i absolutely agree. and tho im still a newbie here, id most definitely remain a regular and frequent contributor here (as well as suffer thru non-stars sites for all those forum challenge thingies) if a *stars-based* league/pvt tourney series of any sort is formed up here. again, could be freerolls, buyins or combo thereof.

almost all forums/sites are scared off from hosting pvt stuff on stars because:

a) stars is not desperate for business unlike all the new, micro poker joker sites popping up all over the place and giving away freerolls galore :D

b) theyre too small so they dont have enough 'signup/deposit pull'

c) forum owner(s) cant afford/dont want to spare a few bux to set up a league/series of pvt tourneys, as it 'doesnt pay off' (see a-b above)...i understand. business is business

to each their own. i still think that hosting pvt events on stars is probly the best way to advertise one's forum/site short of buying tv/radio time. but of course it cannot put the forum owner at risk of losing all/most of his overall forum profits :)

What are these "forum profits" you speak of???

LOL... I know most people don't believe me, but I run this site because I enjoy it. Pretty much all the money I make here goes back into the site one way or another. Long term, sure, it would be nice to make some decent money from this place, but for the time being, I'm happy watching a good poker community grow and getting to throw around some money for fun contests, tourneys, TP gear, etc...

What is PMing someone and how do i do it cause u said once u reach 50 posts, u pm talkingpoker but since i don't know what it is i don't know what do when i get 50. Thanks everyone!

i meant to say that ppl who clamor for 'more, more freerolls!' on pvt forums have to be understanding of the simple fact whether the owner can afford/want to open his wallet for them.

however, since u now said u *can/want to*, i say: more, more freerolls!! hehe! :D

(and better weekly $25 ones than one monthly $100..IMHO)

Well, you would have had to get to abour 5000 posts anyway, based on the extreme lack of quality of your posts.

Not that it matters for you any more, what with you being banned and all, but for anyone else, a PM is a Private Message. Simply click on the "Private Messages" link in the header to access them, or click on a specific person's username and click "Send Private Message." Pretty simple stuff.

kudos to TP for swiftly sifting away all the riff-raff...this is the first board where ive seen the owner/operator ban obvious freeroll pass chasers/post pumpers outright...

most boards, in my experience thus far, just want(ed) to increase the membership head count no matter what...

so then when same abovesaid pass chasers/post pumpers start selling the passes or simply inviting 200-plus of their friends and family into the forum pvt events and ruining it all for everyone in the process....ooops, we got a problem! :D

bottom line, u wanna nip all the nonsense in the bud. keep up the good work!

p.s.: IMHO u should just PM the freeroll/pvt events pass to the eligible members, and not post it publicly in the forum at all. it is a little more work that way, but it would keep all the BS at bay.

"Aforementioned."

.. Kicks "abovesaid's" ass.

:)

It will not be posted. Not by me anyway. Distributed by PM only. And if I find out that anyone else posts it or gives it out or sells it or whatever - they will be banned, no questions asked.

The "regulars" can get the password as soon as they "qualify." All noobs (< 50 posts) will have to wait until 30 minutes before the tourney starts to PM me...

whats the password
 

Hi whats the password.

Password? What passowrd? What are you talking about?

Ohhhhhhhhh..... you must mean for the freeroll. Yeah, it's:
goreadthefirstpostinthisthreadthatexplainseverythi ng


Why do people not just read? Seriously? I've had at least a half dozen people email me, PM me, and now post asking for the password before they even made a single poker related post on this site.

Did I use too many big words in the rules or something?

this guy pm'ed me for the password yesterday.

what a joke. i gave him a fairly nice response telling him to make a contribution to the community, and that he would be rewarded for that.

now i realize that i should have just told him to fuck off.

Unbelieveable.

Seriously - I hope that you guys who have the password already know to not give it to anyone at all under any circumstances. The password handing out is to be done by me and me only at my discretion.

Right now, the 10 people entered all deserve to be there. Let's try to keep it that way, please.

just ignore all the pass chasers. dont waste any energy arguing with them, replying to them on the boards or by PM/email, etc...serves absolutely no good purpose. TP will just ban all the obvious forum trespassers pronto and leave it at that.

if anyone's really interested with honest intentions to play, chat and have fun (as opposed to crash a freeroll, leak/sell the pass, and once in the game go allin every hand), they can join the forum, become a part of the community, and take it from there. the well-intentioned ppl also will need no help to read the (simple and fair) forum rules, much less understand them. :D

Sorry TP, I couldn't help myself, several of these donkeys offered me 50% of their winnings if I posted the password on the main board.

So, here you go donkeys...

