moots
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Just saw in the pokerstars lobby that are getting of the DoNs after February 15 and replacing them with the Fifty50. I don't understand why, they are very popular...weird.
Just saw in the PokerStars lobby that are getting of the DoNs after February 15 and replacing them with the Fifty50. I don't understand why, they are very popular...weird.
Too many collusion issues I am sure.
Sorry Dakota, nightmoves you are both wrong.I read somewhere p-stars stopped them because of collusion and cheating problems.So watch out for that on other poker sites with double or nothing sngs.It sucks too,because I like those sngs.I never got to play them on stars tho.
Sorry Dakota, nightmoves you are both wrong.
The real point to why they junked DONs, was they are so easy to place into, you could auto fold your way to place. The Fifty50's where done up so the auto folders now have to play to get a bigger amount of the err pot.
collusion and cheating will still be done in the Fifty50 games something that cannot be taken out all together, unless i go to stars and FT and get all IM's programs banned, well the poker software is running.
Did some looking into this 2 days ago....
It all depends on how low they where.. But then it may of just been a bunch of "donks" who did not know how to play.I played a lot of the DoNs and it was very hard to place just by folding. Most games would last almost a hour and a half and the blinds would eat you up by then.
But why would Pokerstars care either way? The last DoN I played one Canadian won (me) and the rest were from Germany. It looked like people were donking off their stack to keep others alive.
It all depends on how low they where.. But then it may of just been a bunch of "donks" who did not know how to play.
I played one a week ago, kept my stack at 1500 and placed into dead last, since i knew i was not getting anything more then a buck back, it made no point for me to build a stack.
But with the new games it makes a point to build a stack from the start and keep it.
I mean i could keep my chips by stealing every now and then, build a big stack, but what was the point of building a big stack, you did not get any more of the prize pool, for playing better, or building your stack up.
To ones like me, they became pointless to play anymore, it's all based on the chip stack you got and not just getting the top 5 places out of 10.
And so then DON's sucked after some time of playing them and i quite playing them.
I was able to knock off a reg SNG, within an hours time, got a better payout for my time.
I hoped i cleared it up some mootso.
I could build a stack, keep it going, but got board of playing them knowing i was not getting anything more then just a 1 buck, i would put pressure on the small stacks, put then all-in with crappy hands. Most of the time i was in 1st place, i wanted more of the prize pool then just a buck.Well that's kind of the point with DoNs. You don't need to keep building your stack, you just need to stay alive and you double your money. I've played the $1 DoNs and I've played the $50 ones. Obviously there's less of a reward when you're spending 2 hours just to win $1.
DoN and Fifty50 are good because they pay out half the entrants. But I prefer the DoNs. I don't understand why PS doesn't have both. They're still making money on rake, so why get rid of it, they don't care how easy it is to place. The only possible explanation is because of collusion.
Sorry Dakota, nightmoves you are both wrong.
The real point to why they junked DONs, was they are so easy to place into, you could auto fold your way to place. The Fifty50's where done up so the auto folders now have to play to get a bigger amount of the err pot.
collusion and cheating will still be done in the Fifty50 games something that cannot be taken out all together, unless i go to stars and FT and get all IM's programs banned, well the poker software is running.
Did some looking into this 2 days ago....
i liked the dons and were a great br builder for me.now will have to play them elsewhere i guess.
I use the SB and CO to steal from but only play top hands from the button.