Hi folks –
As promised, I'm back with/for more.
[W]hen will you release [Zoom, I assume] PLO200 and NL400?
For those keeping score at home, we've got
- Zoom NLH at $.02, $.05, $.10, $.25, $.50, and $1 BBs;
- Zoom PLO at $.02, $.10, $.25, $.50, and $1 BBs;
I think we can say that we're past the crawling stage with Zoom now; you folks have done a great job of stress testing the software. But as we go up in stakes, we also have to consider liquidity, both in the Zoom and "traditional" environments. We'll open up higher stakes Zoom pools when we think they'll be healthy without harming the trad games.
Regarding LHE for Zoom, it's there (in theory, we could offer Zoom for any of our games), but again, we will offer it if we think it will be healthy as Zoom, but without meaningfully harming the traditional LHE games.
Lee, will you guys add Deal It Twice (without additional rake) in the near future?
We'd all love to have the run-it-twice. However, we don't think it would have the effect on players coming in (or staying) that other big features have, so it's never made it to the top of the development list. But yes, all the poker players inside PokerStars think it would be cool and we know that many of you would like to have it. We will keep it on the list and you keep reminding us how much you want it :p. I will tell you this: no run-it-twice feature developed and overseen by the current management would ever charge extra rake.
I personally feel like bots are the [number one threat] to the future of online poker. Do you agree?
You've been the best site combatting bots. One of your sollutions is to make you type a word within 30seconds, o how there is someone behind the computer. I've had this feature twice in over a million hands last year. I feel like this test should be way more frequent, and it should be tested in multiple variations. Can you tell us something on the work of pokerstars on combatting botting?
I don't think they're the number one threat, but they are definitely a concern. We're proud of our status as most aggressive anti-bot site in the business and intend to continue that. As regards the "Captchas" ("Please type in this series of squiggly letters"), they are just the tip of the iceberg of bot-detection. We have all kinds of techniques. One set of tools is designed to defeat bots (make it difficult/impossible for them to work). The other set of tools detects bots (whereupon we bust their masters). But for pretty obvious reasons, we don't discuss the details of how those tools work.
[snip] I think it's important not to push players one way or the other long term, but targeted "specials" on certain items are not going to do that imo and may help retain customers that find a Stars product that they really like and wouldn't have found otherwise, converting them into long term depositors. [snip]
I also agree that it's better to promote your product rather than to promote an arbitrary event with a lottery.
These are good points. I spoke to our chief promotions guy about this and guess what - he agrees with you. He is already working on some promotions that are designed to expand players' horizons. For instance, we ran a PLO week on .FR (more of that, says I). Our promotions guy tells me that he's working on a system that will allow us nudge people from point A to point B in the client (e.g. "People who are playing No-Limit Hold'em also enjoy playing <link>PLO</link>." We're not there yet, but a senior guy in the promotions department is on the same page as you. Keep those cards and letters coming - it helps him sell his case.
[What happened to the...] 235FPP satellites to Sunday Storm ($11 buy in). I heard they'd be re-introduced after the Micro Millions series. Hopefully anyway, can that be confirmed or denied?
They're baaaaaaack! 
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I'll take questions and try to answer them in semi-real time for the next day or three. And then another two-week hiatus. Thanks to everybody for your participation and ideas.
Best regards,
Lee Jones
to Ingrid for the invitation to the party and for rescuing me from a clueless host who didn't even know the PokerStrategy party was going on in his establishment. She obviously worked like a dog to make the event a success and I think it showed.