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Who won what on Sunday January 19th

Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 159,855


A reasonable evening with everything doing OK, if not great. Quickdraw did best, coming in almost double at £1,900, whilst, oddly, Midnight Ex was bottom of the class & came in smack on the number.


£6,000 BH @ 7.30pm (£7,770)

£12,000 Sunday Major (£13,100)

£2,000 Mini Major (£2,240)

£2,000 Sheriff (£2,450)

£1,000 Quickdraw (£1,900)

£1,000 Midnight Ex (£1,000)

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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 159,855

    £6,000 Bounty Hunter (£7,770)



    RAKKKI added yet another big result to his resume. Winner of Sharpshooter on January 4th, then 2nd in Sunday Major the following day, now winner of the £6,000 BH. That propels him to the top of the 2020 Sharky Leaderboard for most Sky Poker MTT profit, ahead of @Curt360x27 @miniman88, @Doooobs & Melty.

    Palace Bloke was 4th, with The Bates two spots behind.


    @RAKKKI 1295000 1 £1043.51 + £412.66 Head Prizes 11

    @peiratis88 0 2 £622.77 + £224.90 Head Prizes 12

    @DAZ33 0 3 £371.41 + £165.71 Head Prizes 8

    @cpfc_2010 0 4 £292.15 + £126.56 Head Prizes 6

    @Los88 0 5 £248.64 + £105.07 Head Prizes 6

    @MattBates 0 6 £208.24 + £70.31 Head Prizes 6
  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 159,855

    £12,000 Sunday Major (£13,100)



    An extraordinary win this, for hotone910, playing his first Sky Poker MTT for 6 years & 3 months.

    Runner-up TEDSON was playing only his 10th MTT since winning the UKOPS Main Event last month for just shy of £8,000.

    chrisdonkb was a fine 3rd, whilst the run of final tables by scotty77 continued in 4th.


    @hotone910 1310000 1 £3668

    @Tedson 0 2 £2122.20

    @chrisdonkb 0 3 £1218.30

    @scotty77 0 4 £956.30

    @wineli 0 5 £825.30

    @darsh11 0 6 £694.30



    @rndmmuppet 0 7 £550.20
    @shad8604 0 8 £366.80
    @Marla 0 9 £275.10
    @d0wn5wing 0 10 £229.25
    @TimmyRaRa 0 11 £229.25
    @grinddd 0 12 £229.25
    @Sharki0 0 13 £229.25
    @AndyBlack9 0 14 £229.25
    @newdaddy 0 15 £229.25
    @gez_bear 0 16 £209.60
    @silkship 0 17 £209.60
    @Rs1183 0 18 £209.60
    @K33TSYA1 0 19 £209.60
    @THENUTS63 0 20 £209.60
  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 159,855


    £2,000 Mini Major (£2,240)


    Lnarin00 has been subdued since winning the UKOPS High Roller last month for ~£5,000 but bounced back to form here. He only plays the Sunday big stuff & does very well.

    Runner-up Arrogant made his 4th FT of the week, the best of which was 2nd in Friday's Avenger Main. Another FT for the resurgent Bates, with serial casher peiratis88 6th.

    11th was @Doooobs who won last Sunday's Major, and he just missed the cash in this week's renewal, finishing 25th, one spot behind Ambo.

    @LnarinOO 1120000 1 £593.60

    @Arrogant 0 2 £347.20

    @darius1993 0 3 £198.24

    @MattBates 0 4 £152.32

    @p0k3r5n8k3 0 5 £129.92

    @peiratis88 0 6 £107.52



    @collin11 0 7 £80.64
    @MRBLEWPIE 0 8 £53.76
    @Justsmile1 0 9 £38.08
    @ImProfitz 0 10 £29.12
    @Doooobs 0 11 £29.12
    @alimcsteal 0 12 £29.12
    @bigstack75 0 13 £29.12
    @JMC1975 0 14 £29.12
    @Aylee 0 15 £29.12
    @SzaryPolak 0 16 £22.40
    @Dani1234 0 17 £22.40
    @Milber 0 18 £22.40
    @holsam 0 19 £22.40
    @Catsnap 0 20 £22.40
    @scousestar 0 21 £17.92
    @thisltedu 0 22 £17.92
    @heddoh18 0 23 £17.92
    @ughx3000cx 0 24 £17.92
    @plater 0 25 £17.92
    @beefmyster 0 26 £16.80
    @Taximan1 0 27 £16.80
    @bosswite 0 28 £16.80
    @BazzaP40 0 29 £16.80
    @Graveltrax 0 30 £16.80
    @farahani 0 31 £15.68
    @Theghost92 0 32 £15.68
    @whostheman 0 33 £15.68
    @GeneB 0 34 £15.68
    @LittleGJ 0 35 £15.68
  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 159,855


    £2,000 Sheriff Bounty Hunter (£2,450)


    grinddd, who won Hitman main in November, booked the win, ahead of ozzieowen, with a 2nd FT of the night for Palace Bloke in 5th & Alvez 6th.


