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The £500,000 Sky Poker UK Poker Championships

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  • david666david666 Member Posts: 123
    edited October 2013
    In Response to Re: Special Announcement - The £500,000 Sky Poker UK Poker Championships:
    In Response to Re: Special Announcement - The £500,000 Sky Poker UK Poker Championships : Why are pokerstars events filled with Team Pro's then ?
    Posted by The_Don90
    Wrote a long detailed reply don and then deleted it, not for this thread.  I just dont feel sky should put all the 'eggs in one basket'.  Doesnt seem much sense in trying to promote sky poker to a room full of people with sky poker accounts.




      
  • gazza127gazza127 Member Posts: 2,156
    edited October 2013
    In Response to Re: Special Announcement - The £500,000 Sky Poker UK Poker Championships:
    Why is there a second "Poker" in the title? Sky Poker UK Championship Sky Poker Championship UK Sky UK Poker Championship Surely one of those would be better. Not that I'm picky about the details or anything.
    Posted by BorinLoner
    I prefer Sky Poker UK Poker Championship of Poker...

    ...Poker.
  • SHAUNYSHAUNY Member Posts: 508
    edited October 2013
    In Response to Re: Special Announcement - The £500,000 Sky Poker UK Poker Championships:
    In Response to Re: Special Announcement - The £500,000 Sky Poker UK Poker Championships : Thanks Shauny. Appreciate & understand the comments. Maybe, maye not, but there will be zillions of Satellites to suit all pockets, & over a 3 month period, so there'll be opportunity for everyone to live the dream & play this. But here's the thing, & it needs to be said. We want as many existing Sky Poker regulars as possible to play it, of course we do, but part of the logic of this things is to raise the profile, awareness & credibility of the Site, & attract new players. So all those things need to be addressed, not just the existing player base. The Site does its best - not always successfully - to keep the existing player base happy, with endless promos, the TV Channel, Community, SPT, da de da, & will continue to do all those things. Right now, the 2014 Sky Poker Tour is in the late stages of planning & spend approval. If the proposals submitted are accepted, it will include at least one (maybe more) SPT with a £110 entry fee.  Hope you qualify for the Sky Poker UK Poker Championship though. We all share that dream.     
    Posted by Tikay10
    Thanks for the reply, I hope your right and there are alot of sky players there as its some community you/we have , and understand totally what sky are trying to do :-)

  • The_Don90The_Don90 Member Posts: 9,818
    edited October 2013
    In Response to Re: Special Announcement - The £500,000 Sky Poker UK Poker Championships:
    In Response to Re: Special Announcement - The £500,000 Sky Poker UK Poker Championships : Wrote a long detailed reply don and then deleted it, not for this thread.  I just dont feel sky should put all the 'eggs in one basket'.  Doesnt seem much sense in trying to promote sky poker to a room full of people with sky poker accounts.   
    Posted by david666
    I hate it when stuff like that happens. 

    I agree with what your saying about having TSP at other events, but i also think they should have strong rep at Sky ran events. The SPT is a massive community tour of 99% sky players thus your arguement i 100% agree with there, just this event i think will be much more stronger with non sky players and a good promotional team would be good. 

    I like the idea that all players would be selected though, as i think a mix of pokering ability mixed with the approachability is good. 


    This is just my opinion, but just 5-10 people wearing a Team Sky Poker hoody would be good. Might help balance all that merchandice you can buy on other sites.
  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 172,881
    edited October 2013

    Morning all.

    Just to pick up on  few questions.

    Satellites will start next week - this week the focus needs to be on UKOPS - and the Satellite schedule will try to cater for ALL pockets, including Freerolls.
     
    Plans for associated Promos (TSP was mentioned by several) will be announced in due course. I would doubt that there will be a "TSP" as such, but it would be good to have a strong representation of Sky Poker players, & I hope the Promos will reflect this.

    The Event title - Sky Poker UK Poker Championship - was chosen for a number of specific reasons, & it will do exactly what it is designed to do.

