21:15 0

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08.05.2011, 21:15 0

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08.05.2011, 22:03 0

Originally posted by xJCzZ
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08.05.2011, 22:28 0

Originally posted by Atog

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Steve we would really appreciate direct responses here cheers

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08.05.2011, 23:47 0

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for someone half as smart, you'd be a work of art

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09.05.2011, 00:11 0

Originally posted by xJCzZ
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09.05.2011, 01:38 0

Originally posted by Pokerzaemon

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09.05.2011, 01:47 0

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der zeitpunkt zum release wurde echt mit fingerspitzengefühl gewählt!
das auto sitzt zwar im graben fest - aber man präsentiert den geschockten insassen stolz die elektrisch verstellbaren aussenspiegel.

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09.05.2011, 04:39 0

Originally posted by xJCzZ
Steve we would really appreciate direct responses here cheers

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09.05.2011, 06:31 0

Increasing the rake on micro-stakes SNGs, especially on the MTTs by the look of it, seems like a really punitive and ill-considered move on PokerStars' part. Burdening the poor with extra taxes might work in a real economy, but in the online poker economy the poor can just vote with their feet and stop playing. And that's where it does resemble a real economy: without the poor, no one can get rich.

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09.05.2011, 07:31 0

Originally posted by xJCzZ
Steve we would really appreciate direct responses here cheers

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09.05.2011, 09:14 0

Originally posted by xJCzZ
Steve we would really appreciate direct responses here cheers

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09.05.2011, 09:35 0

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i dont know exactly why, but im in =D

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09.05.2011, 09:44 0

Originally posted by xJCzZ
Steve we would really appreciate direct responses here cheers

[Closed] PokerStars Sit & Go Changes: Effective May 6th, 2011