PokerStars announced that starting on October 1st there will be some new changes to the VIP program. Some pretty great changes in my opinion!
First, VIP Reward Bonuses will now be available in your account instantly. In the past if you purchased a $50 VIP Reward Bonus for 4,500 FPP you'd have to clear that bonus by earning 350 VPPs (7 times the dollar amount) before that amount was added to your account.
Tomorrow, when you purchase a VIP Reward Bonus from the PokerStars VIP Store, the amount will be instantly credited to your account.
I really like this change except I recently purchased a bonus that I'm still working on clearing. Damn my impatience! Update: Thanks to a tweet from @fpppro I found out you could email PokerStars support and request a refund for VIP Reward Bonuses that haven't cleared and then purchase a new VIP Reward Bonus that clears instantly. Sweet!
Micro stakes players will also be earning VPPs faster at NL and PL ring games up to $0.05/$0.10.
This is an extension of the MicroMania promotion they held in July where micro stakes NL and PL games earned 10 VPPs for each $1 collected in rake. What came as a surprise to me was that the 10x multiplier didn't end in July. They continued to run the promotion without making a fuss over it.
I was trying to track my cash game VPP earn rate and I thought something seemed off. Now I know why.
The normal VPP multiplier is 6x for tables with 8 or more seats and 5.5x for tables with 7 or fewer seats.
The new VPP multiplier at each stake are at follows:
$0.01/$0.02: 12x
$0.02/$0.05: 10x
$0.05/$0.10: 8x
6-max players will realize the biggest gain going from 5.5x to either 12x, 10x or 8x depending on the stakes. Heads-up players are unfortunately left out since the smallest heads up tables are $0.10/0.25 which have been excluded from this new change even though they were part of MicroMania.
Still, these are very good changes, especially not having to clear VIP Reward Bonuses!
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