A poker version of Super6 would be awesome! Lambert's idea is very good too - can't think of anything better than that really. Although, maybe I have an extention of Lambert's idea.
Maybe you could make the £100,000 into a poker-style prize pool rather than just the top prize. This way, you could allow players to pick as many names as they want for final tabling (maybe with a minimum of two players).
For example; Player A does the minimum and predicts Lambert180 & scotty77 to reach a final table - he is right with both. Player B predicts Lambert180, scotty77, lolufold and peter27 (woo!) to reach a final table - he is right with all four. These two players are the only ones to predict correctly and therefore the moeny is proportionally split between them based on how many they got right (in a simmilar way to a timed MTT). The thing is that you need to have 100% of your selections correct, so you'd need to balance risk and reward. If you guess two players only, you have a good chance - and if you guess six, you have a smaller chance - but if it comes off, you win a lot more.
This would require that Sky give away £100,000 every weekend though, so maybe the minimum could be higher than just two correct guesses - was just an example aha!
I'm very curious to know if this idea would be open to everyone or only people who have played on SkyPoker?
Everyone on the site plays a huge f.a cup style knockout/heads up game, on 1 night, and the winner gets £100,000 lol
Or on a serious note, how about make a selection of 4/5 players on sunday, and from that week, if all 4/5 players final table any main that coming week (mon-sat) you win the jackpot.
Problem is with picking players to final table etc:
a) the fields are not known until very late b) you wouldn't know 90% of the field anyway c) doesn't appeal to new sky poker players (because they've no idea who 100% of the field are) d) everyone would pick mattbates lol e) sky might even be tempted to pay someone off in the last ME should someone's picks be about to come up lol. i.e. 6 of someone's 7 picks have came in Mon-Sat and their last pick is playing the primo on Sunday. f) odds are probably astronomical as well.
Assuming this was actually something sky poker are considering it's main aim has be to attract new players to the site therefore the fundamental thing it must have is that new people to the site have to be able to have a go at it. Picking 5 random names from fields of 300 surely wouldn't appeal to newbies.
Predict both the winner's and runner-up's exact hole cards (including suits) in the final hand of a big tournament, say the Primo. Or maybe use a special sit-n-go that is broadcast live at the desired time, which could be a live game with a real dealer (more trusted?).
There are 1,326 possible combinations from 52 cards for the winner, with two cards removed that leaves 1,225 possible holdings for the runner-up.
So you have a 1/1,624,350 chance of guessing correctly in theory (1/1,225 x 1/1,326). I'd expect it to be guessed a bit more often than that because guesses and correct answers would both be weighted towards stronger hands.
hows about this - a small group of deserving sky players are chosen each week that will play HU against each other... this could either be in a tourney and you have to guess the winner of each matchup (probabilities anyone??). or, it could be very similar to the super 6 - 6 HU matches and you have to decide the winner, and the score (the blind level it finished at/ time taken for match to finish... something like that... maybe it could be a timed HU and you have to guess the number of chips each player has to the nearest 100 or something.)
im sure this concept could be moulded into a format that would give the desired odds... and it might be a bit more interesting than just guessing the cards etc
What about predicting who knocks who out on the final table... in terms of seat no. rather than player.
Number the seats 1-6.
Then predict which player knocks which player out in the exact order.
Example.
Player 5 knocks out player 2 Player 5 knocks out player 4 Player 3 knocks out player 1 Player 5 knocks out player 6 Player 3 knocks out player 5
Player 3 wins.
If I was any good at calculating odds id be able to tell you what the liklihood of predicting this right would be.
I thiiiink its something like 1/10,000
If you get them all right then you get a guarenteed prize 1k-5k. To get the jackpot... predict the end time.
Edit - Assuming most answers for the end time are going to be in the same hour period then the odds of doing all this correctly is around 1/600,000. I dunno. Im rubbish at maths but it seems correct.
Doing it on player names, as stated previously, won't work due to late reg and fields being unknown until they have already started. Doing something like this allows people to enter well before the event occurs.
Do it for the Primo each week. Itd also encourage people to rail the primo FT (or choose another ME if this is too late) as people check to see if they are on course for the win (much like following football scores at the weekend).
