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Tournaments, Technology and Tweaks (TT&T) - Updates from Sky Poker

Sky_DaveSky_Dave Member Posts: 3,288
edited November 2012 in Poker Chat
As requested, this is going to be our thread for announcing revisions to tournament schedules, major updates on the software and other major news from Sky Poker. 

As mentioned in another thread, we're not able to unveils the reasoning or details behind every decision (some of the information would be considered business-sensitive), but we'll do our best to let you know of the revisions made where possible.

We'll keep it locked and Sky staff and talent will post on here as and when there are bits of info for you all. 

Enjoy!
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  • Sky_DaveSky_Dave Member Posts: 3,288
    edited August 2012
    So, now would be a good time to introduce you to Sky_Joe, who is with Sky Poker crunching numbers, providing interesting little stats and eating way too many tuna sandwiches.

    Over to you, Joe!
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  • Sky_JoeSky_Joe Member Posts: 276
    edited August 2012
    Hey Everyone,

    The first event to report on this thread is the introduction of the brand new £1,000 Guaranteed Freezeout at 5pm TODAY.

    This tournament will cost £33.00 to buy directly in, or you can satellite in for just £3.30 from one of our '£1k Gtd Direct' that offer up a guaranteed 3 seats into the tournament.

    This is good old fashioned poker at its very best so I hope you enjoy:) Go to the lobby now to register.

    Thanks,
    Joe
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  • GlenelgGlenelg Member Posts: 6,625
    edited August 2012
    @Dave/Joe - prob best to make it a "sticky"?
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  • Sky_DaveSky_Dave Member Posts: 3,288
    edited August 2012
    In Response to Re: Tournaments, Technology and Tweaks (TT&T) - Updates from Sky Poker:
    @Dave/Joe - prob best to make it a "sticky"?
    Posted by Glenelg

    We've got quite a few stickies up there at the moment Glenelg. Hopefully we'll update it enough to make sure it's seen often!

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  • Sky_JoeSky_Joe Member Posts: 276
    edited August 2012
    Hi everyone,

    There are a few changes to the tournament lobby this weekend.
    So here it goes:

    -Tonights £4,000 Bounty Hunter (9pm) has been cancelled
    -Sunday evenings £5,000 Bounty Hunter (9pm) has been cancelled

    Rest assured, these tournaments will be back in full force next week.

    Hope you guys find this thread informative and it gives you a heads up as to any changes to the schedule :)

    Thanks a lot,
    Joe
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  • Sky_JoeSky_Joe Member Posts: 276
    edited August 2012

    As for new tournaments and tweaks,

    If you haven't noticed already, all of the £500 Bounty Hunters (£11.00 buy-in) have had their guaranteed prizepool boosted to £750!

    Also, there are the new £600 Bounty Hunter (3pm), £1,000 Guaranteed Freezeout (5pm) and £1,000 Bounty Hunter (6pm) to try in the lobby right now, all of which have satellites to gain entry!

    Hope you enjoy :)

    Joe

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  • Sky_JoeSky_Joe Member Posts: 276
    edited August 2012
    Hey everyone,

    A new trial tournament is having it's first run tonight.

    The £4,000 Bounty Hunter- £55.00 buy-in at 9pm tonight is in the lobby now.

    See this thread for more details.

    Thanks a lot,
    Joe
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  • Sky_JoeSky_Joe Member Posts: 276
    edited August 2012
    Hey everyone,

    Just a quick heads up that tonights 9pm and 9:30pm Bounty Hunter tournaments will be guaranteed at £1,500.

    They will be back at £2,000 tomorrow evening :)

    Thanks a lot,
    Joe
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  • Sky_JoeSky_Joe Member Posts: 276
    edited August 2012
    Hey everyone,

    We have decided to boost the guarantee on a number of Bounty Hunters as a trial for a few days, here are the effected tournaments:

    -11:30am- £5.75 £100 Gtd Bounty Hunter- now £200 Guaranteed!
    -6:45pm- £5.75 £100 Gtd Bounty Hunter- now £250 Guaranteed!
    -7:15pm- £5.75 £100 Gtd Bounty Hunter- now £250 Guaranteed!

    Good luck winning your share :)
    Joe
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  • Sky_JoeSky_Joe Member Posts: 276
    edited August 2012
    Morning everybody!

