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UKPC Advice
Just having a quick look through at the UKPC Schedule,this may just be a daft question as there isn't any on the actual schedule....But is this just a pretty high buy in festival? I mean are the any more affordable buyins during the event or is the minimum the 500gbp.
I would love to attend like most but physically cant at them buy ins,I also understand they are what they are but just wondered if it included smaller buyins or if ever that would be a possibility?
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Morning JP,
I'm sorry, but no, £500 buy in (+ Reg Fee) is the minimum.
I am all for poker being inclusive, & looking after us small guys, but this is the United Kingdom Poker Championship, & as such, we believe it needs that prestige of bigger buy ins, these are pukka Championship Events.
The good news is that for the Main Event, you can satellite in at very affordable prices on Sky Poker, or even via Freerolls, there is a UKPC Freeroll every day at the moment, & plenty of Promos & giveaways.
Once the Festival starts, there will be Live Super Sats for all events at the Club, too. I daresay Party will run Festival-wide satellites, too. Sky Poker will concentrate on the Main, but DTD & Party will run satellites for all the UKPC events.
Be great if you could be there. Fingers crossed.
Several questions there.
I am pretty sure that Party will HAVE to run satellites nearer the time, though I doubt it will be for a while yet, they give us "first shot" at Online qualifying. For a £1 milly event, it's all hands to the pump. They did not do them for the 6 Max, (half a Milly & £500) as we mutually agreed we could manage without, but this may be different.
The question is slightly wider actually. DTD run what amounts to a "Tourney Token" system where "tickets" can be used for almost anything, but it's immensely complex & varies from Event to Event.
Clearly, I'd encourage everyone to try & qualify on Sky Poker, but I'm not going to insult folks intelligence & deny that Party might be running UKPC Quallies at some stage.
Restrictions on Company policies? I get your meaning, but again, we are all grown ups, so I am happy to tell it how it is. And yes, it could easily cut both ways - that has already been discussed. Unfortunately, at the mo, Sky Poker can't find the room, time or space to run more Satellites to, say, random DTD Events. In 2015, UKOPS, UKPC, Punta Cana & VLV meant Sky Poker had no additional satellite capacity given current liquidity, & the huge increase in VLV, Punta Cana & UKOPS numbers.
An oddity of this "are Sky Poker bothered about working with DTD/Party?" sort of thing is that, as to UK & ROI facing traffic, Sky Poker is substantially bigger - by a multiple of several - than the equivalent player base on Party. Globally, of course, Party are much bigger. So no, we are comfortable with the relationship at present. And I think we have, all things considered, a better Online Room, with a greater variety of promos. I tried finding some PLO8 SNG's on Party recently - nothing. We can play 60 or 70 per night on Sky Poker & several hundred run each night in all.
Event Title? It's officially "Sky Poker UK Poker Championships" as per the headline (but not some of the detail lower down) HERE
So it's business as usual as to the UKPC really, same as the previous renewals. DTD, of course, are busy with the Stadium Tour thing, too, & Sky Poker are busy with all sorts.
I can't promise this, as it is a matter for DTD upon which Sky Poker have no control, but during every previous Sky Poker UKPC @ DTD, they have also run £25 & £50 sideys for the regulars, & I'd be very surprised if that were not the case again. We do actively encourage them to do this, as those guys play at DTD every week, & we don't want to hack them off by excluding them every time we visit DTD.
So if you came & along & played those, at least you get a feel for the atmo, & maybe meet a few faces. Better if you qualified for the UKPC itself though, obv.
A very odd & unexpected by-product of the UK Gambling (Advertising & Licensing) act is that ALL licence holders are required to submit their total Margin (Margin = Reg Fees + Cash game rake), & they then add it all up & report the TOTAL for the UK. So from that, & for the first time ever, they can now see the TOTAL size of the UK Poker Market, though it does not break that out into individual businesses or Sites. However, Sky Poker obviously know their total annual Margin, so it's a very simple sum to work out their % of the UK facing Market.
Sky Elf, Sky Rudolph Sky Santa been sacked? We can but hope......
Hi
Just a simple question ,
when qualified through Sky Poker do you get a choice of day 1, or are all sky qualifiers put in the same day1 as per usual.
it would be nice if it mentioned on satalite of day 1 u were getting put in.
Morning Colin.
Congrats on winning the seat.
I have a question, too. How did you manage that? Not to be rude, like, but you are utterly hopeless.
Fair play to you, you are looking well for your age.
The default Opening Day for Sky Poker Qualifiers is Day 1c, which is the Saturday.
The T & C's state.....
