Originally Posted by
Alan Mendelson
Yes, the "earning period" for 7 Stars started on January 1st. It takes 150,000 tier points (earned points or bonus points) to be 7 Stars.
If a video poker player puts on 5,000 tier points ($50,000 coin in) in a 24 hour period, they would receive a "bonus" of 10,000 tier points. So with $50,000 coin-in in one day a player could earn 15,000 tier points. Additional play would not earn "bonus points" but would earn additional regular tier points.
In 10 days of $50,000 coin-in per day a video poker player could have a 7 Stars card.
If a player played $25 video poker -- $125 per hand with five coins in -- they would reach $50,000 coin in with 400 hands. If a player plays 10 hands per minute (considered slow for an "expert player") they would play 600 hands per hour. So in less than an hour a $25 player could become 7 Stars in ten days (or visits).
Coin-in would be $500,000 and if the player was at a game returning 99.17% the "cost" of 7 Stars would be $4,150.
If the player was at a game returning 99.54% the "cost" would be $2,300.
If my math is wrong, please correct me. I'm really not good at this stuff.
Rob easily could have made 7 Stars in fewer than ten days playing $25 video poker for two hours per day. Consider:
Playing 600 hands per hour for two hours he would have $75,000 of coin-in in one day which would earn him 7,500 base tier points, plus 10,000 bonus tier points for a total of 17,500 total tier points. And at that rate he would be 7 Stars in less than 9 days.
With 4-hour sessions (four hours of play per day) at $25 he would have 2400 hands at $125 per hand or $300,000 of coin-in which would earn 30,000 regular tier points plus 10,000 bonus tier points for a total of 40,000 tier points. And at that level he would be 7 Stars in less than 4 days of play.