Billionth freeroll

chilling

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!!!              

Tikay10

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.   

unknown_username

most got entered automatically, if i was you id be cheeky and ask support, they can only say no.

i received a text messege today to say i qualified aswell.

Tikay10

In Response to Re: Billionth freeroll:

In Response to Re: Billionth freeroll : Not sure i will bother.But there is a fine line as regging and the game starting should be points in the bag.And so say all of us.
Posted by chilling

Point taken, but the rules are clearly shown as to how Rewards Points are earned, & they say this under FAQ.....

"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."

Tikay10

^^^^

Ha, love that.

We need more stories about adventures with concrete here.

VespaPX

In Response to Re: Billionth freeroll:

^^^^ Ha, love that. We need more stories about adventures with concrete here.
Posted by Tikay10

Whilst trawling the job sites, came across an ad for a concrete salesman.

I mean how can you sell concrete?

dcod-muver

In Response to Re: Billionth freeroll:

In Response to Re: Billionth freeroll : Whilst trawling the job sites, came across an ad for a concrete salesman. I mean how can you sell concrete?
Posted by VespaPX

that would be a hard job 

ill get my coat

scouse_red

^^^^^^^

what twice :P

unknown_username

pop up states it starts in 15mins? 

unknown_username

theres just been a pop-up saying the freeroll starts in 15 minutes where as its 20.00 in the lobby ?

im slow today

weecheez1

cant wait to see how it plays out will it be the all in fest that freerolls usually are or will it be treated like a real tournament

Tikay10

In Response to Re: Billionth freeroll:

pop up states it starts in 15mins? 
Posted by MICKYBLUE

Yes, up it came up at 5.45 for some reason.

Enut

Congratulations Sky, excellent promotion and freeroll.

Tikay10

In Response to Re: Billionth freeroll:

Congratulations Sky, excellent promotion and freeroll.
Posted by Enut

With a £20,000 prize pool, & 1,563 runners, it was worth just under £13 a head. I'd say that was an impressive Freeroll by any standards.  

unknown_username

put it this way i played the main event tonight via a sat (1.60 ) which had a £10000 prizepool and a £20000 freeroll.

was really going well in both aswell but got rushed to work and had to play on rubbish net at work.

still managed a tidy profit of min cash in freeroll £20 and a big bounty about £17 in main.

my point is a freerole more than the main event is awesome!!!!!! and booking loss of earnings to my work hee hee.

Tikay10

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In Response to Re: Billionth freeroll : Has anyone seen Jack The Hat!
Posted by chilling

Ha, very good, but contrary to rumour, Jack's body - with or without hat - was dumped in the English Channel, just off Newhaven.

Nuggy962

Ended up no qualification needed - everyone could join whether played previous day / week or even month - one chap on my table had done th ewhole joined on 29th December - played a £22 dym and won, played anther and lost on same day - then just played the freerole for UKPC seat then the freerole last night....

Great promo thouhg -bet no other sites offer a £20k freerole just like that! Was epic and was a really friendly mtt 

thefa1lacy

Yes it got the numbers cos anyone with an account could reg. However if you regged just to see if you could and then de-regged to re-join at late reg, then it wouldn't let you reg again. Hence no free money for me!

Lightwood

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suzy666

In Response to Re: Billionth freeroll:

Ended up no qualification needed - everyone could join whether played previous day / week or even month - one chap on my table had done th ewhole joined on 29th December - played a £22 dym and won, played anther and lost on same day - then just played the freerole for UKPC seat then the freerole last night.... Great promo thouhg -bet no other sites offer a £20k freerole just like that! Was epic and was a really friendly mtt 
Posted by Nuggy962

yes something fishy going on. when I checked on fri eve to see what night the freeroll would be I was already registered.
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?

unknown_username

Oh Suzy, Sky pokers a happy place where happy  players usually get what they want. 

vinny67

Had 260 chips left with around 320 people left in,  managed to limp into the cash places and was then quite happy to go on to 48th place for £80 .... great little free roll by sky, cant grumble  

vinny67

In Response to Re: Billionth freeroll:

Ended up no qualification needed - everyone could join whether played previous day / week or even month - one chap on my table had done th ewhole joined on 29th December - played a £22 dym and won, played anther and lost on same day - then just played the freerole for UKPC seat then the freerole last night.... Great promo thouhg -bet no other sites offer a £20k freerole just like that! Was epic and was a really friendly mtt 
Posted by Nuggy962

VWP nuggy, nice little cash  

Nuggy962

In Response to Re: Billionth freeroll:

In Response to Re: Billionth freeroll : yes something fishy going on. when I checked on fri eve to see what night the freeroll would be I was already registered. 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?
Posted by suzy666

Nothing fishy about the promo Suzy - and as for last sentence, no one who is not who they say they are will be able to play in the live event and if was to turn up as Mary when rig entered as Jane, account would get suspended too.

Hope you enjoyed the mtt x

Nuggy962

In Response to Re: Billionth freeroll:

Had 260 chips left with around 320 people left in,  managed to limp into the cash places and was then quite happy to go on to 48th place for £80 .... great little free roll by sky, cant grumble  
Posted by vinny67

Great result and thanks once again for rail - was a great atmosphere at tables  

unknown_username

In Response to Re: Billionth freeroll:

In Response to Re: Billionth freeroll : Great result and thanks once again for rail - was a great atmosphere at tables  
Posted by Nuggy962

Yes 

+ 10

Great freee roll. 

I won nothing . But it was a great event enjoyed tremendously by all i came across.

suzy666

In Response to Re: Billionth freeroll:

In Response to Re: Billionth freeroll : Nothing fishy about the promo Suzy - and as for last sentence, no one who is not who they say they are will be able to play in the live event and if was to turn up as Mary when rig entered as Jane, account would get suspended too. Hope you enjoyed the mtt x
Posted by Nuggy962

FWIW I did enjoy the tournament.

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.

MattBates

In Response to Re: Billionth freeroll:

In Response to Re: Billionth freeroll : yes something fishy going on. when I checked on fri eve to see what night the freeroll would be I was already registered. 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?
Posted by suzy666

There was different criteria to qualify. From memory if you were in priority or won a main/mini you qualified along with some other circumstances. I believe these players were pre regged and then others had to reg. This is the way I think it was organised by Sky but I may be wrong.

Tikay10

In Response to Re: Billionth freeroll:

In Response to Re: Billionth freeroll : yes something fishy going on. when I checked on fri eve to see what night the freeroll would be I was already registered. 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?
Posted by suzy666

Hi Mr Suzy,

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.     

Tikay10

In Response to Re: Billionth freeroll:

In Response to Re: Billionth freeroll : There was different criteria to qualify. From memory if you were in priority or won a main/mini you qualified along with some other circumstances. I believe these players were pre regged and then others had to reg. This is the way I think it was organised by Sky but I may be wrong.
Posted by MattBates

You are correct - the winners of the 11 "Milestone Hands", plus various others - Main & Mini Event winners for example - all earned auto entry, & may have been pre-registered. For the vast majority, it was necessary to Register.  

Tikay10

In Response to Re: Billionth freeroll:

Ended up no qualification needed - everyone could join whether played previous day / week or even month - one chap on my table had done th ewhole joined on 29th December - played a £22 dym and won, played anther and lost on same day - then just played the freerole for UKPC seat then the freerole last night.... Great promo thouhg -bet no other sites offer a £20k freerole just like that! Was epic and was a really friendly mtt 
Posted by Nuggy962

Hi nuggy,

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.