why not start the open at 8 and show some highlights of the first hours action and have a longer structure. ive watched the open on sky and there are few hands shown early on i presume the powers that be are looking 4 good hand to show, if it started 1 hour earlier then sky could show hands straight away
think we definatley need a buddies list so you can see all of your friends at the same time. i also think we need an option to see our profile in a way to show your tourny's entered and best positions/ best wins etc.
I love the idea of better avatars. I'm happy with 2D, I think 3D is creepy. How about having a photofit system, so we can personalise them. Posted by VEE_KNUTZ
this is something that's being looked at. try personalising your community profile, you can upload your own photo here!
how bout they get a RANDOM number generator..and maybe start rewarding clever plays as opposed 2 rewarding badD calls. also why when i prepress the fold and then sum1 goes all in do i then get the option 2 fold or go all in..illogical captain.
Ok, well here are my suggestions. These are things that I think would be genuine improvements rather than just self beneficial. I would say this site gets about 30% of my poker business, and these ''ideas'' would probably see SKY take more.
I actually think there are now too many mtt's. Given the number of players on the site, there just aren't the numbers to fill an mtt every 10/15 minutes. If I want to play an mtt I want to get a decent ROI if I win/final table. Many of the mtt's here have become glorified sit n go's with 20-40 runners. A prime example is the 3pm which for a low stake mtt (fiver) used to get 80/90 runners, now it has just become another 30/40 runner event amidst the plethora of bounty hunters, speed tourny's etc etc. There is simply no need to have this amount of 'mtt's'' available and thus dilute fields. If I want to play a 2/3 hour mtt I usually go elsewhwere as I want to play a genuine 50-150 runner event rather than 20-50 players.
A rematch option button in Heads Up games would be a welcome addition, and surely not too tricky for the IT staff to sort out.
It's been said by many before me, but 7 minute blinds for the flagship event is poor. 10 minute blinds should be incorporated for all Opens. If it means starting at 8pm so be it. Whilst you may gain novice players you will also lose many who want to play some hands through the streets, rather than shove or fold after half an hour.
The SNG pay out structure could be altered slightly, it's currently weighted too heavily in favour of first over second. This is the most minor of ''complaints'' though! (Doubling your money for 2nd would be my suggestion)
Obviously you're not going to reduce the fee for DYM games to 5% (although you should) given their popularity, but it's emabarrasing for the site to have 10% fees for Russian Roulette games sitting next to the correct fees of 5% for Heads UP games, it just gives the site a very unprofessional look. Everyone knows this is very much a beginners/recreational poker site, but this kind of rip off/gambing advertising will do nothing to help it grow.
A Heads Up tournament should be organised, maybe one a month 64 runners at £20/£30 an entry. Tough to do I know, but would be good flair and great banter between players etc etc.
The staff here are first class, TK in particular represents the site incredibly well and ideas seem to be tried when suggested to various employees etc etc. So please take any comments above as intended, just ideas that I think are the way forward.
Regarding Sit-n-Go's, as the game will not procede unless there are the required number of players, can the 'Places Paid' info show the values as if the table(s) were full?
Ok, well here are my suggestions. These are things that I think would be genuine improvements rather than just self beneficial. I would say this site gets about 30% of my poker business, and these ''ideas'' would probably see SKY take more. I actually think there are now too many mtt's. Given the number of players on the site, there just aren't the numbers to fill an mtt every 10/15 minutes. If I want to play an mtt I want to get a decent ROI if I win/final table. Many of the mtt's here have become glorified sit n go's with 20-40 runners. A prime example is the 3pm which for a low stake mtt (fiver) used to get 80/90 runners, now it has just become another 30/40 runner event amidst the plethora of bounty hunters, speed tourny's etc etc. There is simply no need to have this amount of 'mtt's'' available and thus dilute fields. If I want to play a 2/3 hour mtt I usually go elsewhwere as I want to play a genuine 50-150 runner event rather than 20-50 players. A rematch option button in Heads Up games would be a welcome addition, and surely not too tricky for the IT staff to sort out. It's been said by many before me, but 7 minute blinds for the flagship event is poor. 10 minute blinds should be incorporated for all Opens. If it means starting at 8pm so be it. Whilst you may gain novice players you will also lose many who want to play some hands through the streets, rather than shove or fold after half an hour. The SNG pay out structure could be altered slightly, it's currently weighted too heavily in favour of first over second. This is the most minor of ''complaints'' though! (Doubling your money for 2nd would be my suggestion) Obviously you're not going to reduce the fee for DYM games to 5% (although you should) given their popularity, but it's emabarrasing for the site to have 10% fees for Russian Roulette games sitting next to the correct fees of 5% for Heads UP games, it just gives the site a very unprofessional look. Everyone knows this is very much a beginners/recreational poker site, but this kind of rip off/gambing advertising will do nothing to help it grow. A Heads Up tournament should be organised, maybe one a month 64 runners at £20/£30 an entry. Tough to do I know, but would be good flair and great banter between players etc etc. The staff here are first class, TK in particular represents the site incredibly well and ideas seem to be tried when suggested to various employees etc etc. So please take any comments above as intended, just ideas that I think are the way forward. Cheers Posted by NOGIMMICKS
At least the 10% fee for DYM games is better than the 20% WH charge...
