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Personally for me, the additional bonus at 200k VPPs and beyond is no incentive for me to try and reach such levels. I finished this year with 140k VPPs.


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Let's make some calculations. If you do play to get extra 60K VPP you will pay about $12,000 in rake and get back $1,200. That's extra 10% on top of 30%+ you already getting. If you do play on other sites you need to have over 40% rb to match what you can get on Stars.

Going from 200k to 300K you pay $20k in rake and get $2,200 in bonus - 11% extra. From 300K to 400K it's 16% extra, and from 400k to 500k it's 21% extra.

Plus when you play to get the same initial 140K as in 2006 you get better return because you get 3.5x from the start.

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Hey mb,

I am not saying it is not a nice reward program, in fact I am saying the exact opposite.

However, I am talking about what it will take personally for me to increase my play at Stars beyond what I play now. A $ 1200.00 bonus is not enough to increase my play by another 43% more than what I do now.

I would be estastic, if they at least they gave me the option of my plan instead of their bonus. My plan would not be in addition to the bonus. A player could have the option of the bonus or a reduced buy-in to a major poker event.