    Keep the questions coming please, I'm here all week. Or I hope I am. You never know these days, do you?.....;)      
  • edited October 2013
    In Response to Re: Special Announcement - The £500,000 Sky Poker UK Poker Championships:
    The Event title - Sky Poker UK Poker Championship - was chosen for a number of specific reasons
    Not in the least for its catchy acronym - SPUPC!
  • edited October 2013
    But in seriousness, this is all awesome and I'm very excited!
  • Phantom66Phantom66 Member Posts: 5,542
    edited October 2013
    Well if it's the SPU Poker Championship I'll be in - if there is one thing I can do it's play spew poker.
  • yoyoyoyo Member Posts: 642
    edited October 2013
    very excited about this & i'll def be hitting the satellites to try & get in cheap.

    should be a fantastic week!
  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 172,881
    edited November 2013

    All these things are subject to change, but some more details of this Event are below.

    Day 1a, 1pm, Wednesday 19th February

    Day 1b - 1pm, Thursday 20th February

    Day 2 - 1pm, Friday 21st February

    Day 3 - 1pm, Saturday 22nd February

    Final Day - 1pm Sunday 23rd February   
  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 172,881
    edited November 2013

    Now the structure. Again, subject to change, but these are the current plans.

    Clock - 60 minutes.

    Starting stack - 30,000

    Blinds. Level 3 is repeated, with the addition of Running Antes.


    150100
    275150
    3100200
    410020025
    515030025
    620040050
    725050050
    830060075
    9400800100
    105001000100
    116001200200
    128001600200
    1310002000300
    1412002400300
    1515003000400
    1620004000500
    1725005000500
    18300060001000
    19400080001000
    205000100001000
    216000120002000
    228000160002000
    2310000200003000
    2412000240003000
    2515000300004000
    2620000400005000
    2725000500005000
    28300006000010000
    29400008000010000
    3050000 10000010000
  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 172,881
    edited November 2013

    Payouts?

    Clearly, a function of how many ruunners, & therefore the total Prize Pool, but at present, based on 500 runners, it looks something like this.......

    WINNER - £110,000

    2nd - £60,000

    3rd  - £32,500
  • FlashFlushFlashFlush Member Posts: 4,494
    edited November 2013
    In Response to Re: Special Announcement - The £500,000 Sky Poker UK Poker Championships:
    In Response to Re: Special Announcement - The £500,000 Sky Poker UK Poker Championships : Not in the least for its catchy acronym - SPUPC!
    Posted by CoxyLboro
    Just imagine if they called it the Sky Poker UK National Championships!
  • rancidrancid Member Posts: 5,947
    edited November 2013
    ^ like this

    Would mean a lot of people coming to the event if they change the name
  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 172,881
    edited November 2013

    Satellites for this begin today, good luck all.

    The journey begins......




  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 172,881
    edited November 2013

    The Satellite Structure is in the Lobby now, full details are HERE
  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 172,881
    edited November 2013


    BOOM!
  • golds95golds95 Member Posts: 132
    edited November 2013
    In Response to Re: Special Announcement - The £500,000 Sky Poker UK Poker Championships:
    Satellites for this begin today, good luck all. The journey begins......
    Posted by Tikay10
    Hello
    Quick question will all the satalites just be for the main event or will there be any for the side events such as the heads up?
  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 172,881
    edited November 2013

    7.30pm this evening, there is a FREEROLL, with.....


    ·         1st - Seat to the Sky Poker UK Poker Championship (worth £1,100)

    ·         2nd - UKPC Final seat (worth £240)

    ·         3rd-6th - UKPC Semi seat (worth £52 each)

    ·         7th-30th - UKPC Quarter seat (worth £11.50 each)

    ·         31st–100th - UKPC Micro satellite seat (worth £2.50 each)
  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 172,881
    edited November 2013
    In Response to Re: Special Announcement - The £500,000 Sky Poker UK Poker Championships:
    In Response to Re: Special Announcement - The £500,000 Sky Poker UK Poker Championships : Hello Quick question will all the satalites just be for the main event or will there be any for the side events such as the heads up?
    Posted by golds95
    Hi golds,

    No, SkyPoker.com will concentrate exclusively on seats the the Main Event of the Sky Poker UK Poker Championship.
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