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Logged in today and there was a popup saying on 1st January that all FPPs will be converted to Starcoin at 1.2 Starcoin per FPP.

It even tells you to convert to tournament tickets or satellites to get the best FPP Value

I knew it was changing but didnt know how badly we would be affected especially if you have alot of points. Not sure if my Maths is correct but If I purchased a $33 ticket for 2100 it works out at $1 = 63.6363 FPPS.

If I let them convert to Starcoins the 2100 would be worth 2520 Starcoins or $25.20 so a big drop only getting 76% of their value. So has anyone any good suggestions for tournaments to use them in. I currently have about 3000
 

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hmm i prefer to use the following metod

you can buy tickets where 1fpp = $0.016 or 1.6 cents
if you let them change your fpps it will be
1fpp = 1.2 star coins = 1.2 cents


we get the same numbers , an 25% drop

the best you cand do is play fpp satellites (the 6max hypers to the storm) and unregister to get tournament money

i used 10k fpps and got 1.8cents per fpp , of course you need some basic idea of how to play 6max hypers
 
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hmm i prefer to use the following metod

you can buy tickets where 1fpp = $0.016 or 1.6 cents
if you let them change your fpps it will be
1fpp = 1.2 star coins = 1.2 cents


we get the same numbers , an 25% drop

the best you cand do is play fpp satellites (the 6max hypers to the storm) and unregister to get tournament money

i used 10k fpps and got 1.8cents per fpp , of course you need some basic idea of how to play 6max hypers

Also comes down to time issues, is it worth playing for hours and hours to get a better rate for your FPPs.

Its like some of the freerolls you could play basic poker for 5 hours to win $1 but its not really worth the time or effort unless oyu are a total beginner just learning the game
 
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I have around 700FPPs so I think I will buy a Sunday Storm ticket before they convert my FPPs to StarCoins.
 
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I have around 700FPPs so I think I will buy a Sunday Storm ticket before they convert my FPPs to StarCoins.

GL, think I might just buy the $33 ticket and pray :)
 
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Yeah get them while you can.
Start the new year fresh.
 
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I've recently got this e-mail, which may help you to spent them the best way:
''However, as you may have heard, at midnight ET December 31, StarsCoin (formerly FPPs) will be converted at a rate of 1.2 StarsCoin per FPP. Read below to find out how to get the best value for your FPPs before the end of the year:

• For BronzeStar and ChromeStar status players, FPP buy-in satellites and tournaments offer the best FPP value. Be sure to utilise your FPPs now to get the most out of them before the end of the year.
• For SilverStar and higher VIPs, consider purchasing tournament tickets in the VIP Store. Tournament tickets purchased this year can still be used in 2016.
• For players up to GoldStar status that usually spend their FPPs on VIP Reward Bonuses, the January 1 conversion rate is either an increase or identical value to the rate you would usually redeem your FPPs at, so there’s no downside to waiting until next year to spend your StarsCoin.
• For PlatinumStar+ VIPs, new VIP Reward Bonuses have been added to the VIP Store that allows you to convert your FPPs to cash at your best available rate.

For more information on the upcoming changes to the pokerstars VIP Club in 2016, click here (http://www.pokerstars.eu/vip/changes/). For any questions or concerns, please contact support@pokerstars.eu.

Regards, The PokerStars VIP Club''
 
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I Buy the golf balls in the stars shop! They used to be Pro v1 but have downgraded to nxt but still an okay winter ball.
 
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I Buy the golf balls in the stars shop! They used to be Pro v1 but have downgraded to nxt but still an okay winter ball.

When I used to play golf I'd usually stop off at the hole with the pond and buy 5 for a quid from the little kids lol.

Prob gonna get a ticket as nothing in the shop worthwhile
 
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3k is not that much - just play a few satellite sngs to some big money tournies and don't worry about whether or not you can actually play in it - just unregister and collect the $T for use when you can do it - actually may probably be ideal to wait as close to the deadline as you can because that's when a lot of cash players will be looking for best options and playing out of their element in sngs
 
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3k is not that much - just play a few satellite sngs to some big money tournies and don't worry about whether or not you can actually play in it - just unregister and collect the $T for use when you can do it - actually may probably be ideal to wait as close to the deadline as you can because that's when a lot of cash players will be looking for best options and playing out of their element in sngs
Thanks

Might look at some of the SNGs, just looked at the FPP store again as I only need 150 points to get $50 VIP Rebate and noticed the FPPS have already been changed to Stars Coins :eek:
 

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I was going to buy an $11 Sunday Storm ticket; but then I noticed that I had to be at least SilverStar to be able to buy it. :(

I guess I'll have to take those Starcoins then.
 
