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Billionth freeroll
The billionth hand dropped after 00.25 am on thursday morning? Up until then i had 45 points but was in a11 quid dym when the hand dropped with the dym having started at 00.25 am.Do i presume you receive points as soon as you reg?It would take me to 56.Im not allowed to reg!Have you heard me ROOOOOOOAAAAAARRRRR!!!
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Hi Mr Chill,
As far as I know, the points don't count until the game ends.
However.......
The entry requirement is
Earn 50 points in the 24 hours leading up to the billionth hand.
See HERE
So if - IF - you earned 50 points in the 24 hours preceding that, you are entitled to enter. If you did not, & needed that last game which only started at 0025, then you missed the points target I'm afraid.
There was a bit of a problem with the data, & a few others who genuinely qualified have had a problem, & CC have sorted them all out. Over 800 have entered safely already, so it's not everyone, but some are deffo having a problem. But if you did not earn the 50 points, then I'm afraid you are not qualified.
"8. I have played a game but my points are not showing?
Points from a Tournament or Sit & Go are awarded once the Tournament is complete. If you are eliminated from the game before midnight, but the tournament does not complete until after, your points will be allocated to the later day."
^^^^
Ha, love that.
We need more stories about adventures with concrete here.
528 players were, so I assumed everyone who qualified was pre-entered.
on sat eve, I wasn't registered and had to re join.
so are we to presume sky just changed the rules on the night to reward everyone or is it a glitch?
and whats with this statement that new players who qualify for the UKPC will have to be who they said they were, when its perfectly ok to donate your seat to someone else? Do T&Cs only apply when sky wants them to?
All Mary would need to do is ask Jane to ask cust services to transfer seat to Mary.
Seats are transferable as long as customer services 'think' theres nothing untoward going on, on a case by case basis, making a mockery of the T&Cs as evidenced elsewhere on this forum.
I'm, not clear what point you are making at to "something fishy", which implies "dishonest". Sky Poker don't do dishonest stuff. Mistakes, yeah, plenty, but mistakes are not "fishy".
There were all sorts of behind the scenes issues this weekend, many of which the player base were not aware of, so yes, it's quite likely that some players were able to Register without meeting the points criteria. That's regrettable, but not disastrous. There was nothing "fishy" about this, it was just a glitch. It was not ideal, but speaking personally, spreading the love a little wider is something I don't begrudge. The final value per player was still £13, so that's pretty tidy, I'd say.
I don't really understand your point about UKPC qualifiers. Sky Poker don't change T & C's willy nilly, but if there is good cause, yes, they are flexible enough to change things if they see fit. The T & C's do state this. There was an unanticipated clash of 2 Promos, one being a Prio Promo, which disadvantaged the players, so after due consideration & process, they did change the Promo criteria.
As to new players who qualified via the New Player Freeroll, as I've written several times, there will be no flexibility on the T & C's, the players who qualify via that route will need to prove who they are by ID before they can play. They won't have any ability to sell, transfer or get the cash.
If you can give me more clarity on what is troubling you, I'll try to give a more focussed reply.
I never replied to this over the weekend as I needed to see what the Office had to say, so I wrote to them yesterday.
I've now had a rely from Mr Top Bloke - Head of Poker & Operations Manager no less.
He is quite adamant that there was not an ability for players to register for "free".
There WAS a reduction in the Entry Criteria, though.
This is a bit convoluted, but Billy was expected to land late evening on Thursday, with the Freeroll always scheduled to be "Next Day".
However, Billy eventually sailed into port at around 0030, which caused some furrowed brows, as that's a bad time to draw the line, as measuring those eligible from 0030 to 0030 is really awkward. Also "Next Day" now became Saturday.
So, for a variety of operational reasons, they reduced the Entry Criteria from 50 points in 24 hours, to 50 points from Thursday to Saturday.