Six poker pros/sports celebrities are invited to play on the Sky Sports Bounty Hunter. Coverage of the tournament and entry to the Sky Poker Super Six is pushed in the hour before the start on 861.
You then have to guess the finishing positions of the 'Super Six' players in the tournament. Get all six positions correct you win £100,000. The closest guess overall that isn't on the money wins £1,000.
Coverage during the show features a leaderboard with the six player names and their current/finishing position.
Unfortunately the timings on Sky Sports mean they'd come in mid-way through the tourney, so no regs possible through there, but the mention in the coverage would get people onto the site and/or 861 in future.
You guys should get me to work for you. Oh, hang on...
Just to clarify, you wouldn't have to say where in particular Player A finishes, just the six finishing positions of the players in general, so...
hows about this - a small group of deserving sky players are chosen each week that will play HU against each other... this could either be in a tourney and you have to guess the winner of each matchup (probabilities anyone??). or, it could be very similar to the super 6 - 6 HU matches and you have to decide the winner, and the score (the blind level it finished at/ time taken for match to finish... something like that... maybe it could be a timed HU and you have to guess the number of chips each player has to the nearest 100 or something.) im sure this concept could be moulded into a format that would give the desired odds... and it might be a bit more interesting than just guessing the cards etc Posted by chicknMelt
...so the format could be something like this...
Yoyov Mattbates
Primo winnerv Mini Winner
Chicknmeltv macapaca
main winnerv main winner
new player v new player
forum voted player v forum voted player
obv there is an advantage for sky players who play alot, becuase they know the player base better... but maybe thats a good thing... anyone can still guess and if you want more than that you have to play on sky! or browse the forums for clues. could be a best of 3 or best of 5 matchup and players have to guess the scores. could even televise some of the hands. problem would be ensuring all players turn up. could add a bit of fun by having TK or orford replacing a missing player at the last minute or something.
In Response to Re: A poker version of Super6? : ...so the format could be something like this... Yoyo v Mattbates Primo winner v Mini Winner Chicknmelt v macapaca main winner v main winner new player v new player forum voted player v forum voted player obv there is an advantage for sky players who play alot, becuase they know the player base better... but maybe thats a good thing... anyone can still guess and if you want more than that you have to play on sky! or browse the forums for clues. could be a best of 3 or best of 5 matchup and players have to guess the scores. could even televise some of the hands. problem would be ensuring all players turn up. could add a bit of fun by having TK or orford replacing a missing player at the last minute or something. Posted by chicknMelt
In Response to Re: A poker version of Super6? : ...so the format could be something like this... Yoyo v Mattbates Primo winner v Mini Winner Chicknmelt v macapaca main winner v main winner new player v new player forum voted player v forum voted player obv there is an advantage for sky players who play alot, becuase they know the player base better... but maybe thats a good thing... anyone can still guess and if you want more than that you have to play on sky! or browse the forums for clues. could be a best of 3 or best of 5 matchup and players have to guess the scores. could even televise some of the hands. problem would be ensuring all players turn up. could add a bit of fun by having TK or orford replacing a missing player at the last minute or something. Posted by chicknMelt
This is where it falls down a bit.
Hypothetically if i qualified for one of these HU matches and couldnt play... what then? Is it just a walkover for the other player? I could give myself an advantage in picking that result and not telling anyone I couldnt play. (although most people wouldnt back me anyway... but you get my point).
Although... thinking about it, how does the Super 6 work if one of the games is called off?
In Response to Re: A poker version of Super6? : This is where it falls down a bit. Hypothetically if i qualified for one of these HU matches and couldnt play... what then? Is it just a walkover for the other player? I could give myself an advantage in picking that result and not telling anyone I couldnt play. (although most people wouldnt back me anyway... but you get my point). Although... thinking about it, how does the Super 6 work if one of the games is called off? Posted by gazza127
One has been called off this w/end, so it just goes on results of the 5 games with a reduced prize.
In Response to Re: A poker version of Super6? : One has been called off this w/end, so it just goes on results of the 5 games with a reduced prize. Posted by MAXALLY
cunning
also, if there was a semi decent prize available for the HU match players I'm sure they would show up the vast majority of the time.
