Satellite Questions...

[chitown]

I am going to start playing more MTT satellites in the near future and was looking for some advice -- My goal with the sats is to play in some larger MTT's, but also to redeem for cash/points when possible.

Absolute: For absolute sats, mainly to the 150k and 60k, can you unregister from the tourney that you win a seat to and redeem for cash? If not can you at least choose which tourney you play in, or do you have to play in the next offered? When the buyin for the sat is players points, would you still be able to cashout?

PokerStars -- My understanding is that you can unregister from any seat that you win, and receive t$'s -- which you can use in any tourney or exchange for cash if desired. Is this correct? Also does this change for seats won using points?

Thanks in advance....

[Soulman]

Can't answer your Absolute question.

Stars: For sats to the Million, you win T$. For sats to bigger events like the EPT, WSOP (or rather, sub-sats), you win W$. T$ can be used for SNGs and any MTTs, W$ can only be used for big live event sats or for purchasing seats into these directly. Neither T$ nor W$ can be exchanged directly for cash, but you can sell and buy securely through Stars. If you do the trades here, T$ generally goes for 99% (if you can find it) and W$ for around 90% (although it varies, higher closer to big events).

[rothko]

there are only two instances where you can't unregister from an event on pstars: 1) if you've purchased the entry with fpps 2) it's a live event.