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As you know, I try hard to be a bit of a bridge between the Business & the players, & explain stuff from time to time which may not initially seem obvious to the players as to why they do, or don't do, various things.
However, the Business is not a Government agency spending public money, & they don't have to explain how they run their business to me or anyone else. It may be commercially sensitive too.
Personally, I don't know the reason, & on this occasion I don't intend to ask them, as I fear they may say to me "it's none of your Business Tony". They would never use such a phrase to Clients, obv, but that'd be the gist of it.
They may choose to answer your question, I really don't know, but on this occasion, I can't help, sorry.
Many years ago - 30 or so - I was in a job, sat plum next to another guy who did the very same job.
We were mates, in & out of work, & sort of ran together.
As it happens, & not to seem arrogant, but I worked harder than him, got better results, & so I got a pay rise, & he did not. He found out somehow & got all uppity with me, & our friendship ended due to his miffedness.
On a similar vein, my Dad once told me "son, never look through your girlfriends handbag, you might find stuff that upsets you, best not to look really".
Sometimes it's best not to know.
ah, i saw what you did there poppy
We're not getting told the reason for the freeroll.
If it is inactive players who havn't played on the site in ages then offering them a 10k freeroll, would not seem to be the best way to spend a 10K promotional budget in my opinion.
I don't feel sky would ever get this revenue back, or even close to it.
It would seem likely they would play the freeroll and go back into hibernation lol
Of course, it is entirely the business prerogative what they spend their pomo budget on.
But is there any accountability in place? Eg We run a 10k promo to engage with lapsed customers, we expect this to enourage them back and result in X amount of profit. And then quantify this.
**This is all on the basis it is "lapsed" players, but of course we will never know.
Re Promo's, look at Dec's promo.
Day 1, freeroll, I guess that would be kind of cool for rec players, though there were 300 runners, 1st place was like £100/£150
Day 2, Higherst 100 point earners get a tenner - these £10 payments would have pretty much all went to "regulars".
Day 3, £100 x 10 to those who make the most points from Sit and Go's - again going to go to regs.
Day 4, predict number of hands win an iPhone, I guess it might have been interesting to "rec" players.
Day 5, Exact same as day 1 with an iPhone added.
So the 10k freeroll (if for inactive players) would it not be better to use this to promote poker amongst the existing customer base, and be designed in a way to reward rec players currently playing on the site.
Best idea ever: Do a freeroll every week for people that have lost £20 or more at the cashtables.
Play is as a Sat, top 20/40 players get £20/£30/£40
The freeroll may be open to the 100 biggest whales at Sky Vegas this year, with half the field yet to take their shot at off-setting some of their losses.
And there are at least a handful of players in the lobby which I've been playing at the cash tables, so there must be at least some value specifically to the poker arm of SkyBet.
The £10 for top 100 pts earners seemed a bit weird, but only because £10 seems like a meaningless amount if (I assume) it goes to the sort of names that we see sharing £1k+ pots on TOTP. Otherwise the current promo seems like a good opportunity to share rewards around the player pool - lucky for all of us
I Sharkscoped myself and of my last 8 tournaments only one was a freeroll, I must try to enter more I guess.
Average stake £3.72, so I must be playing too high.
All were played in the last 20 days, that's not including the circa 200 DYM's played.
I guess being a member for 5 years and 3 of those probably playing most nights Sky Poker missed me. Since I had interests outside poker for some time now I have not been playing so regularly (but not completely inactive).
Personally I think they just want me back for my impeccable manners.
U wanna go clubbing???
There will be very sound reasoning behind it I'm sure. I don't think we need to be privy to it, or if Sky will be inclined to tell us anyway. Ultimately it's really none of our business.
Just imagine how many people will be sat out too when it kicks off! Someone might end up cruising to a £2k payday. They'd be mad to not hit withdraw immediately
ya bad man ya!!