Hi everyone We're sure many of you are familiar with Super6, the free to play game where you can win £250,000 (up to £1m some weeks!) by predicting scores in the football. In fact a few weeks ago, someone won £250,000 by winning this, all for nothing! So, heres a thought - if there was a poker version of Super6 how would you design it? What would be the format and what would you need to do to win it? It would obviously have to be quite tough to win without being impossible. Think like the Sky Poker Jackpot but a bit tougher (with it being free). Let's assume its free to play and top prize is £100,000. Thanks Sky Poker Posted by Sky_Poker
Well you could get 6 staff to choose a card each from 1 pack of cards and we have to guess who has what cards. Hard but would be fun
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Maybe you could make the £100,000 into a poker-style prize pool rather than just the top prize. This way, you could allow players to pick as many names as they want for final tabling (maybe with a minimum of two players).
For example; Player A does the minimum and predicts Lambert180 & scotty77 to reach a final table - he is right with both. Player B predicts Lambert180, scotty77, lolufold and peter27 (woo!) to reach a final table - he is right with all four. These two players are the only ones to predict correctly and therefore the moeny is proportionally split between them based on how many they got right (in a simmilar way to a timed MTT). The thing is that you need to have 100% of your selections correct, so you'd need to balance risk and reward. If you guess two players only, you have a good chance - and if you guess six, you have a smaller chance - but if it comes off, you win a lot more.
This would require that Sky give away £100,000 every weekend though, so maybe the minimum could be higher than just two correct guesses - was just an example aha!
I'm very curious to know if this idea would be open to everyone or only people who have played on SkyPoker?
Everyone on the site plays a huge f.a cup style knockout/heads up game, on 1 night, and the winner gets £100,000 lol
Or on a serious note, how about make a selection of 4/5 players on sunday, and from that week, if all 4/5 players final table any main that coming week (mon-sat) you win the jackpot.
Gl all at the tables
a) the fields are not known until very late
b) you wouldn't know 90% of the field anyway
c) doesn't appeal to new sky poker players (because they've no idea who 100% of the field are)
d) everyone would pick mattbates lol
e) sky might even be tempted to pay someone off in the last ME should someone's picks be about to come up lol. i.e. 6 of someone's 7 picks have came in Mon-Sat and their last pick is playing the primo on Sunday.
f) odds are probably astronomical as well.
Assuming this was actually something sky poker are considering it's main aim has be to attract new players to the site therefore the fundamental thing it must have is that new people to the site have to be able to have a go at it. Picking 5 random names from fields of 300 surely wouldn't appeal to newbies.
There are 1,326 possible combinations from 52 cards for the winner, with two cards removed that leaves 1,225 possible holdings for the runner-up.
So you have a 1/1,624,350 chance of guessing correctly in theory (1/1,225 x 1/1,326). I'd expect it to be guessed a bit more often than that because guesses and correct answers would both be weighted towards stronger hands.
Number the seats 1-6.
Then predict which player knocks which player out in the exact order.
Example.
Player 5 knocks out player 2
Player 5 knocks out player 4
Player 3 knocks out player 1
Player 5 knocks out player 6
Player 3 knocks out player 5
Player 3 wins.
If I was any good at calculating odds id be able to tell you what the liklihood of predicting this right would be.
I thiiiink its something like 1/10,000
If you get them all right then you get a guarenteed prize 1k-5k. To get the jackpot... predict the end time.
Edit - Assuming most answers for the end time are going to be in the same hour period then the odds of doing all this correctly is around 1/600,000. I dunno. Im rubbish at maths but it seems correct.
Doing it on player names, as stated previously, won't work due to late reg and fields being unknown until they have already started. Doing something like this allows people to enter well before the event occurs.
Do it for the Primo each week. Itd also encourage people to rail the primo FT (or choose another ME if this is too late) as people check to see if they are on course for the win (much like following football scores at the weekend).
tres bien.
This is where it falls down a bit.
Hypothetically if i qualified for one of these HU matches and couldnt play... what then? Is it just a walkover for the other player? I could give myself an advantage in picking that result and not telling anyone I couldnt play. (although most people wouldnt back me anyway... but you get my point).
Although... thinking about it, how does the Super 6 work if one of the games is called off?