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Satelites to BIG events...
FlashFlush
Member Posts: 4,494
Seeing that the WSOP-E is abou to get underway and the english poker open is also in full swing, it has made me think of the question i hear alot on here... why dont we have satelites to big live events (as well as the WSOP)
Obviously they can only put these satelites up if there is enough demand, bearing in mind the GUKPT buyins are around £1000 therefore probably the main finals would have to be £100 buyin (obviously there would be smaller buyins to get into that). The english poker open was a $5000+ buyin, etc etc... How many of us would play these, i know i would. If we get a big demand then we can take this to the heads of skypoker and show that there is demand for it.
Obviously they can only put these satelites up if there is enough demand, bearing in mind the GUKPT buyins are around £1000 therefore probably the main finals would have to be £100 buyin (obviously there would be smaller buyins to get into that). The english poker open was a $5000+ buyin, etc etc... How many of us would play these, i know i would. If we get a big demand then we can take this to the heads of skypoker and show that there is demand for it.
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hi charles i would be deffo interested in small buy in satalites as i do play a lot of sats here so i have voted yes & have subscribed to see what happens good luck & great thread m8 michael
Correct me if I am wrong with the above, but would seem to be logical.
how about a sat into 1 of the APAT events as i watch in poker all the time (sky+helps) & tikay is chairman(which could help) of apat so there could be a bit of support there also there are people here who play in apat online league every 2 weeks on a sunday so they would( maybe) support it (i myself have joined a team tho i have not yet played) and it could be just the thing for skypoker's next step in there young poker life which will always be ever changing
michael
WITHOUT A DOUBT ID PLAY
i agree charles thats how it is at the moment but there are changes happening all the time take sky poker they are going through a change process at present which will no doubt take a bit of time for people to get used to so instead of doing it all at once they do a bit at a time so even though it don't look like much its actually a lot count the changes they have made since they started they all add up to 1 final goal which would have been put in place months before they started after loads of research so i do think it is possible and here's why if i can convert 16 threads into 3 threads as my 3 months learning the basics of poker has finished & i'm on me next level of my poker journey(my 1st post is on there now) & i acheived all this in 48 hours (read post) then i truely beleive it can be done m8 just gonna take a bit of time i think a bit of patience is needed here michael
charles i will send you a PM on how it could be done m8 after the weekend dt
i know m8 i've sent you a PM to expain michael
Your right Dave, about other sites having the exclusive satelittes straight into certain events, but if it is an open comp,i think there is no reason why Sky cannot have a satelitte into events and then pay us to play them(like a sponsored player if you like).
col
APAT WSOPE EPO? GKUPT all maybe ruled out?
Getting complicated!
Hi Guys,
MANY Live Events are sponsored by Online Sites.
The purpose of that - using the GUKPT as an example - is to get players to play on the Sponsors Cardroom.
So no, not that easy.
Ditto the WSOP-E, ditto the EPT, ditto the British Masters Poker Tour, etc. They are ALL headlined by various Online Rooms the whole idea being to drive traffic to those Rooms. So "buying a batch of Seats" is not usully do-able.
APAT? It has a Sponsor, & so that Sponsor holds Online Satellites on it's own Room. There is a big problm with APAT, in that everyone wants Seats for it, & there are no Venues with adequate Capacity, & when sold Online - as opposed to qualified for - all the Seats go in seconds. That's seconds, not minutes. APAT give such good value you see - grown-up structures, Added Value, & no Reg Fees for ANY Events - that's all unique to APAT.
There are "independent" Events that Sky Poker could, if they so desired, organise Satelites for, but it's for them to judge whether the demand is there yet. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't fancy there would be adequate demand - though with another years growth under their belt, yes, it will be do-able.
They - Sky Poker - also need to leave a little slack to ensure that if/when they hold another SPUKT Tour, the Players are not "satellited-out" by spending all their money qualifying for other Events.
All very complicated, these things are never as easy or as straightforward as they may seem at first glance.
But all things come to those who wait, & as Sky Poker grows & grows, who knows what may be possible?
hi col i think you are onto something there m8 that could make it happen in sport all athletes who want to acheieve need a sponsor doesn't matter what the sport is
so col, do any of the top poker players have sponsors ? if so how many ? also as i said to charles ( earlier post) i still beleive that apat would be the way forward for sat buy ins but it ain't gonna happen overnight at the very minium you would have to be online 3 years to build up a good following of players plus even though its called sky poker and sky is a brand name its all about numbers & averages in order to get a sponsor you have to prove yourself over a period of time for an event to be sponsored by anyone there are other factors 2 consider then there's venue for the event etc its & the list gets bigger & bigger so its not easy but it can be done m8 michael
The credit could go to sky by maybe saying whoever wins the seat will wear sky branded clothing or something