PokerStars chest rewards decrease as you climb
It's actually ridiculous that the weighted average return of a chest decreases as you climb from Blue to Bronze chests.
My requirements for a blue chest were 2500 points
Requirements for a bronze chest are 5950 points
I calculated the probability weighted returns of a bronze chest which is $1.20, which are found here: (sum of all dollar amounts x probability of outcome)
So basically 2500 points at blue level chest = $0.60 return
But 5950 points at brown = $1.20 return on average.
At blue level, each point is worth 0.024cents (60/2500)
At brown level, each point is worth only 0.02 cents (120/5950)
Honestly, this is ridiculous. What's the incentive to climb chest levels when rake back lessons the higher you go.
I haven't bothered to calculate the rake back for chests past Bronze because I'm not there yet currently at the stakes I play and I'm unable to obtain the personal points required to get each chest as
pokerstars gives each player a different points requirement depending on their skill level.