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April Promo
sighcall
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Any promos planned for April? 
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Hi @sighcall @gregkdy82
Nothing has been announced yet.
There is corn in the fields.
Bear in mind what @Sky_SamT wrote.......
"Sky_SamT said:
There is a UKOPS starting on Friday and I have it on good authority that there will be another promotion not long after.
Also, I would've expected some delay while Sky figure out (as best as they can) what's happening with SPT Vegas & the money from the promo budget that they've already spent on hotels/flights for players. Remember Sky aren't recouping anything from satellite rake now either.
Whatever the situation, I think it's worth being patient. In five years' time, we'll be looking back at this pandemic as an important time for Poker due to the increased online traffic. This is a fantastic opportunity to bring inactive players back to the game. If sites get this right, we're going to see record prize pools in the big Stars/Party tournaments, a long-term increase in online traffic across all sites, and softer games for the foreseeable future. If sites get this wrong, we risk throwing away the best opportunity that Poker has had to grow since the mid 2000s. While Sky is a smaller site, it's still essential that they don't f*ck this up.
If Sky had something planned for April that would only reward the regs, like a rake race, then it wouldn't make any sense to continue with that given the current recreational traffic increase (as you'll just be killing the weaker players faster and they won't come back). I've always been in favour of promotions being geared more towards recs, and this last week I've seen more rec traffic across all sites than at any other time in the 8.5 years I've been playing online. I hope that whatever promo Sky does this month is very heavily geared towards keeping those recreational players around for months/years to come, because that's best for everyone.
If it takes Sky an extra week or two at the start of the month to get things right (and avoid doing something that kills the recreational players), then that's fine by me.
However, there is one thing I'd like to see ASAP. Let's get a UKOPS mini announced for the influx of recs with smaller rolls soon please @Tikay10 @Sky_SamT
Wait .
Are you saying Sky poker and its poker tables are actually a front for some kind of money making outfit?
whilst behind the scenes there is a business being run for profit?
Please clarify , because if things are happening behind the scenes, people need to know. @21
Targeting recs with the next couple of promos gives Sky the best chance of player retention. Unless Sky is being gobbled up by Stars in <6 months, I think maximising player retention is very clearly the best line for Sky to take.
Could they make more money in the short term by doing rake races for the next 2 months and making the regs play each other for 16 hours a day while we're all locked inside? Yeah, maybe. But by the time we're all allowed outside again, the regs are all burnt out and the rec traffic is dead. I think Sky are smarter than that.
The last thing that Sky can afford to do IMO is have a rake race, causing many of the recreational players to either disappear to another site never to be seen again, or lose their money faster than normal and decide Poker isn't worth it for them. I think that would hurt the site and the game considerably long term.
The best line here is to also do what is best for the game, that is for Sky to do everything in their power to keep the recreational players around, even once things have returned to normal.
Obvs a few will just play wherever there's a promo. But generally if there's good games to be had, regs will start them. I think the amount of cash and SNGs running on here right now shows that.
Sky is currently attracting record traffic and they are not here for the promotions(there are none currently running and the lobby will be brimming). The recreational players are already here and like pingu says poker sites need to do all they can to keep them. I understand sites need to rake as much as they can before the regs get the recreationals money but these are unique times and a gift for online poker.
Promotions massively favour regs, I know you could argue they contribute the most take but it is the recreationals that contribute the highest proportion individually of rake(as they do not receive rake back).
Reduce rake and make the recreationals money last longer and there experience of online poker better. Regs are not net depositors they take money out of the ecosystem recreationals are the life blood and let’s keep them.