What about a seperate tournament for the final table,or winners or runners up of main or mini events ?
maybe over a month (or longer) of results or some other set time span .....kind of like a play off final too find a champ, with promise of having some of the final table on tv maybe...
I would agree that I play mini if in main but never visa versa. But got that selective memory thing going on and probably don't play mini when in main as much as I like to believe.
My opinion would be yeah numbers dropped down due to TV show going and not pushed as much. Also.... I think that the FT jackpot is more suited for higher stake players / the better player. Loads of recs / newbies would prob just one table. And now the site is on tablet or mobile (single table) must mean that certain players who would play both now can not anyway.
Alternatives..
Like the freerole idea as seems to work well on sky and the extra chips for more you played is clever idea, and would def give a tangible incentive.
Probable is that the 12k a year would break down to less than £250 a week and that wouldn't generate interest. I think a monthly 1k would have a too low an effective buy in to count.
Bingo idea is fun but I guess pretty much impossible to any person playing one or two days a week. Would need serious volume and be good to 1st take one down then try play your way into set places.
I guess what the main/mini jackpot does is generate a buzz if people run well in both and get close for a relatively small promo cost over the year. If it was my business and was tasked to see if that £12k was best used over the year, I would ask for bigger budget in promise of more "sales"
I'm not overly fussed about the jackpot. However it is the only reason I play the mini and I'm sure plenty of others are like that. Lacking in any ideas about promotions right now tho
Like a few others the jackpot is the only reason I play the mini.
How about some kind of TLB promotion where the best x results a week/month gets to play Neil Channing heads up for a few hundred quid. It could be split into two to give lower stakes players a chance and if the x was set reasonably low it wouldn't exclude people who one table.
Like a few others the jackpot is the only reason I play the mini. How about some kind of TLB promotion where the best x results a week/month gets to play Neil Channing heads up for a few hundred quid. It could be split into two to give lower stakes players a chance and if the x was set reasonably low it wouldn't exclude people who one table. Posted by Ranners
This. But Tikay heads up... need a real challenge.
I'm with a lot of the others, I'm not really too bothered if the jackpot gets removed but it is the only reason I play the mini, so I'll stop playing them if it is removed. I'll probably play the mini roller and the £5r on Wednesday but otherwise the BI is too small for me.
+1 to whoever said it that if the jackpot is removed then I'd like to see that segment of the promotional budget remain for MTT players (because there's pretty much 0 promos for MTT players). Maybe some kinda monthly leaderboard like the old days of the TSP league but with cash payouts, although it'd need to be arranged in a way so that it isn't just the same 5-10 regs winning all the money all the time imo.
I don't use the forum much these days, so I've only just seen this.
It would be a big shame if the jackpot was removed. I always play the mini for this reason. I would definitely stop playing it if the jackpot was removed. (Apart from the mini roller).
Similar to the bingo card - how about a range of challenges (like a certain results tracking site)
e.g. win a main and a mini in the same week, FT a main and mini on the same night, could be extended to include other bigger buyin comps.
could have a challenge for winning a PLO/PLO8/NL freezout and B/H in the same day/week
Why not have a micro like you do for UKOPS so the lower stakes player (like me - self interest at play) could get a bonus for the same but in the mini+micro.
edit: Alot of scope to run this many different ways but one way I was thinking was every week or month you have a set amount of MTT achievement points to give out and say the top 5 achievement points scorers that week/month share the spoils e.g. 45/25/15/10/5 % of the fund.
Or you just award a fixed prize to the first in a week/month to achieve a specific bonus plus a special bonus to anyone who gets all the achievements in one period. That one could "rollover" as well to create a potentially very large bonus and no doubt a lot of interest.
You could stagger the points/pounds for each achievement in either of the above.
I like the current arrangement, not least because I have never managed to final table both on the same day. Like others have said, it is the only reason I play the mini on most days.
Whether it changes or not, it would help if there was some method of building interest. So on the current system if it could be seen who was in both after say 2 hours, or if it was to become winning 2 tournies, showing who has already won 1 etc.
Like others have said I play the mini because of the jackpot bonus except for Wednesday and Sunday where I would still play the mini.
The good thing about the current jackpot is anyone in theory can win which links in with the lure of MTTs as in a one off type situation anyone can win. The trouble with leagues etc is it links in to the long term nature of MTTs which is where only certain players will win over time and we would end up doing a promo where only say 10-20 players could win which alienates loads of players. Having a purely random prize wont do much to increase players volume. So based on that I know what boxes the promo should tick but havent got a clue what promo would work like that.
Like a few have already said the only reason I play the mini's is because of the final table jackpot. That being said I'm sure there could be some kind of other promotion which is more inclusive to recreational players, although I have no idea what that could be.
Like others have said I play the mini because of the jackpot bonus except for Wednesday and Sunday where I would still play the mini. The good thing about the current jackpot is anyone in theory can win which links in with the lure of MTTs as in a one off type situation anyone can win. The trouble with leagues etc is it links in to the long term nature of MTTs which is where only certain players will win over time and we would end up doing a promo where only say 10-20 players could win which alienates loads of players. Having a purely random prize wont do much to increase players volume. So based on that I know what boxes the promo should tick but havent got a clue what promo would work like that. Posted by MattBates
How many non-reg's have won something on the jackpot? My guess is none! Anyone can get to FT of one tournament but 2 in the same night and you have to be a good poker player.
In Response to Re: Sky Poker's Final Table Jackpot : How many non-reg's have won something on the jackpot? My guess is none! Anyone can get to FT of one tournament but 2 in the same night and you have to be a good poker player. Posted by F_Ivanovic
In Response to Re: Sky Poker's Final Table Jackpot : How many non-reg's have won something on the jackpot? My guess is none! Anyone can get to FT of one tournament but 2 in the same night and you have to be a good poker player. Posted by F_Ivanovic
In Response to Re: Sky Poker's Final Table Jackpot : How many non-reg's have won something on the jackpot? My guess is none! Anyone can get to FT of one tournament but 2 in the same night and you have to be a good poker player. Posted by F_Ivanovic
It isn't about who wins it, its about players feeling like they have a chance of getting it.
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+1 to whoever said it that if the jackpot is removed then I'd like to see that segment of the promotional budget remain for MTT players (because there's pretty much 0 promos for MTT players). Maybe some kinda monthly leaderboard like the old days of the TSP league but with cash payouts, although it'd need to be arranged in a way so that it isn't just the same 5-10 regs winning all the money all the time imo.
Whether it changes or not, it would help if there was some method of building interest. So on the current system if it could be seen who was in both after say 2 hours, or if it was to become winning 2 tournies, showing who has already won 1 etc.