I opened my account throught the tele and played through it for a good six months.. the days of the set top box are remembered with fondness ;o)) xx Posted by TRIP5
me too but i cant forget the phonebills that came with it tho, they were horrendous
I joined near the begining but not the first day, when I joined I had never played a hand of poker and only joined cause I was drunk and looking for a way to gamble late at night, I used to deposit 10 quid and lose it quite quickly on the 2p 4p table`s, I also used to play via the set top box and the phone bill was not for the faint hearted. sky is my main site, I do play others but not half as much as sky. RAB Posted by RAB642
checked my banking transactions with sky and my last deposit was January 2007. musta found poker pretty quick after that cos im a bad bad sports bettor
what i would be more interested to know is how many people came here from getminted.com or wptonline.com when they went under
Yes, I've been here since Day One as "tikay1", and my company-funded PTP Account - "TIKAY10" - was not opened until a year or two later. It has never needed topping up, either, & they have removed cash from it most years at the financial year-end.
To answer the excellent question "how did they begin with no players?", it was not quite like that. As with all members of the SB&G family, when new products are launched, or major upgrades take place - the Download Client, for example, or new formats - they are "soft launched".
First, a panel of in-house volunteers test it, then, when it is ready, it is released to a small % of the player base, 10%, then 25%, then 50%, then "Full Release".
Sky Poker had been extensively trailed on Sky Vegas, which had a TV Channel at the time, so there was a small player-base ready for the start up.
Sky Poker TV? I seem to recall that Helen "Hells Bells" Chamberlain did the first ever Show with Carlo, & Rich Orford & I did the next one. I've had to suffer Orford for five whole years now, how bad do I run?
We had actually been doing technical rehearsals since the October of the previous year, & "as live" rehearsals, every single night, 7 nights a week, from late November.
I was also working for Poker Night Live (PNL) at the same time, too, & they took me off the Show roster as they felt I was out of order working for Sky Poker, but in March or April, they invited me back on, & I returned to PNL. The PNL channel closed the very next week.....
Quite how I have hung on for 5 years, going on 6 - I was first employed as a Consultant to the TV Channel in 2006 - I'm not quite sure, but at least it shows I can run a bluff, & barrel every street. Eventually I'll get called, of course......
Now, 5 years down the line, Sky Poker is a very successful site indeed, with more & more players on the site week by week & month by month. Last week, in fact, was a record for "uniques" at Sky Poker, & it has been breaking records for numbers of uniques for several months now. I'm not sure many, if any, Online Poker sites on the planet can boast that, most of them are in decline, especially the i-poker network, Laddies, Blue Square, etc. What you sow, so shall you reap.....
...........How interesting and you have answered something that's always intrigued me.............
"Yes, I've been here since Day One as "tikay1", and my company-funded PTP Account - "TIKAY10" - was not opened until a year or two later. It has never needed topping up, either"
I wasn't sure if 'Tikay10' was someone else who had taken up that alias, now I know that it is you....:).
i believe ive been with sky from day one,i recall helen chamberlain on the tv,feels like ive been here forever,only site i play on,its grown loads and i believe for the better,keep up good work guys (-: SHAUNY
I joined near the begining but not the first day, when I joined I had never played a hand of poker and only joined cause I was drunk and looking for a way to gamble late at night, I used to deposit 10 quid and lose it quite quickly on the 2p 4p table`s, I also used to play via the set top box and the phone bill was not for the faint hearted. sky is my main site, I do play others but not half as much as sky. RAB Posted by RAB642
Phone bill + rake must have been hard to profit"
considering in the first 18 months the site was unbelivably soft it wasnt hard at all
2009 was when I initially deposited before that I roamed around other sites never really happy with them.
Although I woudnt call myself a winning player the enjoyment has been worth it.
