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Why does Pstars cap the number of cash games you can play at 12 tables, yet they let the annoying HevadKhans of the world play 45 sngs at a time??? Any chance they will raise this cap to 16 or 20?

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its simple biz. when u play MTTs/SNGs, u pay rake with ur entry fee. they (the site) doesnt care how long it takes, or if u sit out for that matter. however, in cash games, money comes in from the rake. if u sit out, u plug up the rake. if u take a long time cuz ur playin too many tables, ur pluggin the rake. if u sit out, u increase the chance that the table will close down cuz ppl hate playin short, hence plugging the rake.

understand yet?

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I hear ya and I definitely understand. I'm just wondering if there was ever a thread where someone from pokerstars addressed why 12 was determined to be the optimal max instead of 9 or 14.

And if there is any chance for that number to ever increase.

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there is some chance that the max table limit will go up to 16 being that FTP just upped theirs a few days ago.

however, as far as the general poker eco-system is concerned...its probably not the brightest move for the LR of the game. and PS has generally been pretty aware of the poker eco-system and how to grow and maintain it. so very good chance they wont budge on 12

and no, i havnt the slighest idea why 12 is the number and not 10. o well =)