pokerstars milestone hand

has anyone been at a table that a milestone hand has been dealt at???? the prizes are amazing.... so lucky whoever is at the table

Nah been trying to get into one for last few days or so.

They are hilarious to watch though, the dopes who just fold make me lol.

QFT!!!

I saw one last night at a 5nl table where 2 people with $3 or less folded PF. This was after people at the table told everyone to just shove.

I've been trying also, and yes it is funny to see them fold, even some of the hosts have said to the tables things like "I hope you all understand what this means" after explaining that they are going to be in a milestone hand, then after the hand finishes and the peanut gallery on the rail gets access to the chat again the abuse that they give to those that folded the hand pre flop is funny also.

Some of the players that folded have been saying that they have recieved a payment, could it be because the bonus is based on the FPP's collected during the last 50 hands, or is it like they say, it says in the rules that they have to be dealt into the hand and for them to be able to fold they have been dealt into the hand, or is to be dealt into the hand they must see a flop.

I saw one guy named IceQube fold and apparently he has been on more than 2 milestone hand tables and folded pre flop everytime.......lol

it doesent matter if you fold. i seen all the abuse people give to people who fold. if you fold you still get 50bucks for every vpp you earned in the last 50 hands its only the winner of that milestone hand that gets their prize doubled

LOL R U serious?

^ i would assume he is since that is how it works.

Yea and by folding with a stack of 4.50 you have no chance to get your prize doubled. HMMMM I think I'll risk 4.50 with 32 off at a chance to win $150+ rather than save that 4.50 to gurantee $50+.

What I find even more comical than the folding is the person that thinks the game locked up or are tired of waiting and leave before the hand is over.

i saw one guy fold on a 5/10 cent table and he only had 1 dollar....i guess it goes to show alot of people---a: dont pay attention to promos
b: dont understand pot odds

- also saw a micro level 8 players where everyone folded to an all inner

- and lastly last night around 2:30 am a guy was in a two milestone hands back to back..on 5nl i think

I usually don't follow promotions like this because most times I spend more money trying to get it then winning it. Playing the lower levels to get this would be hard if you only get a bonus that is equal to the number of FPO you have earned. Good luck to anyone that is trying for it though.

What are the odds of being at a milestone table?

i hope this doesnt sound stupid but i wouldnt know if i have or havent because i dont know what a milestone hand is. could you possibly tell me?

even at 2 nl you get $50 minimum

odds at peak time 20000 to 1 ?

-milestone hands on pokerstars refers to every 1,000,000 hands dealt to ring games .... the big 50 billionth hand winner gets $50000 plus
- you would know if you were one of the lucky ones...they stop the action and explain things

I'm loling at the fact, 'It doesn't matter if you fold yadayadayada!'

It matters a lot!

It only matters if you win the hand. You get the same amount of money whether you fold or go all in and lose. You only get bonus money if you win the hand.

Ok let me ask you this, lets say we're playing 2nl or whatever, you have 73o and your left to act and you have 3 shoves in front of you in a milestone hand. You now have to ask yourself the question, do I risk my $2 on a crap hand in the chance I win say +$100 or do I just fold knowing I have just saved my precious $2 knowing I will win 1/2 of the +$100?

If you say 'I fold' then mods please close this thread!

Last night my time I saw a guy sit out just before it was announced that the table was about to be in a milestone hand, he didn't bother to sitback in straight away but started typing asking what the poker host meant, and by that time he wasn't able to sit back in and he missed out.....lol

And lol to those that think it don't matter if they fold.

The overlay for winning is so good, it virtually makes sense to play any 2.

Do limit tables qualify for the milestone hand?

Yes:

http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/promotions/50-billion/

Yes mate, all cash tables qualify, I even saw it on a HU cash game.

Nowhere did I ever say that I would fold.

You guys just are making it sound like if you fold you get nothing.

I don't think any of us said you get nothing. We probably just assumed that everyone knew of the benefits. Basically at lower stakes you're freerolling to double your money. That to me makes no sense to fold.

There are arguments however, to make a fold at mid-high stakes as the benefits of the milestone bonus are proportionally worse if that makes sense, certainly if your up against someone and your both deep.

A guy just won over 4400 on the milestone hand. Also won over 1,100 at the table from going all in. That's the biggest i've seen so far.

only 10 milestone hands left til the big one!

guys, i believe the guys that fold preflop might be grinders who play 12-24 tables and might not notice what is going on at their table. when you play 24 tables you get to act about once every 2 seconds or less, so you might not get the chance to know what's going on, you might get suspicious if you are in late position, but lets say you are UTG plus 1, UTG shoves and you have 57o, you instant fold because there are another 5-6 tables blinking in the back ground.

plus if you are a big time grinder, even a rakeback slut you will have your chat turned off so you won't see what people are talking about.

plus there are the people who play 1 table at the time, while watching a movie, table blinks, 3 ppl all in before you, fold instantly.

plus there are the people who simply do not speak english. there can be a very new player who doesn't even understand what FPPs stand for

i believe that those who fold have either no idea whats going on or they are not paying attention.

pretty sick 5nl grinder takes home 56,000 dollars lolz

I watched it too. So jealous of all of them. Glad it hit the micros though.

Yeh i'm glad to see the cash go to the micros, and the best hand preflop won, QQ is a worthy winner

BS promo...
entering lottery without knowing it?I want people to play poker not hang around on my table like vegetables!

aint got no money on stars....would someone like to do a transfer ....i got some on ftp ....id like to do a $20 to anyone on ftp and they send me $20 on ps if anyone interested please give me a buzz....id like to do the milestone too

It's over now. The next one will be 100B I would assume.

ah ok thanks...then never mind e1....dont wanna do transfer....hihihi

Probably 60b. There was a 40b milestone earlier this year.