Double VPP week

[bikes]

http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/promotions/2x/


Totally awesome amirite?

[pankfish]

Would be great if I didn't just cash out most of my stars roll and let my vip status slide.

[wufwugy]

link no worky

[Smacktard]

Pretty cool, but where I come from a week is 7 days not 6.

[wufwugy]

found on 2p2.

this is complete suckage since im not playing any poker until the 7th

[Jack Sawyer]

YES

[will641]

HOLLER, TY BBICKES!

[meeloche]

very nice, I like...

[JinxT4]

link no worky

Copy/paste into browser.

Was just checking right now to see if anyone had posted this here & was gonna post it if no one had, but BBickes beat me to it.

[Deanglow]

this is awesome. time to recoup from the downswing with 1500 bonuses imo

[badgers]

fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck im moving out this weekend so won't be able to take full advantage of this....

HOWEVER, I will stil play shit tons of hands before then!

[DrivingDog]

Giddy up.

[kingnat]

How does one adjust for the uber-rockiness of all the tables?????

[a500lbgorilla]

How does one adjust for the uber-rockiness of all the tables?????

have you tried check raising?

[badgers]

bet more imo nat.

[Deanglow]

8k hands so far today, 22k FPPs

[euphoricism]

are FPPs doubled as well, then?

[bigspenda73]

are FPPs doubled as well, then?

well it depends on your VIP level/VPP multiplier yo

[AlphaKennyBody]

are FPPs doubled as well, then?

Yes.

[bode]

are FPPs doubled as well, then?

well it depends on your VIP level/VPP multiplier yo

no it doesnt, DUCY?

[WillburForce]

Fuck Pokerstars. Cunting Riverstars. Gggrrrrrrrrrr. ...

[bigred]

Fuck Pokerstars. Cunting Riverstars. Gggrrrrrrrrrr. ...

Thanks for your input.

[badgers]

10k hands done already wheeeeeee

[BankItDrew]

I would be all over this VPPx2 week if I could get some god damned wireless connection in my house. This has got to be the most frustrating week ever.

HOLY FUCK I HAVEN'T PLAYED SINCE THURSDAY.

[JinxT4]

10k hands done already wheeeeeee

8k hands here + cleared a plat bonus (my 1st 1) that I bought a few days ago = good start to July. Now if only I had more FPPs so I could buy & grind out another 1.

Quick question, would moving up during double VPP week be a good or bad idea? I've read that it's a bad idea since the games seem to get a lot tighter, so idk.

[bigspenda73]

I'm thinking tomorrow I'm going to play Full-Ring and join tables with 3-5 people and leave when they get more than 6-handed.

I'll also probably be also minraising PF but I haven't decided yet, guess I'll figure it out tomorrow

[kingnat]

I love seeing the sick number of hands/vpp being snatched up... if you see anything else around the interwebs, I'd like to see it.

[euphoricism]

I've played 3784 hands so far (another ~2k planned for today) and earned 1416VPPs. I play 50NL FR.

So..

1416/3784 = .37VPP/hand.

[mixchange]

these are the worst ive ever seen the games. so far I think the promo is EV- for me

next year i'm not gonna play stars exclusive and probably skip double vpp week.

[drmcboy]

8k hands so far today, 22k FPPs

less SNGs I am in more cash games plz

[will641]

8.4k vpps so far.

[Deanglow]

8k hands so far today, 22k FPPs

less SNGs I am in more cash games plz

yeah well as long as you keep coolering me for stacks that shouldn't be a worry to you

[mcatdog]

I've played so goddamn much the past couple of days, already 11K VPP and I won a LAPT Uruguay package. I have high hopes for the rest of the week.

The games are pretty mediocre but I've still been able to find enough good tables to keep me going, I've just had to change tables more often than usual.

[drmcboy]

8k hands so far today, 22k FPPs

less SNGs I am in more cash games plz

yeah well as long as you keep coolering me for stacks that shouldn't be a worry to you

I tried to post that hand and the one where your AA < KJ but apparently hold em mgr was sending my stars HHs to my X drive or something.

[badgers]

these are the worst ive ever seen the games. so far I think the promo is EV- for me

this.

I have four letters for this promo so far and i would like to repeat them.

ASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDF

During promotions like these, a good player's table selection skills are really put to the test.

[Deanglow]

played 242 SnG's for 50k FPPs. Ran pretty horrible but I should definitely turn a profit by Sunday. The play was just absolutely horrendous at the $60s and $105s. Look forward to putting in more hours tomorrow

[Renton]

During promotions like these, a good player's ability to crush other good players is put to the test.

[kingnat]

played 242 SnG's for 50k FPPs. Ran pretty horrible but I should definitely turn a profit by Sunday. The play was just absolutely horrendous at the $60s and $105s. Look forward to putting in more hours tomorrow

Are the 60/100 level SnGs a better deal for vpps?... sounds pimping dean!

[AlphaKennyBody]

Anyone know how the last week in the month will work?

"2X Your VIP Status - Whether you’re Bronze, Silver or Supernova, shortcut your path up the VIP ladder"

I highly doubt it'll be another double VPP week.

[BankItDrew]

PITCH

[Deanglow]

played 242 SnG's for 50k FPPs. Ran pretty horrible but I should definitely turn a profit by Sunday. The play was just absolutely horrendous at the $60s and $105s. Look forward to putting in more hours tomorrow

Are the 60/100 level SnGs a better deal for vpps?... sounds pimping dean!

I definitely calculated SnG's to be a better deal than 24 tabling my normal FR game. 175 or 315 FPP's per SnG at 40/hr is 8400FPP/hr. At 2/4 FR it is about 4000FPPs/hr.

[euphoricism]

Anyone know how the last week in the month will work?