Sky ticks all the boxes where I'm concerned so ty to all Sky Poker Staff for making it that way an I hope the suits take you all out for a Birthday bash.
think i joined in 2006 or 2007,not to sure,my nephew came round to see me and said ,pat i no you love to play card,s why not join sky poker,so i said ok, and he helped myself and my husband join up, he got the bonus(:(:(:(
How did it work through the TV? And why such a big phone bill? I vaguley remember seeing poker through TV but never investigated it. Posted by FlyingDagg
as part of the sky tv installation your set top box is linked to your phone line, thus letting you order box office events etc without phoning sky up to order the signal. the poker works along those same lines where you connect to the server and play your game but all the time you are being charged for a phonecall. i believe it was at local rate you were charged but even at that if you were on playing a few hours a day most days of the month it soon added up
Hi All, I've been on here from the first week, i believe it was the 2nd or 3rd day. In that time there have been many changes, some good some not but ALL the staff have been fantastic.
Comments
I started playing through the TV too
Remember my first open ft, in December 2007 well. I finished 2nd for about 800 and played really awful
Not much has changed... i still play really awful
Phone bill + rake must have been hard to profit
i was here pretty early i think
checked my banking transactions with sky and my last deposit was January 2007. musta found poker pretty quick after that cos im a bad bad sports bettor
what i would be more interested to know is how many people came here from getminted.com or wptonline.com when they went under
What a great thread!
Yes, I've been here since Day One as "tikay1", and my company-funded PTP Account - "TIKAY10" - was not opened until a year or two later. It has never needed topping up, either, & they have removed cash from it most years at the financial year-end.
To answer the excellent question "how did they begin with no players?", it was not quite like that. As with all members of the SB&G family, when new products are launched, or major upgrades take place - the Download Client, for example, or new formats - they are "soft launched".
First, a panel of in-house volunteers test it, then, when it is ready, it is released to a small % of the player base, 10%, then 25%, then 50%, then "Full Release".
Sky Poker had been extensively trailed on Sky Vegas, which had a TV Channel at the time, so there was a small player-base ready for the start up.
Sky Poker TV? I seem to recall that Helen "Hells Bells" Chamberlain did the first ever Show with Carlo, & Rich Orford & I did the next one. I've had to suffer Orford for five whole years now, how bad do I run?
We had actually been doing technical rehearsals since the October of the previous year, & "as live" rehearsals, every single night, 7 nights a week, from late November.
I was also working for Poker Night Live (PNL) at the same time, too, & they took me off the Show roster as they felt I was out of order working for Sky Poker, but in March or April, they invited me back on, & I returned to PNL. The PNL channel closed the very next week.....
Quite how I have hung on for 5 years, going on 6 - I was first employed as a Consultant to the TV Channel in 2006 - I'm not quite sure, but at least it shows I can run a bluff, & barrel every street. Eventually I'll get called, of course......
Now, 5 years down the line, Sky Poker is a very successful site indeed, with more & more players on the site week by week & month by month. Last week, in fact, was a record for "uniques" at Sky Poker, & it has been breaking records for numbers of uniques for several months now. I'm not sure many, if any, Online Poker sites on the planet can boast that, most of them are in decline, especially the i-poker network, Laddies, Blue Square, etc. What you sow, so shall you reap.....
...........How interesting and you have answered something that's always intrigued me.............
"Yes, I've been here since Day One as "tikay1", and my company-funded PTP Account - "TIKAY10" - was not opened until a year or two later. It has never needed topping up, either"
I wasn't sure if 'Tikay10' was someone else who had taken up that alias, now I know that it is you....:).
Great reply btw, as always v. fascinating.
SHAUNY
In Response to Re: Have you Played Sky Poker from the beginning:
Posted by RAB642
Phone bill + rake must have been hard to profit"
considering in the first 18 months the site was unbelivably soft it wasnt hard at all
Although I woudnt call myself a winning player the enjoyment has been worth it.
Sky ticks all the boxes where I'm concerned so ty to all Sky Poker Staff for making it that way an I hope the suits take you all out for a Birthday bash.
Mike
I've been on here from the first week, i believe it was the 2nd or 3rd day. In that time there have been many changes, some good some not but ALL the staff have been fantastic.
Regards
Col
Mr-mbro