8.25.2008

You know what PS's me off?

In the second edition of "You know what really PS's me off?" I tackle a new problem that has arisen on pokerstars...

PS slapping the green "guaranteed money" tag to every tournament really PS's me off. That stupid payout structure that the guaranteed tourneys have ruins good tourneys like the 11AM 1 buck and the 11pm two buck. It's just a stupid money scheme since PS has been losing players. Idiots see shiny green letters and think it means something. All it is is psychology coercing these poons into playing more tourneys. PS guarantees a dollar amount that easily gets passed with regular registrations, but yet somehow, as my research shows, idiots flock to tourneys when they have green letters.

Sunday is the highest traffic day on pokerstars. Here are the entry numbers for 5 of the recently guaranteed tourneys on Sunday, August 24th.

In the $2.50+.25, about 3000 people played. In Monday's guaranteed tourtney, 4275 people were in.
In the 6:15pm 5 buck 6 max, 924 players registered on Sunday. After guaranteed money was added, 1470 played on Monday.
2 buck at 8:15PM on Sunday: 990. Monday: 1674
2 buck 6 max at 9:15PM on Sunday: 763 Monday: 1782

Sink your teeth into that last one. The prize pool on Sunday was $1,526. After they say "$1,500 guaranteed," an extra THOUSAND IDIOTS register. The prize pool would have still been $1,500 but these clueless morons flood the tourney.

PS must be making a fortune in rake just from these higher guarantees alone. Like they don't have all the money in the world from the table rakes. It's a joke. You'd think the least they could do is improve the tournaments, not fill them with more jackasses. As if there weren't enough poons already playing on PS.

It boggles my mind that putting a label like guaranteed money on a game attracts so many morons. I wonder if PS would have gotten the same results if they used a different color. You tell me what's more appealing:

[$1,000 Guaranteed] or [$1,000 Guaranteed]

Only if the poons were colorblind....

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