Minted: Freeroll steps

Just throwing this out there for people on Minted who don't know:

They started offering these freeroll steps -- there's 6 steps of 10-mans (with pretty easy payout structure) -- step 6 payouts are

1st - $15
2nd - $10
3rd - $5
4-5th - Step 5 vouchers

I'm not totally sure, but I think this is only on the Minted skin (not on other Everleaf rooms) but I could be wrong. Maybe someone else can clarify. Hopefully we can get the word out and get some traffic on these. I like them to have on the side of more important tournaments or in between games.

This step program has pretty good value. The only downside I see is the lack of traffic, step 1 fills pretty quick but after that very slow.

Wow, they just dropped the number of steps AND increased the payout values. People should really get on this quick if they want to start up a bankroll from scratch -- it's almost guaranteed money. Everyone who makes it to Step 5 gets paid. Not sure how long they will be running this.

Here are the payouts:

Step 1: 1st-4th get Step 2 voucher
Step 2: 1st-3rd get Step 3 voucher
Step 3: 1st-3rd get Step 4 voucher; 4th-5th get Step 2 voucher
Step 4: 1st-5th get Step 5 voucher; 6th-10th get Step 3 voucher
Step 5: 1st = $15, 2nd = $10, 3rd = $5, 4th-10th = $2

Since they have dropped it to 5 steps it may go a little quicker. Paying out all 10 places for step 5 makes me want to grind these till my eyes bleed as I never plan on depositing at this site.

DL'ed Minted just to try these out and lol'd @ the little sound effects

Agreed, software is pretty clunky and traffic is low. However, it is my favorite place to play as a US player, as cashouts are super fast. Having said that, I play on several rooms. I'm hoping these steps get some more traffic, because there is some very good value.

I like the various low buyin mtts they have for micro grinders.

I really love this site....reminds me alot of pokerstars for some reason........

Merge was always my 2nd favorite place to play even before Black Friday, it's just too bad their cashouts are so slow/suspect.

The designers clearly based their client off pokerstars, they just didn't do as good of a job.

Also, I just noticed you're outside the US so why would you even play anywhere other than PS? Lucky.

mite download this room l8er if i get bored lol but from all these comments seems that the traffic is reli slow.........this kinda gives m second thoughts haha

Glad to have read this thread today, i think i will re-download Minted onto my PC after i removed it like a year ago

Just told this to a few friends.. hopefully the steps will fill up faster for ya.

the thing is since the steps never fill up, they never have to pay out, this is there freeroll technically and this is a good way to attract players but harder than it looks to have the patience to reach lvl 5 although the first level is really soft i played 8 and got step two tickets 5/8 times with the same guy knocking me out in three games when i was ahead in each hand

one of my finishes was a comeback from 88 chips, but this site just doesnt have the traffic for this but even so they have about 500 people playing, yet 395 sign up for the 5 dollar freeroll

Anybody sign up via a good affiliate with some type of added value? exclusive freeroll type stuff.

Ok here is how I do it...Sign up for the various steps(at least 5 tables) go eat supper, cut the grass, spend time with family and shower then all your tables should be filled and on level 2 lol. I am currently holding some step 5 vouchers so hopefully they will fill tonight. $2 gtd.

I don't register intending to grind these -- these are just to open and minimize on the side of other tables. Step 1s = shove top 10% of hands and sit out after you get snap called and triple up. The other steps take slightly more effort, but the point is, I don't treat them as their own games. I just reg as many as possible, put in as little effort as possible, and keep collecting tickets. I don't really play them or even watch them, past making two or three moves per game. And I have way too many step 2 and step 3 tickets to count......

Very good value here and even if you don't intend to grind these then there is value in it for all players. If you never play these free Steps you have to atleast like the idea of them since this is putting money into players BankRolls that may never have planned to deposit. They will then end up playing at your tables which will increase traffic.

Nice promotion and this room offers some real good value with Rakeback, Deposit Bonus, and these other types of monthly promotions they run frequently.

Those higher steps are completely dry. Why wait for them to fill up.

Got a step 5, guaranteed $$$

I just got a step 5 also!!!!

Ok now I have been playing on this site about 3 to 4 weeks and has cashed in about ever game I entered. Just tried the steps and yes as everyone has said steps 1 and 2 are a breeze but after step 3 is when you come to the super slow traffic. Here is an idea: Some of us use to do what they call an Invasion on Pokerstars, and for the ones that don't know that is when we pick a game, mostly it was a 90 man sit n go and as many of us that could signed up for it and yeah we had a prop bet for the last man standing, but to get to the point since traffic is so slow on Minted I think 10 of us could get together and all log in and run from step 1 to 5 and get in on this basically free cash. What do yall think? All we have to do is set a time and we all go grind! Anything wrong with that?

WTG both! Cool.
Can't you just reg. for the higher steps & 'wait' for them to hopefully fill up while you continue to keep playing the lower ones?
Obviously the higher ones will start filling up more with the increasing traffic in the lower ones. I've got a couple of friends who are now playing these (after I told them about it) & will continue to try to get more.

I just started playing on these today. Easy to get to step 3 but then after step 3 they slow down. Played for a little over an hour and have 5 step 2s and 2 step 3s. Everybody ships it early in step 1s and they fill up fast so you can play about 15-20 of them an hour. Step 2 was running about 5x hour and ....Had the lobby open for about two hours and 1 step 4 tourney played out and step 5 had 7/10 reg for the whole time. Im going to play some more later and hopefully ill be playing step 5 soon. Need more people to participate so the step 4 and 5 start moving.

I've told a few players about these and hopefully they will start filling up quicker for those that are wanting to play them and have some 4 and 5 tickets to use.

Also, I would expect these to pick up over the weekend also.

These are pretty hellish. Watched my friend play them... in the step4 on bubble, one player actually sitting out CO raises... (BTN sitting out w SS)... they rrai w KK... & CO snapcalls with Q2o... flops a Q.. turns a '2' ftw. Sick!
Watched a couple others that went similiarly.... with the dumbazz winning each time.
If it doesn't build one's bankroll, for sure it should help to build patience (or gives one alot of practise).
Still going to tell more about these but now am going to include folks I'm not too friendly with

ive seen crazy stuff...its what happens with free poker...but ive noticed the play is slightly better with the highet steps than the lower limits

yep, no doubt (tons of allin junkies in Step1) but clearly many of them have no clue about bubble play in a flat payout satty at the higher steps.

Anyone else get a Step5?

I cashed in 2 step 5s yesterday for $4. Looks like they brought back steps1-6 again. knew I should have took advantage of it while it was easy. I seen one guy that was in every step 5 tournament I saw fill up. He must have made over $100 .

I just found this yesterday and have been punching in and out all morning.. Up to step 5.. tomorrow I am going to hammer the living snot out of it... build up a free bankroll .. how can you go wrong ??????

Waiting Step 6 to fill ..tick tock tick tock

Ya I noticed that the traffic is HORRIBLE there... only reason or main reason I havent made a deposit... but I turned 3 more people onto it today .. LOL

I have noticed more traffic within the last week but still 1100 at peak times. Shall see how it goes in the future. The software is not bad. Being from the USA cant be to picky atm.

Amen to that last part.. besides.. who is complaining when you have your own cheer section when your doing the drag....... !!!!!!!! lol

I am hoping to " rape " these steps and build a small bankroll and take it from there...