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Xmas Stars $530 +100k added tourny
Anyone here playing this? I got my seat. Guesstimates on attendance for so much money being added?
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Re: Xmas Stars $530 +100k added tourny
If you'd win everytime by getting your chips in the pot with the best of it, I would have my seat too....
I guess there'll be a 500-750K prize pool |
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Re: Xmas Stars $530 +100k added tourny
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If you'd win everytime by getting your chips in the pot with the best of it, I would have my seat too.... I guess there'll be a 500-750K prize pool [/ QUOTE ] You mean like this? You were the SB in this hand. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t400 (8 handed) converter UTG+1 (t18420) Hero (t24355) MP2 (t41675) CO (t4189) Button (t17900) SB (t4845) BB (t27080) UTG (t11815) Preflop: Hero is MP1 with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. <font color="#666666">6 folds</font>, SB completes, BB checks. Flop: (t775) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font> SB checks, BB checks. Turn: (t775) Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font> SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">BB bets t400</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises to t800</font>, BB calls t400. River: (t2375) 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font> <font color="#CC3333">SB bets t3620 (All-In)</font>, BB calls t3620. Final Pot: t9615 Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF"> BB has 8c 4s (three of a kind, fours). SB has 6d 7d (one pair, fours). Outcome: BB wins t9615. </font> |
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Re: Xmas Stars $530 +100k added tourny
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If you'd win everytime by getting your chips in the pot with the best of it, I would have my seat too.... I guess there'll be a 500-750K prize pool [/ QUOTE ] Apparently getting your money in as a favorite is actually good in poker. Who knew! I'm in now, see you all there. |
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Re: Xmas Stars $530 +100k added tourny
I hope to play. Chipleader right now in the $5R sat.
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Re: Xmas Stars $530 +100k added tourny
I'll take the over on that Bigdaddy. WAY over
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Re: Xmas Stars $530 +100k added tourny
I just got in. w00t.
See you there.. |
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Re: Xmas Stars $530 +100k added tourny
Won’t be playing due to family obligations.
I would guess, that it will be rather light due to the holiday for others as well. Very surprised that if they want to give an overlay as a holiday gift (nice gesture), they don’t do it on a more reasonable day other than Xmas. Kind of sucks in my opinion. What are we suppose to do, have x-mas dinner with friends and extended family with the laptop fired up. What do others think about this? |
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Re: Xmas Stars $530 +100k added tourny
I think this is kind of a weird decision on the part of PokerStars management. December 25 is the last Sunday of the month so ordinarily they would have their $500+30 tourney with a $700K guarantee. I imagine they figured they wouldn't get enough players to make the guarantee (because of the holiday), so they decided to turn that into a positive aspect that they could promote by calling it "$100K added". However, it might have been a better idea just to hold the $700K tourney on a different day (such as Saturday Dec. 31). I don't know that it's in PokerStars' best interest to create family strife by tempting their players to play in such a positive-EV tournament rather than spend time with their spouse, kids, or what-have-you on Christmas Day.
Anyone care to estimate how many runners this tourney will have? My guess is 1400-1500. If they do get 1500 entrants, the prize pool would be $850,000 or $566.67 per person on average. How does that affect your EV? I suppose for a good player who typically has positive EV in a $530 tournament, this promotion would be worth about $100 additional EV. A typical bad player probably has EV around -$200, so even with the added money in the Dec. 25 tournament, most bad players will not have positive EV. |
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Re: Xmas Stars $530 +100k added tourny
I think they're adding $100K to help boost attendance, since they likely won't get anywhere near the normal Sunday turnout.
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