BlondeFish
PartyPoker has just made huge 25%-33% reductions in tournament guarantees for its $99 rebuy and $215 buy-ins. Has PokerStars and other sites reduced their guarantees too? Is it because of the Euro soccer championships and summer?
- $30,000 Gtd Super weekday rebuys has crashed 1/3 to only $20K.
- $40,000 Gtd Friday Special went down 25% to only $30K Gtd.
- $40,000 Guaranteed Saturday has plummeted by 25% to only $30K.
Last year when PartyPoker made the blunder of overly drastic reductions, many players left permanently. When the former $300,000 Sunday Guaranteed was massacred first to $250K then $200K during the 2011 WSOP, I correctly predicted that it would not recover and it is still only $200K one year later.
trigs
is party traffic dying? or is party just getting greedy and wanting to keep every cent they can get.
my guess is tony g needs the extra cash for one drop.
djgolfcan
Stars GTD tournies are down as well. Not all of them, and certainly not the majors or the Bigger tournies.
I've seen the 8pm $3+R go from $15k down to $10k, down to $5k and now sits at $3k.
The $11+R has gone from $70k down to $60k and now sits at $50k. The $5.50 R+A was at $30k, then $25k, then $20k, now at $17.5k
The 2:30pm $3+R used to be $40K and its now at $20k.
It could just be the summer, WSOP, Euro Cup and the massive tax bill they got from Spain. I have to admit though, I am liking the idea of smaller tourney fields.
actyper
Almost all stars evening guarantees are down as well, but stars always readjusts after wsop.