Hi 1267 Please remember we have just started this and cash made sense as the first place to do it. It could be more complex for tournaments or SNGs because - would the happy hour be when the tournament starts, ends, when you register? etc... For cash, it's simply hands played within the hour. However, we will be looking at this and we're sure we can some up with something that is easy to understand and attractive in future. Watch this space... Thanks Sky Poker Posted by Sky_Poker
Surely it would just be the same as how all the other poker points are distributed.
You say watch this space .. . but its been going on a long time now, and sit and go's are being left behind. Cash is obviously the main focus and is growing more and more popular, but sit n go's have decreased massively, and its hard to even get games going at times, can register for 4 games and wait 2 hours for them to fill. More and more sit and go players are leaving, and the games 22 quid plus must be down over 100 percent on this time last year ! (even though the site is growing).
Promotions are just all aimed at cash, with the odd MTT (jackpot) ... Sky Santa at numerous cash tables, Cash table happy hour, New cash deep tables, new cash action tables, James and Rich on their cash crusade . You get the picture ...
In Response to Re: Oooh, new thing being tested! Get ready....1-2pm : Surely it would just be the same as how all the other poker points are distributed. You say watch this space .. . but its been going on a long time now, and sit and go's are being left behind. Cash is obviously the main focus and is growing more and more popular, but sit n go's have decreased massively, and its hard to even get games going at times, can register for 4 games and wait 2 hours for them to fill. More and more sit and go players are leaving, and the games 22 quid plus must be down over 100 percent on this time last year ! (even though the site is growing). Promotions are just all aimed at cash, with the odd MTT (jackpot) ... Sky Santa at numerous cash tables, Cash table happy hour, New cash deep tables, new cash action tables, James and Rich on their cash crusade . You get the picture ... Posted by 1267
Thanks for your comments, we appreciate you taking the time to give your thoughts. We always try to do new things and although there are some cash things going on a the moment, in the past we have focused on STTs (new formats, PTP, DYM streaks etc) and MTTs (Jackpot, UKOPS etc). At the time, we get questioned on why nothing for cash players.
We would never want to exclude any group of players and we will go back to doing more on STTs and MTTs in future.
We have something really exciting coming in the new year which will be for all game types.
I have only just come online and cba to start up a cash session so this won't affect me... but how will this work?
Although the "Earning poker points" section of the promo information says you will be credited points at the end of each hand, many of you will know this is not true and they are not actually rewarded until you finish your session and leave the table(s).
So if you started a session at say 12:30 and finished at 2:30 would you actually get 150% points???
On a similar note, the other day I was 2-tabling NL50 which gives 9 points per 20 hands, when I left them I checked my account and had 46 more points than before... howwwww?
In Response to Re: Oooh, new thing being tested! Get ready....1-2pm : Thanks for your comments, we appreciate you taking the time to give your thoughts. We always try to do new things and although there are some cash things going on a the moment, in the past we have focused on STTs (new formats, PTP, DYM streaks etc) and MTTs (Jackpot, UKOPS etc). At the time, we get questioned on why nothing for cash players. We would never want to exclude any group of players and we will go back to doing more on STTs and MTTs in future. We have something really exciting coming in the new year which will be for all game types. Posted by Sky_Poker
Been playing on the site over 18 months and can't remember one single STT promotion even tho STT games used to be pretty popular, the new format treble your moneys being the only thing of note, very little was done to promote them and they flopped. Yet i can name 5 cash promotions from the last month. I'm only saying.
Many STT's player have left or began playing elsewhere , and talk in chat about how they can multiple elsewhere, If the games keep drying up it wont be long before the rest follow.
A couple of small points of clarification on how this should work for you. Pay attention if you're the kind of player who likes to play a hand, stand up, then sit back down again. Not sure there are any of you out there, but you never know.... ** Poker points are calculated pro-rata at the end of each 'subscription' (that's the technical term, that is...) i.e. when the players stands up from the cash table. ** The bonus multiplier is then applied ** Any fractions are rounded down to the nearest point (as is the case normally) Posted by Sky_Dave
need a little clearing up here. As far as i am aware your points are added to your account when you stand from your table, like the end of the month when you stand at 12.05 after 4 hours play and your points are added to the next month (well sort of). If i was to start playing at the start of happy hour and play on the same table for 12 hours (as if, im far too lazy) when i stand would my 12 hours play get 50% bonus or just the 1 hours play?
Also, don't forget the Action Tables - those earn you more Poker Points than a regular table anyway, and with the 50% Happy Hour boost applied, it could really start adding up! Check this out... For every 20 raked hands Limits Regular Table Points Action Table Points Happy Hour Action Tables 3.00/3.00 30 30 45 2.00/2.00 24 25 37 1.00/1.00 18 20 30 0.50/0.50 9 10 15 0.30/0.30 5 6 9 0.20.0.20 5 6 9 0.10/0.10 2 3 4 Posted by Sky_Dave
Please tell me that you've just left out the 4nl and 8nl from the table because rake is the same there as 10nl and not because 4nl and 8nl have been left out of ANOTHER new addition to Sky??
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Hi 1267
Please remember we have just started this and cash made sense as the first place to do it.
It could be more complex for tournaments or SNGs because - would the happy hour be when the tournament starts, ends, when you register? etc...
For cash, it's simply hands played within the hour.
However, we will be looking at this and we're sure we can some up with something that is easy to understand and attractive in future.
Watch this space...
Thanks
Sky Poker
You say watch this space .. . but its been going on a long time now, and sit and go's are being left behind. Cash is obviously the main focus and is growing more and more popular, but sit n go's have decreased massively, and its hard to even get games going at times, can register for 4 games and wait 2 hours for them to fill. More and more sit and go players are leaving, and the games 22 quid plus must be down over 100 percent on this time last year ! (even though the site is growing).
Promotions are just all aimed at cash, with the odd MTT (jackpot) ... Sky Santa at numerous cash tables, Cash table happy hour, New cash deep tables, new cash action tables, James and Rich on their cash crusade . You get the picture ...
We always try to do new things and although there are some cash things going on a the moment, in the past we have focused on STTs (new formats, PTP, DYM streaks etc) and MTTs (Jackpot, UKOPS etc). At the time, we get questioned on why nothing for cash players.
We would never want to exclude any group of players and we will go back to doing more on STTs and MTTs in future.
We have something really exciting coming in the new year which will be for all game types.
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First: 15/6/2011
Last: 21/12/2011
Although the "Earning poker points" section of the promo information says you will be credited points at the end of each hand, many of you will know this is not true and they are not actually rewarded until you finish your session and leave the table(s).
So if you started a session at say 12:30 and finished at 2:30 would you actually get 150% points???
On a similar note, the other day I was 2-tabling NL50 which gives 9 points per 20 hands, when I left them I checked my account and had 46 more points than before... howwwww?
Been playing on the site over 18 months and can't remember one single STT promotion even tho STT games used to be pretty popular, the new format treble your moneys being the only thing of note, very little was done to promote them and they flopped. Yet i can name 5 cash promotions from the last month. I'm only saying.
Many STT's player have left or began playing elsewhere , and talk in chat about how they can multiple elsewhere, If the games keep drying up it wont be long before the rest follow.
If i was to start playing at the start of happy hour and play on the same table for 12 hours (as if, im far too lazy) when i stand would my 12 hours play get 50% bonus or just the 1 hours play?