The Merge Gaming network is making changes again, this time to SNGs....
- Adjustments have been made to the amount of rake taken. These changes were made to fall more in line with industry standards, and to scale appropriately.
- We’ve adjusted the buy-in levels to reflect our network standards. The buy-in levels with rake included are: $0.11, $1.10, $2.20, $5.50, $11, $22, $33, $60, $109, $215, $530 and $1,050. These levels do not apply to all Sit & Go types, so check the Carbon Poker lobby for the offering within the Sit & Go type.
- Upon review of our existing offerings, it was clear that the lobbies were being clogged up with games that never, or rarely ran. For now, we’ve reduced the non-hold’em offerings to full ring, turbo PLO8 games. Some 1-Table and Heads Up variants that used to offer both full ring and 6-max, have now been consolidated to one or the other. We’re hoping this consolidation can better allow players to jump into our lobby, find the game they want, and have it run without delay. In the future, we’ll look to expand all offerings, but for now things are being brought back to the essentials.
- Another addition based largely on player feedback, is to refine the Multi-Table Sit & Go offerings. We’ll now run 18 and 45 player turbo Sit & Go’s. Going forward, if these perform well, we’ll look to expand the buy-in and player entry levels.
- Within a given variant (game type), all starting stacks and blind level lengths will be uniform. In most cases, this will mean 1,500 starting stacks, with the only exception being 6-max Super Turbos, which will have 300 chips to start.
- Minor display issue on this Mac poker sites related to HUSNG lobby was fixed.
- We will now allow coupon and VIP point entryon all Sit & Go’s. For example, players that earn an $11 coupon will now be able to use it for Multi-Table Tournaments or any of our $11 Sit & Go offerings. You’ll be able to review the coupon entry and amount of points needed to enter in the lobby of any given Sit & Go.
- Breaks have been removed from all Sit & Go’s, largely at the request of players (for a short time, Sit & Go’s will still be listed as having a 5 minute break, but this will be fixed by Merge, and no actual break will take place). We’ve also standardized the amount of time bank available, depending on the speed of the game in question.
- We’ve implemented a name standardfor all Sit & Go’s. This should help to clean up the appearance in some of the lobbies, and be a little easier on the eyes. This applies to the tournament description as well, which will provide clear and consistent information such as buy-in, starting stacks, and level length.
- In a move to hopefully clarify things, and avoid confusion for our players, we have renamed Super Turbos to Hyper Turbos, and Bounty tournaments will now be known as Knockout tournaments. This was based on long term player feedback, so while there may be some time needed to adjust, we believe this will improve the player experience. These changes will be reflected in the filters shortly.