Sky poker is without a doubt one of the worst poker sites i have played on, it cant even begin to compete with even the smaller sites nevermind the major ones. The software is terrible, the tournament structures are poor, there is no value for money whatsoever., with too many gimmicky tournaments lik russian roulette, and scary which does nothing for pokers credibility it is pure gambling. As for only six seater tables ridiculous, the standard of play on average is poor with no end of donks sucking out on you.For these reasons and more i will be taking my money elsewhere and advising anyone else i know to do the same.
i think people should only be allowed to sit out for a certain amount of time. The amount of times in tournaments ive seen people sit out till nearly the end drives me mad.....I would also like to see bigger money tournaments in the mornings not everyone can play in the evenings.....ive had my moan now so have a good evening.
Clearly the hand history is under par. I mainly play other sites so I can analyse my play on poker tracker. Obviously using the web browser to load sky poker will make the heads up display impossible (imagine having downloadable software!) but please - lets have a method of downloading your hand histories and in a format that we can use with software such as poker tracker. It really does help spotting wholes in your game.
please ban the bingo players and make it a poker site again Posted by Alarm76
firstly id agree with a poster above , charging russian roulette fees is pretty galling, advertising said game on the tv is also a bit much considering its not a game you can win on long term. same comments for cashino e.t.c on top right of table, like other sites please add the option to get rid of these links.
the biggest factor which prevents myself and many others i no playing cash here on a more regular basis is the hand history. This is almost useless especially when multi tabling, are there plans to import the use of poker tracker or the excellent holdem manager into the site? If not the hand history MUST be improved as a priority.
The channel analysts often talk a good game about analysing your play, on this site at present that is almost impossible.
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Definately an option to find friends online would be great.
Ok, well here are my suggestions. These are things that I think would be genuine improvements rather than just self beneficial. I would say this site gets about 30% of my poker business, and these ''ideas'' would probably see SKY take more.
I actually think there are now too many mtt's. Given the number of players on the site, there just aren't the numbers to fill an mtt every 10/15 minutes. If I want to play an mtt I want to get a decent ROI if I win/final table. Many of the mtt's here have become glorified sit n go's with 20-40 runners. A prime example is the 3pm which for a low stake mtt (fiver) used to get 80/90 runners, now it has just become another 30/40 runner event amidst the plethora of bounty hunters, speed tourny's etc etc. There is simply no need to have this amount of 'mtt's'' available and thus dilute fields. If I want to play a 2/3 hour mtt I usually go elsewhwere as I want to play a genuine 50-150 runner event rather than 20-50 players.
A rematch option button in Heads Up games would be a welcome addition, and surely not too tricky for the IT staff to sort out.
It's been said by many before me, but 7 minute blinds for the flagship event is poor. 10 minute blinds should be incorporated for all Opens. If it means starting at 8pm so be it. Whilst you may gain novice players you will also lose many who want to play some hands through the streets, rather than shove or fold after half an hour.
The SNG pay out structure could be altered slightly, it's currently weighted too heavily in favour of first over second. This is the most minor of ''complaints'' though! (Doubling your money for 2nd would be my suggestion)
Obviously you're not going to reduce the fee for DYM games to 5% (although you should) given their popularity, but it's emabarrasing for the site to have 10% fees for Russian Roulette games sitting next to the correct fees of 5% for Heads UP games, it just gives the site a very unprofessional look. Everyone knows this is very much a beginners/recreational poker site, but this kind of rip off/gambing advertising will do nothing to help it grow.
A Heads Up tournament should be organised, maybe one a month 64 runners at £20/£30 an entry. Tough to do I know, but would be good flair and great banter between players etc etc.
The staff here are first class, TK in particular represents the site incredibly well and ideas seem to be tried when suggested to various employees etc etc. So please take any comments above as intended, just ideas that I think are the way forward.
Cheers
The software is terrible, the tournament structures are poor, there is no value for money whatsoever., with too many gimmicky tournaments lik russian roulette, and scary which does nothing for pokers credibility it is pure gambling. As for only six seater tables ridiculous, the standard of play on average is poor with no end of donks sucking out on you.For these reasons and more i will be taking my money elsewhere and advising anyone else i know to do the same.
Any answers to how you could make the screen bigger.
I have a 22" screen and the poker table occupies 25% of the screen.
Vert frustating.
and make it a poker site again
the biggest factor which prevents myself and many others i no playing cash here on a more regular basis is the hand history. This is almost useless especially when multi tabling, are there plans to import the use of poker tracker or the excellent holdem manager into the site? If not the hand history MUST be improved as a priority.
The channel analysts often talk a good game about analysing your play, on this site at present that is almost impossible.
certain cash hands play themselves but even experienced players need time and this just isnt the case at present.
SKY merchandise to win throught touraments or to have tounamnets with £1 to enter and just sky mechandise to win or days out with sky poker team etc
What do you think ?