Re: The petition to PokerStars to raise the min buy-in
I did some consulting work for PokerStars about a year ago, and this was one of the major things I asked them to change. At the time, I did get them to agree to change the "default" buyin from 40bb's to 60bb's inside of the NL games. (yes, if you noticed, this was me [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]). I obviously tried to get them to default the games to 100bb's, but considered the small raise a small victory.
At the time, I asked if the opportunity for further raises would be possible, and was told that they would re-evaluate how the games reacted to the change and go forward.
As of this morning, I sent a few e-mails out to the guys who I worked on this with, and will see what kind of information they might have as to the results. I'll be honest though, I'm not very optimistic. The concept of defaulting buyin to 100bb's has very few if any advantages for the site itself.
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