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All players, of course, have the option of buying the package direct for £ notes, & if anyone is not comfortable with the Sky Poker Package, they should not try to qualify.
In comparing prices, though, be careful not to compare apples with beetroot. I'm pretty sure the Daily Punta Cana Freeroll on Sky Poker offers £333 worth of seats for free, (9 x £37) unless you count the required 20 Poker Points needed to enter.
So as you can see, its a bit awkward to just compare the bare basic numbers. Those Freerolls run 7 nights per week, (so 7 x £333 per week for x weeks) & I daresay (just guessing, don't quote me) there may well be Punta Cana "Promos" giving away packages, too. So I'm not abso sure the package is as bad financially you are suggesting. Multiply 7 x £333 x 4 weeks or whatever, & divide that by, say, 7 packages, & it don't look so bad then, does it? So no, in truth, I don't personally think any "excessive" profit is being made.
You may be right, of course.
You could also say those Freerolls replace existing Freerolls which would have run anyway.
See how difficult it is to get a straight line comparision? The main thing though, which gives me comfort, is that everyone has the choice.
Thanks for clearing up those issues, I feel a lot better about it now.
Will there be a skypoker presence out there like previously done with VLV?
In truth, we should have anticipated the questions & been pro-active, & made it clear that the Add-On thing, & the payout situation, has been arranged as described by me on thread this morning. We should have made that clear in the first place, fo sho. For balance, it's easy for you & me to stand on the sidelines & point fingers at who should have done what. It's not so easy in the hot seat though.
There will not be anyone from Sky Poker at the venue, no, or not that I am aware, though there will be someone there appointed to look after our Package winners. Won't be me, for sure, I've been elected Chairman of my Allotment Society, & so I have to attend the AGM that week, proper big do that. I won "Best Turnip" you know.*
* There you go lads, volley that one in.
Poor old Tikay!
The way forward is paved with good intentions.
trouble is for every intention there are a dozen questions!
I don't want to derail the Punta Cana threads but VLV is NOT dead, it is currently under consideration, I've been in several discussions this week about it. It's quite a complex thing these days with the existing, & incoming Gaming legislation being what it is.
If they find a way to do it, fully street legit, they will, if they don't, they wont.
The next Sky Poker UKPC is also in the mix, as are SPT's, all these things need to be balanced against each other, & a myriad of other considerations.
Fingers crossed though, eh?
I also wouldn't pay too much attention to the resort credits. It's not like Sky will be able to shave $500 off these and put towards flights, doesn't work like that. FWIW BA are offering holidays to this hotel next year, and they include $1000 resort credit. It's just a little sweetener from the hotel.
Come On!!!
WP All!!
Many Thanks to Shawsok, who gave me exact bubble info in chat box late on, as i could not get lobby up at all!!
GL Lads!!
A quieter night last night, maybe because of the CL football, so only 3 more qualified for Sunday's Semi Final, which now has 9 players, with 5 x £770 seats guaranteed.
Don't forget, in case you missed it whilst those details were being cleared up, that Freeroll runs SEVEN DAYS PER WEEK, & every one has NINE x £37 Semi Final Seats up for grabs. The entry "fee" is 20 Points in the preceding 24 hours, so there is about £10,000 worth of Freerolls over the period of qualifying.
It runs at 7.30pm Monday to Saturday, & 5.30pm on Sundays.
I don't know this is the case, I didn't see who won seats, but that would be my guess.
D'oh!
There are now sweet sixteen qualified for the first Semi-Final this Sunday, well done them.
The first weekly Semi-Final is TONIGHT, with FIVE SEATS GUARANTEED, & it will be shown on Ch 861.
The players below are in already, & there will be satellites galore today.
Don't forget, the single daily Qtr Final, usually @ 19.15, is replaced today with TWO quarter Finals, at 14.15 & 19.15, & they BOTH have 2 seats guaranteed to tonighht's Semi-Final.
5 seats were guaranteed last night, & the following 5 all got into the final.......
Melty was Mr Money Bubble, & he got....well, ziilch. Ul melty.
So there are now ELEVEN qualified for the Final on Sunday October 19th......
Note also a new cash game based Promo starts tomorrow (30th September) which has FOUR Guaranteed packages each worth £3,500, PLUS £15,000 of prizes on top, so neary £30,000 worth in total.
Deets are HERE
So in total, ELEVEN Punta Cana packages ( = £39,500) + £15,000 of cash prizes are up for grabs.
If you intend to give it a whirl, good luck.
You've said above it's 4 packages and the promo page says the same in the text.... but there are 5 tiers and 5 packages showing. Is this just because the 5th package is for Prio members only so not available to all so they've called it 4? Looks like 5 packages to me in the promo page.
Also, I'm not priority at the moment (didn't get 10k points in Aug) but I will have 10k points in Sept which means I'm prio for Oct... does this mean I take part in the Prio tier? I'd assume it does because 99% of the promo takes place in Oct but there's some confusion because the promo says it starts on 30th Sept so not sure if it will be based on your Sept status.
Thanks
Paul
I believe that question has been referred to Marketing, ( HERE ) who will, presumably, reply today.
For belt & braces, I've sent the threads Upstairs this morning, too.
It does not start until tomorrow, so hopefully it'll be clarified before then.