Last May, PokerStars met the representatives of players at the room headquarters on the Isle of Man. The result of the meeting has been a series of improvements at the site, including a long overdue action against ratholing. In February, the room announced the launch of the Buy-in Obligations in a test run on the $1/$2 NLHE FR tables for 3 March. In case the function was integrated flawlessly, it would be expanded to the entire Big Bet Ring Game portfolio.
Buy-in Obligations are a means to sanction cash game players who win money, sit out and then sit back in with a smaller stack. From now on, this is allowed up to eight times within a 20-hour time frame and if a player exceeds the limit, the minimum amount they must sit back with is the same with which they sat out, up to the maximum buy-in. Buy-in Obligations are activated on all tables within the same buy-in range where the player exceeded the limit, regardless of game type.
“Buy-In Obligations apply to all tables that have the same buy-in range, as measured by the range of big blinds players are initially allowed to bring to the table, such as a 40-100bb range. Therefore, Obligations created at a $0.05/$0.10 (40-100bb) NLHE table will also apply to a $5/$10 (40-100bb) PLO table. However, Obligations created at $0.05/$0.10 (40-100bb) NLHE tables will not apply to $0.05/$0.10 (100-250bb) NLHE tables. Instead, 100-250bb tables will have their own Buy-In Obligations.
“It’s also important to note that this in no way restricts players from buying in for the minimum buy-in on as many tables as they wish when they have no active Obligations. The Obligations will also never require you to buy in for more than the default maximum buy-in for the table you are joining,” Nick ‘PokerStars Nick’ Williamson posted on TwoPlusTwo.
On Monday, PokerStars planned to launch the feature and it indeed became live at the .com, .es, .dk, .be and .eu sites. In case of a flawless integration and operation for two weeks, the room would have expanded it to all game types and limits, including Zoom games. However, an unexpected failure has been soon discovered which had gone unnoticed in the previous testing period. No further details have been disclosed.
On Tuesday, ‘PokerStars Nick’ posted the following notification in the same thread: “This is now re-enabled at 1/2 Full Ring NLHE. Some tables that aren't 1/2 Full Ring tables will be affected until our next server restart. When we expand this feature to more stakes, only newly spawned tables will be affected.”
Within two weeks, Buy-in Obligations can be expected to go live across all tables and game types, as regards PokerStars cash games.
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Buy-in Obligations are a means to sanction cash game players who win money, sit out and then sit back in with a smaller stack. From now on, this is allowed up to eight times within a 20-hour time frame and if a player exceeds the limit, the minimum amount they must sit back with is the same with which they sat out, up to the maximum buy-in. Buy-in Obligations are activated on all tables within the same buy-in range where the player exceeded the limit, regardless of game type.
“Buy-In Obligations apply to all tables that have the same buy-in range, as measured by the range of big blinds players are initially allowed to bring to the table, such as a 40-100bb range. Therefore, Obligations created at a $0.05/$0.10 (40-100bb) NLHE table will also apply to a $5/$10 (40-100bb) PLO table. However, Obligations created at $0.05/$0.10 (40-100bb) NLHE tables will not apply to $0.05/$0.10 (100-250bb) NLHE tables. Instead, 100-250bb tables will have their own Buy-In Obligations.
“It’s also important to note that this in no way restricts players from buying in for the minimum buy-in on as many tables as they wish when they have no active Obligations. The Obligations will also never require you to buy in for more than the default maximum buy-in for the table you are joining,” Nick ‘PokerStars Nick’ Williamson posted on TwoPlusTwo.
On Monday, PokerStars planned to launch the feature and it indeed became live at the .com, .es, .dk, .be and .eu sites. In case of a flawless integration and operation for two weeks, the room would have expanded it to all game types and limits, including Zoom games. However, an unexpected failure has been soon discovered which had gone unnoticed in the previous testing period. No further details have been disclosed.
On Tuesday, ‘PokerStars Nick’ posted the following notification in the same thread: “This is now re-enabled at 1/2 Full Ring NLHE. Some tables that aren't 1/2 Full Ring tables will be affected until our next server restart. When we expand this feature to more stakes, only newly spawned tables will be affected.”
Within two weeks, Buy-in Obligations can be expected to go live across all tables and game types, as regards PokerStars cash games.
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