Wow! Double CFP! My monthly £5 would become £10, maybe I should reconsider? £700 in cash is more useful to me than a £1K seat. I'm purely a recreational player and will happily continue to be one, not all of us have big aspirations to be a poker pro. I work 6 days a week running a small business, I have young children to whom I dedicate most of my spare time and I have zero interest in being on TV. TSP - not for me thank-you. Posted by GaryQQQ
In Response to Re: Congrats to the 3 new Sky Poker Team Members. Or is it? : Maybe it would be more beneficial but why offer them the chance to choose between money and the actual promotion itself... People who have played enough to make it to these 30 man tourneys should be interested in a prize like this and if they are more interested in a few hundred quid then it's a joke them being there tbh. Sky should have taken the 2k prize pool and added it onto the winners 'offline br' or whatever. Then the winner is gtd 2k of live tourneys plus all the rest of it. Then we see who wants to win and p*ss about for a min cash. edit: and sky should pay expenses too, how can you sponsor a player and expect them to pop onto laterooms before every tourney looking for the cheapest hotel Posted by pryce6
In Response to Re: Congrats to the 3 new Sky Poker Team Members. Or is it? : +1 Me too as by far the cash players had the toughest draw Posted by YOUNG_GUN
Agreed the cash route is insanely hard and anyone who even makes the cash has done brilliantly, let alone winning it, so mixing it up should make it very interesting. (Although a 90 man tourney would need a SLIGHTLY faster structure as the 30 man took 5 hours)
No offense to anyone, but if you see some of the players in STT/MTT field and my tables draw in the Cash trny was...
I have to admit that I felt sickened and angry at some of the conversations I saw in the chatboxes of all the 3 final tables and I truly hope that those conversations are pulled and read by the powers that be.
I also hope that for the next one, all the players in the finals are checked out first and are only allowed in if they are genuinely after the top prize.
I'll apologise now if it seems strong, but when you see the players like Nutter (sorry Nuts for naming you here) who really want this and then have to see the shananigins in the chatbox that I saw, then you may agree there has to be a better way.
I have to admit that I felt sickened and angry at some of the conversations I saw in the chatboxes of all the 3 final tables and I truly hope that those conversations are pulled and read by the powers that be. I also hope that for the next one, all the players in the finals are checked out first and are only allowed in if they are genuinely after the top prize. I'll apologise now if it seems strong, but when you see the players like Nutter (sorry Nuts for naming you here) who really want this and then have to see the shananigins in the chatbox that I saw, then you may agree there has to be a better way. Posted by SUPERNOVA
i agree was party to a convo on my table where a observer asked all 6 players who wanted first prize
out of 6 only 2 said yes off which i was one
im not nameing names but its wrong
i think it should be no cash for lower places maybe give them league points for the next league
I bet you were relatively happy with that draw as well flash !!!
This is why there should be an alternative for first place.
Or an option to enter either the TSP freeroll, or a freeroll where all the money for 2-8th is combined, into 1 seperate freeroll for everyone who opts out of the main one (from the top 30 ofc)
That wud be a really tasty prize pool still.
(top 20 cash, top 10 sng and top 10 mtt in the main tsp one)
(20-50 from the league for cash, 10-30 sng and 10-30 mtt to make a 70 runner "sub" freeroll for the moniez)
I have to admit that I felt sickened and angry at some of the conversations I saw in the chatboxes of all the 3 final tables and I truly hope that those conversations are pulled and read by the powers that be. I also hope that for the next one, all the players in the finals are checked out first and are only allowed in if they are genuinely after the top prize. I'll apologise now if it seems strong, but when you see the players like Nutter (sorry Nuts for naming you here) who really want this and then have to see the shananigins in the chatbox that I saw, then you may agree there has to be a better way. Posted by SUPERNOVA
I too watched much of the last hour and a half of the 3 finals and agree with Sharon that some of what was being said in the chatboxes was very dis-tasteful to say the least. This is not what you should expect from any group who are trying to join a well respected (by the community) team representing Sky Poker at a high level. I was very disappointed. I'm sure that none of this will have gone unnoticed by Sky!
In Response to Re: Congrats to the 3 new Sky Poker Team Members. Or is it? : i agree was party to a convo on my table where a observer asked all 6 players who wanted first prize out of 6 only 2 said yes off which i was one im not nameing names but its wrong i think it should be no cash for lower places maybe give them league points for the next league Posted by sara36dd08
Yeah, I watched your table for most of the comp being a fellow knight. Not nice but hopefully it will all get read.
I think that Penguin7s suggestion on another thread is by far the best way to deal with this in the future.
Scrap money for 7/8th.
Places 2-6 all get 400 each. That means those who want the cash can just sit out without missing out on prize money.. Then hopefully you will have 2/3/4 at the table who will actually want the seat an play for it.
I think that Penguin7s suggestion on another thread is by far the best way to deal with this in the future. Scrap money for 7/8th. Places 2-6 all get 400 each. That means those who want the cash can just sit out without missing out on prize money.. Then hopefully you will have 2/3/4 at the table who will actually want the seat an play for it. Posted by scotty77
no just put it all to the winners live bankroll. then we have people who actually want to win the **** thing because there's no other option Posted by pryce6
Couldn't the 30 players from each category be put into 1 pot and drawn out on one of the shows (FA Cup style) - perhaps on the Thursday show to get interest from the Sky Sports viewers too?
That would mix everyone up and create more balanced fields. Perhaps the top player from each, as they get more chips, could be entered into each separate tourney to give them a seeding as such for their efforts over the 3 months. Then, I agree with the other suggestion, money for 6th onwards only.
no just put it all to the winners live bankroll. then we have people who actually want to win the **** thing because there's no other option Posted by pryce6
+1 A winner takes all tourny would rectify any problems,without a doubt
WD all who qualified. Couldn't the 30 players from each category be put into 1 pot and drawn out on one of the shows (FA Cup style) - perhaps on the Thursday show to get interest from the Sky Sports viewers too? That would mix everyone up and create more balanced fields. Perhaps the top player from each, as they get more chips, could be entered into each separate tourney to give them a seeding as such for their efforts over the 3 months. Then, I agree with the other suggestion, money for 6th onwards only. Posted by phil12uk
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That would make it alot fairer imo.
Me too as by far the cash players had the toughest draw
No offense to anyone, but if you see some of the players in STT/MTT field and my tables draw in the Cash trny was...
Coxylboro
Sam1986
offshoot
dub1
60nine60
Anyone wonna sway? LOL
I have to admit that I felt sickened and angry at some of the conversations I saw in the chatboxes of all the 3 final tables and I truly hope that those conversations are pulled and read by the powers that be.
I also hope that for the next one, all the players in the finals are checked out first and are only allowed in if they are genuinely after the top prize.
I'll apologise now if it seems strong, but when you see the players like Nutter (sorry Nuts for naming you here) who really want this and then have to see the shananigins in the chatbox that I saw, then you may agree there has to be a better way.
out of 6 only 2 said yes off which i was one
im not nameing names but its wrong
i think it should be no cash for lower places maybe give them league points for the next league
Scrap money for 7/8th.
Places 2-6 all get 400 each. That means those who want the cash can just sit out without missing out on prize money.. Then hopefully you will have 2/3/4 at the table who will actually want the seat an play for it.