The Stars VIP Guessing Game

[Sniper]

So now comes the really tricky question...

If "Everyone knows that 3600 FPP" is roughly equivalent to $530 (give or take your respective SNG skills)... or roughly 15 cents/FPP...

How does Stars design a VIP program that values 1 FPP at > 15 cents ???

It sounds to me like Stars VIP is destined to be a letdown from the get-go!!!

[waffle]

Uh, 3600 FPP isn't worth $530, it's worth $530 / 9 if you're a player of average skill.

[augie00]

3600 FPP is not equivalent to $530. Not even close. I've heard .07 each and I've heard .05 each...not sure how they did the calculations but they are NOT worth .15 each.

[Sciolist]

I take the value from one of the 1500 FPP SNG satellites to the $215 - that works out as 12500 FPP for $215, which is just over 58 FPP per dollar. Of course, it doesn't include rake - I have no idea if that's taken into consideration.

The value of 1 FPP to PS depends on how you earn it too. You can get "free" FPP by playing whilst working off a deposit bonus, for example.

[Sciolist]

Gah, I really want to contribute to this thread, but I can't until the announcement, when everyone'll know anyway. Sucky!

[RANT] Where do you rakeback fans all get the idea you deserve something from?? Think about it, money deposited = money on deposit + period rake + period winner's withdrawals. If you aren't depositing from an outside source, ie losing, you arent contributing to the bottom bottom line. Your wins are in the end subsituted from site rake. All you are doing is processing their money faster at a lower overall rake. This is why Stars don't do rakeback, Party cut it down, Ladbrokes never did it and UB dropped it. You just need to learn to play poker better! why do you deserve a fixed monthly income?? what do you contribute to society?? Rakeback attracts sharks, sharks kill fish who leave, site dies. All correct site marketting should be aimed at attractin fish. That ISNT rakeback. Attracting fish IS the loyalty bonus to the good players. [/RANT]