Another reason not to trust ipoker. They have just started their big spring series with 8mill gtd saying its the biggest series ever on ipoker. But now after a couple days of events overlaying, there are many tournaments with gtds slashed compared to what has been advertised on the promo pages of their series. So they are lying about the series gtd. Wonder what sky think of this shady play?
Another reason not to trust ipoker. They have just started their big spring series with 8mill gtd saying its the biggest series ever on ipoker. But now after a couple days of events overlaying, there are many tournaments with gtds slashed compared to what has been advertised on the promo pages of their series. So they are lying about the series gtd. Wonder what sky think of this shady play?
Strange timing. Just before they get us lot, and when Stars are about to launch SCOOP. Difficult for any site when in that position. Choices are only breaking promises or setting fire to money-neither of which is attractive.
I recall some years ago when i-poker honoured some massive guarantees, and very nearly went bust. Huge overlays in a Series. Not that it mattered to me-failed to cash in the entire series
Another reason not to trust ipoker. They have just started their big spring series with 8mill gtd saying its the biggest series ever on ipoker. But now after a couple days of events overlaying, there are many tournaments with gtds slashed compared to what has been advertised on the promo pages of their series. So they are lying about the series gtd. Wonder what sky think of this shady play?
Strange timing. Just before they get us lot, and when Stars are about to launch SCOOP. Difficult for any site when in that position. Choices are only breaking promises or setting fire to money-neither of which is attractive.
I recall some years ago when i-poker honoured some massive guarantees, and very nearly went bust. Huge overlays in a Series. Not that it mattered to me-failed to cash in the entire series
Must be hard to cash when people are late regging hours after you've bust out
Another reason not to trust ipoker. They have just started their big spring series with 8mill gtd saying its the biggest series ever on ipoker. But now after a couple days of events overlaying, there are many tournaments with gtds slashed compared to what has been advertised on the promo pages of their series. So they are lying about the series gtd. Wonder what sky think of this shady play?
Strange timing. Just before they get us lot, and when Stars are about to launch SCOOP. Difficult for any site when in that position. Choices are only breaking promises or setting fire to money-neither of which is attractive.
I recall some years ago when i-poker honoured some massive guarantees, and very nearly went bust. Huge overlays in a Series. Not that it mattered to me-failed to cash in the entire series
Must be hard to cash when people are late regging hours after you've bust out
Wasn't like that back then. The late reg that is-not the variance. For balance, I did win a Series on there, too.
Favourite hand? High Roller, 4-figure entry fee. Near the bubble. Flop Ah 8s 5s. Lady 4-bet shoved on me. I had AA. When running well, they are bluffing or have 8 5-even 5 5. Whereas I just knew she had 7s 6s.
That's poker for you. I don't remember a single hand of the Series I topped the leaderboard
Hi, will sky players get sign up bonus for Ipoker or shall we create an account with them now to get the sign up promos? Whats happens if you have an account on ipoker and sky? will they merge?
Hi, will sky players get sign up bonus for Ipoker or shall we create an account with them now to get the sign up promos? Whats happens if you have an account on ipoker and sky? will they merge?
I think I know 1 part of this. The bold bit.
Technically, you never sign up to i-poker directly. You sign up to the skin, whether that is Grosvenor, Paddy, WillHill, Sky or whoever.
They don't "merge". I-poker allows you to have as many accounts via different skins as you like. But you can only log on to 1 of them at any 1 time. The software prevents you logging in to a 2nd unless and until you have logged out of the 1st.
They have to do it that way. Otherwise, people would be able to multi-account with themselves.
People will have a choice. Going forward, if you want to play on Sky, you will be able to play both the Sky games and the general i-poker games. But you will not be able to play on a different Skin (including their ring-fenced games) at the same time.
Hi, will sky players get sign up bonus for Ipoker or shall we create an account with them now to get the sign up promos? Whats happens if you have an account on ipoker and sky? will they merge?
I think I know 1 part of this. The bold bit.
Technically, you never sign up to i-poker directly. You sign up to the skin, whether that is Grosvenor, Paddy, WillHill, Sky or whoever.
They don't "merge". I-poker allows you to have as many accounts via different skins as you like. But you can only log on to 1 of them at any 1 time. The software prevents you logging in to a 2nd unless and until you have logged out of the 1st.
They have to do it that way. Otherwise, people would be able to multi-account with themselves.
People will have a choice. Going forward, if you want to play on Sky, you will be able to play both the Sky games and the general i-poker games. But you will not be able to play on a different Skin (including their ring-fenced games) at the same time.
