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Only lowering the rake at £1/£2 and above really defeats the point of the promotion to a certain extent IMO. I think it'd be a much better promotion if it covered every level of HU cash - you've said in the OP "If you haven't tried heads-up, it's a good time to play", so you're aiming this promotion at people who have never played HU before, as well as the handful of HU regs.
Anyone who hasn't played HU before will know they'd be setting fire to money playing at £1/£2, and for that reason, probably wouldn't care how much rake there is because they're not going to play at that level anyway, so if you want people to try HU cash, it'd make sense to apply the same promotion to lower levels as well.
Just my £0.02 (:
i cant see how this would encourage more people to play heads up as its only a small % of players that ever play that high. the lobby is already cluttered with 10+ tables at these levels with regs all waiting on an unknown.
if you are serious about getting people to play heads up then start at the bottom. its ok for there to be 10+ tables all waiting on a player and still spawning more but at nl4 there is only 1 table all day long no matter if its full or have a waiting list.
at the £1/£2 level, the players are there with at least 100 b/bs probably 200 b/bs. £400
not may players have that type of bankroll. what do sky gain promoting a reduced rake at that level ?? not very much.
and by the same token what do they lose ?? not very much.
as heads up is a totaly different game to normal cash games, who are the target audience ??
if you want to promote any product, you need to appeal to the largest possible audience.
so come on sky if you want to promote any product.......then target the widest membership.
I'll pass your comments on guys. This is the first time we've done this type of promotion so we may do it differently if it is done again.
Thanks
Lee
My first thought was that this was to try and get people actually playing each other, with rake lower the edge required is less.
but i also agree if this was stretched to lower limits to increase hu popularity i can't see how that's a bad thing as heads up is by far the most fun form of no limit poker as it's much more action packed than 6max+