However, if you prefer to play the Thursday or Friday, that's cool - just let Tighty or myself know in advance, & we'll sort it.
"....it would be nice if it mentioned on satalite of day 1 u were getting put in...."
That's fair comment, Colin.
Why don't they do so? I'm not exactly sure, but there are "character limits" in the Lobby of these things, rather like Twitter, & there's only so much info they can squeeze in.
It's a similar thing with Tournament names - there is a character limit on those, too, think it is 18, including spaces.
There's always a reason. Sometimes it even makes sense.
Anyway, be great to see you next month.
Dear Gary,
Congratulations on booking your place at the Sky Poker UK Poker Championships at Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham in February 2016. With a prize pool of £1,000,000 guaranteed and the title of UK Poker Champion up for grabs, it’s sure to be one of the most exciting poker tournaments in British poker.
As a Sky Poker qualifier you have been entered into day 1B of the main event on Friday 26th February at 12pm. Your chips will be in play from the start on day 1B so we suggest arriving in good time as we are expecting it to be very busy.
If you are not already a member of Dusk Till Dawn you can become one by visiting the Dusk Till Dawn website and following the instructions on there.
See you in Nottingham!
The Sky Poker Team
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Hi Gaz,
That's an error, apologies.
Everyone is booked to play on the SATURDAY, as I stated previously.
T & C's clearly say......
"To have the chance of winning a Sky Poker UK Poker Championships Main Event seat you can qualify either via satellites or by direct buy-in at the event venue, Dusk Till Dawn. Successful players will be entered into Day 1C, which commences on Saturday 27th February 2015 at 12.00pm."
I imagine that you will receive a correction from Sky Poker shortly, confirming that it the Saturday.
Apologies that you were informed otherwise.
see you next month
^^^
Love you Colin, love you.
PS - 9pm tonight, BBC4 - The Golden Age of British Rail.
Don't miss it, I'll be asking questions in the morning.
Did you see "Emergency - Trains & Weather"?
Was top class, really good.
You will be automatically entered into Day 1c - the SATURDAY - unless you wish to play the Thursday or Friday, in which case, let me know, & we'll sort for you.
Apologies if the info conflicted.
And yes, in due course, all you will receive an e-Mail from the business with confirmation, & all the nitty gritty.
Your name is safely in the lobby already, as you can see if you click THIS
Congrats on qualifying. How did you qualify, which route?
Played much live poker before?
That's terrific, getting into a £1,100 MTT, with a £1,00,000 Guarantee, for just £2.80.
Look forward to seeing you there - do come & introduce yourself, please.
I won a seat from the 992 Mill. hand, how do I know what date I start on or is everyone the Thursday?
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Well Hello 992 Milly Milestone Hand Winner, & congratulations.
The default start date for all Sky Poker Qualifiers (& Promo winners....) Is the Saturday, which is the 27th, though if you prefer to start on the Thursday or Friday, that's fine, just let me know on here.
In due course, Sky Poker will send you an e-Mail, with all the formal details.
Again, very well done. Are you looking forward to it?
Is there any advantage of starting on Thursday/Friday? Or do they play down to a certain amount on Day 1A/B/C and if you are still in play you play on the final day?
1) It does not matter if you play 1a, 1b or 1c, all three opening days will play EXACTLY the same amount of levels. That ensures all survivors make Day Two on a level footing.
2) Days 1a & 1b will have far less entrants than Day 1c.
3) Day 1c will contain a greater proportion of recreational players & satellite qualifiers.
4) Days 1a & 1b will contain more pro players who will want to take advantage of multi bullets. Players can re-enter once each day, or any subsequent days, so pros will likely play 1a & 1b.
Not silly questions at all.
As Matt Bates replied, you cannot enter straight into Day 2.
Day 1a bustouts CAN re-enter into Day 1b or 1c.
Day 1b bustouts CAN re-enter into Day 1c.
Day 1c is a "pure Freezeout", which we did specifically to give a better experience for the Sky Poker qualifiers, & one of the reasons we are default entering all our players into 1c. However, if you prefer 1a or 1b, we can sort that too.
To be clear, if you bustout on Day 1c, that's it, it's game over, gg you.
Direct Buy-ins?
Nearer the time, you may be able to do this via Sky Poker.
Alternatively, as you say, just poll up on the day with the cash, & you can buy in over the desk. However, if you plan to do that on Day 1c, do so EARLY, as there will be queues & alternates on Day 1c.
Any more questions, fire away. Hope we see you there.
Hi Gary,
Sorry, only just seen this.
Look forward to seeing you there. Any problems, give me a shout.