New 20% to 120$ deposit bonus on stars, starting now
 

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I saw this too right now, but could not believe it was not posted yet, however no surprize, it is Thursday afterall [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

ToT

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They're also giving away 25 WSOP seats to play money players who've NEVER made a deposit to PokerStars, as well as lower the minimum deposit to $25.

Kevin...

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Damn, I'm still clearing the last bonus. I guess this means I'll be playing on Stars for a while.

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Try having the last 3 backed up ($360). [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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Nice, more no vig SnGs.

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"Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in."

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Wow, they are really coming through with a lot of bonuses lately. I would love to see them become the top site.

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Bah I really want to do this, but just started playing SNGs on Party skins and I'm pretty sure their format is different...

Ahh, well, that's the ropes.

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The SnG format on Stars is vastly superior to Party. At least it was the last time I played Party.

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Nice, more no vig SnGs.

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If you're talking about the new $1 S&Gs, they actually have a $.20 entry fee. Players get 1 FPP for each $1 S&G they play.

Best regards,
Lee Jones

PokerStars Poker Room Manager

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Silly Lee. We're talking about how we can work off the bonus with SnGs, so basically it's just you guys paying us back for the entry fees.

Thanks for more bonuses!

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Nice, more no vig SnGs.

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If you're talking about the new $1 S&Gs, they actually have a $.20 entry fee. Players get 1 FPP for each $1 S&G they play.

Best regards,
Lee Jones

PokerStars Poker Room Manager

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I think he means that with the FPPs earned toward the bonus, the vig on SnGs is equaled by the bonus money earned (or in the case of the $5 games, exceeded).

Just another reason to play your SnGs at Stars!

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I never played on Stars, are the bonuses easy to clear...It seems they are how they explain them. I play lower limits, .50/1.00.

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At the .5/1 tables --you need a pot of $10 to get 1 FPP.More difficult at this level but doable. Also the bonuses do not expire and can lay in your account until you get around to it and/or happen to move to a higher level.

regards,
carlo

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I never played on Stars, are the bonuses easy to clear...It seems they are how they explain them. I play lower limits, .50/1.00.

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Here's the scoop-
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One (1) Frequent Player Point (FPP) is awarded for playing in each raked game when the rake reaches:

* $0.50 for fixed limit games with stakes $0.50/$1.00 and lower
* $0.75 for fixed limit games with stakes $1/$2
* $1.00 for pot limit games, no limit games, and fixed limit games with stakes $2/$4 and higher


2. Earn Points for Tournament Play

Five (5) FPPs are awarded for each $1 in tournament fees paid.

For example, in a tournament with $20 buy-in and $2 tournament fee, each player will be awarded 10 FPPs.

Partial Frequent Player Points are always rounded up to the nearest whole number.

For example, in a $5 buy-in Sit & Go tournament with only a $0.50 fee, 3 FPPs (instead of 2.5) will be awarded to each player in this tournament.

FreePlay tournaments do not award FPPs. These tournaments are completely free to play and as such are not part of the PokerStars FPP program

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It will take longer at .5/1 (unless you are on a wild table that plays a lot of bigger pots), but you can eventually get it done. As has been pointed out, there is no expiration on the bonus, so you can clear it at your leisure.

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Is there a link?
Can anyone confirm until when we can deposit and get the bonus?

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The SnG format on Stars is vastly superior to Party. At least it was the last time I played Party.

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I have to agree with this. I think it's almost double the starting chips (Stars 1500 to Partys 800), with the blinds starting at the same level. Also, I think the blinds increase slower at Stars. At Party it's every 10 hands, where at Stars it's every 10 minutes.

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http://www.pokerstars.com/depositbonus20.html

here ya go.

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When (what time?) did this bonus period start?.

I withdrew from Stars this morning... I want to know if I disqualified myself with this withdrawal.

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It's front page news at pokerstars website.

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This is insanity. I just finished the last one yesterday. And I finally stopped complaining about the game quality there, once I found $2-$4 6-max. I love pokerstars.

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Pretty fast turnaround on bonuses, didn't they just have one?

Hmm, I have to wonder if this is in response to the stuff that looks to be going on at Party right now...

Gojacketz

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I think you're fine if you did it this morning, if they started the bonus process, and you hadn't made a deposit, they usually give a warning at the cash out screen letting you know you'd forfeit a potential bonus.

Kevin...

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Nice, more no vig SnGs.

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If you're talking about the new $1 S&Gs, they actually have a $.20 entry fee. Players get 1 FPP for each $1 S&G they play.

Best regards,
Lee Jones

PokerStars Poker Room Manager

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Man if someone really had 3000 posts over a year and a half and was still playing $1 SnGs....

The others were correct in that I meant the FPPs issued while clearing a bonus will cancel out the tournament fees once the bonus is fully cleared.