"2X Your VIP Status - Whether you’re Bronze, Silver or Supernova, shortcut your path up the VIP ladder"

I highly doubt it'll be another double VPP week.

I cant find this, where do you see it

[drmcboy]

euph it's on the website and in the news thing that pops up, maybe you have that disabled.

I would think games will be a bit better today and better tomorrow, my wife got today off and for sure all US folks have tomorrow off.

[twosevoff]

Anyone know how the last week in the month will work?

"2X Your VIP Status - Whether you’re Bronze, Silver or Supernova, shortcut your path up the VIP ladder"

I highly doubt it'll be another double VPP week.

I'm guessing it will give you all the perks of being one higher level up vip for a week (i.e. increased multiplier of vpps-->fpps, ability to play in vip only freerolls)

[JinxT4]

F running so bad vs the donks I actually manage to get it in against. 10k hands today for: -2 BI.

Ah well.

[lolzzz_321]

2k hands, up a buy in jeez, only made one big mistake this session though

[silu73]

I think I will watch a SNG video tonight and play some Turbos until my $500 on Stars is gone.

[Deanglow]

my fucking god can i win a 60/40 for once in my fucking life jesus

[lolzzz_321]

my fucking god can i win a 60/40 for once in my fucking life jesus

no

[silu73]

my fucking god can i win a 60/40 for once in my fucking life jesus

Welcome to the world of Turbo SNG's!

[JinxT4]

I think I will watch a SNG video tonight and play some Turbos until my $500 on Stars is gone.

At least you'll have twice as many FPPs as you would've normally gained.

[bigspenda73]

I would love to be good at SNG's for this week

Edit, let's say I play 12 $100nl Full-Ring and am way overrolled, what level SNG should I:

A. Play to make equal VPPs
B. Play BR/skill-level wise that would make me more VPPs

Also, I'm assuming turbo is best b/c you can play more

[JinxT4]

Cleared another 650 bonus. Gonna be some time before I can buy another 1 though.

[Fnord]

During promotions like these, a good player's ability to crush other good players is put to the test.

Pretty much. It's been steal everything in sight and wtfpwn loose pre-flop re-raisers week.

[Fnord]

Welcome to the world of Turbo SNG's!

Poor game selection.

Can't WTFPwn medicore players at those.

[silu73]

Welcome to the world of Turbo SNG's!

Poor game selection.

Can't WTFPwn medicore players at those.

Yeah tell me. Now I remember why i stopped playing SNG's ages ago. But I love playing Turbo's when I'm drunk.

[euphoricism]

Anyone know how the last week in the month will work?

"2X Your VIP Status - Whether you’re Bronze, Silver or Supernova, shortcut your path up the VIP ladder"

I highly doubt it'll be another double VPP week.

I'm guessing it will give you all the perks of being one higher level up vip for a week (i.e. increased multiplier of vpps-->fpps, ability to play in vip only freerolls)

omg omg youre probably right. MUST GET TO PLAT STAR BEFORE THE LAST WEEK. A week of 'nova would wtfpwn for me.

[drmcboy]

8k hands so far today, 22k FPPs

less SNGs I am in more cash games plz

yeah well as long as you keep coolering me for stacks that shouldn't be a worry to you

I CAN DODGE COWBOYS AND LADIES BABY

PokerStars Game #18601501682: Tournament #94562787, $55+$5 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2008/07/05 - 13:42:51 (ET)
Table '94562787 3' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: Riverudead (1390 in chips)
Seat 2: MichaelPit (1625 in chips)
Seat 3: inheritance (1470 in chips)
Seat 4: kelmer (2165 in chips)
Seat 5: cuthbertt (1045 in chips)
Seat 6: MaadMaan (1540 in chips)
Seat 7: benfuz (1470 in chips)
Seat 8: kemikar (1360 in chips)
Seat 9: 1BluffDoctor (1435 in chips)
Riverudead: posts small blind 15
MichaelPit: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to cuthbertt [Js Jd]
inheritance: raises 90 to 120
kelmer: folds
cuthbertt: raises 230 to 350
MaadMaan: folds
benfuz: folds
kemikar: raises 1010 to 1360 and is all-in
1BluffDoctor: folds
Riverudead: folds
MichaelPit: folds
inheritance: raises 110 to 1470 and is all-in
cuthbertt: folds
Uncalled bet (110) returned to inheritance
*** FLOP *** [2h 7c 8h]
cuthbertt said, "jj"
*** TURN *** [2h 7c 8h] [5h]
*** RIVER *** [2h 7c 8h 5h] [Ac]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
inheritance: shows [Qs Qh] (a pair of Queens)
kemikar: shows [Kd Ks] (a pair of Kings)
kemikar collected 3115 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3115 | Rake 0
Board [2h 7c 8h 5h Ac]
Seat 1: Riverudead (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: MichaelPit (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: inheritance showed [Qs Qh] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 4: kelmer folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: cuthbertt folded before Flop
Seat 6: MaadMaan folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: benfuz folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: kemikar showed [Kd Ks] and won (3115) with a pair of Kings
Seat 9: 1BluffDoctor (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

[Deanglow]

your RR preflop is pretty crappy /end strat

[meeloche]

Any ideas what next week is going to be?

[Alibi]

2x fisting beer to forget this week

[JinxT4]

Double VPP week was... interesting.

[meeloche]

I guess I'm going to play a bunch of donkaments this week:

www.pokerstars.com/poker/promotions/2x/

[Deanglow]

doubling the guaranteed prizepool on donkaments is pretty sick

[KronX]

i wonder what they are gonna double next.

[Galapogos]

The rake.

[lolzzz_321]

the regs

[kingnat]

the beats...



....or maybe those will just 'go on'