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.

_Anonymous_

10.05.2011, 10:48 0

only german news ad1st pls
(english braucht doch keiner mehr ♠_biggrin: )

_Anonymous_

10.05.2011, 11:11 0

we all would be happy to have pokerstars-steve in our community to have direct information from 1st hand.

_Anonymous_

10.05.2011, 11:12 0

I'm not sure if I like the changes.
First, I expected a slightly less rake at STT's. But thats not the case.
And I miss the 6,50 turbos. The step between 5,43 and 10,xx ist quite big. I liked the fact that the turbos were somewhere in between.
Finally, I like the new structures overall, but I find them a bit too fast.

_Anonymous_

10.05.2011, 11:32 0

Originally posted by xJCzZ
Steve we would really appreciate direct responses here cheers

_Anonymous_

10.05.2011, 11:37 0

Originally posted by xJCzZ
Steve we would really appreciate direct responses here cheers

and

lookin' forward to play cash hypers with higher buyins regularly :E

LX4DR

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10.05.2011, 11:42 0

Originally posted by leckerhaisteak
we all would be happy to have pokerstars-steve in our community to have direct information from 1st hand.

this ^^

Ta(r)ge(t)buch LX4DR

MacDaddy187

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10.05.2011, 11:43 0

Originally posted by xJCzZ
Steve we would really appreciate direct responses here cheers

Feedbackthread/Marktplatzerlaubnis/EinPaarReferenzen

_Anonymous_

10.05.2011, 11:46 0

there is a thread on 2+2 whats so hard about responding there?

xkinghighx

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10.05.2011, 11:49 0

Originally posted by Heffron89
there is a thread on 2+2 whats so hard about responding there?

its all about reputation dude.

DerNautz

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10.05.2011, 12:17 0

Hi dude

Original von thewatsher

Es ist harte Arbeit aber mit jedem Straddle beginnt der Krieg um jeden einzelnen Chip eines jeden Gegners

deathbrain09

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10.05.2011, 14:01 0

Originally posted by xJCzZ
Steve we would really appreciate direct responses here cheers

feinheit

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10.05.2011, 16:56 0

+1

Original von ugoone
Also anstatt so nen muell zu posten von ein dino der lacht, oder mein posting als trolling ab zu stempeln, kann ich nur darueber lachen, und bin erstaunt das es so viele armleuchtern gibt.

Wildstyle68

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10.05.2011, 17:25 0

Steve we would really appreciate direct responses here cheers

berniexxl

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10.05.2011, 18:21 0

+1

Blacklord1

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10.05.2011, 18:54 0

+1

_Anonymous_

10.05.2011, 20:04 0

Originally posted by leckerhaisteak
we all would be happy to have pokerstars-steve in our community to have direct information from 1st hand.

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i also think, we could open a thread in english in the german community (nearly everbody will understand what u want to say ;))

rootsanarchy

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10.05.2011, 21:49 0

do it, steve

_Anonymous_

11.05.2011, 12:57 0

+ 1.

I do hope Stars see sense on these changes and listen to what the players are saying. Seems like they already are with regard to the blind structures :), but I hope they address the rake thing as well.

JJanke88

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11.05.2011, 21:18 0

Originally posted by LX4DR

Originally posted by leckerhaisteak
we all would be happy to have pokerstars-steve in our community to have direct information from 1st hand.

this ^^

#2

arebew

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11.05.2011, 21:40 0

Originally posted by JJanke88

Originally posted by LX4DR

Originally posted by leckerhaisteak
we all would be happy to have pokerstars-steve in our community to have direct information from 1st hand.

this ^^

#2

#3

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