    @grinddd 245000 1 £453.25 + £505.45 Head Prizes 13

    @ozzieowen 0 2 £269.50 + £107.82 Head Prizes 5

    @Rs1183 0 3 £183.75 + £18.75 Head Prizes 1

    @Bertsbet 0 4 £134.75 + £46.88 Head Prizes 2

    @cpfc_2010 0 5 £98 + £126.56 Head Prizes 6

    @Alvez11 0 6 £85.75 + £44.53 Head Prizes 2
  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 159,855

    £1,000 Quickdraw (£1,900)


    Rags to riches for RossMc who generally plays fiver stuff. He won a £3 All-In Sat which ended up over £600 after taking the target event. Some ROI, that.

    destinycod was 2nd, with yet another cash for peiratis88 in 3rd, with Gelders 5th.

    @RossMc 190000 1 £380 + £298.13 Head Prizes 7

    @destinycod 0 2 £237.50 + £99.90 Head Prizes 4

    @peiratis88 0 3 £142.50 + £76.17 Head Prizes 3

    @Tonyzya 0 4 £104.50 + £23.44 Head Prizes 1

    @GELDY 0 5 £85.50 + £23.44 Head Prizes 1

    @Sharki0 0 6 £79.69 Head Prizes 4
  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 159,855

    £1,000 Midnight Express B/Hunter (£1,000)



    Decent win for Mody, last spotted running 6th in Gold Rush main last month.

    3rd was beefmyster, who won Quickdraw the previous night.

    @Mody 150000 1 £185 + £67.50 Head Prizes 3

    @rossybee16 0 2 £110 + £35.80 Head Prizes 2

    @beefmyster 0 3 £75 + £46.76 Head Prizes 4

    @BrayCorp83 0 4 £55 + £75.71 Head Prizes 8

    @chaseboy 0 5 £40 + £52.03 Head Prizes 5

    @gaming123 0 6 £35 + £26.25 Head Prizes 3
  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 159,855

    SPT Manchester Semi (14 entries)

    Tina won her 3rd SPT Manchester seat & ColinDent won his 2nd exactly a week after winning his 1st.

    Money went to money for Palace Bloke who hoovered up another £176 to his ever growing mountain of cash.


    @karlluke 32080 1 SPT Manchester Seat

    @ColinDent 9920 2 SPT Manchester Seat



    @cpfc_2010 0 3 £176
  • Los88Los88 Member Posts: 5
    I'm sure this has been discussed before, why do the mtts start so late when UK only?
  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 159,855
    edited January 2020
    Los88 said:

    I'm sure this has been discussed before, why do the mtts start so late when UK only?

    Hi @Los88

    Starting times are customer-driven really.

    The Customer base here like to play in the evenings. If the whole schedule were moved forward by, say, 2 or 3 hours, I'm sure it would have a seriously negative effect on site traffic. There are plenty of MTT's earlier, but they attract less traffic as (most) people are working during the day I guess.

    Well done on your 5th place last night in the £6k BH, and I see you also won the Predator Main a few nights ago. Hope you snaffle a few more results & justify those late nights.
  • Los88Los88 Member Posts: 5
    Thanks Tikay!

    Totally get evening play. Just seems a little peculiar that the main events start at 8pm/9pm when all the regulars are online much sooner. I'm sure there are many fun players who, like you said, have to work the next day and find the finish time too late.

    Just feels like Sky Poker has a real opportunity to attract UK players who are fed up of all the late schedules on other sites.
  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 159,855
    Los88 said:

    Thanks Tikay!

    Totally get evening play. Just seems a little peculiar that the main events start at 8pm/9pm when all the regulars are online much sooner. I'm sure there are many fun players who, like you said, have to work the next day and find the finish time too late.

    Just feels like Sky Poker has a real opportunity to attract UK players who are fed up of all the late schedules on other sites.

    @Los88

    It's a fair point, & I'll certainly pass it up to the Suits.

    It's a bit weird how online poker, ever since it began just over 20 years ago, has really been a nocturnal thing. The great bulk of the traffic comes during mid to late evenings & early mornings. On global sites - 'Stars, Party, 888 etc, there is traffic 24/7 due to time differences across the world, & in that respect, UK & European facing sites - of which there are relatively few - do have a different time dynamic.

  • MISTY4MEMISTY4ME Member Posts: 6,157
    Please remember you have to get the 6pm Semi and 7.15pm Late Reg. Semi in before the Main Event, to allow people that work/can't afford a direct buy-in, the opportunity to get in cheaply.

