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Deals in tournaments?
Have you ever been able to deal in mtts on sky?
does anyone else agree it would be a good addition., especially in long structured games??
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If it is a pub game, or a home game, we usually end up splitting (chip leader gets bit more) and it will be a lot less money than the tournies on sky.
I just play for fun, so would always be happy with some sort of split. I generally like everyone I play poker with, so that's fairer doing a split.
I don't understand say it is 500, first is 300 second is 200. You have an even stack, why would you not want £250?
When, it is just one hand either way. You could have an edge, but in 1 hand lose it all.
Not saying it's pure luck, there is still a fair amount of skill with like 15-20xBB but it requires alot more rungood than if it was deeper.
The argument of "the prizepools are too small to be doing deals" makes me laugh.
Out loud.
While rolling around on the floor.
Almost so much that my @rse falls off.
You're arguably is completely subjective, to you!
Okay, maybe YOU don't want to deal deep in MTTs for a grand, because it's just 1k, or 500, or whatever 1st place prize is, because it isn't a lot for you.
But some people, might. For some people it IS a big deal. For a few recreational players, maybe they're bricking it something wicked when they make a deep run in the next UKOPS, and the poor man/woman is about to keel over at the thought of flipping for a 5 figure payday.
For Zeus's sake people, stop starting every argument against the motion with...
"Well, I wouldn't utilise the ability to deal, so... we shouldn't have them."
What you're really doing - '(I'm gunna pipe up and say why I don't want deals! EVERYone should listen to and mayyyybe even follow my rules. Scr£w thinking about other people and what THEY might want. Pssssh!)'
There are almost no disadvantages for the allowance of deals to take place, when people want them.
I just find it pretty funny how people come into threads like these, in favour of no changes to be made to the current "NO DEALS" system. Think about others, because you have nothing to lose by arguing for the motion. If you don't want a deal, hey, great! You can still decline them at the FT of a Sky Tourney if you like, no problem.
Just let others have the choice when they get there too, s'all i'm askin'.
If you have an argument why deals are bad... (NOT why deals won't make an impact to you, or why you're indifferent), then be my guest, because I can't think of one.
They have a television channel and having their main event end suddenly at 11pm with a 6-way chop isn't going to help them make good TV. The 'glamour' of an outright winner is pretty important from that point of view.
I'm struggling to see other good reasons not to have deals. Software restrictions are likely a factor at the moment, though.
....ALTHOUGH.... generally you'd do a deal where player A, B and C get £500 each, and then they carry on playing to see who gets the last £200, so they'd carry on play anyway.
Either way, deals would reduce Sky's ability to market their tournament prizes if they keep getting chopped. It may not be hugely significant but it's something that I'm sure they'd rather avoid. Since deals probably aren't much of a factor in player numbers, I don't see any advantage in it for them.
From the players' point of view, opportunities to deal make sense.
The TV Channel shows less - far less - than 1% of the Tournaments which run on SkyPoker.com. The tail does not wag the dog.
Having £200 up top in an MTT is alot to some people, to others £1k is small. If you don't want to deal, you just don't tick the box to deal and everything carries on as though the option was never there... but at least if the option is there, people who want to can do it with others who want to.
The opportunity to facilitate deals takes nothing away from those who wouldn't want them. It's a total freeroll for the players who would love to see deals on Sky, it's a no-brainer imo.
Those who wouldn't deal, of which for the most part I am one , have nothing to lose by letting SKY offer the deal.
Im all for chops in tournaments when you get 3/4 handed stacks or mostly really shallow.
Hope that makes sense