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Sky Poker's Final Table Jackpot
I was chatting with Sir Sidney Suit the other day, & we got on to this.
The Sky Poker Final Table Jackpot has been running for some years now, & it's a fun thing, now & then someone binks a nice bonus.
Maybe it's getting a bit tired now though, does not drive extra traffic to either MTT, & does not generate as much buzz as it used to.
Around 30% of players play both, but how many of that 30% are driven to do so by the Jackpot lure?
In the last year, it has paid out around £12,000. Strictly speaking, I very much doubt it's cost effective, but that's not really the point - it's really another Promo in Sky Poker's arsenal of little things that help make the site fun.
If they were to stop it, would it bother you muchly?
If you were Sir Sidney Suit, what would you replace it with? - what sort of fun-based promo would you suggest?
I have to add, before someone jumps on me - they are NOT looking to save the money they spend on it. That money comes from a huge Promo budget, that budget will not get smaller, & it all has to be spent on something.
So if the Sky Poker Jackpot were to be replaced, (at present, there are no plans to do so) what would you replace it with?
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It's not really about saving or making money though, or whether its profitable for the Business or not.
It was just a "chewing the cud" convo, which ended with "well I wonder if we could so something else that might be fun, & capture the imagination?".
Outpouring of outrage? Maybe, maybe not, We can cap the maximum number of people who might complain by looking at the numbers. Relative to the whole player base, it's not that many.
The idea of the thread was to stimulate discussion, & see if the players had any bright ideas. The Team who have to come up with the Sky Poker promos meet regularly, & are always keen to listen to new ideas.
Pretty good that we can have these discussions on Sky Poker, too - can't say that about too many Online Poker Sites.
It's OK to mention Sky Poker, & show Sky Poker tables, but your idea would count as a "call to action", & that would not be permitted.
I should add that my views don't count for a thing, & probably just as well.
I'm just the bloke sent out with a fishing rod, to see if I can catch anything.
my thoughts are...
arguing against the jackpot
players of the main are enticed to play the mini, very few mini players are enticed to play the main.
typically, 30% of the main field are in the mini, say 100 players.
however, the number of players enticed to play the mini in their quest to win the jackpot is a small proportion of these 100 players, say 30.
jackpot payouts are £12k per year. this is £35 a day. this gives a breakeven of 70 players paying the mini registration fee.
arguing for the jackpot
errmmm....
it was a great idea, think that was down to MAXALLY.
it had its place alongside the TV shows but we know they have all gone except Tuesday's Cash show.
there is an interesting fact that i see in the figures. on wednesday, both main and mini are rebuys, the number and percentage of players buying into both is noticeably higher. there is a working incentive offered by the jackpot to buy-in to the other event, probably because so many are still in with a chance at the close of late registration.
i suggested last year that the late registration times for the main and mini should coincide. it would help a little.
Alternative
i think that it would be bad news to remove this funding for MTT players and instead top up the money going to cash players, or high volume rake players.
the funds could be used in a far better way. there are so many opportunities for us here.
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how about incentivising people to play more MTTs in the evening?
anyone who wins three tournaments (games with a guarantee of £500 or more) win £1,000 or winning four is £5,000.
it will be the same annual spend from the budget. however, the "cross-sell" will provide £100 of added registration fees per day, above the breakeven.
We used to get 500+ players when this was televised!
That was the difference between Sky and other sites,that was the attraction.
Come last in both the main and mini and you owe Sky 5 grand.
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(except huftys!)
+1 to whoever said it that if the jackpot is removed then I'd like to see that segment of the promotional budget remain for MTT players (because there's pretty much 0 promos for MTT players). Maybe some kinda monthly leaderboard like the old days of the TSP league but with cash payouts, although it'd need to be arranged in a way so that it isn't just the same 5-10 regs winning all the money all the time imo.
Whether it changes or not, it would help if there was some method of building interest. So on the current system if it could be seen who was in both after say 2 hours, or if it was to become winning 2 tournies, showing who has already won 1 etc.