Flyingdagg your comparison is ridiculous, and your maths in it slightly flawed (more likely because your example wasnt intended to be mathematically correct more to make a point), but I appreciate the example and what your trying to say, same with you FCHD, perhaps I am being ignorant and foolish.
But I guess we all have an opinion and it appears most of the people who have voted for the change haven't commented. I can see why the lower BR players want it to stay as it is, I guess and extra £14 a week out of BR cant affect is greatly so my original comment is also foolisha nd flawed. But from the point of view of the site and someone who does have a BR to adapt to the change I would prefer the bigger mini. I know that 300 quid for winning now is really good etc but the ukops figures were so good (1st place ranging from 700-1000£), if this could be repeated it would be great. What about if they put a few £1.10 sats on for it would the chan ge then be suitable?
Hi everyone First of all thank you all for your support during UKOPS, what a great series! Just something to get your thoughts on quickly please... One of the great successes of the series was the Mini Mains, which generated some really good prize pools alone. For example the event last Sunday reached a fantastic prizepool of £3,900 for the £5.50 buy-in. Normally the Minis have guarantees ranging from £1,000 to £1,200 for the 'standard' £3.30 buy ins. So the question is really what would you prefer? To be totally honest, the extra 20p per player for us does not swing any decision, but we do like to be able to offer nice prize pools and the £5.50 tournaments generated a lot of interest - striking a good balance of affordability and prizepools. Of course we'll never get a 100% consensus on this but it would to see views. Posted by Sky_Poker
Number of points.
1. The concensus of the forum was not asked for when the £2bh were increased to £5, or removed completely.
2. If, as highlighted above, the extra 20p will not swing the decision, why not make it £5.30?
3. Does this thread now completely kill off the thread by Tommy D, where virtually every single point that is made here was already raised?
4. Is this the beginning of the end of the sub £5 tournament?
Fairly certain that this will show an increase in the numbers. Could be wrong tho Would be interesting to see when we have a couple of weeks worth of data tho. I'm sure that some of the forum spreadsheet gurus wiill give it a shot! Posted by scotty77
Agree that the numbers will probably increase in the coming weeks, and if that is the criteria for change then obviously Sky should proceed.
i think its good that your asking for feedback, like a post has earlier said i quite like the idea of a main (£55) a mini main (£5.50) and a micro main (£3.30) i very rarely enter a mini at £5.50 but thats not cus i dont feel there worth it is basically only becuase of my BR and not being confident enough to take one down, so if we were only going to keep 2 id prefer to see £3.30 kept so some of the cheap skate players like me can afford to enter
I think people who suggest a rise from £3.30 to £5.50 isn't that much are probably people who have a bankroll to easily accomodate the higher Buy In. People with a smaller BR are more likely to play 2x £2.30 tournaments rather than a £5.50 one, even if it is for smaller rewards for winning.
Everyone is different, I would play a £3.30 tournament without worrying too much, but if a £3,30 Mini option was taken out of the equation for good I might think about just entering the £5.50 replacement less often.
If Sky are changing things for a week it will be interesting to see what difference the changes have on uptake.
Tuesdays usually pretty low for traffic, even more so on a champions league night.
I think if you were gonna increase any of the minis it would have to be the BH's rather then the freezeouts since BHs just always hit their guarantees.
Tuesdays usually pretty low for traffic, even more so on a champions league night. I think if you were gonna increase any of the minis it would have to be the BH's rather then the freezeouts since BHs just always hit their guarantees. Posted by NColley
this makes sense.
why not have £5.50 buy ins on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturday if that's a bh main event - can't remember. And have friday as a £2 or £3 rebuy? like the main..
If the Mini Tariffs increase! Is it not reasonable to expect a decrease in the number of recreational players taking part for fun? Does that not devalue the achievement in winning the Jackpot? I seem to remember when Dylan won there were over 500 in both the Main and Mini. If Main and Mini numbers fall, surely Sky will drop the Jackpot at some point if It's won more frequently? Or am I well of the mark? Do we still get 500+ in the mini?
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Agree that the numbers will probably increase in the coming weeks, and if that is the criteria for change then obviously Sky should proceed.
Everyone is different, I would play a £3.30 tournament without worrying too much, but if a £3,30 Mini option was taken out of the equation for good I might think about just entering the £5.50 replacement less often.
If Sky are changing things for a week it will be interesting to see what difference the changes have on uptake.
Is it not reasonable to expect a decrease in the number of recreational players taking part for fun?
Does that not devalue the achievement in winning the Jackpot?
I seem to remember when Dylan won there were over 500 in both the Main and Mini.
If Main and Mini numbers fall, surely Sky will drop the Jackpot at some point if It's won more frequently?
Or am I well of the mark? Do we still get 500+ in the mini?