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I was going to buy an $11 Sunday Storm ticket; but then I noticed that I had to be at least SilverStar to be able to buy it. :(

I guess I'll have to take those Starcoins then.

if i was you i would play three 235 FPP 6max Satelites to the Sunday Storm
you have to be lucky in 1 of 3 to get $T11 (better than the ticket)

but thats me :p
 
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It is Jan 1 2016 and I haven't been "upgraded" to the new step system yet.

What is going on with Stars?
 
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They finally upgraded me to the new step system.

A quick look and I can say it is better than the old one for the microstake players.

Now if they could bring back the Privilege Freerolls instead of those stupid Giveaways the thing would be even better.
 
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I was going to buy an $11 Sunday Storm ticket; but then I noticed that I had to be at least SilverStar to be able to buy it. :(

I guess I'll have to take those Starcoins then.

I had to make 89 points to unlock the 4th $10 bonus and got to Silver Star as well so I could buy the $11.00 and $16.50 tickets

I got five of each, as I never used my FPP's for anything and used almost all of them up, so keep a lookout for my thread when I win either the Storm or one of the $16.50 big games.

I quickly made up the points playing SPnG games at stars, I even through in a $30 spinner for a $120 win. :D


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They finally upgraded me to the new step system.

A quick look and I can say it is better than the old one for the microstake players.

Now if they could bring back the Privilege Freerolls instead of those stupid Giveaways the thing would be even better.

I played in and cashed in many privilege freerolls and they were just a donkfest full of bad play that idiots got rewarded with, I won't miss them.


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so how's everyone getting on with this new system?

my first step seems to be to earn 100vpps in order to unlock 275 starscoin,

before this i think 100 vpps gave me 150 fpps.


if we go by the fpps=.016c and starscoin=0.01c

then 275 starscoin =$2.75
150 fpps=$2.40

am i not better off this way or am i missing something?
 
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I had to make 89 points to unlock the 4th $10 bonus and got to Silver Star as well so I could buy the $11.00 and $16.50 tickets
In the new VIP Store, BronzeStar can now buy affordable tickets $0.25, $0.55 and more.

I'm good with the new system except that the Giveaway Freerolls are a total nightmare to play; but there is the allin one where 25K players are shooting for a total prize pool of $500. :eek: :eek: :eek:
 
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Stars Coins

https://www.pokerstars.uk/vip/steps/
VIP Steps is the new method of earning StarsCoin (previously Frequent Player Points), introduced worldwide from 2016. Players now see a new progress bar on the table - filling the progress bar will complete your current Step and release the indicated amount of StarsCoin into your account.

according to the above once you fill the bar you get the star coins indicated (275), I think I have filled it 3 or 4 times and still my StarsCoin balance is only 28 ???
 

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At the weekend I logged onto stars and filtered the tournaments for VIP and found. Nothing nada nil zero. So they have dropped all weekly reward freeolls including the silverstar weekly 30k which I cashed decent 3 times last year replaced it with well nothing.
Feeling like a valued customer = NO....
Do I understand right that coins are worth 20% less than fpp? If so at an underhand stroke they just wrote off 20 million of their 105 million fpp debt we no one bats an eyelid. That was 20 mill of clients money. Sneaky.
 
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Looks like the ChromeStar VIP ones start a few hour earlier (11AM EST). I think before they were at 3PM EST.
 
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Looks like the ChromeStar VIP ones start a few hour earlier (11AM EST). I think before they were at 3PM EST.
Yeah they were previously at 3:30pm ET, that change sucks.
 
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according to the above once you fill the bar you get the star coins indicated (275), I think I have filled it 3 or 4 times and still my StarsCoin balance is only 28 ???

If you haven't accidentally spent them, I would email PS support. They would probably give you a quick response.
 
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At the weekend I logged onto stars and filtered the tournaments for VIP and found. Nothing nada nil zero. So they have dropped all weekly reward freeolls including the silverstar weekly 30k which I cashed decent 3 times last year replaced it with well nothing.
Feeling like a valued customer = NO....
Do I understand right that coins are worth 20% less than fpp? If so at an underhand stroke they just wrote off 20 million of their 105 million fpp debt we no one bats an eyelid. That was 20 mill of clients money. Sneaky.

I looked for the Silver game as well on Saturday :(

this is the current Filter for VIP games not much to look forward to. Chrome and Bronze abit early at 2pm and 4pm UK and probably have 30K players and wekly silver chanegd to Monthly Silver.

At this rate next year they will have quartely games , then annual ones.

PS regarding Starcoins not sure what happened as mine hadnt gone up at all this month even though ive filled up the bar a few times, then suddenly it went from 28 to 853, must have been a glitch or something
 

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