    Just letting everybody know that the £4,000 Bounty Hunter tonight at 9pm is a £55.00 buy-in as opposed to a £110 buy-in.

    There are many satellites running into the tournament, so good luck and let us know what you think.

    Thanks a lot,
    Joe
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  • Sky_JoeSky_Joe Member Posts: 276
    edited August 2012
    Hey everyone,

    With the HUGE £20k Super Roller running on Sunday evening, and a real shift in focus towards that this week, there have been a few tweaks to the tournament schedule.

    -The £22 buy-in Bounty Hunter at 9pm will not run this week, instead the £20k Roller Semi will run in its place.

    -The £1k Lucky 7's tournament is taking a break from the schedule and will not run this week

    - A brand new £20k Roller Super Sat will be appearing in the lobby shortly, with guaranteed seats into Sunday nights £20k Super Roller up for grabs.

    So get your game heads on and make sure you get a seat into Sunday nights extravaganza, I'm sure it's going to be a great occassion and you don't want to miss out!

    Thanks,
    Joe
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  • Sky_PokerSky_Poker Member Posts: 2,715
    edited August 2012
    Last night's '£20k Roller Direct' proved popular and sold out some time before its start time.

    This satellite is £6 to enter, guarantees 2 seats to the £20k Super Roller on Sunday and is only £6 to enter!

    We've added another of these tournaments tonight so they run at 8.4pm and 9.15pm

    Kind Regards

    Sky Poker Team
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  • Sky_JoeSky_Joe Member Posts: 276
    edited August 2012
    Hi everyone,

    We are running a £4,000 Bounty Hunter at 9pm tonight with a £55 buy-in. There will be many different satellites running into this tournament, so hopefully it will run smoothly and can be considered to run again in the near future. Let us know what you think to it :)

    We have also introduced a new £1,000 Bounty Hunter at 10pm with £22 buy-in. There will also be satellites running into this.

    Hope you enjoy,
    Joe
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  • Sky_JoeSky_Joe Member Posts: 276
    edited August 2012
    Hey everyone,

    There is a Football Freeroll in the lobby right now with all the Premiership teams in league order.

    However, Chelsea and Reading do not play this weekend. The players that gain either Chelsea or Reading will receive a £5 free bet instead.

    Thanks a lot,
    Joe
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  • frascatifrascati Member Posts: 76
    edited August 2012
    Don't know if this is the right place to post this,but is there any news on the table resizing yet.

    Thanks
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  • Sky_JoeSky_Joe Member Posts: 276
    edited September 2012
    Hi Everybody!

    Another £55 Bounty Hunter with plenty of satellite options is taking place again tonight!

    So get to the lobby and register and let us know what you think... :)

    Thanks a lot,
    Joe
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  • Sky_JoeSky_Joe Member Posts: 276
    edited September 2012
    After a successful trial and evaluation, the £1,000 Guaranteed Freezeout (£33 buy-in) will run on a Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 5pm.

    In its current format it had been running every day at 5pm.

    Watch this space for other tournaments...

    Thanks a lot,
    Joe
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  • Sky_JoeSky_Joe Member Posts: 276
    edited September 2012
    Hey everyone,

    We've added even more cash to the guaranteed prizepool of the monthly Super Roller, which now stands at £25,000! The event will take place on Sunday 30th September at 8pm.

    You can satellite into the huge event all month long, starting from today!

    There will be daily satellites running into a nightly semi-final at 9pm. The micro sats will be £5.30 to enter and the semi final will be £24 to directly buy-in.

    So get yourself to the lobby and register for the event that nobody will want to miss!

    Who will be the first to take their seat I wonder???

    Thanks a lot,
    Joe
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  • Sky_JoeSky_Joe Member Posts: 276
    edited September 2012
    Hi everyone,

    In light of the SPT final this weekend, tomorrow nights Bounty Hunter will have a guarantee of £8,000.

    Secondly, tonights £5,000 Rebuy Open will have late registration for an hour :)

    Thanks a lot,
    Joe
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  • Sky_JoeSky_Joe Member Posts: 276
    edited September 2012
    Hey everyone,

    The £25k Super Roller Semi-Final will no longer run nightly at 9pm. It will instead run weekly, on a Sunday evening at 9pm.

    There will still be daily satellites that run into the Sunday night semi.

    In the week leading up to the Main Event on Sunday 30th September, the semi-final will run nightly as opposed to weekly.

    Thanks a lot,
    Joe
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