Joined: May '08
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Playing for 3 months now at PKR i am thinking of moving on to another site. I deposit at pokerstars $75 only to try the $10 ''double or nothing'' a little bit. I like them very much its really donkish i didnt expect that.
But fact is pokerstars dont offer rakeback, it really sucks They offer a VIP club or sometin but i really dont understand it lol. Can some1 explains how it works? Its sometin like rakeback or not? I calculated if i play fulltime i can make it to VIP silver or even gold. What about the 1,5 multipl at silver? You get your points even faster to go to gold? Sorry i really dont get it lol
There must be a lot mobsters playin at pokerstars so help me out please
Joined: May '08
Location: Germany
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Never done the calculation myself. But over at twoplustwo the guys think that you need to be at least a supernova to collect enough points to have something equal to usual rakebackoffers.
Joined: Jan '08
Location: Canada
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I would wait until Pokerstars comes out with a reload bonus. Pokerstars came out with $10 Double ups? That's cool, turbo ones too? I could be PlatinumStar if I played at Pokerstars full time. $2000 rake/month for PlatinumStar, crazy.
"To earn the rank of a Supernova VIP you must accumulate 100,000 VIP Player Points during the calendar year (January 1st through December 31st)"
I could become Supernova but by the time I get it, the year will be almost over lol.
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Posted by GeneYuss: I would wait until Pokerstars comes out with a reload bonus. Pokerstars came out with $10 Double ups? That's cool, turbo ones too? I could be PlatinumStar if I played at Pokerstars full time. $2000 rake/month for PlatinumStar, crazy.
"To earn the rank of a Supernova VIP you must accumulate 100,000 VIP Player Points during the calendar year (January 1st through December 31st)"
I could become Supernova but by the time I get it, the year will be almost over lol.
Yes pokerstars has doubles now, also turbos but like normal better. I just preactice there a littl, maybe moving to ps 1st of december.
Joined: Jun '08
Location: Italy
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Hey Doomdy pokerstars is not worth playing if you have 30% rakeback in another site. i've done the calculation many times and pokerstars FPP system is good only if you play games that don't have traffic in other rooms.
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Posted by GamblinDemon: Hey Doomdy pokerstars is not worth playing if you have 30% rakeback in another site. i've done the calculation many times and pokerstars FPP system is good only if you play games that don't have traffic in other rooms.
I play 4 tables PKR and 2 pokerstars now. I get littl rakeback from PS cos PKR is $10 + $1 and PS is $10 + $0.80
Joined: Mar '08
Location: United Kingdom
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Getting anything back from points/tokens etc its all rakeback just by a diffrent name, cant name for obvous reasons but it is possable to get a rakeback from PS, low but better than nout(probably works out to aout 5%), 30% is the max you can get via points, mine worked out to something like 11%, id guess thats avrage. But id sta away unless you playing some tourns. Get a good offer.
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Yer they sure do lol, thats why i loved UB, I should go back and pay my respects, but not until they offer me a nice bonus and close my outher account (had 3 but every one will tell you you cant do that, i did, all real accounts) and they refused to close them?? Its a problem waiting to happen, i just miss the bounty games. Gl on stars.
Joined: Sep '08
Location: Australia
Age: 33 (M)
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wo000oooo go pokerstars.... that is the only site ive ever deposited n now my bankrolls 9 times in like 6 wks... the best way 2 increase ur bankroll doomdy is play the $20 double or nothing turbo SNG, .50/1 nl ring games so many fishes omg wooo go the donks, n 10$ heads up SNGs.... playing these 4 like 2-3 hrs a day at an avg will make ur bankroll explodeeeee if u r good that is..... dont waste ur time in $5000 or $10000 gtd tourneys in my opinion they r a waste unless u have some real bankroll to spend
o0o i almost forgot u can buy a porsche cayman if u r a supernova eliteee
Joined: Jan '08
Location: Canada
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eaziabi, good tips. What is your bankroll at? You don't have to be supernova elite, just supernova. I calculated and if I played at Pokerstars full time than I could get Porsche Cayman S in 9 years. Maybe faster if I move up limits.
Doomdy, PS is $10 + $0.80. That's like 20% rakeback than reload bonuses on top of that and FPP points. Whoa, I may consider playing at Pokerstars again.
Joined: Sep '08
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im sitting on 760 atm started with 80... n as far as the porsche cayman it is only 4 supernova elite i just checked n on top of that 3000000 FPP pts... which can b done in like 2 yrs if u play a like 5-6 $150 $300 heads up SNGs everyday.... duno if im ready to have a crack at 150$ heads up yet tho im stickin to bankroll management but sometimes i watch the hi rollers play 520$ heads up n they finish in like a minute ppl on pokerstars have a lotta money to spend a lotta the supernovas they have so much money they dont know wat to do with it..
Joined: Jan '08
Location: Canada
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Supernovas have full access to all items in VIP store. But ya, it would be a lot easier/faster if you got to supernova elite. For porsche cayman in 9 years I calculated ~$1666 rake per month. To meet supernova elite, I think you need $16666 rake per month. But once you reach supernova elite and rake $16666 per month, you'll get 5million FPP points per year. Almost 2 cars per year
Ya, $150-$300 sngs are high stakes and you have be on top of your game. I haven't even played $20 sng but I have 8 tabled $10 ones lol. I don't think I'll try the challenege. Maybe some day.
Right now, I'm playing at Action Poker. Good rakeback on reload bonuses. Not enough traffic though. Just playing cash game, 4 tabling nl25. I'm usually a sng player though.
Joined: May '08
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I'm not sure, cos of BR management i cud play $50 stakes almost $100 stakes but i'm not good enough to play that high stakes so i fit to the $10/$20. In future when i'm better and more confident i cud move to higher limits like $50 or even $100 but i'm not planning this, its only for the future
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Posted by CunteN: Can i ask, why did you leave PKR?
I did not leave PKR, still playin there But i heard doubles at pokerstars are very fishy so i just try it out for 100 games sometin. If they are good maybe i go there i dont know yet
