Something interesting I saw on Stars....

[GeoffM]

Incorrect.

They are playing $0.50/$1 limit. Therefore they are capping pre-flop at $12, but only $0.50 of that is raked. Therefore they are each paying $0.08333333 per hand in rake, and bringing in 2 FPPs. They are likely clearing bonuses while doing this, and each FPP toward a bonus counts $0.20. Since doubled in this case, that would be $0.40 per hand they are all making. Multiplied by 6 would be $2.40 per hand. Stars is losing $1.90 per hand assuming these guys are clearing a bonus. Actually is pretty clever on their part if they don't get caught.

[GeoffM]

Also, I wish Stars would have more reloads. I realize I still have 3 stacked ones left, but it's beginning to look more and more like I'll be reaching SilverStar status after this month, and I think I'll actually end up keeping this status going, their store isn't too shabby and I'm sure they'll add other items. Plus, at 1,000 raked hands a month in Silver Star @ 1.5 FPP per raked hand, I'm sure this would be a fairly easy pace to keep up.

[eejit101]

Im On silverstar, so it says, i never bothered to look into what i can do with it!!

[GeoffM]

You get 1.5X FPP for every FPP you earn. So in essence, you only need to play 1,000 FPP worthy hands a month to stay that way. So, when a bonus comes around, instead of it being a 5X, it becomes a 3.33X. Fabulous, and all just to play 1,000 raked hands a month...piece of cake.

[Talking Poker]

Are you sure that's how it works? I thought for bonus clearing purposes, you still had to earn the right about of BASE FPPs. I thought the multipliers were for totals (store purposes) only.

Please note that I have not looked into this or researched it at all. I guess I just kind of assumed that's how it worked.

[jillaj]

You still have to play 1,500 raked hands to get Silverstar since you need 1,500 VPP's and you can only earn 1 VPP per hand (except during this promotion).You do earn FPP"s at 1.5x but your Star status is determined by your VPP's not FPP's.