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this MTT was designed as a conselation to those who've missed out on points because of some issue on sunday but a number of have missed out due to registration of people who probably didn't even earn a point during that sunday evening.
The weekly 1K freeroll requires a minimum of 50 points per week and recieves 1550+ entries so the chances are the 5k freeroll on sunday will be quickly filled given that it requires only 5 cash points a day for 3 days.
Good morning.
Some unhappy campers here, & to a degree, understandably.
Lots of questions, lots of "but why did they?" stuff.
Head of Product - one of my 73 bosses - explained some of the reasoning, & I'll post them below. You may or may not agree with some or all of them, but it's pretty easy making observations through the rear view mirror, but decisions have to be made in advance.
For sure, it was well-intentioned, & I don't think anyone can argue with that. They set out to show some goodwill, donated five thousand pounds, & it ended up upsetting a good many people.
My Nan used to say "best burnt or scalded", & that's about the sum of it.
These are just "bullets" of what he told me;
It was capped at 2,500, if it was uncapped, 10,000 or 15,000 freeloaders would have showed up. There are sites which datamine where Freerolls are taking place, & people follow these.
The Lobby clearly showed 2,500 cap, & registration opened at 5pm. There was plenty of room early doors. Is it unreasonable to assume that folks would realise this would be popular, & reg early?
It was open to everyone (no points criteria) because it was making up for Sunday. Many players could not log in for a long period on Sunday. Excluding those players would have been rubbing salt in the wound.
Trying to be fair to everyone is not easy. It was well-intentioned, & that, to me, is the important thing. If they had not decided to run it, & donate £5,000, nobody would have earned a penny.
"The Morning After" thing is that they will now have a think about all that arose, & maybe do things differently next time, maybe take something from it.
What else have we (all) learned?
Well for starters, every week this Forum sees numerous "it's not fair that we need points to enter freerolls" moans & groans. I hope that next time we see one of those, you'll all reply & explain why.
Uncapped freerolls would be a disaster. Ain't gonna happen. What is the CORRECT cap for something like this?
If there is a decent Freeroll, REGISTER EARLY.
And some context, as to reading stuff at face value.
ALL customers are important. Every one.
There was a post which evoked a few replies, something along the lines of "I was thinking of re-opening my account & playing here more, & decided I'd try this Freeroll. Useless, I won't be coming back".
On the face of it, quite sad, a potential Client lost.
Anyone like to guess the last time he played on Sky Poker? I only have Sharkscope to assess that, but it was quite revealing. And how much rake has he generated in total, lifetime?
Now he decides to give Sky Poker another whirl, on the very night they run a no points Freeroll worth £5,000.
Make of that what you will. Often, things are not quite what they may seem.
Anyway, I'm sorry many of you suffered angst last night.
On we jolly well go.
''It's ok honey, I'm about break even this week''
''Then why are you regged in a freeroll for people who have lost at least £300 since the weekend?''
''.............''
you're right, forgot to add that as well as excluding winning players, this idea would also unfairly disadvantage Richard Madeley, Basil Fawlty, Arthur Fowler, and Richard off of Keeping Up Appearances