Oh okay, so that makes sense, so there no sign up bonus to ipoker, that will depend on the site you connect to ipoker with. Thanks
Hi, will sky players get sign up bonus for Ipoker or shall we create an account with them now to get the sign up promos? Whats happens if you have an account on ipoker and sky? will they merge?
I think I know 1 part of this. The bold bit.
Technically, you never sign up to i-poker directly. You sign up to the skin, whether that is Grosvenor, Paddy, WillHill, Sky or whoever.
They don't "merge". I-poker allows you to have as many accounts via different skins as you like. But you can only log on to 1 of them at any 1 time. The software prevents you logging in to a 2nd unless and until you have logged out of the 1st.
They have to do it that way. Otherwise, people would be able to multi-account with themselves.
People will have a choice. Going forward, if you want to play on Sky, you will be able to play both the Sky games and the general i-poker games. But you will not be able to play on a different Skin (including their ring-fenced games) at the same time.
Just to add, you can create an account there with sign up bonus. Is this allowed can someone let me know before i deposit cash
Sign up bonus? Is this a thing , admittedly ,its been a while since i registered to a poker site but i've never had a sign up bonus
yeah they give you 200% on your first deposit back but capped at 1200 but you have to earn from paying rake. you cant just deposit 200 and get 600 you have to earn the 400 from paying rake
Sign up bonus? Is this a thing , admittedly ,its been a while since i registered to a poker site but i've never had a sign up bonus
yeah they give you 200% on your first deposit back but capped at 1200 but you have to earn from paying rake. you cant just deposit 200 and get 600 you have to earn the 400 from paying rake
That must have taken you quite some time to get the rakeback bonus with you being a nit.
I am a recreational player and enjoy playing on Sky. Apart from a few times on PKR which subsequently folded I have never played anywhere else.
Here I will try to explain how I play on Sky Poker.
I would appreciate someone from Sky explaining in layman's terms using the points from my example the differences I should expect when I give the new platform a try. Sorry for the long post.
If it turns out to be significantly less enjoyable and as I will not be able to ask after the switch perhaps someone might suggest an alternative platform that might be most similar to my current experience that I set out below, thanks.
I use the Chrome web browser on a Mac laptop to play at skypoker.com
I've rarely experienced any technical/connection issues.
I typically play the No Limit Hold'em £200 Deep Stack Tournament at 7.15pm for £2.20 I usually join an hour later towards the end of late registration at around 8.15pm, typically there are around 60-100 other players left in the tournament at this time with a max of 6 per table.
After registration at this time I get 5000 chips with 10 minute blinds at around the 50/100 level so I often play plenty of hands and can lose a chunk of my stack but still have a reasonable chance to recover as blinds are still relatively small. It's possibly the main reason I like this game.
I do not play any other games at the same time i.e. I do not multi table.
I use the table options so that I always sit in the same relative seat (just above the action buttons) and can set the alert volume independently of my laptop volume. I turn chip sounds etc off. I choose the 4 colour deck and auto muck hands. I choose the default sky table layout and my favourite avatar. Other than the alert volume I never change these options.
I have 20 seconds to decide my action at each turn before I am auto folded.
If I time out I auto fold each hand until I click the 'I am Back' button.
I use the 'Fold' in advance button to set my fold action before my turn.
The "Your Hand" text in the middle of the table tells me my current hand value which I find useful as sometimes I haven't realised when I have hit a straight or flush, conversely there are times when I think I have hit but it shows I am mistaken. Yes honestly it happens.
I view the 'Game Info' tab to keep track of my overall tournament position.
If I'm getting close to the cash I open the lobby to see the positions that will cash and the stacks of my other table opponents.
Once down to the last 2 tables and if I am confident of progressing (often fatally) I occasionally open the other table to observe the play there.
If I am lucky enough to get to the Final Table then finish time is typically around midnight so around 4 hours playing time for me.
I don't use the chat much these days (I found some people got what I felt was overly abusive, not to me especially but I now avoid it)
I rarely play other game types. Occasionally small stakes DYM (streak week), very occasionally a bounty hunter tournament.
In the Account section I use the monthly 'Up by'/'Down by' breakdown to keep an eye on how I'm doing.
If I'm lucky enough to win some cash I can withdraw £10 or more at any time.
Sorry if this sounds very basic to people reading and I realise I may sound a bit clueless but this is the only Poker I know so hopefully someone from Sky will use my example (or use case as I believe it is called by IT people) to hilight all the differences on this type of game - in layman's terms please as I'm not very fluent at poker speak (yes clueless). It might also prompt an 'oh yeah never thought about that' moment.
