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UKPC Main event satellites also continue on pp
Last night there were 77 entries, and an overlay, for the 5 main event seats
Pennyrolls and qualifying satellites into the $50rb at 9pm from 6pm
My guess for the total entries - 2214
See you Sunday!
Must be very frustrating for DTD.
Expected numbers? Well DTD have a daily target, & the target last night was relatively modest. They have not "formally" completed the transfer to Party yet, either, their i-Poker contract runs for another 2 days, so it's all a bit of a delicate juggling act.
The main boost in numbers will come from the "Live" Day Ones on Friday, Saturday, & Sunday. I'm told by Rob Yong that the Sunday "Turbo-Wurbo" Day One will be monsta.
Either way, the Guarantee won't be affected, so poker players will win either way. I hope it hits the number, though, & I think it will.
For students of human psychology, the "Is Party Poker down?" thread on another forum yielded a rich harvest of how people react in different ways to these problems. It's poker, & we get sort of swept along in the moment, but some of us can control our emotions, others not so much. "It was just a poker tourney" to some, "it was the end of the world" to others. Some players got VERY emootive, fair to say. If they had played & their Q-Q had got busted by A-K, they'd have shrugged their shoulders & said "next case".
We pokerists are an interesting breed.
I do find these things a bit sad, nobody intends for a site to experience probs, but they happen, they just do.
And I'm not flying a flag for Rob Yong or Party, either, it's just how it is.
I've not played on PP for ages. Wasn't overly impressed with the site when I signed up back in the day (probs 3 years ago now), and then they started charging me an ''inactivation fee'' or w/e they call it, which took the p1ssss IMO. However, I would like to play more sats for live events at DTD so looks like I'll have to dust off my account with them. The $120 event towards the end of May looks very ambitious with tons of value.
Oh, and its the weekend before I jet off to Vegas, great timing
They took "inactivity fee" money out of my Account - a LOT of it - my Account there had been dormant for 10 years, so you can imagine how much they took off me.
Now I have to pay vig if I withdraw the balance, too, for double rubs.
I think part of Rob's process in this deal is to help change & improve all these matters.
Finding a suitable Online Partner was not easy for Rob & Co @ DTD, & I know they will be working hard to improve things, & I truly wish them all well.
Have to say, though, that, imo, Sky Poker have nothing to fear.
Today was the first day in 5 weeks when I've not logged on at 5 or 6am to find a handful of "detail detail detail" UKPC e-Mails from Rob in my Inbox. He'll be on the case, fo sho.
Direct buy-ins via Sky Poker? I honestly don't know, but I'll try & find out for you.
See you there.
Disconnection Solutions
"UKPC Main Event Final - This was refunded as per partypoker's disconnection policy. We are contacting the six players who remained when the tournament was closed to arrange that they all receive a Main Event seat in exchange for the refunded SAT prizepool. This means we are giving away one extra Main Event seat, as the tournament should have paid out five seats. Furthermore anyone in this tournament that was affected by the disconnections should please contact partypoker support who will be happy to arrange a refund of your buy-in and rebuys/add ons in tournament dollars ($).
UKPC Mini Online Day 1 - All players that rode out the 14 levels will progress to Day 2 with the stack they finished level 14 on. These players will be contacted within 24 hours. Anyone in this tournament that was affected by the disconnections should please contact partypoker support who will be happy to arrange a refund of your buy-in and rebuys/add ons in tournament dollars ($).
UKPC Mini Satellite - Anyone in this tournament that was affected by the disconnections should please contact partypoker support who will be happy to arrange a refund of your buy-in and rebuys/add ons in tournament dollars ($)
tonight's ukpc online day one, main event satellites etc go ahead as normal
I'm going to play the UKPC Mini Online Day1 tomorrow (GARYTHEROCK is my ID on PP), but it doesn't feel right playing it on PP somehow, as I'm a big fan of Sky and the Community, however it's the UKPC I'm supporting!
Cheers,
Graham
12 of 100 through
chip stacks were
680,387
554,190
474,648
458,990
435,659
428,465
413,386
410,686
350,209
303,478
278,468
211,434
thats 492 entries ahead of last night, which i will update when i get the data
720,122,
518,560,
453,524,
444,070,
363,186,
324,072,
297,761,
296,717,
269,954,
256,700,
239,056,
215,312,
200,966
96 entries running total 584
£3,000 UKPC High Roller satellites, live and online
7pm flight late reg is 10.40pm
Doors open at 1.30pm
I'm safely installed at DTD, where play starts in around 40 minutes time for the first of today's two flights in the Sky Poker UKPC Mini @ DTD.
The club is absolutely heaving with players all eager to help themselves (in ecxchange for £110) to some of the £200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool.