PokerStars Sit & Go Changes: Effective May 6th…

Xantos · 2011-05-07T12:57:48Z

Announcement from Steve from PokerStars.com - write a post in here to show Steve how much we would appreciate PokerStars pushing info directly in this forum on a regular basis! :) ----- PokerStars is pleased to announce comprehensive changes to Sit & Go Tournament offerings. The lobby display, blind structures, variety offered, and buy-in/rake have changed for many Sit & Go Tournaments. New Hyper-Turbo cash Sit & Go’s are also being tested at the $5 buy-in level. Many of these changes are a direct result of player feedback over the past months. Thanks to all players who offered their thoughts and suggestions. Lobby Display There are two new columns in the Sit & Go lobby: “Speed” and “Type”. The Speed column tells you if the tournament has a faster blind structure, either Turbo or Hyper-Turbo. The Type column identifies Fifty50, Knockout, Heads-up, Satellite and other special tournament types. The Type column also includes icons identifying tournaments with fewer than 7 seats per table. The changes to the Lobby Display will be available with the May update to the PokerStars client. Mac users will be able to download the updated client today. The Windows version will be available sometime next week. Improved Variety A wider variety of buy-ins is now available for many popular tournament types. A few new combinations of tournament type and game speed are also available. Tournaments that were rarely or never played in the past have been removed from the lobby to help players find opponents more easily. Hyper-Turbos In direct response to player requests, PokerStars is introducing $5 Hyper-Turbo Sit & Go Tournaments for a trial period. The new Hyper-Turbos feature 500 chip starting stacks and 2-minute levels. These extremely short tournaments are a good match for players who have limited time or like a lot of all-in action. For now, these tournaments are available in 6 -handed, 9-handed, and Heads-up formats for both No-Limit Hold’em and Pot Limit Omaha. Buy-Ins All non-satellite Sit & Go’s now have standardized buy-ins. Players can choose from $1, $3, $5, $10, $20, $30, $50, $100, $200, $300, $500, $1000, $2000, and $5000 buy-in tournaments. Not every Sit & Go type is available at every buy-in, but the buy-ins offered match player demand for each tournament type. Rake Consistency Rake for Sit & Go tournaments has been re-evaluated and set to be more consistent. Variations between the rake charged at various tournament/game types have been eliminated. types in different game types. Now, single table non-satellite Sit & Go’s reliably charge less rake for tournaments with fewer entrants and tournaments with faster blinds structures. Some rakes have increased and others decreased, but taken as a whole the rake for Sit & Go Tournaments is very slightly decreased. The above graphs are specific to No-Limit Hold’em because the line representing ‘Old’ rake would be different for some game types. The ‘New’ line, however, is consistent across all games. Improved and Standardized Blind Structures Blind structures for No Limit Hold’em and Pot Limit Omaha have been improved and standardized. A few NLHE and PLO tournaments that were deployed with unique blind structures in the past have now been brought into line. All NLHE and PLO S&G structures now have shorter blind levels and smaller blind increases per level. All Turbo speed single-table tournaments have 3-minute levels while all regular speed tournaments now have 6-minute levels. Despite the shorter levels, the tournaments will last a similar amount of time overall, as the blinds will increase by a smaller amount than previously (The new blind structure has no levels where the blinds double). The table below shows an example of the change, with the old and new levels side-by-side.

suitedeule

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08.05.2011, 11:09 0

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fapl91

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08.05.2011, 11:16 0

appreciated

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Nakaschi

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08.05.2011, 11:16 0

Steve we would really appreciate direct responses here. Thx ♠_thumbsup:

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08.05.2011, 11:27 0

ps and ps have to stick together, imo.

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08.05.2011, 11:32 0

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Anouncing changes and perhaps even upcoming changes diectly here at pokerstrategy would really be appreciated.

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Stoxx81

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08.05.2011, 11:39 0

I think it would be great to have a direct communication between Stars and Pokerstrategy Users. That would help both sides...

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wess0r1982

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08.05.2011, 11:54 0

steve, give infos here... gogogo

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08.05.2011, 12:06 0

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08.05.2011, 12:23 0

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08.05.2011, 12:43 0

Inform us please.

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08.05.2011, 13:00 0

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08.05.2011, 14:20 0

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08.05.2011, 14:34 0

Originally posted by EtniX
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eagle2007

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08.05.2011, 14:43 0

would obv really appreciate steve posting here.

regarding the changes:

playing 180's at the moment:
- i liked the new buyins at first..but it looks like traffic has decreased dramatically.
will have to see how that works out in the next days.

- the new structure is just sick (if u dont change it back to the old structure (which i would prefer)), then at least add some blindlvls in the later stages (or make the later blindlvls 4-5min)
Dont get why you even changed it - i think most people played on stars because of the structure not despite it.

- timebank: 45sec for a turbo ist just way to long - especially with the new structure. now way less hands are played ->>smaller edge. make it 30 or 15 plz.

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