PokerStars hand # 4.97B milestone thread

[chezlaw]

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What is the EV/table for this bonus? Like $.25??

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I'm guessing there's about 250-300 active tables during bonus time. With 6 people at the table, 5 get 2k, 1 gets 5k. 15k/6 people is 2.5k per person.

You have a 1/250 to 1/300 chance of getting it, which is $8-10 per table, I would assume by posting and folding, increase your chances at least 2x, so the EV should be much higher, eh?

Is there something wrong with my calculations?

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There's also the bonus for vip status. Up to 120% for supernova.

I just play fast rather than manipulate the game. I have a vague recollection that Paradise had a clause prohibiting schemes like this - Are you sure its allowed?

chez

[HedonismBot]

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I just play fast rather than manipulate the game. I have a vague recollection that Paradise had a clause prohibiting schemes like this - Are you sure its allowed?

chez

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Pokerstars gave their blessing to our little scheme [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[jjigglers]

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I'm guessing there's about 250-300 active tables during bonus time.

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There's currently over 9,000 active tables. Assuming half are play money and tourneys, that still leaves 4k+

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Very raw assumption. STT/MTT/Play money cash/Play money tournaments account for at least 75%. There are only about 200-250 holdem tables open right now.

[jjigglers]

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I'm guessing there's about 250-300 active tables during bonus time.

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There's currently over 9,000 active tables. Assuming half are play money and tourneys, that still leaves 4k+

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Very raw assumption. STT/MTT/Play money cash/Play money tournaments account for at least 75%. There are only about 200-250 holdem tables open right now.

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I'm also going to venture to say that there's an absolute maximum of 1.5k max tables, with our EV still around $2 per table if we were playing as slow as everyone else, but at least $6 per table since we're folding ridiculously fast.

8 tables of this for 20 minutes is roughly 150 hourly, and fine with me.

All approximations of course.

[Silent A]

OK an early final prediction (forced by circumstance)

<font color="red"> 11:00 PM ET </font>

We should start arranging tables aboyt 45 minutes prior.

Ideally, set up AIM chat rooms (or the like) and form groups of 6, 9, or 10.

[Silent A]

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I just play fast rather than manipulate the game. I have a vague recollection that Paradise had a clause prohibiting schemes like this - Are you sure its allowed?

chez

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I asked PokerStars support if it was OK to openly agree to fold to the blinds as a milestone hand approached. They told me that they did not have a problem with it.

The gist of it was that (a) they felt that it was vulnerable to 1 guy wrecking it - stealing blinds - and (b) wouldn't increase the odds very much.

[chezlaw]

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I just play fast rather than manipulate the game. I have a vague recollection that Paradise had a clause prohibiting schemes like this - Are you sure its allowed?

chez

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Pokerstars gave their blessing to our little scheme [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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Fair enough, good luck then.

[golfinguy5]

The first day this promo came out I asked support if this was ok and they didn't have any problem with it. Thats why I was so eager to set it up last night

[grac]

What limits are we looking at doing? I might need to deposit.

[golfinguy5]

I guess we will do it like we did last night, join the chat room "milestonehand" on AIM. I guess we will do whoever joins first gets priority?