In Response to Re: Tournament Changes (Mains/Minis) : Is this such a big problem? Why not start playing them more regularly to icnrease your roll? Then you dont need to worry about the mini price increasing Really not trying to sound patronising genuine questions, baffles me when people are harsh on bad play. Posted by bolly580
Because I'm a small stakes player on a low income and prefer to play the deepstacks and that has paid dividends for me. As someone has pointed out the variance is BH's is ridiculous and by playing 1 or 2 cheap BH's a night I'm not going to beat that variance And I'm not being harsh on bad play. I welcome bad players despite the odd bad beat but the standard of play in BH's by some players does not do Skypoker any favours.
A lot of thinking has obviously went into these changes........................NOT!!
I wonder how many other sites have all their large tournaments as BH or rebuys??? answers on a postcard please..........hold on, answers on a postage stamp please.
Lets make as much as we can from the suckers before the plug is pulled
Trivia question.............................what was the debut single by the Fun Boy Three??
Suppose if the demand is high then I guess SKY have to run the turbos
Squueze the hope in everyone that they can win the jackpot, but it seems to me that's its' just been made even tougher with the addition of the turbos mini's.
Seriously how much of an edge will the better players have over a turbo field to get close to the jackpot, DOHHHHHHHHH ?
Dimish the chance of the jackpot being acheived but increase rake because demand is high among the dreamers
With regards to the Mini tournaments and their shift up to the £5.50 buy-in level, we have introduced some 'Mini Micro Sats' to the schedule. These sats will be 1 in 5 and cost only £1.20 to enter. The sats will run at 1:20, 3:20, 5:20 and 7:20pm. Hopefully this will give every sized bank roll a chance to have a crack at the mini. Thanks, Posted by Sky_Joe
Suppose if the demand is high then I guess SKY have to run the turbos Squueze the hope in everyone that they can win the jackpot, but it seems to me that's its' just been made even tougher with the addition of the turbos mini's. Seriously how much of an edge will the better players have over a turbo field to get close to the jackpot, DOHHHHHHHHH ? Dimish the chance of the jackpot being acheived but increase rake because demand is high among the dreamers gg Posted by rancid
still an edge. I didn't see many turbos tho????
Have to run absolutely insane to win the jackpot anyway, dw about it :P
saying all that chrisdboy got close to the jackpot on a turbo night !!!!
Story is so ironic, he must of run so well to get to two FT's then suffered two beats - dam them varance gods just saving them beats up to smash him HU )
As there is so many BHs now and they are considered HeadFests, change the way they are played.
Change the amount on peoples heads and make it just a solid £5 on someones head and you get full amount of put the other £25 in Prize pool. People would stop going head chasing crazy, also slightly bigger stack like 3,000 so it doesn't turn shovefest as quick.
Suppose if the demand is high then I guess SKY have to run the turbos Squueze the hope in everyone that they can win the jackpot, but it seems to me that's its' just been made even tougher with the addition of the turbos mini's. Seriously how much of an edge will the better players have over a turbo field to get close to the jackpot, DOHHHHHHHHH ? Dimish the chance of the jackpot being acheived but increase rake because demand is high among the dreamers gg Posted by rancid
Although the Turbo's will obviously make this so redic to win the jackpot on a Tuesday, Wednesday's are now both rebuys which always seems to have cream rise to the top. If you want to go for the jackpot, then Wednesday's is by far the best day now.
Hey everyone, Of course, like all things on Sky Poker, everything is subject to change. We will see how the new schedule does and hopefully we can get some hefty guarantees in place once the new tournaments become more established. We are constantly trying to offer up new and innovative ideas and tournaments, and of course everybodies opinion is valued. There will be a review of the new schedule in the coming weeks, with ammendments made based on the feedback we receive. It may sound like a broken record that we 'can't please everyone' but we can certainly try our best to make a schedule enjoyed by all throughout the week. Unfortunately the nature of the business is supply and demand, and the demand for the doublestack has diminished. We have tried something new, and will evaluate its effectiveness in the coming weeks. Hopefully you will all give the new schedule and jackpot structure a chance. Thanks a lot, Joe Posted by Sky_Joe
Bit in bold. I'm posting this on behalf of someone who can't post. Since when is a bounty hunter new and innovative?
Can we please bring back DS on wed? It's the only tourney you can play proper poker. Also it was the best tourney on Sky. Yes Sky make more rake with Re buys. But Sky also need to think about the customers wanting to enjoy playing poker with DS. Instead of getting bad beats in Bounty Hunter, when some 1 is calling with any hands to get the bounty. All I'm trying to say is, Sky should have only changed £110 tourneys to £55. Removing DS main event is just not good
There are £5.50 freezeouts at 6pm/7pm and 9.05pm people. Granted the guarantees are only like £200 but if people actually started to play them then the 'suits' might think about upping the gurantees.
I think I posted something like this before , but I'll try it again (sigh).. why not allow players to win more than one entry to the rebuys via satellites ? I don't see why you can sat into these tourneys but then if you want to rebuy or add on then you must pay. Why can't Skypoker give some sort of token once the player has won an entry via a satellite which would be for a rebuy or an add on. This would probably encourage more players in to the sats knowing that they can have the chance of a couple of rebuys or an add on. This is just an idea, it may or may not be viable, but its something worth thinking about Skypoker.
I don't play in the evening, so these changes doesn't affect me and I have a neutral view on the subject.
