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Shark Cage Posted on 20 February 2015 by "T".
On Monday, PokerStars began searching for the last three online qualifiers for the second season of Shark Cage, a televised poker competition where 3 lucky online qualifiers will compete against poker pros and celebrities for a share of a $1 million prize pool!
Qualifiers are running daily on PokerStars at 12:05, 14:05 and 16:05 ET until March 1. To earn a ticket for these events is simple. [...] Read more » Qualify For Shark Cage Season 2
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Posted by bowie1984:
Posted by vic75: My last 2 days playing these free rolls 21st place and 22nd place 4 and a half hours for 0 if this does not send you on mega tilt mode i don't know what will
Why are you tilting at all on a free? The moment you registered you knew there isn't going to be 'raining money' on you nor it's going to be a cakewalk. Just lay back, open a beer and try not to get worked up under any circumstances. Not worth the anger.
About the ticks. You could only loose them if you withdraw before using them up. Once you played through that tourey which you get in for you are free to go. If you redepped with the '100k' code you have entrance to the daily privilege frees for 30 days. If you withdrew during that you loose your ticket. If you redepo with the 'skrillept' code you have to play that tourey and after it you could withdraw without probs. I was talking about this of course. But if you cut up that 50-60 bucks into $10-$20 sums and use them whenever you get a promo you like - theres no plus wagering attachement next to it if the promos didn't stated specificely otherwise.
From my point of view it does not matter that much whether this is a freeroll or not. If you are getting so close to winning something big and then just miss out on it it always sucks, especially if you have been playing for a long time to get there.
Posted by StS5: From my point of view it does not matter that much whether this is a freeroll or not. If you are getting so close to winning something big and then just miss out on it it always sucks, especially if you have been playing for a long time to get there.
Yeah, exactly. That is WHY I hardly got worked up about them, since freerolls are timeconsuming and having mostly bad payout structures I won't make a big fuzz about it if I will be the bubble boy. Nor should anybody. Especially if you entering them by dozens a day.
Poker Stars had the shark cage promotion previously with the same 1K added too the prize pool but with a standard payout structure like with the 100K free rolls 1 hour and 20 minutes and ITM i won't bother playing these in the future if only top 20 get paid 4 and a half hours of play in most tournaments depending on the amount of entrants you are close or at a final table.
Posted by vic75: Poker Stars had the shark cage promotion previously with the same 1K added too the prize pool but with a standard payout structure like with the 100K free rolls 1 hour and 20 minutes and ITM i won't bother playing these in the future if only top 20 get paid 4 and a half hours of play in most tournaments depending on the amount of entrants you are close or at a final table.
They aren't really about the 'payoff' as much as about getting into the tvshow.
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Posted by bowie1984:
Posted by StS5: From my point of view it does not matter that much whether this is a freeroll or not. If you are getting so close to winning something big and then just miss out on it it always sucks, especially if you have been playing for a long time to get there.
Yeah, exactly. That is WHY I hardly got worked up about them, since freerolls are timeconsuming and having mostly bad payout structures I won't make a big fuzz about it if I will be the bubble boy. Nor should anybody. Especially if you entering them by dozens a day.
I absolutely disagree with you on that point, because it is just a wrong thinking. Take the shark cage freeroll for example. The top 100 are winning 2,50 dollars and if you are the bubble boy and win nothing you should be as disappointed when not reaching the money places in 3 dollar buy in tournament with 2,50 dollars for the last paid place.
Shark Cage is a promotional tourey which is held to get you close entering the tvshow and play next to seasoned pros. Everything else in that prizepool does not matter in terms of payback. You either get in, or you don't. Again, I was not talking about buy-in touries, I specificaly mentioned freerollers and in that context I made logical statements.
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Posted by bowie1984: Shark Cage is a promotional tourey which is held to get you close entering the tvshow and play next to seasoned pros. Everything else in that prizepool does not matter in terms of payback. You either get in, or you don't. Again, I was not talking about buy-in touries, I specificaly mentioned freerollers and in that context I made logical statements.
I think I got your point and I respect your views on this matter, but you are not getting mine. There is no difference in terms of payout whether you burst on the bubble in a freeroll or a buy in tournament, when the the money you would have won is the same.
0 if this does not send you on mega tilt mode i don't know what will 
