Coming Soon - 'King of the Hill'

Sky_Poker · April 2013

Hi all

Something new and exciting which planned to trial from 1st May...

'KING OF THE HILL'

It works like this:

- There is a £5 MTT each day
- The buy in is £5.50 + £2, so why the +£2?

- Well lets say there are 250 runners in this MTT
- The regular prizepool would be £5 x 250 = £1,250, but here's the twist...

- There is also a £500 'side prizepool' (the extra £2 x 250)
- This is played for, heads-up... ...between the winner of the event and the winner from the day before, to become King!

- Then assuming there are 250 runners the next day... ...the winner of the heads-up, plays off against the winner the next day for another £500

- This pattern is repeated each day

So think about it, let's say you went on a streak of winning the title five times (and assuming it did get 250 runners each day), you would win your original prize money plus £2,500, so it's a tournament you would really want to win!

In order to get the ball rolling on this, we would decide the first 'King of the Hill' by having a heads-up match between first and second in the initial event.

There will be more details on this in the next couple of weeks, but we wanted to give the community a sneak preview of how this would work.

Thanks
Sky Poker

unknown_username · April 2013

What Hill?

Is it anywhere near Sky Towers?

Does it have a Castle & a Moat?

Google Maps ftw?

Free Parking?

tell me more about this hill I would become king of.........

Sounds like this tournament would suit Orford, but lets be honest, some would say he would be more suited to a mound than a hill

beaneh · April 2013

sigh thought this was about the neccessary heads up changes.

FlashFlush · April 2013

Hmm I think £2 is a bit steep for just 1 winner. Going on the 250 runner pattern, that basically means more than 99% of the field are paying 33% rake (OK it's not exacty rake, as it is winnable but you get what I mean)

Sky_Poker · April 2013

In Response to Re: Coming Soon - 'King of the Hill':

Hmm I think £2 is a bit steep for just 1 winner. Going on the 250 runner pattern, that basically means more than 99% of the field are paying 33% rake (OK it's not exacty rake, as it is winnable but you get what I mean)
Posted by FlashFlush

We see what you mean but all of the £2 goes into the side prizepool.

We didnt want to make this too much but wanted to make it big enough to create a big pot to play for. We discussed a few options and £2 felt about right. We may tweak this depending on how it goes though.

GELDY · April 2013

don't get it myself

so everyone pays 7.50 for a 5 mtt, instead of 5.50 just so the winner might win some more.

probably the least interesting idea I've seen from sky recently.

I'm happy to take down the normal win for coming first

don't need additional inducements.

sorry, cannot match Trev's humour.

Sky_Poker · April 2013

In Response to Re: Coming Soon - 'King of the Hill':

don't get it myself so everyone pays 7.50 for a 5 mtt, instead of 5.50 just so the winner might win some more. probably the least interesting idea I've seen from sky recently. I'm happy to take down the normal win for coming first don't need additional inducements. sorry, cannot match Trev's humour.
Posted by GELDY

That's fine, sounds like it's not for you but others.

FlashFlush · April 2013

Yeah I know what you mean, I think £1 would of been OK or £2 in an £11 tourney. In a 250 runner £5 tourney I'm guessing the top prize is about £350..?? If it was £1 towards the side pot, it would still be £250 with a 50/50 chance of winning... With it set up like this, the heads-up game is actually worth more than winning the 250 runner MTT.

I don't think you will get anywhere near 250 runners though... The more the runners the less the value unless you are that 1 lucky winner (Even then you still need to win the HU game). If you got around 40 - 50 runners then £2 would be OK as you have a much better chance of winning and it doesn't just seem like more rake.

I may be wrong, (usually am) but at least you're trying to bring new things in. Some work, some don't...

Sky_Poker · April 2013

In Response to Re: Coming Soon - 'King of the Hill':

Yeah I know what you mean, I think £1 would of been OK or £2 in an £11 tourney. In a 250 runner £5 tourney I'm guessing the top prize is about £350..?? If it was £1 towards the side pot, it would still be £250 with a 50/50 chance of winning... With it set up like this, the heads-up game is actually worth more than winning the 250 runner MTT. I don't think you will get anywhere near 250 runners though... The more the runners the less the value unless you are that 1 lucky winner (Even then you still need to win the HU game). If you got around 40 - 50 runners then £2 would be OK as you have a much better chance of winning and it doesn't just seem like more rake . I may be wrong, (usually am) but at least you're trying to bring new things in. Some work, some don't...
Posted by FlashFlush

Sure, as you've highlighted it's quite difficult to guess the numbers (we've never done it before) but nothing is set in stone so we can tweak the buy-in and side prizepool based on how it does in the trial.

Thanks

jonjo75 · April 2013

Sounds good to me. You could end up with someone winning the heads up for quite a while.
Would the heads up match be straight after the MTT?
If it is everyday then I am sure you will get quite a few times where the previous winner can not play on that day.
Personally I have always liked top heavy prizepools so I will definately give it a go.

sikas · April 2013

In Response to Re: Coming Soon - 'King of the Hill':

sigh thought this was about the neccessary heads up changes.
Posted by beaneh

+1 :-(

calcalfold · April 2013

Who plays in the first heads up tourney? seeing as there would be no preceeding tourney winner?

jonjo75 · April 2013

In Response to Re: Coming Soon - 'King of the Hill':

Who plays in the first heads up tourney? seeing as there would be no preceeding tourney winner?
Posted by calcalfold

SKY: In order to get the ball rolling on this, we would decide the first 'King of the Hill' by having a heads-up match between first and second in the initial event.

Sky_Poker · April 2013

In Response to Re: Coming Soon - 'King of the Hill':

In Response to Re: Coming Soon - 'King of the Hill' : SKY: In order to get the ball rolling on this, we would decide the first 'King of the Hill' by having a heads-up match between first and second in the initial event.
Posted by jonjo75

Thanks Jonjo, saved us a job!