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BIG MONEY TOURNEYS

ziggy6316ziggy6316 Member Posts: 3
edited April 2012 in Poker Chat
why are their no 3 or 4 grand guaranteed tourneys on this site???? other sites have them why not sky poker??/ i can go onto other sites and enter 3 grand tourneys for 5 dollars or less can sky poker not do this?? i really like this site pity thers no tourneys that suit a small stakes player like me!!!!!!
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  • DazlerDazler Member Posts: 3,970
    edited April 2012
    have to agree with this, there are big money tornys and you can satalite in for 2.40 - 5 quid but for small stakes players on a small br you cant play many of them if any. I think its mainly to the number of players on the site is very small in comparison to the bigger ones so if there were low stake mtts you wouldnt get the numbers to make up the big payouts. I used to play the open a lot which was only £10 to buy in for a prize pool of 10-15k a long while back and they used to be televised live aswell which i really enjoyed. Since they stopped that its aimed more to the bigger br players which is a real shame. I mean the average buy in to a main event every night is £22 quid and above which is ok if you have £500-1000 br or more.

    Thats why i dont play many main events any more now and im sure is the reason a lot dont, which if you think about it seems silly as you would attract more players if you did have cheaper buy ins for big payout mtts even make them rebuy tornys and still have the bigger buyin mtts along side with less runners. Its never gonna progress on here and get much bigger than it is. It may have attracted a few more with advertising and other issues within the online poker sites shutting down ect but no big leap. The only way to do that is to make it more affordable. They even stopped the £1000 and £1500 freerolls which were once a week. there maybe more formats like bounty hunters and now these timed tornys! but for me personaly good old fashioned no gimick standard no limit mtts theres less choice now.
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  • MyZoMyZo Member Posts: 332
    edited April 2012
    In Response to BIG MONEY TOURNEYS:
    [QUOTE  ]why are their no 3 or 4 grand guaranteed tourneys on this site???? other sites have them why not sky poker??/ i can go onto other sites and enter 3 grand tourneys for 5 dollars or less can sky poker not do this?? i really like this site pity thers no tourneys that suit a small stakes player like me!!!!!!
    Posted by ziggy6316


    why are their no 3 or 4 grand guaranteed tourneys on this site????    - There are.

    thers no tourneys that suit a small stakes player like me!!!!!!  - There is


    Look again at the tournaments tab at the top. There is a plethora of tourneys of varying buy ins and guarantees. If you are looking for a big roi I'd consider a satellite into tomorrows 8pm £12K Bounty Hunter. They should start from mid afternoon tomorrow for  a couple of quid... 

    One benefit of playing MTT's on Sky is that the field you will need to plough through to get the gold will be hundreds and NOT thousands.

    Now with all this talk of hundreds and thousands, i'm off for an ice cream...

     Good Luck 


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  • DazlerDazler Member Posts: 3,970
    edited April 2012
    the mini mtt which are £1200 gar for 3.30 is the best ones they offer for small br players imo. But if you look in the mtt lobby your looking at average of £11 buy in for a £500 -700 gar and this may suit some players who want a smaller field but its still costly. I suppose you can say that you might play 11 £1 mtts with more runners and have less chance of cashing but some players like the buzz of the big ring games and possibility of a big payout for a lot less investment.
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  • jonjo75jonjo75 Member Posts: 999
    edited April 2012

    I think you would stand much more chance of beating 1 in 5 to satellite your way throught to one of the 8pm main events and then winning that than binking a 2000 field tourney .
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  • DazlerDazler Member Posts: 3,970
    edited April 2012
    In Response to Re: BIG MONEY TOURNEYS:
    I think you would stand much more chance of beating 1 in 5 to satellite your way throught to one of the 8pm main events and then winning that than binking a 2000 field tourney . .
    Posted by jonjo75
    that might be the case but you may not sat in say maybe 3 goes at it end up spending £15 and get nowhere anyways and if your on a br of say £100 then that £100 isnt gonna last long is it. And odds of you getting in on a frenzy sat can become quite costly and relies little on poker skill and pure luck! if you play a quarter you have to win that then win the Semi even before you start the main. Direct Sat can cost around £8-£11 so for small br players your not really getting much choice. £2.20 or £5.50 may sound cheap but it soon adds up. Not only that but even in these satalites you dont get many runners so only pays out to top 1 or 2 players in a field of between 5-10 and the lack of runners to me shows disinterest in the satalites i maybe wrong on that i dont know!
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  • AcidMan27AcidMan27 Member Posts: 3,752
    edited April 2012
    Why are there no 1million tournies for £10 entry ?