    I think the timings work pretty well, and if you manage to run deep and cash, the 'high' outweighs the sacrifice of a couple of hours sleep imo :)
  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 159,855

    Yes, if the Main were at, say, 6pm or 7pm, the satellites would need to start that much earlier, so that would cost a lot of runners too.
  • Los88Los88 Member Posts: 5
    Start the Main at 7pm. Turbo the Satellite. The only way a UK only poker site can increase traffic (and eventually introduce more MTTs) is to make it attractive for UK players.

    There's only so many nights a fun player, with work the next day, will play until 1am before they look to other poker sites to get their kicks.

    A sustainable Poker site needs a continuous healthy flow of new fun players who can be retained and converted in to semi-regulars. This is how the daily die-hard players can spin up their money on a regular basis (by picking off these players) and ultimately how sites like Pokerstars can generate a constant and increasing revenue.

    With the current schedule though, I'm guessing the playing activity of fun players drops off pretty rapidly upon sign-up, with a load of idle accounts sitting on the database. Meaning Sky Poker is currently protecting the daily die-hards as this is where the money is currently coming in from.

    Doesn't make sense to me. The daily die-hards will likely be hustling multiple poker sites and will be online much sooner than 8pm. So there's no worry there.

    I could finish work late, put the kids to bed, make a slow-cooked casserole and still have time to pop the kettle on before the Main starts. And don't get me started about the 9pm!

    Maybe it's just me. But something doesn't add up. Why mirror sites like PokerStars where the main events finish way past the UK-based players' bed time.
  • MISTY4MEMISTY4ME Member Posts: 6,157
    I think most of the 'Fun players' will be in the 6.30 and 7.30 Freerolls, or the 6.30 £1000 Bounty Hunter, or the £7 at 7, but more likely the 'Fun players' will be in the semi's trying to qualify for the Mains. There are far more Fun players in the 8.30pm Mini than ever enter the 8pm Main due to the buy-in.

    It's a pity there isn't a bigger guarantee Tourney earlier, like on a Sunday, but I'm sure it's been tried, but once the guarantees aren't being met, or are affecting the Main Tourneys, then they are the first thing to go.
  • Allan23Allan23 Member Posts: 863
    Very good post @los88 , would love a response from someone who sets the schedule, as I do agree with a lot of your points, but presume there is data out there from Sky that suggests that the current times are optimal?
  • MattBatesMattBates Member Posts: 4,118
    How often are players finishing as late as 1am? It is rare and means they have had a reasonable result.

    7.30pm £33bh on Sunday finished at 00.50. Monday main finished at 1.41. Tonight's main is already over.

    Sunday main finishes late (3.20am this week) but its the flagship tournament for the site and is lots of money ftw so while I think structure could be tweaked a bit I can see why its like it is.

    Sheriff finished at 00.14 Sunday and 00.48 Monday. Wouldn't say that is particularly late.

    Looking at 888 as a comparison. Is 8 left (00.25) in monsoon $55 which starts at 6.30 and 26 left in $33 big fish which started at 6.30. These seem to be comparative options for players but they last longer.

    Lots of players will only play some nights of the week and they will want to play the main but don't want to pay the full entry fee so will want to play sats to get in so I think its important to allow these players to do that.

    I will say that the schedules should be set around recreational players and its down to professional players to work their schedules around this.
  • danrich925danrich925 Member Posts: 4
    I have to agree with Los88 here. This is pretty much the second time i've ever looked at this forum and its nice to see someone asking questions regarding the times the daily big games start. I use sky for sports betting and have never played skypoker due to the late finishes. ( and the complete lack of games/traffic here) I get what mattbates is saying about how a 1am finish isnt that late but when you have to be up for work at 6am finishing at 1am isnt good. 4/5 hours sleep to tackle a 10 hour day isnt great. Id be happy to move a proportion of my action to sky. The only other problem is the the small guarantees. Maybe take a small leaf out of party pokers book and be willing to overlay some games to get the traffic.
    My 2 pence worth anyway.
  • ArrogantArrogant Member Posts: 207
    Change the gtd of the 5pm 11r to 3-5k, call it the sunday rebuy, or make it start 6pm.Not enough specials or gtd boosts on sundays at sky.
  • Angmar2626Angmar2626 Member Posts: 886
    The one that sticks out is the Sunday Mini imo. Great tourney, but not played it in ages as it goes on until about 3am iirc. Obviously can't grumble about the late night if you win it, but being up until 2am to come 8th or whatever with work early the next morning is a bit of a turn-off. Even moving it an hour earlier would be a big improvement, but then there's the issue of having consistency across all days: people know that the Main is at 8; the Mini at 8.30 - it's simple to remember.
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