You ever wonder what a Frequent Player Point looks like?
The FPP is ethereal. It's untouchable. It floats along as little pieces of data. Try to grab one and you can't. It doesn't really exist.
Until it does.
While you're wrapping your head around that concept, let's turn to PokerStars Supernova BCM11. For the early part of his life, his exploits and dreams existed in the tangible world. "Growing up I always wanted to be a professional athlete," he said. "I was getting close to realizing that dream playing soccer."
BCM11 was a high school All-American and his home state's player of the year. It looked like his dream was on track. Then, as he puts it, "Unfortunately, things don't always work out as planned."
'Nuff said.
With his athletic career behind him, BCM11 turned to a different competitive pursuit. "It started out as just something for fun a couple years ago," he said.
Before long, BCM11 had decided he was going to play poker for a living. He said, "Thankfully I found poker as a way to compete on a daily basis."
That's when BCM11's trek through the world of the intangible FPP got pretty interesting. He started playing lots of $220 and $550 heads-up SNGs. Lots of them. Enough that he could set a goal that seemed unreal.
"I set the goal about a year ago to get the Porsche," BCM11 said.
Just a few weeks ago, BCM11 earned his three millionth FPP point. After a few e-mails and a short wait, BCM11's FPPs turned into something tangible. Really tangible. The kind of tangible that sticks out in the driveway.
That's a brand new Porsche Cayenne with BCM11 behind the wheel. It cost him...well, nothing. He traded in his ethereal FPPs for something that most folks couldn't pay for in cash.
So, there you go. That, at least in this case, is what an FPP looks like.
Sorta pretty, isn't it?
Yes i have him
how jealous do you lot sound but you'll still play everyday wont you ffp points are a good way of keeping a grip on your game stop you from tilting to relaese bonus and cash dont knock something that helps your game
Think is you're calculation is not 100% correct since you need to pay massive taxes on what you earn from pokerstars if you retract it in such amounts.
And yes it's still his own choice to buy it ore not.
To Jelle: It would really be THAT person's choice to buy the car, not yours. WHEN, it does come down to your choice, then don't buy it, if you think it's not worth it.
I just did......
Based on 50% 220 games en 50% 550 games.
In orde to reach 3 mill fpp (1,5 m on 220 and 1,5 mill on 550)
You will need to play 27270(55fpp each) games of 220 $ x 10$ fee = 272770$
And 13636 (110 fpp each) games of 550$ x20$ fee =272770.
That will make a whopping total of 545540$ !!!!! i think you can buy 8 porsches Cayman for that SICK!!!!
If you complain about the rake then you do not have the money to play ..
i wouldn't say it cost nothing. ya if you didnt earn FPP's you wouldn't really miss them, but you definately pay for them through a rake. Wonder if you could calculate how much rake pokerstars got from him and see if that was worth the price of the car.