In Response to Re: Hi, Sky High: Look forward to this one. :=) Nice one Sky! Out of interest, what will the starting stack and blind levels be? Would be even better as a Bounty Hunter imo, but perhaps there are plans for something like that. (To me, six max and BH's are synonymous with Sky, and are much loved by regulars and recreational players alike) Making it a Bounty Hunter would reduce variance and provide a nice return for satellite qualifiers even if they get just one head. Also, currently we have the roller, buy in at £110, but the largest buy in BH's are £55. Just a thought, but great to have a £220 buy in MTT, in any shape or form, as part of the weekly schedule. A great addition for the higher stake players and also, with good satellite feeders, an exciting opportunity for a decent return for Sky's recreational players with just a small outlay. Great stuff! Graham Posted by StayOrGo
I'm excited by this addition to the schedule but feel the same as Graham posted above.
Also I feel that a 9pm start time with a great structure might put off a lot of recreational players on a "school night".
awosome edition hope its gets the runners poker in its purist form not bounties spot on imo. regs get behind this is what every u can offered buy in to event play sat feeders all insats. i hope this is sign of things to come. online poker rooms are getting full of gimick poker types bounty hunters sky has lead way and done a gd job but need to imo get back to basics fo rebuys. alot of comps on stars are now bounty prog bounties etc. also bubble rush and alot of other silly games that have no shelf live imo who remembers metrix games on full title.
I also understand one NChanning, aka Mr Ambo, akas Sir Talk-A-Lot, will be playing this next Tuesday. There will not be a Bounty on him, but you still get bragging rights for busting him.
Love the idea and would love to play.... but the timing is wrong for me.
Its fine saying if you are running deep the last thing you will worry about is being late for work.... but I will never know because the idea of running deep or min cashing and having to go to work shattered will prevent me playing in the first place.
7.30 / 8 I should be able to play...
That being said I will check the run time week one. If it finishes pre 1AM I will probably give it a go
will it replace the £55 BH on Tuesday? Posted by aussie09
If you mean next Tuesday Rob, I don't know, but I would imagine the £55 BH will still run.
If you mean in the new MTT SChedule, I'll pass on that for now, as the whole schedule looks very different. It'll be announced quite soon I would think.
It shouldn't finish too much later than 1am if it gets 40 runners. Much earlier than the Super Roller! These will be the pay outs for 40 or fewer runners:
I would have loved to have given it a go - but 9pm start will probably be too late for me as Wednesdays are early starts for me. If it had been 8pm start then I'd probably have entered at least the first one to see how it went. The 8pm roller on Sundays doesn't usually finish til 2.30-3.00am although obviously it has more players.
I'll say no for now - but as I have very little will power I'll probably end up trying a few sats lol
It could be at 8pm but then the Semi would have to be an hour earlier which might mean some people would not be home in time. Ideally all tournaments would start at 8pm but this can't happen for obvious reasons.
It shouldn't finish too much later than 1am if it gets 40 runners. Much earlier than the Super Roller! These will be the pay outs for 40 or fewer runners: 1 £2960 2 £1760 3 £1200 4 £880 5 £640 6 £560 Good luck! Posted by Sky__James
I feel as though Sky should consider a flatter pay out structure for this, not pay more places (15% is fine imo), but without the option to make deals people will be flipping HU for the equivalent of 3rd place money & there isn't a big enough schedule to make these situations common enough to even out the variance.
I dont see a problem with a 9pm start time... it will finish before the main does surely + 9pm 55bh reached the final table today before midnight and it had 66 runners, which looks to have the same structure.
Please note this does NOT replace the weekly Super Roller, which will run as normal at 8pm this evening.
Please note it carries a £15,000 Guarantee (so needing 150 runners) & I don't recall it getting that many since last winter. At the moment it has just 19 runners.
9 players are now in tomorrow's £220 Sky High Roller, being these 8, plus Brrrrrrr who won his seat in a Forum Comp & who will appear in the lobby later today.
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Look forward to this one. :=) Nice one Sky! Out of interest, what will the starting stack and blind levels be? Would be even better as a Bounty Hunter imo, but perhaps there are plans for something like that. (To me, six max and BH's are synonymous with Sky, and are much loved by regulars and recreational players alike) Making it a Bounty Hunter would reduce variance and provide a nice return for satellite qualifiers even if they get just one head. Also, currently we have the roller, buy in at £110, but the largest buy in BH's are £55. Just a thought, but great to have a £220 buy in MTT, in any shape or form, as part of the weekly schedule. A great addition for the higher stake players and also, with good satellite feeders, an exciting opportunity for a decent return for Sky's recreational players with just a small outlay. Great stuff! Graham
Posted by StayOrGo
I'm excited by this addition to the schedule but feel the same as Graham posted above.
Also I feel that a 9pm start time with a great structure might put off a lot of recreational players on a "school night".
Good feedback all round.
Sky Poker are aware it is a gamble & might cost a few bob, but they want to try it. Better to have tried & failed, & all that.
The comments as to a £110 BH are also noted.
And yes, it might miss it's Guarantee, so logically, all the more reason to play it, & help yourself to some added free money.
I also understand one NChanning, aka Mr Ambo, akas Sir Talk-A-Lot, will be playing this next Tuesday. There will not be a Bounty on him, but you still get bragging rights for busting him.
Love the idea and would love to play.... but the timing is wrong for me.
Its fine saying if you are running deep the last thing you will worry about is being late for work.... but I will never know because the idea of running deep or min cashing and having to go to work shattered will prevent me playing in the first place.
7.30 / 8 I should be able to play...
That being said I will check the run time week one. If it finishes pre 1AM I will probably give it a go
If you mean in the new MTT SChedule, I'll pass on that for now, as the whole schedule looks very different. It'll be announced quite soon I would think.
We now have 5 players in Tuesday's running of the £220 Sky High Roller, well done them.
Sky High Roller satellites continue today, with £10.50 affairs at 1730, 1830 & 1930. These have THREE seats Guaranteed into the semi final.
The Semi Final at 20.30 tonight has FOUR seats guaranteed into the target event on Tuesday.
Please note this does NOT replace the weekly Super Roller, which will run as normal at 8pm this evening.
Please note it carries a £15,000 Guarantee (so needing 150 runners) & I don't recall it getting that many since last winter. At the moment it has just 19 runners.
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9 players are now in tomorrow's £220 Sky High Roller, being these 8, plus Brrrrrrr who won his seat in a Forum Comp & who will appear in the lobby later today.
Satellites continue today & tomorrow.
As of now, there are 15 confirmed entries, with another (Brrrrrr)due to be registered today by Sky Poker, so that's 16.
Here's the fab fifteen.....
If you fancy a crack at this, here's the satellite schedule for today.....
£10.50 feeders, 1 in 5 go through, 3 seats guaranteed, @ 1730 & 1830
£44 Sky High Roller Semi Final, 1 in 5 qualify, 4 seats Guaranteed, @ 1930.
£2.40 Frenzy's, (REBUY), 1 seat guaranteed, @ 1945, 2015 & 2045.
£2.30 All-Ins, 1 seat guaranteed, @ 2045, 2050 & 2055.