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With the new "price changes" implemented today, the BB$ pot available to Zenith Rewards MP game and the other Daylong rewards games has shrunk to 70% of total BB$s collected.
It used to be 80% thus far.
I know a few of the regular BBF posters play in this game. So I thought this may be of interest.
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Daylong rewards -- BB$ pot Now at 70% instead of 80%
#1
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Posted 2023-January-09, 03:45
#2
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Posted 2023-January-09, 10:43
Hmm, that's quite a big drop. Compared to the eyewatering 40% price rise of the other daylongs (and, for that matter, the pathetic return on the 4 board express tournaments), it's not that big of a deal, but will certainly make me think before depositing again.
Edit - it is an additional shame as it's one of the few robot tournaments that isn't best hand. Some of us like to defend now and again.
Edit - it is an additional shame as it's one of the few robot tournaments that isn't best hand. Some of us like to defend now and again.
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Posted 2023-January-09, 11:36
I don't like the across-the-board price increases for tournaments, but I do get it. Expenses are up and BBO needs revenue to keep pace.
However, increasing the rake on Reward games (both Daylongs and the $1/$5 Robot Race games) from 20% to 30% is........bad. Really, really bad. Like, state lottery territory bad, which is the laughingstock of games of chance. Come on now. If you need to raise the entry fee to $1.25, I think most of us would understand and support you. But, a 30% take really kneecaps folks like me, who enjoy playing the RR games to make maybe 75 cents a day, which I then spend on a couple of Daylong games. That's now impossible. Please reconsider this.
However, increasing the rake on Reward games (both Daylongs and the $1/$5 Robot Race games) from 20% to 30% is........bad. Really, really bad. Like, state lottery territory bad, which is the laughingstock of games of chance. Come on now. If you need to raise the entry fee to $1.25, I think most of us would understand and support you. But, a 30% take really kneecaps folks like me, who enjoy playing the RR games to make maybe 75 cents a day, which I then spend on a couple of Daylong games. That's now impossible. Please reconsider this.
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Posted 2023-January-09, 14:03
The $5 robot reward used to be 10%. That increase to 30% is pretty insane. These usually have very small numbers of competitors; previously if there were just two entries, you paid $5 for the opportunity to win your entry fee + $4 back. So you need to win about 55% of the time to make a profit. Not bad odds for good Robot Reward players.
Now you're paying $5 for the opportunity to win your entry fee + $2 back, which means you need to win over 71% of the time. That's killed off that format of the game, really. This will actually cost BBO money, given there is no good reason to play that format anymore.
Now you're paying $5 for the opportunity to win your entry fee + $2 back, which means you need to win over 71% of the time. That's killed off that format of the game, really. This will actually cost BBO money, given there is no good reason to play that format anymore.
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Posted 2023-February-09, 16:40
GREED + STUPIDITY = hey let's increase the rake to 30%!
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Posted 2023-February-10, 11:04
Yeah, I'm done with these, I normally played the total points one, you're needing pretty much a two game swing rather than one now to break even. Just going to play the fast four boards and nothing else paid going forward, which given the volume I play more or less guarantees BBO will probably get precisely one more deposit for the rest of the year
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