Pokerstars disappoints again

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First the rake increase for the low tournaments and now ...
Checking the lobby I noticed that the Sunday Storm, mythical PS tournament that I liked to play on Sundays, they have lowered the guaranteed from 250k to 200k. And I did not want to keep looking ... Someone else noticed some low prizes in these days of other tournaments?
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If they lower the guarantee, they probably have a good reason for it. If the prizepool doesn't reach the guarantee anymore on a consistent basis, it's not profitable for them, as they are giving away money.

Guarantees are there to make more people register in the tournaments. With a guarantee, if there are only a few people in a tournament, it will make the rewards bigger compared to the buy-ins. Bigger rewards means more people interested in playing, and more people registering, and then the rewards go back to normal. It's a nice way of filling up tournaments.
 
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Yep! pokerstars already had your glory days. Now, the main game is in the background. The business model has changed and your investments are being directed in sports betting and online casinos to achieve more profitability.
 
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however, you won't have a tourmanent over $200K guaranteed for less than $12 in any other rooms.
 
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and they continue to disappoint, and they are losing players by it
 
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Yep! Pokerstars already had your glory days. Now, the main game is in the background. The business model has changed and your investments are being directed in sports betting and online casinos to achieve more profitability.


Very true my friend, i have not play on PS since the rake increase, i would love to bet on sports there but Pinnacle is just the best Sportsbook around.
 
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Wow that tournament is still a good long shot at $12 entry. High KO rate means overlap in value. If PS was available id play more tournaments.
 
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We need a poker site run like a co-op by the players themselves.
It is the only answer, business people will only look for the bottom dollar and screw it up.
 
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I would be happy to play on 'Stars if it was available here . Also , if you think online rakes are bad , I invite you to visit a casino here in California ! Small stakes ring games and small buyin tourneys are almost unbeatable due to oppressive drops and house fees . (Las Vegas is not quite so bad , but no bargain either ).
 
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poker stars stopped to be beneficial to players a long time ago and still it’s the most visited site even nowadays and it really got me wondering, why??...I understand that Poker Stars has built its name and reputation back in the days but today you have a way better options, when it comes to low rakes you have a party poker and pretty decent GTDs as well...Players are not satisfied with Poker Stars in generally but still decide to stick with it, i really don’t know why...
 
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Yes, I agree with
FailX21 - that poker room is not profitable to pay more money to the tournament prize zone if it does not have the required number of participants, and therefore they reduce the prize pool!
 
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Well I've checked the prize pool for this Sunday - it's indeed only 200k. But the prize pools for May 6 (previous) and Map 20 (next) are the same - 250k. So i wouldn't say it's permanent reduction. Perhaps it's somehow connected with the SCOOP getting more attention from players (but that's just a guess).
 
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Wow i didnt know for this however if enough players register prize can still be 250k but since they lowered guaranteed i guess there is small chance for that
 
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Despite all the negative changes, PS will still draw the biggest crowd because they still have, by far, the most tournaments and the biggest variety of tournaments.

I'm hoping that Mike Sexton will be able to help change partypoker in a revolutionary way, to make it as good or better than PS, but only time will tell.
 
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I find it strange that it is one of the few tournaments that you still get to unrego for TDs in most sats but you cant in on demand sats. The reasoning for stopping TDs thru unregos because GTDs were not being meet is BULL . The TDs have to be spent so they lose nothing . I dont play most sats anymore as you start so late if you win one your a bottom feeder at a severe disadvantage . Im probably not the only player who n longer plays sats so the site loses for stupid reasons.
 
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Me dissapointed in pokerstars many times because i only lose there,idk why.
 
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Well apparently, Sunday next week again has 250k gtd. So it seems that they only did it in 200k for this week. Rare, but at least it's good news.
By the way today less people registered but also surpassed the GTD and stayed around 230k
 
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I have noticed it for some time, I think that more than five months ago I realized that PS has decreased the Gtd prize pool in most tournaments.
the Hotters that I normally played do not seem so flashy anymore.
 
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It is too bad Pokerstars has decided to go in this direction. For years they had the best reputation for player oriented site with the best games and tournaments. But I haven't been able to play on there since Black Friday!
 
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Certain countries are making it very hard to play on their site so traffic is down russia and china among many others.
 
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I still look like the best poker room and the one that has more variety of tournaments and players, tell me what room for $ 12 you get a guaranteed 200k or 250k no question is to play as always does not seem bad and may be for the scoop
 
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