Pokerstars VIP $285 cash question - Page 2

Henry17 · #11 09-19-2007, 11:40 AM

You can do any number of them in any combination. Unless you are short on cash and need money now there is never any reason to do anything but the $1500 one.

bballwiz · #12 09-19-2007, 01:29 PM

you should just play the 5400 fpp satalites for a $215 seat. 4/10 get seats. You can play 4 of them for the price you paid for that bonus.

Henry17 · #13 09-19-2007, 02:29 PM

That assumes they win all 4. Someone who is looking to take advantage of a $285 bonus is most likely not experienced enough to have that kind of win rate.

Then you need to calculate what the expected value of playing the $215 tournament is for someone of this level of experience.

Plus also since he is asking about $285 bonuses we have to assume he can't afford to buy bigger bonuses. As such he will be unable to repeat this. As a one off shot there is no way to get around the large variance in MTTs.

acbarone · #14 09-20-2007, 09:03 AM

[ QUOTE ]
You can do any number of them in any combination. Unless you are short on cash and need money now there is never any reason to do anything but the $1500 one.

[/ QUOTE ]

I started playing on Stars in early June and have only accumulated 27k FPPs for "the calendar year." I doubt I'll be able to reach 100k by January, but I might be able to get to Platinum Star.

markuisis · #15 09-20-2007, 01:21 PM

ya

sixers030409 · #16 09-20-2007, 06:17 PM

[ QUOTE ]
That assumes they win all 4. Someone who is looking to take advantage of a $285 bonus is most likely not experienced enough to have that kind of win rate.

Then you need to calculate what the expected value of playing the $215 tournament is for someone of this level of experience.

Plus also since he is asking about $285 bonuses we have to assume he can't afford to buy bigger bonuses. As such he will be unable to repeat this. As a one off shot there is no way to get around the large variance in MTTs.

[/ QUOTE ]

he doesnt have to win all 4. if he wins just 1 outta 4 he makes 215$. and he can unregister from the sunday million and get tourney dollars which can be sold for like 99% value.

Henry17 · #17 09-20-2007, 07:16 PM

If he only wins 1 out for he is getting 0.00995/point if he sold it at 100% value. That is less then the 0.0114 he'd get with the $285 bonus. For the tournament route to be worth it he'd need to win about 35% of the time when you factor in opportunity loss from the time and also the 1-3% loss selling $T

gir · #18 09-21-2007, 05:38 AM

Probably not the exact right place to ask this, but I'm wondering if there are any benefits to signing up a specific way on pokerstars. For example, my friend is already a member, will it benefit him if I a) ... ? I'm not looking for sign-up bonuses because we're making a trade for money from one site to another. Any help would be appreciated (either here or pm).

BigPoppa · #19 09-21-2007, 09:28 AM

If you are going to hit Platinum VIP, you should never buy this bonus. The bonus available at Platinum level gives you more $$$ for your VIPs.

gir,
You can sign up through sites like Boogster or PSO and get free stuff or cash for signing up through them.

freecard4all · #20 09-21-2007, 04:06 PM

LOL @ all these people that say "wait ... months for ... ".

Did you ever hear of Keynes? Although he was a commie he said something very interesting: long term we all die (sorry for re-translation errors).

That means $100 today is much more than $100 after 10 years. And as a poker player point of view: it's getting worse and worse.

I guess $100 today has for me the same value as $1.000 after a year.