PokerStars VIP summary
 

I am new to the PokerStars VIP and wanted to know if I am missing any major parts of value in this promotion? I read it here: http://www.pokerstars.com/vip/ and just wanted to know if I am missing anything important.

Basically:
GoldStar at 4000VPP you can buy $285 bonus for 25,000 FPP
PlatinumStar at 10000VPP you can buy $650 bonus for 50,000 FPP
I presume you can do both.

Also, there are the Saturday freerolls.

Also, you earn FPP faster at higher levels.

Any other major aspects to this program?

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You can buy as many bonuses as you want. No reason you would ever buy a lower level bonus once you've qualified for a higher one as the rate of return on the value of FPP gets better as you move up.

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also, u prolly realized this, but u maintain the status u earn for the rest of the current month and then for the following month as well, so u have to keep on earning pts

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SuperNova at 100000VPP/year you can buy $1000 bonus for 100,000 FPP.

As you said, each level accumulates points faster than the previous level.

There are also milestone bonuses for those that play enough to surpass 100,000 VPP in a year. They are:

$2,000 at 200kVPP
$3,000 at 300kVPP
$4,000 at 400kVPP
$5,000 at 500kVPP

and they go up from there. Each milestone bonus costs 50kFPP though, which is basically $750.

There is also the concierge service that allows you to purchase items that are not in the FPP Store. When using this service you actually get a better rate than you would just purchasing the bonuses. Players have gotten such things as watches and big screen TVs amongst other things.

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I see those bonuses I listed aren't the greatest deals at 1.14 cents and 1.3 cents per FPP.

What are my best deals I should go for?

I play mostly NL100 and NL200 and was earning ~$1,500 rakeback monthly at Full Tilt and am not sure how many FPP monthly that translates to at Stars.

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I see those bonuses I listed aren't the greatest deals at 1.14 cents and 1.3 cents per FPP.

What are my best deals I should go for?

I play mostly NL100 and NL200 and was earning ~$1,500 rakeback monthly at Full Tilt and am not sure how many FPP monthly that translates to at Stars.

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How many hands do you play a month normally? Be easier to give you estimate for FPP's off that.

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SuperNova at 100000VPP/year you can buy $1000 bonus for 100,000 FPP.

As you said, each level accumulates points faster than the previous level.

There are also milestone bonuses for those that play enough to surpass 100,000 VPP in a year. They are:

$2,000 at 200kVPP
$3,000 at 300kVPP
$4,000 at 400kVPP
$5,000 at 500kVPP

and they go up from there. Each milestone bonus costs 50kFPP though, which is basically $750.

There is also the concierge service that allows you to purchase items that are not in the FPP Store. When using this service you actually get a better rate than you would just purchasing the bonuses. Players have gotten such things as watches and big screen TVs amongst other things.

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thats a <font color="blue"> </font> $1500 <font color="blue"> </font> bonus for 100,000 FPP's, a typo im sure, but the rest of the info is right

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I think around 50,000 hands at NL100 should be the guesstimate.

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SuperNova at 100000VPP/year you can buy $1000 bonus for 100,000 FPP.

As you said, each level accumulates points faster than the previous level.

There are also milestone bonuses for those that play enough to surpass 100,000 VPP in a year. They are:

$2,000 at 200kVPP
$3,000 at 300kVPP
$4,000 at 400kVPP
$5,000 at 500kVPP

and they go up from there. Each milestone bonus costs 50kFPP though, which is basically $750.

There is also the concierge service that allows you to purchase items that are not in the FPP Store. When using this service you actually get a better rate than you would just purchasing the bonuses. Players have gotten such things as watches and big screen TVs amongst other things.

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thats a <font color="blue"> </font> $1500 <font color="blue"> </font> bonus for 100,000 FPP's, a typo im sure, but the rest of the info is right

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Oops. Typo. Thanks for correcting.

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I think around 50,000 hands at NL100 should be the guesstimate.

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50k hands a month at NL100 probably yield about 22-23k VPP's per month. You would make Platinum of course in less than two weeks, so you would be making 55k+ FPP's a month.

After making Nova, which would take approx. 4 1/2 months, you would be getting 77k+ FPPs/month at that amount of play.

Bad thing about starting there now is you probably won't make it by Dec. 31st and it restarts on 1/1/08. If you mix in a decent amount of NL200 play in, you could probably make it at 50k hands a month.