9 seat om h/l fl are the best for fpps, failing that, limit Razz and both of course during happy hour.
is there happy hour at Stars?
First Frequent Player Point (FPP) is awarded for playing a hand in which the rake reaches:
$0.40 for NL/PL poker games with blinds $1/$2 and lower
what about NL 5c/10c? any FPPs?
At 5c/10c you will get an FPP if the rake on a pot is 40c.
My understanding is that you must also have been active in the hand at the time of showdown or pot 'win' in order to qualify. If you played in a pot but folded on the turn, even though you had some of your money in the eventual rake, you were not active in the final total. Just a rake 'contributor'. But that's true on any site I know of that awards any kind of points.
MTT rakes can award points because you have paid a buy-in rake, whether you ever play a hand or not.
On stars, if the rake reaches 40c and you folded preflop, you still get an FPP. 100% certain on that.
Correct, sort of. After some checking with Stars, if you contributed any money to a pot that qualfies for any FPP's, you do receive them. If you fold pre-flop before putting anything into the pot, then there are no
FPP's awarded.
Here's the e-mail I received from them today:
Hello xxxxx,
Thank you for your email.
If you have contributed any money to the pot and the pot's rake reaches
enough to award FPP's then you will receive the appropriate amount of
FPP's. It dosen't matter how much you put in the pot or when you have
folded. If you have contributed to that pot you will be rewarded with
FPP's.
If there is anything else we can help you with, please email us again at any time. Thank you for choosing PokerStars.
Regards,
Andrew
PokerStars Support Team
So I stand corrected on the folding issue, but only if you have put anything at all into the pot.
so which is it? sit at table and get dealt a hand and not contributeAt 5c/10c you will get an FPP if the rake on a pot is 40c.
I really think that person worded that wrong because unless they JUST changed that it has always been that you just need to be sitting at the table to get FPPs. That's how people who 24 table and just nit it up rake in the FPPs.
so which is it? sit at table and get dealt a hand and not contribute
OR contribute via blinds but fold to a raise preflop?