Golden Sit & Go's: $1 million to be won from June 17 - 23

Pretty damn awesome PokerStars!

I have been having a break from grinding, but from the 17th I'll start again. Look out $1 45 manners, here I come. ♦

Originally posted by MJPerry
The likelihood of a Sit & Go being selected is based on the rake element of the tournament buy-in, so there is no advantage to playing any particular Sit & Go.

Probably means something really simple that im missing but what exactly does this mean? What's the likelihood of a particular SnG being chosen?

Originally posted by DannyG13

Originally posted by MJPerry
The likelihood of a Sit & Go being selected is based on the rake element of the tournament buy-in, so there is no advantage to playing any particular Sit & Go.

Probably means something really simple that im missing but what exactly does this mean? What's the likelihood of a particular SnG being chosen?

The whole thing is a bit unclear. This sentence is puzzling me also.

Originally posted by DannyG13

Originally posted by MJPerry
The likelihood of a Sit & Go being selected is based on the rake element of the tournament buy-in, so there is no advantage to playing any particular Sit & Go.

Probably means something really simple that im missing but what exactly does this mean? What's the likelihood of a particular SnG being chosen?

I think it means the lower the rake compared to the buyin the less likely the sng is to be chosen, so for example hyper turbos will be selected far less often than regular speed sngs (which makes sense)

Do I take the meaning of regular SNG to mean any SNG played usually on pokerstars including Fifty50 or are these excluded ??

Originally posted by forbrydelsen
Do I take the meaning of regular SNG to mean any SNG played usually on pokerstars including Fifty50 or are these excluded ??

"All standard real money Sit & Go’s are eligible, including Heads-Up, 6-Max, multi-table and Hyper-Turbos. Satellite and Steps are ineligible for this promotion."

Well they don't mention them but I would say there is no reason for them NOT to be ineligible ;-)

I think you should clarify with Pokerstars support rather than assuming anything. We would not like any disappointments

Originally posted by Jan217

Originally posted by DannyG13

Originally posted by MJPerry
The likelihood of a Sit & Go being selected is based on the rake element of the tournament buy-in, so there is no advantage to playing any particular Sit & Go.

Probably means something really simple that im missing but what exactly does this mean? What's the likelihood of a particular SnG being chosen?

I think it means the lower the rake compared to the buyin the less likely the sng is to be chosen, so for example hyper turbos will be selected far less often than regular speed sngs (which makes sense)

Aye, another place on stars says "The likelihood of a Sit & Go being selected is directly proportional to the rake percentage of the tournament buy-in. For example: a regular speed $7 Sit & Go ($0.63 entry fee) is approximately 2.1x more likely to be a Golden Sit & Go than the Hyper-Turbo equivalent ($0.30 entry fee)."

So I suppose the most likely tables are the micro normal speed games. Looking fwd to the promo!

Are there any ICM considerations when all of sudden you're playing for 10 times the prize pool? Bubble factor increase? I think people will play tighter when there's that much more money at stake.

ICM won't change as price structure stays same. Obviously bigger prices might make some to play as "scared money"

I believe everyone participating gets the money.

Saw one tournament. Everyone get their buy-in doubled as a refund, and the prizes too were doubled.

The only thing is... that one tournament was in a list of more than 100 tournaments that did not get selected.

Originally posted by Styr
I believe everyone participating gets the money.

Saw one tournament. Everyone get their buy-in doubled as a refund, and the prizes too were doubled.

The only thing is... that one tournament was in a list of more than 100 tournaments that did not get selected.
Yeah,everyone gets the money.When you open the lobby you can see everything. There were like 35 of them in the last 2 hours or so.
I've hit the double prized one,finished 2nd.Always nice to get some extra cash

Got lucky today ♦ Buyin was $3.50.

I got 4x my buyin back and 4x the prizepool.

I think its either 2x,4x or 10x. 10x is pretty sick

any confirmed info about fifty50?

Originally posted by martinstids
any confirmed info about fifty50?

Yes I saw a 5050 being a golden sng.

Originally posted by tommygecko

Originally posted by martinstids
any confirmed info about fifty50?

Yes I saw a 5050 being a golden sng.

Thank you for info

All SnG's that qualify also have a Golden "?" next to them

Originally posted by ThatGuyMatt
All SnG's that qualify also have a Golden "?" next to them

That is false:

Please Note: All standard real money Sit & Go’s are eligible, including Heads-Up, 6-Max, multi-table and Hyper-Turbos. Satellite and Steps are ineligible for this promotion. The likelihood of a Sit & Go being selected is directly proportional to the rake percentage of the tournament buy-in. For example: a regular speed $7 Sit & Go ($0.63 entry fee) is approximately 2.1x more likely to be a Golden Sit & Go than the Hyper-Turbo equivalent ($0.30 entry fee). All Golden Sit & Go prizes will be paid out upon elimination from the tournament. In rebuy Sit & Go’s only the original buy-in is used to calculate prize money, i.e. rebuys and add-ons are not included.

From http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/promotions/100-billion-celebration/golden/