Pokerstars rewards got worse? Pokerstars is getting worse?

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yes i have 20 more days to generate 1950 RP , yeah 50RP in 10 days is low number but i do not play like i used to . Maybe if i started playing cash games or sats or also my tickets i could achieve this 2000 RP mark , but why should i do this ?? to get 2$ or 2.5$ rakeback ?? does it worth it in terms of money invested and time invested , is this rakeback oprize good enough ?? and we greeks have no challenges or promotions to motivate us to generate more rake
 
antonis32123 said:
yes i have 20 more days to generate 1950 RP , yeah 50RP in 10 days is low number but i do not play like i used to . Maybe if i started playing cash games or sats or also my tickets i could achieve this 2000 RP mark , but why should i do this ?? to get 2$ or 2.5$ rakeback ?? does it worth it in terms of money invested and time invested , is this rakeback oprize good enough ?? and we greeks have no challenges or promotions to motivate us to generate more rake
I think its $3 , but yeah agree, not sure I will complete my chest either and have dropped down to the lowest level.

At least cash game leaderboard is back, which is half decent.
 
Station_Master said:
I think its $3 , but yeah agree, not sure I will complete my chest either and have dropped down to the lowest level.

At least cash game leaderboard is back, which is half decent.
So to get $3 , does it worth to increase gaming hours per day or play 200 or more dollars per month ?? I don't know . Is this a motivation to start playing more ?? I don't think so .
 
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yes, something incomprehensible is happening with poker stars, all the freebies have been removed, the bar for chests has been raised, something serious is coming!
 
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PokerStars has not been a leader for a long time. Now this is a site that is becoming more and more mediocre every year. I think we should focus our attention on more promising poker projects, such as 888 and GGpoker.
 
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Maybe someone knows: are Star Rewards points burn off at level 1 (Blue Box)? Just using my example: I have already accumulated 1146 Star Rewards points playing tournaments on PokerStars, I am now at the lowest level (Blue Box). In 28 days I probably won't be able to accumulate 2000 points to get the gift box. Will Star Rewards points burn off or not? 🤔
 
Not playing on the site at the moment. Trying to cut down a lot.
 
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odonob said:
I have played freerolls on Pokerstars. A waste of time as the fields are too big. Like banging your head against a brick wall wall. Virtually no chance of winning tickets with fields running in the thousands.
I had a period of time last year -> so thats about the time of your comment -> , between january and April 2024, where I played a lot of freerolls on Stars myself. and I found it to be very profitable. Because despite the fact that they regularly had 1200-1800 players, it was always the same tiny player pool who reached the last 3-4 tables. Shipped tickets worth thousands (a 1050 and a few 530's too), and made lots of tournament dollars playing the sunday million freeroll path. just didn't have a chance to turn it into the same amount of cash in the big target tournaments. Anyway, When I came back to stars this year I first figured out, that Freerolls/Freebuys got cut bei 2/3, and they have this stupid system of secret flash-freerolls limited to 100 players now for the good games. They suddenly appear at random times and you have about a minute to register. Not worth it for me anymore. The Rakeback for us Recreational players is a joke. I have the silver Chests, that's only 20%, but you don't get the 0.50$ powerpath spin&go tickets anymore. So below the line it may be worse than bronze chests ....
 
odonob said:
I have played freerolls on Pokerstars. A waste of time as the fields are too big. Like banging your head against a brick wall wall. Virtually no chance of winning tickets with fields running in the thousands.

I had a period of time last year -> so thats about the time of your comment -> , between january and April 2024, where I played tons
of Freerolls on Stars myself, and I found it to be very profitable. Because despite the fact that they regularly had 1200-1800 players, it was always the same tiny player pool who reached the last 3-4 tables. Shipped tickets worth thousands (a 1050 and a few 530's too), and made lots of tournament dollars playing the sunday million freebuys. just didn't have a chance to turn the highest tickets it into the same amount of cash in the big target tournaments. Anyway, when I came back to stars this year after a long break of playing poker, I first figured out, that Freerolls/Freebuys got cut bei 2/3, and they have this stupid system of secret flash-freerolls limited to 20, 80, or 100 players now for the good games. They suddenly appear at random times and you have about a minute to register. Not worth it for me anymore. The Rakeback for us Recreational players is a joke. I have the silver Chests, that's only 20% rakeback, but you don't get the daily 0.50$ powerpath spin&go tickets anymore. So below the line it may be worse than bronze chests for most for most of us.
 
Well I haven't received a reward from pokerstars since the change took place . It is impossible for me to generate so much take in one month nowadays . In the past I did it sone times for the silver vip level if I remember correctly . But nowadays I dont play much
 
RED SPRITE said:
I had a period of time last year -> so thats about the time of your comment -> , between january and April 2024, where I played tons
of Freerolls on Stars myself, and I found it to be very profitable. Because despite the fact that they regularly had 1200-1800 players, it was always the same tiny player pool who reached the last 3-4 tables. Shipped tickets worth thousands (a 1050 and a few 530's too), and made lots of tournament dollars playing the sunday million freebuys. just didn't have a chance to turn the highest tickets it into the same amount of cash in the big target tournaments. Anyway, when I came back to stars this year after a long break of playing poker, I first figured out, that Freerolls/Freebuys got cut bei 2/3, and they have this stupid system of secret flash-freerolls limited to 20, 80, or 100 players now for the good games. They suddenly appear at random times and you have about a minute to register. Not worth it for me anymore. The Rakeback for us Recreational players is a joke. I have the silver Chests, that's only 20% rakeback, but you don't get the daily 0.50$ powerpath spin&go tickets anymore. So below the line it may be worse than bronze chests for most for most of us.

I still get the powerpath tickets. Maybe you.dont as you are not paying rake if only playing freerolls.
 
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Station_Master said:
I still get the powerpath tickets. Maybe you.dont as you are not paying rake if only playing freerolls.
U only get the pp ticket in the first 2 vip levels (not sure if it's 1 or 2). If u reach the next one there are no more daily tickets untill u drop down again.
 
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Suns of Beaches said:
U only get the pp ticket in the first 2 vip levels (not sure if it's 1 or 2). If u reach the next one there are no more daily tickets untill u drop down again.
Good to know. They are not that valuable anyway as need to go through alot of levels to win anything (though i have cashed Sunday Millions from these)
 
My first win on the wheel in a long time, I don’t log in on stars as much as I used to since the cc free rolls were moved.
 

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Well, I guess it depends on the type of player.
For those who mostly played freerolls, the platform definitely became worse — there are almost none left.
But for people who play real-money games, I’ve heard some say it actually got better for them.
 
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