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Just an idea.
Winners get their buy in back or half of what they would noramlly get. plus maybe 1&1/2 x poker league points. All we would be asking of potential winners would be 25 minutes of their time for a good cause.
or DYM's with only 2 places paid, or a 1 pound tounrament with less places.... etc.....
Any idea would be great if it helped.
What do you think?
Winners get their buy in back or half of what they would noramlly get. plus maybe 1&1/2 x poker league points. All we would be asking of potential winners would be 25 minutes of their time for a good cause.
or DYM's with only 2 places paid, or a 1 pound tounrament with less places.... etc.....
Any idea would be great if it helped.
What do you think?
Comments
Hi Ms Chips,
I love the idea, but in technical & practical terms, it's incrdibly awkward for Sky Poker to organise.
But I'm very happy to personally co-operate & work with you to do something to help.
I'm doing 2 Live Shows tonight, preparing for them all afternoon today, & I have to go home to Derbyshire after tonight's Show, & I'll be unavailable most of Sunday, until the Evening, when I have PTP to do, so I can't do anything over the weekend.
But Monday, yes, I can.
We should both give some thought over the weekend as to how we could do this. Personally, I'm happy to play a series of DYM's at any Buy-In, small medium or large, & donate anything I win to the cause.
Let's you & I make contact on Monday to see how we can sort this out. That OK with you?
PS - I suppose it might be easier just to make a donation! - but that's not quite in the spirit of your excellent idea, for which I applaud you.
In the interim, have a lovely weekend.
PS - What were you doing up at 3am this morning?!
I was playing Omaha here at that time, with a bunch of regulars, & the table banter was awesome!
So what's your excuse?
I've also suggested that anyone can donate to the cause directly.
I really don't think it's gonna work if we want to get The Company involved, it gets too complicated, & may not be do-able.
I will certainly give it more thought over the remainder of the weekend.
I like to play my poker at the most profitable hours. I nap Friday & Saturday Evenings and play throughout the night to welcome home fellow players from the pub and make sure they got home safely.
I will look forward to the show.
Ilona
I love to see Posts written "in code"!
I was writing elsewhere yesterday, & alluded to the fact that I "have to go do some gardening, I need to get rid of some nettles with my bare hands". I was, of course, alluding to a problem I had to deal with, & using the old adage "I have to grasp some nettles" to allude to it.
And people started telling me how to get rid of nettles. Real nettles.......
You & me will get along just fine.
I don't know how much backing that would get,but, every little helps.
This is simply not possible.
However worthy the cause, Sky Poker cannot start deducting money from the Prize Pools.
Please see the earlier Posts.
If you wish, dionate direct to the cause - which would be excellent - or wait until Monday, when Llona & myself will organise something whereby we raise some money via DYM's or whatever, & I'll then send it to the Charity.
Thanks for the input
I am certainly more than willing to play in a big buy in event £100+ with the entire prize pool being donated entirely to the cause. I think there would be many "big name" players also willing to play for such a worthy cause. Or, perhaps, if players aren't comfortable with donating the entire prize pool to the appeal then it could be halved with half going to the appeal and half remaining in the pay out structure.
Browndog
I look forward to Monday and, in the meantime, if I can be of assistance, just let me know.