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Guarantee reductions & schedule alterations, as & from today, Wednesday 17th June
Tikay10
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Good morning.
Those who read the Daily Results thread will be aware that Guarantees have come under strong pressure in the last few days. Wall-to-wall Premier League is now going to start, in addition to a full programme of horse racing, most of it televised.
Therefore a number of Guarantees have been reduced in line with existing & anticipated demand and a few MTT's will no longer run.
These are effective as & from today, Wednesday 17th June, until further notice.
The list below is not exhaustive, but covers most of the major changes.
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Main Events;
Marksman £8,000
Gold Rush £8,000
Predator £8,000
Hitman £8,000
Avenger £12,000
Sharpshooter £10,000
Sunday Major £15,000
Mini Events
Marksman £2,500
Gold Rush £3,000
Predator £2,500
Hitman £2,500
Avenger £5,000
Sharpshooter £3,000
Mini Major £3,000
Sheriff £2,500
Turbo BH @ 10pm £2,000
Summit £8,000
The following will not run until further notice;
£10,000 Big Weekend Bounty Hunter Friday
£10,000 Big Weekend Bounty Hunter Saturday
£3,000 Bounty Hunter @ 7pm
I think lots of the regulars, myself included, would still play the above three MTT's even if their guarantee was halved.
Can I ask why they were chopped altogether rather than just reducing their guarantee to something they'll always hit?
To suddenly completely remove three big buy in MTT's is a shame.
Not meaning to sound egotistical, but from a personal perspective, it is these MTT's that have kept me playing partially on Sky.
I know you have to look after the low and medium stake guys, I get that, but this means there is not a lot left at the high end.
Can't we have them back with half the guarantee? It shouldn't impact the traffic in the other MTT's much imo.
If you make them minimum 7 runners, then you are covered against all in exploitation.
Maybe you can point out my views to the suits? If you think it will do any good.
Cheers,
G
I will pass your comments on to the Office Graham.
I would imagine they have been cancelled as they are impacting or are likely to impact upon the Main Events & other established MTT's.
The Big Weekend Bounty Hunter which ran on Fridays & Saturdays, was only introduced in late March early April after lockdown started, & did very well at first, but numbers have been dropping, with last Saturday's renewal costing £2,400 in overlay. This is not sustainable. With Premier League Football now on TV most evenings, this could only get worse.
No more overlay, just have minimum 7 runners and reduce the guarantee further if it looks vulnerable.
@GSmith13 @chicknMelt @cpfc_2010 @jordz16 @loololollo @Alvez11 @alancarr12 @miniman88 @destinycod @MattBates @FeelGroggy @rspca12 @Tedson @scotty77
The guys above, to name just a few, would probably still play it most weeks, and re-enter at times, even with a £5K Guarantee and there are a heck of a lot of others that will play it some weeks, especially with a satellite structure.
Who would and who wouldn't still play this if it just had a £5K guarantee?
And for those who wouldn't buy in direct, would you still try the satellites?
See if we can give @Tikay10 and @Sky_SamT some feedback.
I'd like to see the 7pm 55bh stay with a lower guarantee, and possibly making it a £110 on Fri/ Sat
I was expecting a drop of in the guarantees across the board, I'm quite surprised at the decision to just give up on them
I haven't been that active as of late but I have enjoyed the addition of the bigger weekend games when I have been able to play.
You take some of the great players on Sky @Alvez11 @alancarr12 @FeelGroggy @chrisdonkb, @DAVEMCDAID @Tedson to name but a few.
These players inspire me and others, and literally you are taking away the few MTT's that they may play. Other well known grinders like myself @MattBates @loololollo @miniman88 @destinycod @chicknMelt will play other games as well, but it's a shame that we are now losing the MTT's that attract top class players to the site.
Imo, we want the likes of @Alvez11 @alancarr12 @FeelGroggy @chrisdonkb @DAVEMCDAID @JMcCririck @Tedson etc on the site and playing MTT's not just cash, as it inspires people and is a great feeling when some of us mere mortals, bust them.
I personally love to battle against these players, even though I often come out bruised and worse of.
It helps me to improve and makes it not just about the grind
Basically scrapping these MTT's, effectively means that the really good MTT players won't play on the site, as the options are too limited.
Recently some top players have come across to play these games and that I think is a good thing, we should welcome them.
People like myself need to play against better players, to improve, otherwise we just exist as multi-table grinders with no ambition to get better.
This decision effectively forces us to play elsewhere to find games that will assist our development as players.
But I also agree, reducing the guarantee seems much better than cancelling them altogether
@chrisdonkb always gets the better of me. I think, like yourself he's a class player, under rated and I am sure would be +EV in theses games. But yes, he does grind some lower stakes, so perhaps the grinders section for him for now. But reckon he could crush £110's on here, so I am going to leave him with the "big guns" in the hope he proves me right.