I just finished up my VPP goal for the year. I really found setting this goal helpful as motivation to put in more volume. For now, I’m looking forward to taking it relatively easy for the remainder of 2010. 🙂
I found a chart on 2plus2 that shows the equivalent rake-back of the PokerStars VIP program.
VPPs earned / equivalent rake back
100,000 / 37%
200,000 / 41%
300,000 / 43%
400,000 / 44%
500,000 / 45%
600,000 / 46%
700,000 / 47%
800,000 / 48%
1,000,000 / 58%
So I earned an equivalent rakeback of about 46% this year which I am really happy about. Most other sites offer rakeback of 25-35%. There is somewhat of an offset given that the competition on PokerStars is a little tougher than the smaller sites. But still, the combination of consistently running games and a great reward system makes PokerStars my #1 poker site of choice. < /PokerStars plug>
I leave you with the following hand from today… proof that limit hold’em is not quite dead yet.
PokerStars Limit Hold’em, $60.00 BB (6 handed)
Preflop: Hero is BB with A
, K
4 folds, SB raises,Hero 3-bets, SB caps, Hero calls
Flop: (8 SB) Q, 2, 7 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks
Turn: (4 BB)Â K
(2 players)
SB bets, Hero raises, SB 3-bets, Hero caps, SB calls
River: (12 BB)Â A (2 players)
SB bets all in, Hero calls
Total pot: $803 (13.4 BB)Â | Rake:$3
Results: SB had 5, 8 (high card, Ace).
Hero had A, K (two pair, Aces and Kings).
Outcome: 13.4 BB returned to Hero
Congrats!
These days, it’s not easy to find good(and updated!) poker blogs, and I’m really glad that I stumbled upon yours. Congrats on completing your yearly goals. Have you set your goals for 2011? If not, would you mind sharing them(the process-oriented goals, not your monetary/results-oriented goals) and walking us through the process?
Hi kc,
Thanks for the nice comment. Regarding 2011, I have a general idea of where I want to end up, but plan to make goals that are more short term… weekly and monthly. I will make a post with more details around New Years. Thanks for reading! 🙂
I’m with you on PokerStars being the best site. In addition to the things you mentioned, security and service have always been important to me and I think PokerStars is the best in both.
I crunched the numbers last year and I believe once you make SNE, your rakeback the following year is much higher, maybe 85% or so. I’ll see if I can dig it up when I get back home.
Good luck if you go for SNE next year, I’ll be rooting for you. Happy Holidays and enjoy the rest of the year.
I guess your turn cap is because this guy is spewy / he is close to allin right?
i play way lower than you (3/6$ – T/20$)
Hi Dredok,
Yes… against a full-stacked thinking opponent I almost certainly just call down from the turn 3-bet, expecting to see AA / AK / KQ / QQ / 77 most of the time.