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Will we get a loyalty bonus or do we need to withdraw & re-deposit to get any bonus.
But now after a couple days of events overlaying, there are many tournaments with gtds slashed compared to what has been advertised on the promo pages of their series. So they are lying about the series gtd.
Wonder what sky think of this shady play?
I recall some years ago when i-poker honoured some massive guarantees, and very nearly went bust. Huge overlays in a Series. Not that it mattered to me-failed to cash in the entire series
Favourite hand? High Roller, 4-figure entry fee. Near the bubble. Flop Ah 8s 5s. Lady 4-bet shoved on me. I had AA. When running well, they are bluffing or have 8 5-even 5 5. Whereas I just knew she had 7s 6s.
That's poker for you. I don't remember a single hand of the Series I topped the leaderboard
Whats happens if you have an account on ipoker and sky? will they merge?
Technically, you never sign up to i-poker directly. You sign up to the skin, whether that is Grosvenor, Paddy, WillHill, Sky or whoever.
They don't "merge". I-poker allows you to have as many accounts via different skins as you like. But you can only log on to 1 of them at any 1 time. The software prevents you logging in to a 2nd unless and until you have logged out of the 1st.
They have to do it that way. Otherwise, people would be able to multi-account with themselves.
People will have a choice. Going forward, if you want to play on Sky, you will be able to play both the Sky games and the general i-poker games. But you will not be able to play on a different Skin (including their ring-fenced games) at the same time.
Is this a thing , admittedly ,its been a while since i registered to a poker site but i've never had a sign up bonus
Here I will try to explain how I play on Sky Poker.
I would appreciate someone from Sky explaining in layman's terms using the points from my example the differences I should expect when I give the new platform a try. Sorry for the long post.
If it turns out to be significantly less enjoyable and as I will not be able to ask after the switch perhaps someone might suggest an alternative platform that might be most similar to my current experience that I set out below, thanks.
- I use the Chrome web browser on a Mac laptop to play at skypoker.com
- I've rarely experienced any technical/connection issues.
- I typically play the No Limit Hold'em £200 Deep Stack Tournament at 7.15pm for £2.20 I usually join an hour later towards the end of late registration at around 8.15pm, typically there are around 60-100 other players left in the tournament at this time with a max of 6 per table.
- After registration at this time I get 5000 chips with 10 minute blinds at around the 50/100 level so I often play plenty of hands and can lose a chunk of my stack but still have a reasonable chance to recover as blinds are still relatively small. It's possibly the main reason I like this game.
- I do not play any other games at the same time i.e. I do not multi table.
- I use the table options so that I always sit in the same relative seat (just above the action buttons) and can set the alert volume independently of my laptop volume. I turn chip sounds etc off. I choose the 4 colour deck and auto muck hands. I choose the default sky table layout and my favourite avatar. Other than the alert volume I never change these options.
- I have 20 seconds to decide my action at each turn before I am auto folded.
- If I time out I auto fold each hand until I click the 'I am Back' button.
- I use the 'Fold' in advance button to set my fold action before my turn.
- The "Your Hand" text in the middle of the table tells me my current hand value which I find useful as sometimes I haven't realised when I have hit a straight or flush, conversely there are times when I think I have hit but it shows I am mistaken. Yes honestly it happens.
- I view the 'Game Info' tab to keep track of my overall tournament position.
- If I'm getting close to the cash I open the lobby to see the positions that will cash and the stacks of my other table opponents.
- Once down to the last 2 tables and if I am confident of progressing (often fatally) I occasionally open the other table to observe the play there.
- If I am lucky enough to get to the Final Table then finish time is typically around midnight so around 4 hours playing time for me.
- I don't use the chat much these days (I found some people got what I felt was overly abusive, not to me especially but I now avoid it)
- I rarely play other game types. Occasionally small stakes DYM (streak week), very occasionally a bounty hunter tournament.
- In the Account section I use the monthly 'Up by'/'Down by' breakdown to keep an eye on how I'm doing.
- If I'm lucky enough to win some cash I can withdraw £10 or more at any time.
Sorry if this sounds very basic to people reading and I realise I may sound a bit clueless but this is the only Poker I know so hopefully someone from Sky will use my example (or use case as I believe it is called by IT people) to hilight all the differences on this type of game - in layman's terms please as I'm not very fluent at poker speak (yes clueless). It might also prompt an 'oh yeah never thought about that' moment.Thanks for your patience if you got this far.