Other Games Tournaments

chicknMelt · February 2014

I get bored of just playing NLH all the time, so I like to dabble in other games. Hopefully I'll be good enough at some of the other games to be profitable in them at some point.

Anyway, It got me thinking about a concept Sky could use. Whether it would work or not, I have no idea. I suspect volume might be a bit low... but here it is anyway.

Either everyday, or once a week, or whatever, there is an "other Game" main and/or mini events.

so for example you could have

Monday: PLO

Tuesday: Badugi

Wednesday: PLO8

Thursday: 2-7 triple draw

Friday: Stud

Sat: Horse

Sun: 8 Game

They could even dedicate a half hour section of the show before the start to explain rules and basic strategy.

would you be interested in playing events like this?

TeddyBloat · February 2014

A horse event would be a laugh, esp if you got the teams / forum competition on board.

I have no clue about other variants other than plo plo8 and nl, but would defo have a punt.

FCHD · February 2014

I'd probaly play them all except Badugi, if the stakes were low enough, but there's little chance Sky expanding their software to include other games, the player base just isn't big enough.

chicknMelt · February 2014

In Response to Re: Other Games Tournaments:

I'd probaly play them all except Badugi, if the stakes were low enough, but there's little chance Sky expanding their software to include other games, the player base just isn't big enough.
Posted by FCHD

Hmm, good point about the SW

they say that changes are alot easier in the new client... maybe it wont be that much work

What you got against Badugi?

F_Ivanovic · February 2014

Only know how to play PLO variants but I'm sure it won't be too much effort to learn other games! (just no point atm seeing as sky doesn't have anything else)

churchy18 · February 2014

i don,t think it would work there is just not enough players on sky for it too be viable long term

plo8 has a £100gtd it always makes its gtd but never much more and thats with all tikay has done trying too build it up

think sky could do more too try and help him though! maybe the next time they give away free poker tokens make them for plo/or plo8 that way more people will try it

chicknMelt · February 2014

speaking from experience, it can be really fun just diving in a and playing a tournament for a game you have never played before. Normally everyone is in the same boat and the standard is awful ...which is part of the attraction.

imagine never having played a game before, reading the rules and you are already being competative.

chicknMelt · February 2014

In Response to Re: Other Games Tournaments:

i don,t think it would work there is just not enough players on sky for it too be viable long term plo8 has a £100gtd it always makes its gtd but never much more and thats with all tikay has done trying too build it up think sky could do more too try and help him though! maybe the next time they give away free poker tokens make them for plo/or plo8 that way more people will try it
Posted by churchy18

you are probably right.

I could see something like a weekly "dealers Choice" tourney with a £5/£10 buy in, and a segment of the show advertising it/ explaining the rules of this weeks game catching on..

Slipwater · February 2014

I'd certainly be interested. The first forms of poker I ever played were five card draw and seven card stud, but it's been a long time since I've dusted off those... 'skills'.