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Trading in Sky Poker Points for something beside Freerolls

patwalshhpatwalshh Member Posts: 772
edited December 2013 in Community Suggestions
I have played on a large number of Poker sites, and although Sky Poker is good in that it offers some sort of rakeback deal with the sky poker points. Just being able to spend the points on freeroll entries is repetative. 

As a high volume player, I don't have any interest playing in a 3-5 hour+ MTT to be in with the chance of winning £12. I believe that there should be other ways in which you can spend your points. Ranging from low to high entry tournament tickets and Sky Poker memorabilia, such as hoodies etc. 

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    rob12345rob12345 Member Posts: 341
    edited December 2011
    In Response to Trading in Sky Poker Points for something beside Freerolls:
    I have played on a large number of Poker sites, and although Sky Poker is good in that it offers some sort of rakeback deal with the sky poker points. Just being able to spend the points on freeroll entries is repetative.  As a high volume player, I don't have any interest playing in a 3-5 hour+ MTT to be in with the chance of winning £12. I believe that there should be other ways in which you can spend your points. Ranging from low to high entry tournament tickets and Sky Poker memorabilia, such as hoodies etc.  (P.S RESIZABLE TABLES!!!!!!!!!!!)
    Posted by patwalshh
    yea deffo i play game from 5 to 50 quid i don't wot waist my time playing free rolls for 12 and having to play for 3 or 4 hours sky change it tournament seats or just money for our points anything better than wot u have now
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    BCFC_CHUBCFC_CHU Member Posts: 68
    edited December 2011
    In Response to Re: Trading in Sky Poker Points for something beside Freerolls:
    In Response to Trading in Sky Poker Points for something beside Freerolls : yea deffo i play game from 5 to 50 quid i don't wot waist my time playing free rolls for 12 and having to play for 3 or 4 hours sky change it tournament seats or just money for our points anything better than wot u have now
    Posted by rob12345
    hi i agree that being able to use the points for something other than freerolls is a good idea. But rob u mention about maybe getting cash for ur points! Sky have a promotion called cash for points. If u have entered the promo code POKER in the promotions section u do get cash for the amount of points u earn within a monthly period. All points that qualify for cash will then be deducted from ur poker points total and ur cash is credited to ur account by the end of the 5th business day of the following month. If ur still unsure on the cash for points pomo just check out the promo section on the lobby page and it explains in more detail. Hope this helps
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    rob12345rob12345 Member Posts: 341
    edited December 2011
    In Response to Re: Trading in Sky Poker Points for something beside Freerolls:
    In Response to Re: Trading in Sky Poker Points for something beside Freerolls : hi i agree that being able to use the points for something other than freerolls is a good idea. But rob u mention about maybe getting cash for ur points! Sky have a promotion called cash for points. If u have entered the promo code POKER in the promotions section u do get cash for the amount of points u earn within a monthly period. All points that qualify for cash will then be deducted from ur poker points total and ur cash is credited to ur account by the end of the 5th business day of the following month. If ur still unsure on the cash for points pomo just check out the promo section on the lobby page and it explains in more detail. Hope this helps
    Posted by BCFC_CHU
    yea i know about that but have got like 7000 points which i am never going use
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    BCFC_CHUBCFC_CHU Member Posts: 68
    edited December 2011
    In Response to Re: Trading in Sky Poker Points for something beside Freerolls:
    In Response to Re: Trading in Sky Poker Points for something beside Freerolls : yea i know about that but have got like 7000 points which i am never going use
    Posted by rob12345
    ye same here. lets hope sky have something in the pipeline, with alternative ways to spend them. After all, they have made a load of changes recently, all to give us a choice! Gl at the tables
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    ricky1984ricky1984 Member Posts: 140
    edited December 2011
    In Response to Trading in Sky Poker Points for something beside Freerolls:
    I have played on a large number of Poker sites, and although Sky Poker is good in that it offers some sort of rakeback deal with the sky poker points. Just being able to spend the points on freeroll entries is repetative.  As a high volume player, I don't have any interest playing in a 3-5 hour+ MTT to be in with the chance of winning £12. I believe that there should be other ways in which you can spend your points. Ranging from low to high entry tournament tickets and Sky Poker memorabilia, such as hoodies etc.  (P.S RESIZABLE TABLES!!!!!!!!!!!)
    Posted by patwalshh
    + 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    EvilPinguEvilPingu Member Posts: 3,462
    edited December 2011
    Was looking around on another site earlier, and one of the things they were allowing people to trade points in for was a 10-seater, 82" poker table. I want one... :o

    +1 for trading in points for items :)
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    spornybolspornybol Member Posts: 8,212
    edited December 2011
    i agree, played a couple freerolls and it`s just nut`s with players all in with hands like 2/3.
    also the resizeable tabes are comng soon according to tikay but no defo date yet
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    BarlickerBarlicker Member Posts: 49
    edited December 2011

    +1 .    

