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UKPC £1100 game - how can there be 2 blank player names listed?

IrishRoseIrishRose Member Posts: 1,663
edited February 2016 in Poker Chat
Hi

Daft question I'm guessing - but on looking in the UKPC £1100 lobby I've noticed that there are 185 players registered - but if I list them in alpha order there are 2 starting stacks showing as having no user name against them?

How can that be??

 

50000

 
 

50000

 

1yip

50000

 

2day

50000

 

70theo

50000

 

abzy89

50000

 

Comments

  • Phantom66Phantom66 Member Posts: 5,542
    edited February 2016
    Phantom entries?
  • mumsiemumsie Member Posts: 8,216
    edited February 2016
    all teh neams have number in them too....
  • goldongoldon Member Posts: 9,225
    edited February 2016
    Sorry Rose forgot where I was........... could it be the extra freeroll spaces sky are now offering. ?
  • MAXALLYMAXALLY Member Posts: 17,640
    edited February 2016


    Reserved seats for the sats for cash players or Sky staff who dont have to qualify I guess.
  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 172,584
    edited February 2016

    Good morning.

    I don't know the answer to this, but I'm not sure it is of any significance or import.

    I'd make 2 guesses, it could be either or neither.

    1) One or two "mystery guests" have been invited, from the world of sport & or entertainment, as has been the case for every UKPC, just as a way of improving the player experience. It could be that is the answer, & as yet, we do not know their alias. The main list - as per the lobby, 185 entries - was sent to DTD yesterday, with some info to follow when available.

    2) It could be SB&G Staff who do not have Sky Poker aliases, as they can't play on the .com site. SB&G have sent 2 or 3 Staff to play every UKPC, in fact, one of them, Dave Dee, finished 19th in the August 2014 renewal for £3,500. They don't "qualify" as such, they get their seats by way of "Best Suggestions", excellence in their work, or various other internal Promos. SB&G are a Sports Betting organisation, get tickets for all major events (Sky Bet Football League, for example, or Sky Bet Sponsored Horse Races) & one way of rewarding & incentivising staff is by granting them occasional seats or entries. In fact, a scan of the player list clearly shows one well known Sky Poker staffie, Sky-Kirsty, but she has to have al alias to post on the Community. Some may think that's an extravagant perk, but SB&G are a terrific organisation to work for. Worth remembering, though, when there are "site issues" over a weekend, as there was a few weeks ago, it's "all hands on deck", & every single one of them who can assist is expected to drop everything & attend to resolving the issues.
     
    Or it could be something else completely. ;)  
     
  • Sky_SamTSky_SamT Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 984
    edited February 2016
    Tikay nailed it with his first point.

    They are a couple of seats for players who have not confirmed their alias as yet but are doing so shortly.


  • mumsiemumsie Member Posts: 8,216
    edited February 2016
    The plural might be aliases. :D
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