GaF Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 I've been playing a little HU tonight on Pokerstars, and at the top of the page, there is the messgage: "Heads Up hands unavailable prior to 72B Milestone Hand - New Heads Up Tables will stop being created at 7PM ET Friday [Midnight UK} - Any remaining heads up tables will be closed after milestone hand 71,990,000,000" Does that mean that Pokerstars expect the milestone hand to hit sometime after midnight tonight? Early hours of the morning? With no US players now, is the site likely to be quiet at that time? Does it make it worthwhile getting up to try and hit, or is it a worse shot than the lottery? (I haven't really been following it lol) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staffy Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Re: Pokerstars 72billion hand milestone I am guessing at the weekend it will be busy just after midnight even without US players.Still worth a shot though I guess if you can be bothered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaF Posted December 9, 2011 Author Share Posted December 9, 2011 Re: Pokerstars 72billion hand milestone I'm thinking if they are shutting down at midnight, this far ahead, then its got to be at least a few hours after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaF Posted December 9, 2011 Author Share Posted December 9, 2011 Re: Pokerstars 72billion hand milestone Milestone hand 71,887,000,000 was just dealt 113,000,000 to go - will look again in half an hour or so and see where we are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodie Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Re: Pokerstars 72billion hand milestone I think it could be cause the last milestone promo they had the two players invloved in the final hand were at heads up tables and were kinda cheating it, think they were like sitting at the max number of tables and just passing blinds from one other if you get me. So guessing they don't want the same stuff going down on the headsup tables. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elchubb Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Re: Pokerstars 72billion hand milestone I've been playing a little HU tonight on Pokerstars, and at the top of the page, there is the messgage: "Heads Up hands unavailable prior to 72B Milestone Hand - New Heads Up Tables will stop being created at 7PM ET Friday [Midnight UK} - Any remaining heads up tables will be closed after milestone hand 71,990,000,000" Does that mean that Pokerstars expect the milestone hand to hit sometime after midnight tonight? Early hours of the morning? With no US players now, is the site likely to be quiet at that time? Does it make it worthwhile getting up to try and hit, or is it a worse shot than the lottery? (I haven't really been following it lol) Yes to the first question, probably looking somewhere between 1 and 2 am! Probably looking at about 150k- 175k ish people on about 20k tables i think, maybe a few more if they all have the same idea! So, if you play 24 tables of 6 max you'd be giving yourself the best chance of hitting it and definitely better odds compared to hitting the lottery! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaF Posted December 9, 2011 Author Share Posted December 9, 2011 Re: Pokerstars 72billion hand milestone probably looking somewhere between 1 and 2 am! That's a shame - just a couple of hours later and it would have been really off peak! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaF Posted December 9, 2011 Author Share Posted December 9, 2011 Re: Pokerstars 72billion hand milestone Haha - I've created a spreadsheet to track when I think it will hit, and first estimate coming in at 6pm .... on 21st December :loon Either my spreadsheets wrong, or I need slightly longer for my sample size..... HandsHoursHands/hrEstimated 72bn09/12/2011 21:2771,888,036,96209/12/2011 21:3471,888,493,809456,8470.123,902,45221/12/2011 18:23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaF Posted December 9, 2011 Author Share Posted December 9, 2011 Re: Pokerstars 72billion hand milestone Found my error ;) HandsHoursHands/hrEstimated 72bn09/12/2011 21:2771,888,036,962 09/12/2011 21:3471,888,493,809456,8470.123,902,45211/12/2011 02:0809/12/2011 21:4271,888,906,409869,4470.253,427,33011/12/2011 06:07 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaF Posted December 9, 2011 Author Share Posted December 9, 2011 Re: Pokerstars 72billion hand milestone Hmm....currently looking like around 7am tomorrow morning to me :hope That would be perfect. HandsHoursHands/hrEstimated 72bn09/12/2011 21:2771,888,036,962 09/12/2011 21:3471,888,493,809456,8470.123,902,45211/12/2011 02:0809/12/2011 21:4271,888,906,409869,4470.253,427,33011/12/2011 06:0709/12/2011 22:0571,890,147,7532,110,7910.643,291,16911/12/2011 07:28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaF Posted December 9, 2011 Author Share Posted December 9, 2011 Re: Pokerstars 72billion hand milestone Of course, estimate assumes current rate - but it will obviously slow down a lot through the early hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glceud Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Re: Pokerstars 72billion hand milestone It will slow down an awful lot once the heads up tables shut down too. 11:53 am is my estimate having put everything through hours of in depth analysis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staffy Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Re: Pokerstars 72billion hand milestone It will slow down the quicken up so I actually have completed a formula for this. It will be at 1048 hours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GaF Posted December 10, 2011 Author Share Posted December 10, 2011 Re: Pokerstars 72billion hand milestone Hah - I didn't notice the day in my estimates :$ They're all to hit on 11th - Tomorrow, not today!!! :wall:wall:wall:wall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaF Posted December 10, 2011 Author Share Posted December 10, 2011 Re: Pokerstars 72billion hand milestone They've really shut down heads up tables for more than 24 hours? :sad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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slapdash Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Re: Pokerstars 72billion hand milestone Looking like between lunchtime and early afternoon tomorrow to me I thought lunchtime was early afternoon. Or am I just old-fashioned? :unsure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaF Posted December 10, 2011 Author Share Posted December 10, 2011 Re: Pokerstars 72billion hand milestone Or am I just old-fashioned? :unsure Probably :p I did hesitate when posting and almost changed it for the very reason you mentioned ;) But I figured that "lunchtime" is between morning and afternoon and "Early afternoon" is after lunchtime. I don't think I take afternoon literally as immediately "after noon" ... but that could just be me :unsure Just looked at an online dictionary though and it defines afternoon as "the time from noon until evening" - so I'll stand corrected :sad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapdash Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Re: Pokerstars 72billion hand milestone Well, just so long as you thought it through. :ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ThusPrider Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Re: Pokerstars 72billion hand milestone - Will hit before 8:30 GMT whats going to happen when it hits 72b? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elchubb Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Re: Pokerstars 72billion hand milestone - Will hit before 8:30 GMT About to hit now! just got home and thought i'd play a bit of cash, impossible to get on a table :rollin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaF Posted December 11, 2011 Author Share Posted December 11, 2011 Re: Pokerstars 72billion hand milestone - Will hit before 8:30 GMT Bah :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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