[Silent A]

OK, it's awfully early but I thought I'd set my first prediction for the new promotion.

Currently, hands are clipping away at 14K/hour which means my first, very crude, estimate is:

Hand 9.9B will come at around ...

Sunday May 15 at 2:00 PM ET

This is awfully crude because it will take a while to see how this promotion affects the average hands/hour during different times of day. In any even, Sunday should be the first big day.

Since bonuses will be given away every hour or so (unlike every 10-12 hours last year) there's probably not much point setting up groups of 6, but feel free.

If you do want to start up a group of reliable folders and want to maximize your tables, the cheapest "high" buy-ins are at the "Fixed" $15/$30 level (min $150 buyin), the cheapest "Medium" is PL/NL $1/$2 (min $40 buyin), and the cheapest "Low" is Fixed $0.50/$1 (min $5 buyin). Note: high-speed tables have faster animations, so you can fold more hands/hour.

Finally, the whole thing will probably be over by next Friday (May 18).

Good Luck!