Here are the field sizes from the Main and Mini events over the last 7 days;
Wed 193-305 total 498 Thu 511-638 total 1149 Fri 344-383 total 727 Sat 383-596 total 979 Sun 235-411 total 646 Mon 343-586 total 929 Tue 217-586 total 803
So you can see that it's true that the Wednesday Doublestack tournaments were by far the least popular of the week, the Thursday Bounty Hunters being the most popular.
The double stack was my favourite main of the week so I am disappointed it has gone but its not a shock as numbers in it are low and it didn't seem to be meeting the guarantee (seem to remember a thread about this a while back). I also used to love the roller on a Thursday and the structure was really good but again it seemed to struggle for numbers. The £110bh was also a fav of mine so in an ideal world I would like things not to have changed.
There is an extremely large number of bounty hunter tournaments on sky but thats because the numbers back it up, whether or not you like them or not most people do. I do however think having 3k or even 4k starting stacks would improve things and make them less of a shove fest.
It would appear that most players on sky dont want to play long tournaments. I prefer bigger stacks, longer blind levels etc but on a week night I dont want to be playing until late and thats what you get if you go deep in a longer structured tournament. This is one of the key reasons I am playing on sky rather than pokerstars during the week as tournaments on there will be getting towards 10 hours which doesn't allow much time for sleep!
As NColley said "There are £5.50 freezeouts at 6pm/7pm and 9.05pm people. Granted the guarantees are only like £200 but if people actually started to play them then the 'suits' might think about upping the guarantees."
Tournament schedules will be changed/guarantees upped but only if the numbers increase. Having a guarantee not being met is only good for the players in the short term.
I would be interested to see what the numbers would be like if the 8.30 bh was changed to a freezeout (structure could be the same as the main used to be back in the day). You could have a £2.20 game at the same time or starting at 8.45. Maybe even win both and you get an SPT seat?
I think I posted something like this before , but I'll try it again (sigh).. why not allow players to win more than one entry to the rebuys via satellites ? I don't see why you can sat into these tourneys but then if you want to rebuy or add on then you must pay. Why can't Skypoker give some sort of token once the player has won an entry via a satellite which would be for a rebuy or an add on. This would probably encourage more players in to the sats knowing that they can have the chance of a couple of rebuys or an add on. This is just an idea, it may or may not be viable, but its something worth thinking about Skypoker. Posted by Quietman
If you win 2 seats you get the cash equivalent for the second one so it is the same in effect.
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Lets make as much as we can from the suckers before the plug is pulled
These sats will be 1 in 5 and cost only £1.20 to enter. The sats will run at 1:20, 3:20, 5:20 and 7:20pm.
Hopefully this will give every sized bank roll a chance to have a crack at the mini.
Thanks,
Suppose if the demand is high then I guess SKY have to run the turbos
Squueze the hope in everyone that they can win the jackpot, but it seems to me that's its' just been made even tougher with the addition of the turbos mini's.
Seriously how much of an edge will the better players have over a turbo field to get close to the jackpot, DOHHHHHHHHH ?
Dimish the chance of the jackpot being acheived but increase rake because demand is high among the dreamers
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saying all that chrisdboy got close to the jackpot on a turbo night !!!!
Story is so ironic, he must of run so well to get to two FT's then suffered two beats - dam them varance gods just saving them beats up to smash him HU )
why not allow players to win more than one entry to the rebuys via satellites ?
I don't see why you can sat into these tourneys but then if you want to rebuy or add on then you must pay. Why can't Skypoker give some sort of token once the player has won an entry via a satellite which would be for a rebuy or an add on. This would probably encourage more players in to the sats knowing that they can have the chance of a couple of rebuys or an add on.
This is just an idea, it may or may not be viable, but its something worth thinking about Skypoker.
Varity is the spice of life.
I was just starting to play the odd mini, but small buy in bounty hunters are not for me.
2 Bounty Hunters 1 Standard Tournament 1 Rebuy and 1 Deepie a week anyone.
Comments welcome.
Here are the field sizes from the Main and Mini events over the last 7 days;
Wed 193-305 total 498
Thu 511-638 total 1149
Fri 344-383 total 727
Sat 383-596 total 979
Sun 235-411 total 646
Mon 343-586 total 929
Tue 217-586 total 803
So you can see that it's true that the Wednesday Doublestack tournaments were by far the least popular of the week, the Thursday Bounty Hunters being the most popular.
There is an extremely large number of bounty hunter tournaments on sky but thats because the numbers back it up, whether or not you like them or not most people do. I do however think having 3k or even 4k starting stacks would improve things and make them less of a shove fest.
It would appear that most players on sky dont want to play long tournaments. I prefer bigger stacks, longer blind levels etc but on a week night I dont want to be playing until late and thats what you get if you go deep in a longer structured tournament. This is one of the key reasons I am playing on sky rather than pokerstars during the week as tournaments on there will be getting towards 10 hours which doesn't allow much time for sleep!
As NColley said "There are £5.50 freezeouts at 6pm/7pm and 9.05pm people. Granted the guarantees are only like £200 but if people actually started to play them then the 'suits' might think about upping the guarantees."
Tournament schedules will be changed/guarantees upped but only if the numbers increase. Having a guarantee not being met is only good for the players in the short term.
I would be interested to see what the numbers would be like if the 8.30 bh was changed to a freezeout (structure could be the same as the main used to be back in the day). You could have a £2.20 game at the same time or starting at 8.45. Maybe even win both and you get an SPT seat?
Just my thoughts
Good luck to everyone on the tables
Matt