Hi all good luck to everyone playing in this promotion. Im gonna be grinding hard in the £10-£55 nl hold em Dyms. They do count in this right ? Posted by TimmyRaRa
In Response to Re: Skill & Go Chirps Binks & Porkies : Yes yes, Gazza, you are right, 1.3% is very good. MUCH better than 1.2%, fo sho Posted by Tikay10
Bit better now.
6 max record is now 5-1-7
Bit better than the 0-0-4 i started with!
Av ROI is now 51%.
1/3 of the way there. Just need to keep improving and hopefully I can put up a score thats in contention.
If you enter the code, after say your first 7 games where you didn't get one cash, does it count those previous attempts? Or the 30 games once the code has been entered?
If you enter the code, after say your first 7 games where you didn't get one cash, does it count those previous attempts? Or the 30 games once the code has been entered? Posted by nickd49931
Hi Nick.
No, it counts ALL your attempts, including those BEFORE you entered the Code.
T & C # 3 states.....
Players can opt in at any time prior to March 23rd at 23:59 with promo code: SKILL and the leaderboard will track their average ROI based on all their 6 Max Sit & Go’s they play from Mar.18th (00:01) to Mar.31st (23:59).
Note that it is not "30 games" as such, it is a MINIMUM of 30 games.
Loving this promo, especially cos there is no ONE best way to do it so everyone is having to use their noggin.
It's an interesting one Gary as to whether these Head Hunter games are better than regulars... I'd lean towards not but I'm happy to be proven wrong. I'm not having a go at your for playing them, I just like the debate and am interested as to whether they are the better route
The payouts in a reg are 65% and 35% for 1st and 2nd I think so for a £3 it's £11.70 and £6.30
In your game as an example, everyone's head is worth £3 and you get £1.80 for everyone you KO. So you need to knock out 40% of your opponents (2 out of 5) to just get a tiny bit above break even.
A few scenarios...
1) You come 1st but the only head you get is winning the HU - His £1.80 + the £3 on your head + the other £1.20 that would get added to your head from knocking him out. So total cash of £6 (less than 2nd place in a reg)
2) You knock out 4 people but lose the HU (which is vvv hard/unlikely) - 4 x £1.80 heads. So total cash £7.20 (that's a bit better than 2nd in a reg but imo much harder/less likely to happen)
3) You get HU but without taking any heads and lose - you get nothing (MUCH worse than a regular).
4) You win it and take 3 heads in total - 3 x £3 (cos you'll get the £1.20s back at the end on your own head when you win) + your own £3. Total cash of £12. That again is vvv hard/unlikely and is only a tiny bit better than just winning a regular.
It seems that the only way to get a noticeably better ROI than regs is that you HAVE to win it AND knock out at least 4 of the 5 opponents. Doing that more than a couple of times in 30 games is gonna require ALOT of rungood.
I really don't know how to work out which one would be better longterm but instinctly my brain says it has to be regulars.
Obv if you take the point of view, to make top 6 I'm gonna need to heater like mad (which is probably true) then these give you a chance of a really big ROI but it's very gambly for me and I think the big ROIs will be few and far between.
I'm gonna play Head Hunters to start and go for broke, ie hope to go on a heater and kick-off with a good ROI.
If (and it's a very big if that requires a ton of rungood) I'm looking down at a decent ROI that puts me in contention for a seat after say 15 games I'll then try to preserve it by switching to the low variance safety of DYMs. At that point I'll exercise careful table selection.
If my ROI is negative after 15 games I'll probably just throw in the towel and return to my normal games. If it's positive, but not positive enough to make top 6 I'll keep hammering the Head Hunters in the hope of a late surge.
Regular 6-max tables are tough at the moment due to this promotion. Whoever makes top 6 will have to run very well to get there regardless of which route they choose. I still think most, if not all, of the top 6 are likely to emerge from 6-max or Head Hunter tables. If a DYM player can make 25+ wins out of 30 and refrain from any further play then maybe they're in with a shout, time will tell.
Good news - I forgot to put in the bonus code so after my first batch of games didnt go so well i got to start again so to speak Bad news - I've bubbled first 3 after putting in code lol Posted by jdsallstar
Even worse news doesnt matter when you put the code in your first lot of game wud have counted
In Response to Re: Skill & Go Chirps Binks & Porkies : Even worse news doesnt matter when you put the code in your first lot of game wud have counted Posted by shuv
Not what customer service said to me before i put code in!
In Response to Re: Skill & Go Chirps Binks & Porkies : Just going from Tikays last post on this thread mate, its on this page a few up from your post Posted by shuv
Oh yeah just seen that - Can someone from sky confirm this?
i.e. do games you play before you enter the code count towards your 30?
when i spoke to customer services about 2hours ago they said games before the code is entered do NOT count.
In Response to Re: Skill & Go Chirps Binks & Porkies : Oh yeah just seen that - Can someone from sky confirm this? i.e. do games you play before you enter the code count towards your 30? when i spoke to customer services about 2hours ago they said games before the code is entered do NOT count. Posted by jdsallstar
It's in the T and Cs that they do count before you enter the code mate.
And general rule of thumb, what ever CC say, the opposite is usually true.
Here's the bit of the T&C that says they will be counted JD
3. Players can opt in at any time prior to March 23rd at 23:59 with promo code: SKILL and the leaderboard will track their average ROI based on all their 6 Max Sit & Go’s they play from Mar.18th (00:01) to Mar.31st (23:59).
Quick question Guy`s Say we finish 2nd in a sit in go six-max & are unplaced in another .. will this counteract = 0 or will the 10% discrepancy come into play from the rake? Posted by footsie66
rake is taken into account
so, in a £11 SNG, you finish 2nd . profit = £10
you enter another £11 and don't place. profit = -£1
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Hi all good luck to everyone playing in this promotion.
Im gonna be grinding hard in the £10-£55 nl hold em Dyms.
They do count in this right ?
No, it counts ALL your attempts, including those BEFORE you entered the Code.
T & C # 3 states.....
Players can opt in at any time prior to March 23rd at 23:59 with promo code: SKILL and the leaderboard will track their average ROI based on all their 6 Max Sit & Go’s they play from Mar.18th (00:01) to Mar.31st (23:59).
Note that it is not "30 games" as such, it is a MINIMUM of 30 games.
Good luck.
The payouts in a reg are 65% and 35% for 1st and 2nd I think so for a £3 it's £11.70 and £6.30
2) You knock out 4 people but lose the HU (which is vvv hard/unlikely) - 4 x £1.80 heads. So total cash £7.20 (that's a bit better than 2nd in a reg but imo much harder/less likely to happen)
I really don't know how to work out which one would be better longterm but instinctly my brain says it has to be regulars.
But who cares about all that nonsense when I gave TommyD a filthy suckout en route to first!
I'm gonna play Head Hunters to start and go for broke, ie hope to go on a heater and kick-off with a good ROI.
If (and it's a very big if that requires a ton of rungood) I'm looking down at a decent ROI that puts me in contention for a seat after say 15 games I'll then try to preserve it by switching to the low variance safety of DYMs. At that point I'll exercise careful table selection.
If my ROI is negative after 15 games I'll probably just throw in the towel and return to my normal games. If it's positive, but not positive enough to make top 6 I'll keep hammering the Head Hunters in the hope of a late surge.
Regular 6-max tables are tough at the moment due to this promotion. Whoever makes top 6 will have to run very well to get there regardless of which route they choose. I still think most, if not all, of the top 6 are likely to emerge from 6-max or Head Hunter tables. If a DYM player can make 25+ wins out of 30 and refrain from any further play then maybe they're in with a shout, time will tell.