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well this is good news

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When is the next one?
(Finished this one in 4 hours 3 tabling $5-$10.)

ToT

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anybody know the deal about them giving 25 seats away to play money players? i have never made a depo there so i am guessing that i qualify for this offer.

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From their site:

To be eligible for this promotion, you must:

1. Be a play money player as of midnight May 25, 2005, and
2. Have never made a cash deposit before, and
3. Have never played in a real money game at PokerStars, and
4. Make a real money deposit (minimum $25 via NETeller or $50 via other deposit methods) between 12:00 noon Eastern Time on May 26th and midnight Eastern Time on June 25th

Kevin...

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They're also giving away 25 WSOP seats to play money players who've NEVER made a deposit to PokerStars, as well as lower the minimum deposit to $25.

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Anybody else here taking advantage of this? Looks like I'll be playing in the ring at Poker Stars for a while - with frequent stops into their newby WSOP qualifier tourneys.

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if you've got 3 bonuses stacked, do you clear them $120 at a time every 600 points, or do you have to get 1800 points for all of them?

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if you've got 3 bonuses stacked, do you clear them $120 at a time every 600 points, or do you have to get 1800 points for all of them?

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You should get paid every 600 points, AFAIK.

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The SnG format on Stars is vastly superior to Party. At least it was the last time I played Party.


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I have to agree with this. I think it's almost double the starting chips (Stars 1500 to Partys 800), with the blinds starting at the same level. Also, I think the blinds increase slower at Stars. At Party it's every 10 hands, where at Stars it's every 10 minutes.


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This has been discussed ad nauseum. Your selection on where to play SNGs can be narrowed down to your preference.

If money per hour ($/hr) is more important to you: Party Poker

If ROI is more important to you: Pokerstars (or perhaps even non-Party)

Scuba

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>If money per hour ($/hr) is more important to you: Party Poker

That if you play in the regular S & G at Stars, but not true for turbos.

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I finished mine in 2 hours and 50 minutes playing $100 and $200 heads up sit&go's, two at a time.

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The SnG format on Stars is vastly superior to Party. At least it was the last time I played Party.

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I seriously disagree with this. The Party SnGs have a perfect structure. I really don't want to play in a SnG for two hours. 45 minutes is plenty for the 30s on down and about an hour (too long actually) for the 50s on up. Any longer than that and it's snoozeville.

I'm looking at the Stars SnGs as I write this and I can't make heads or tails of the damn place. For example I just want to look at the 20 SnGs but they're all mixed in with everything else. You can't seperate them out like you can at Party. Also at Party I can get in four of them in less than two minutes. They don't even have four to get into at Stars. The same is true for all of their other games. They just don't have that many games.

They've also got all kinds of different formats, which in my opinion just spreads everything out too thin. Heads up, four handed, two tables, jeez. Who needs it.

While I'm at it there are other things I don't like about this site. The puck green color of the tables is horrible. The cards are too small. The software is choppy. The lobby window is too small.

I don't know how people can complain about Party's software. I haven't seen anything that comes close to it. Sure there are infuriating glitches, like their waiting lists are screwed up, but overall it's pleasing to the eye and they have lots and lots of games.

I've got two bonuses stacked up at Stars, but I doubt if I'll bother with them. Their site is just too much of a mess to bother with.

If anything I've said above is in error, please set me straight.

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The SnG format on Stars is vastly superior to Party. At least it was the last time I played Party.

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I have to agree with this. I think it's almost double the starting chips (Stars 1500 to Partys 800), with the blinds starting at the same level. Also, I think the blinds increase slower at Stars. At Party it's every 10 hands, where at Stars it's every 10 minutes.

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No thanks. This is waaayyyyy too slow. As far as I'm concerned, you're better off playing in a multi if you're going to put up with that kind of a structure. It pays better too.

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I finished mine in 2 hours and 50 minutes playing $100 and $200 heads up sit&go's, two at a time.

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Can I ask you a couple of questions? How long do these heads up sit & go's last on average? Is this with 10 minute rounds? In 2 hours and 50 minutes how many would you say you played altogether?

Thanks.

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I'm looking at the Stars SnGs as I write this and I can't make heads or tails of the damn place. For example I just want to look at the 20 SnGs but they're all mixed in with everything else. You can't seperate them out like you can at Party.

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The exact ordering and arrangement of the tournaments is user definable.

If you look at the bar directly underneath the Tourney tab (ID Date Game Limit Buy-In State Enrolled) you will notice either a little "up" arrow or "down" arrow.

You can switch the ordering, or select the tournaments to be ordered differently by clicking on the appropriate tab.

Maybe you do this and you still think that it is messy? Ship any feedback that you might have to Ideas.

Thanks,

Rom

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I finished in 3 hours 5-tabling NL400 shorthanded. (today i played about 8h and earned 1500 FPP)