TP $100 Freeroll password: gofuckyourself

Remember donkeys, 50% comes my way!!

Sounds like fun. I just joined the forum here and I hope I can make the requirements in time to make the freeroll.

hey oly,

nice to see u here, man. some *good ppl* who i know from another quality forum i used to be a member of i notice are joining us here in the last few days. hope this trend continues.

see, TP, i told you good ones will be joining the forum, and not just pass chasers. :)

Thanks for the welcome BDMK. I hope to see this site grow and i cant wait to play in some of the tournaments here at talking poker.

Welcome to you both. It's nice to see at least some of the new people contributing with quality posts. Hopefully you guys will stick around for a long time - we do all sorts of fun stuff around here.

Poker tourney
 

I would love to play in this tourney

Freeroll!
 

Thank you so much for giving us the opportunity to play in a free poker tourney at pokerstars! Put a bounty on me! lol just kidding!

Thanks Again!

This seems really cool...im new to this site and i am looking forward to talking in the forums and playing in the tourny's :D

Bonus points?
 

Can I get bonus points towards my post count for starting a thread that has 51 replies to it? :D :D

Honestly guys, don't come here just because of one freeroll, come here because we're a fun group of guys (well except for that Pshabi jerk :D ), and we intend to do things like this reasonably often. Seriously, just go back through Zybomb's posts and you'll make more money using his advice than you would for winning this freeroll.

Now why cant I make any money using my advice :mad:

Online these past 2 1/2 weeks have been HORRIBLE

Thanks
 

Thanks for letting me know how to join this tourney.....hopefully i can put out 50 quality posts by then...lol :)

I was just interested in playing with some of the folks from this forum and shooting the sh*t while we play. Freeroll or no freeroll, doesn't really matter to me. But if anyone is interested, I can be found on PS under my name used on this forum darn near nightly (EST).

cool
 

cool. this should be fun. i got like 7days to make anoth like 46 posts lol. ill try though. i hope t his post is a "quality" post.

This one counts, but begging for money does not. FYI.

i think that doing it on the 30th will be great, its my day off!

talking poker is a great site compaired to some of the ones i have been on

(what is the password) please

Thanks.

As for the password:

how do i get the password please

Not by PMing me this:

hi mate could you please help me out i have been lokking for the password for pokerstars can you help me cheers

Probably not a "quality" post but LOL!

Don't ask again. Seriously.

thats sounds great
 

i've been to a lot of forum and i must say this one seem to be a very good one ... im a new user, im lil_Gaz and i hope i'll be able to take part in good discussion ...

See you on the tables

about how many ppl show up for this freeroll tourney

i was looking at the prize pool under tourney info and it showed me the top prizes. but looking at it if more than 500 ppl show up, last place will get 35 cents, sound kind of funny to me. :o

sorry just thought of this, what is your name in pokerstars i think i would like to know which one you are and if i will get to play you, my name is Ando05, same as here

:( :( :( :( :(
sorry TP

I take it you referred the latest tri-poster?

Lol if I ever refer someone like that please ban me

I know the feeling. Remember how I mentioned making $150 in one day on 2 tables while qualifying for a UB freeroll?

I lost it over two days. :mad: Lesson learned, I CAN hang with 2/4 limit, but I need to control my emotional swings better.

OMG Everyone here is the information for getting the password. READ IT! if you are a new member get 50 posts and PM the Moderator before Nov 30th.

Finally!!! Now dont spam the forum with useless posts!

Dear Pot,

I would like to introduce you to Kettle. You are both black, in case this post is going over your head.


Seriously... I know it says "35" next to your name now, but you're not really even close.

Yet AGAIN I will say that I will reward quality over quantity when it comes time to giving out the password, so please.... try to step it up a bit, will you?

i still didnt get my answer of how many people are gonna show up at this tourney. how many u guys think will show up cuz there is only 11 right now.

if you want to join the freeroll, im sure you know how but i dont know if there is a way to determine that...it depends on how many people PM TP and how many peope he lets play by making quality posts...

BTW someone wouldve told you but you didn't have to make that post again

EDIT; there will NOT be more than or even cloes to 500 people in the tourney

also if all goes well do you guys think you will raise the price or will it be the same

please don't make worthless posts like these...if you want to ask questions put a bajillion of them on one post, not vic-versa remember....you need quality, not quanity in your posts if you want to play in the freeroll

I'm not psychic, so I have no idea. Your guess is as good as mine. Well, maybe not, but I still don't know. I'll guess between 20 and 40.

And at this rate, you will not be one of them.

As for "raising the price," I'm pretty sure FREErolls are usually, you know, FREE. So no, I don't think the price will be raised.