Stars VIP = Cash???

[1p0kerb0y]

These figures are not taking the weekly and monthly freerolls into consideration, right? IMO they will add significantly to those percentages, but the # of players is going to determine their true value and we don't have that info yet.

[MicroBob]

nope...and we won't get that info UNTIL they actually have the freerolls.

the value of the freerolls is kind of iffy regardless and depends on your situation.

Some people don't like tourneys anyway.

Some people will find it difficult to make it to them.
For example, I'm guessing they might have them on Sundays which is a decent day for most people but is not as good for me.

If you can't make it or don't want the freerolls then obviously they don't add value for you.

And if you can make it there is no way to tell how much value there will be in them until we start playing them.

I suspect that even Stars doesn't have any idea.
They have a vague idea of how many people WOULD have made each level based on play this past year....but that doesn't really mean too much because they don't know how many people will go from zero ring-game play at Stars to full-time ring-game play at Stars just because of the VIP club.


Right now it looks like quite a few 2+2'ers will be giving this a try.
This does not bode terribly well for game-selection there either UNLESS this club hopefully attracts a lot more fish to play there as well. One can only hope.

[mbpoker]

>UNLESS this club hopefully attracts a lot more fish to >play there as well. One can only hope.

Seeing Porsche might do the trick...

[1p0kerb0y]

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This does not bode terribly well for game-selection there either UNLESS this club hopefully attracts a lot more fish to play there as well. One can only hope.


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1. A lot of 2+2ers have leaks and are beatable, mostly from playing a bit too weak-tight after the flop.
2. This program is likely to push Stars upwards of 70K players. They will not all be good.
3. This program will likely attract some fish as well as some TAGS. And now that the bonus whores have almost nowhere to go, we are sure to see them at the tables as well.
4. And maybe most important: I'm assuming a nice number of players will be flocking to Stars from some of the smaller sites. As games are harder to find at these places (i.e. UB and FullTilt) the remaining players will need to find a game somewhere!

[MicroBob]

I believe your theory of a potential chain-reaction could be partly correct.

However...I also think that if enough 2+2'ers head over to Stars then that could make the games at Party even more worthwhile.

i agree that many 2+2'ers are obviously beatable (currently, I am one of those)...but that doesn't mean that the games at Stars will be especially worthwhile (compared to finding a fish-farm elsewhere perhaps).


We'll just have to wait and see how it works out I suppose.

Bob-
If you look at the freeroll page they are all already scheduled to take place on Saturdays. They have both day and time set.

[MicroBob]

Aha...didn't see that. Thanks.


Works great for me as Saturday is my big, designated 'poker day' (Sundays are bad for me due to rec-league soccer).

At Supernova (if I make it) I'll be playing in all 4 tourneys practically simultaneously every Saturday. 5 of them on the last Saturday of the month.

That will be some pretty crazy tourney sillyness.


I see that it says 'freerolls are limited to 10k players'.
that means that the $2500 silverstar freeroll will be AT LEAST $0.25 in value.
Woo-hoo!!!!!!!!