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5pm £11bh removed?
chrisdonkb
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Hi @Tikay10, just wondering what happened to the 5pm £11bh as it is no longer on the schedule. Was previously a rebuy/add-on then moved to a regular bh. I didn't notice either missing their guarantees so was just wondering if there was another reason or potentially a mistake? Makes the 4-6pm schedule slightly less appealing
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@chrisdonkb
Hi Mate,
I'm afraid it's been visited by the Grim Reaper, due to repeatedly missing it's Guarantee. I believe it was thought likely to miss even at a lowered Guarantee, so has been carted off to the MTT knackers yard.
You are most welcome mate, hope you are keeping well & making a few bob.
@HAYSIE
Morning Tony.
They have been proactively removed today, yes, as given the weather, & the fact they have been overlaying regularly, they had no chance of covering today.
The current plan - which could change - is that they will both return tomorrow & continue as normal. But if they keep missing, it's inevitable they won't survive. Bear in mind these were only introduced during the poker boomlet, so were never a part of the schedule prior to that.
Why can't they just lower the guarantees? The Sky MTT schedule is starting to look like a ghost town.
In addition to these two there was until recently a 1pm.
So the three of them have gone in addition to the 5pm £11 rebuy.
You cant blame Sky for not wanting to subsidise them, but maybe a reduced guarantee would have been a preferable option.
My memory is not 100% reliable, but I don't think the £11 rebuy at 5pm was ever in any trouble until after the introduction of the £22 BH at 5pm.
Maybe the both are not possible, but surely one must be possible in addition to something at 3pm.
I understand.
Although I do think the 3pm replaced something else, and the 5pm brought about the downfall of the £11 rebuy.
Rather than just completely axe games wouldn't a guarantee reduction be better? I remember the schedule used to be as follows:
Noon:£11bh turbo £300 (been gone for a while now)
2pm:£11bh £200
3pm £22bh £400
4pm £11bh £400 (£200 late last year)
5pm £11rbh £500 (gutted this has gone)
5:45 £11bh £200
Whilst I appreciate all the inflated guarantee's and additional games were due to the lockdown boom wouldn't it make more sense to go back to what we had than just kill the earlier schedule?
Its already pretty stale between 6pm and 7:30pm as it is. I'm sure that many would agree there is a hole left from the removal of the 7pm £55
Dean.
In fact I think there was a £500 guaranteed at 3pm, and the £11 rebuy at 5pm was also guaranteed at £500.
There is a big hole today.
It's understood & appreciated that these changes (in this particular case, currently today only) don't meet with a chorus of approval, but traffic is continuing to decline from the boomlet & The Business has to look at it from a wider perspective, so they will continue to do what they think in best in fettling & fine tuning the overall schedule. This is an ongoing process, MTT's will come & go, Guarantees will rise & fall as necessary.
Overall, MTT Guarantees remain above the pre-boomlet level, but if traffic does not justify it the Suits will have to make such decisions as they feel necessary.
That's just the way it is I'm afraid.
I wonder if it's a marketing thing really. The 7@7 does well from what I can see, and as noted above, most probably dont know it even has a GTD.
Yes, 7 @ 7 is £700 Guaranteed, sorry if it is not made clear enough, but it does say as much in the Lobby;
The 7 at 7 Bounty Hunter. £700 guaranteed with blinds up every 7 minutes!
Although it would be foolish to suggest that the size of the prize pool is not a major factor.
Maybe the mistake with the £11 BH at 5pm, was increasing the guarantee.
Had it been still guaranteed at £500 it would probably still be on the schedule.
I think that to introduce another tourney at the same time, and double the guarantee may have been too ambitious.
All noted lads, & I'll pass your feedback upstairs.
Guys, I've sent the thread Upstairs & they have told me they will take a look at it in the next few days.
So let's wait & see what they say, & I'll keep you informed.