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  • DazlerDazler Member Posts: 3,970
    edited April 2012
    In Response to Re: BIG MONEY TOURNEYS:
    Why are there no 1million tournies for £10 entry ?
    Posted by AcidMan27
    there are lol just not here :(
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  • EvilPinguEvilPingu Member Posts: 3,462
    edited April 2012
    Wouldn't mind seeing the £1k GTD £1.10 tournament return, provided that there wouldn't be any issues because of the size of the field.
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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 173,736
    edited April 2012
    In Response to Re: BIG MONEY TOURNEYS:
    Why are there no 1million tournies for £10 entry ?
    Posted by AcidMan27
    Wins the thread.
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  • bigal36903bigal36903 Member Posts: 1,011
    edited April 2012
    In Response to Re: BIG MONEY TOURNEYS:
    Why are there no 1million tournies for £10 entry ?
    Posted by AcidMan27
    on another well known site there is a 1mil gtd for 8 quid..  not even a tenner..  first prize 150k
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  • AcidMan27AcidMan27 Member Posts: 3,752
    edited April 2012
    In Response to Re: BIG MONEY TOURNEYS:
    In Response to Re: BIG MONEY TOURNEYS : on another well known site there is a 1mil gtd for 8 quid..  not even a tenner..  first prize 150k
    Posted by bigal36903

    How many players does that site attract for said tournament ?


    That would answer why they're probably the only one able to offer such a thing.

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  • Lambert180Lambert180 Member Posts: 12,197
    edited April 2012
    In Response to Re: BIG MONEY TOURNEYS:
    In Response to Re: BIG MONEY TOURNEYS : How many players does that site attract for said tournament ? That would answer why they're probably the only one able to offer such a thing.
    Posted by AcidMan27
    I know what you're saying, but look how many runners were attracted to the UKOPS BH, or to the Easter 25k roller. The numbers can be acheived to sustain one of these tournies if it's get's the right publicity.
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  • The_Don90The_Don90 Member Posts: 9,818
    edited April 2012

    I rekon if you put a big chunky GTE on any tourny with a structure that people like (obviously this varies from person to person, and in my case mood) you would almost always exceed this. Although i aint a guy with acess to market reacerch therefore i suspecr tikay and Sky Poker crew will tell me otherwise and with facts to prove it.

    However with the reasorces sky i have, i rekon advertise a £5 tourny for a week, even make it a one off Main Event and relevised on 865, put a GTE of £10k on it. Would need to hit 2000 runners, but i rekon with the places sky have avalible to advertise that could easily happen.

    However then again im a dreamer.

    Also running daily sats of 50p 1 in 10s and £1 1 inc 5's. would help for about 2 weeks. I know thats how some oother sites fillout massive GTE tournys.

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  • Wacko90Wacko90 Member Posts: 906
    edited April 2012
    Think few people make valid points here. Tbh i think the decline of number playing some of the MEs is not only down to the fact of the clocks changing but the diminished live tv coverage that these tourneys are now getting.  

    I think alot of players miss the monthly 220£ tourney. The excitement of this tourney has only been mimicked by by the ukops series and the super roller but it isnt often enough. All of these tournies smashed the GTEE and i think its fair to say that the TV coverage was fantastic. IMO sky need a big monthly tourney. BI is irrelevant as long as the GTEE was big and and it was widely publicised. Bring in nightly 110£ tournies was too big a step, a bigger monthly tourney ( or weekly if it could be achieved) would be a big step. No doubt there is somethign in the pipline anyway :) 
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  • offshootoffshoot Member Posts: 1,049
    edited April 2012
    In Response to Re: BIG MONEY TOURNEYS:
    Think few people make valid points here. Tbh i think the decline of number playing some of the MEs is not only down to the fact of the clocks changing but the diminished live tv coverage that these tourneys are now getting.   I think alot of players miss the monthly 220£ tourney. The excitement of this tourney has only been mimicked by by the ukops series and the super roller but it isnt often enough. All of these tournies smashed the GTEE and i think its fair to say that the TV coverage was fantastic. IMO sky need a big monthly tourney. BI is irrelevant as long as the GTEE was big and and it was widely publicised. Bring in nightly 110£ tournies was too big a step, a bigger monthly tourney ( or weekly if it could be achieved) would be a big step. No doubt there is somethign in the pipline anyway :) 
    Posted by Wacko90
    I agree about the 110s, its trial and error though i suppose. If the numbers arent there for the tourneys then they hopefully might swtich back to weekly or monthly rollers. Anyone know on average how many players play the 110's?
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  • rancidrancid Member Posts: 5,947
    edited April 2012
    Sky main event were attracting numbers because of the fact they were shown on TV, now it has no appeal - sadly

    Get your edge back SKY
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