      I have asked SKY for a shop where you can buy merchandise for cash / points . I think my request has fallen on deaf ears.

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    GreekWayGreekWay Member Posts: 462
    edited January 2012
    +1 for the thread.

    +1 for a mechandise shop to trade your points.
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    GatlingGobGatlingGob Member Posts: 101
    edited January 2012

    Exchanging points for better tourneys is best option but a shop would also be nice.

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    freechips1freechips1 Member Posts: 861
    edited January 2012
    This was mentioned years ago.  The problem that sky face is that many players have got >100k points as they played on the site before cash for points was introduced.
    For sky to bring in a store the cost would be HUGE as their must be millions of points sitting in peoples accounts.  I have />25k points and would love to be able to use them but im not holding my breath.
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    macapacamacapaca Member Posts: 658
    edited January 2012
    In Response to Trading in Sky Poker Points for something beside Freerolls:
    I have played on a large number of Poker sites, and although Sky Poker is good in that it offers some sort of rakeback deal with the sky poker points. Just being able to spend the points on freeroll entries is repetative.  As a high volume player, I don't have any interest playing in a 3-5 hour+ MTT to be in with the chance of winning £12. I believe that there should be other ways in which you can spend your points. Ranging from low to high entry tournament tickets and Sky Poker memorabilia, such as hoodies etc.  (P.S RESIZABLE TABLES!!!!!!!!!!!)
    Posted by patwalshh
    Yeah i totally agree with this, i think as per other sites you could also exchange points throughout the month for tournament tokens or merchandise, i think sky should look in to this, great idea!!!
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    patwalshhpatwalshh Member Posts: 772
    edited March 2012
    In Response to Re: Trading in Sky Poker Points for something beside Freerolls:
    This was mentioned years ago.  The problem that sky face is that many players have got />100k points as they played on the site before cash for points was introduced. For sky to bring in a store the cost would be HUGE as their must be millions of points sitting in peoples accounts.  I have />25k points and would love to be able to use them but im not holding my breath.
    Posted by freechips1
    Although this is a valid point. I don't believe this should hold the store back. Maybe Sky could create a store that accepts a different form of currency, as an alternative to poker points. Just call it frequent player points or something along those lines.  
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    Irn_BruIrn_Bru Member Posts: 3
    edited March 2012
    THIS!!!
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    mcfc_nickmcfc_nick Member Posts: 12
    edited March 2012
    i may be wrong as i cant quite remember but i think the freerolls used to be for tournament seats instead of cash.
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    ReDonkReDonk Member Posts: 4
    edited October 2013
    merch shop would be brilliant, its one of those things that makes poker stars points more valuble than sky bets points for example, i think it would bring in an increase of players purely because of the extra value they would be getting out of play/points. we should start a petition haha.
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    JPW33JPW33 Member Posts: 326
    edited October 2013
    I asked for merchandise shop 3 years ago and Tikay said it is not viable as a business for Sky Poker at that time. Doubt anything has changed.
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    churchy18churchy18 Member Posts: 1,853
    edited October 2013
    sky run b/hunter freerolls 2 everynight and also a mini freeroll and they do bigger points rolls every now and again as well i think it was the spt or something the last time for bigger points entrie,s.and there was also the syndicate freeroll they where doing every week.if sky did open a points store would that mean u would be happy for them too stop paying out cash for the points u earn every month.as they only use the points now too work out the bonus people recieve every month
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    ewee71ewee71 Member Posts: 36
    edited November 2013
    In Response to Re: Trading in Sky Poker Points for something beside Freerolls:
    In Response to Trading in Sky Poker Points for something beside Freerolls : Yeah i totally agree with this, i think as per other sites you could also exchange points throughout the month for tournament tokens or merchandise, i think sky should look in to this, great idea!!!
    Posted by macapaca
    i agree with that aswell 
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    sonnyjimmysonnyjimmy Member Posts: 144
    edited December 2013
    Funny how sky have kept quiet on this thread....... :-S
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