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Ring Game Limit Changes

Introducing CAP Tables

PokerStars has been testing ‘CAP tables’ at certain stakes and game types for the past several months. These tables will now be offered more widely as a part of the standard PokerStars offering.

CAP tables place a limit on how much each player can wager over the course of a single hand.  When this amount has been wagered, the player is considered to be all-in for the remainder of the hand.  The amount of the cap is indicated with a number of big blinds in the table name. PokerStars will initially deploy only 20 bb CAP tables that limit each player’s total betting to 20 big blinds in each hand.  These tables will have the word ‘CAP; in the lobby.

The cap is always the same for each hand, and always the same for each player at the table. 

CAP tables will initially be listed alongside other tables in the No-Limit and Pot Limit lobbies.  PokerStars may move CAP tables to separate lobby tabs in the future. Games with caps larger than 20 bb may also be offered in the future. 

6-handed and 9-handed tables

The following buy-in options will be offered at real money No-Limit Hold’em (NLHE) tables with 6 or more seats:

0.01/0.02 and 0.02/0.05 blinds

• 40-250 bb tables, unlabelled. This offering is unchanged.

0.05/0.10 and 0.10/0.25 blinds

• 40-100 bb, without lobby labels. This will include all Euro currency tables.
• 100-250 bb tables, labelled as ‘deep’.

0.25/0.50 blinds and above

• 20 bb CAP, allowing buy-ins of 20-50 bb, labelled ‘CAP’
• 40-100 bb, without lobby labels. This will include all Euro currency tables.
• 100-250 bb tables, labelled as ‘deep’.

Tables with 20-50 bb buy-in ranges will no longer be offered for 6-max and 9-max NLHE.

Tooltips explaining the exact minimum and maximum allowable buy-in at each table will still be displayed when the mouse pointer is hovered over a table name in the PokerStars lobby.

New Tables:  6-max No-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo

New 6-max tables will be offered for No-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo at stakes ranging from $0.10/$0.25 to $3/$6.

Implementation

These changes will be implemented in two steps. 

The first step, the addition of new tables, will occur immediately. Real money NLHE CAP tables will be deployed at $0.25/0.50 blinds and above and No-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 6-max tables will be deployed at all currently offered stakes.

Removal of NLHE 20-50 bb tables and changing of Euro NLHE tables from 35-100 bb to 40-100 bb will take place on February 10. Changes to table labels will also take place on this date. Tables of discontinued types will slowly be closed as they empty, but some may exist until the next server restart.

Heads-up NLHE and Omaha

PokerStars is still considering making changes to table buy-in minimums and maximums for heads-up NLHE and all Omaha games. Any changes to these tables will be announced and implemented in February.