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I'll reply to the questions from Rose & Batesy later, or tomorrow morning, I've not forgotten them.
There was an error on the Satellite Tree, some confusion between Saturdays & Sundays, that has now been corrected.
Any other questions, just ask.
[QUOTE]What happens if you win a£3k package and then later win a £10k package?
Posted by wynne1938
You have to run round the M25 Naked.
Some good urban dogging locations in Oxford, I'm told.
(You get "Sir" on account of age - consider it a compliment).
Apart from being seriously good or lucky, or both, it's fine to win a £3.5k package & a £10k package. You can win either or both, (in theory), but you cannot win two of either.
Here's the relevant T & C's.
Viva Las Vegas Additional Terms and Conditions
1. Each player is eligible to win one package worth £3,500 and one Viva Las Vegas package worth £10,000. A player can win both packages, but cannot win two packages of the same value. Any player who is eligible to win more than one package; will not be awarded with any alternative cash or prize in any format. This includes packages that are won via satellites, freerolls or any other means. The relevant additional prize will be awarded to the next eligible player.
PS - Thanks for popping over to se me during UKPC. Sorry if I was a little distracted, I was rather busy & my head was spinning, but I appreciated the gesture.
I'm currently in non-latte (or sticky bun) mode, but if I were to go to Vegas this year, you can rest assured lattes, sticky buns, burgers, chips & all manner of wonderfully bad food will be back on my list.
Highly misleading stuff from Sky.
I can't answer that yet awhile, but the various Finals (there are 4 in all) are some way off yet, & I'll ensure you have a clear answer before the first one.
It's kind of awkward to answer right now, as the full extent of Viva Las Vegas has yet to be announced, & I believe some more VLV news will be released quite soon.
X packages have been purchased, & all have been allocated to either satellites, Promos or whatever, but it may be the case that a "spare" becomes available, so that may alter the plan. However, as far as I am aware, we cannot purchase any more packages, so for now, some flexibility is needed before I can answer the question properly.
For general information, the current Satellite final dates are as follows:
Sidey Package
Saturday 2nd April
Saturday 30th April
Saturday 28th May
Main Package
Sunday 29th May.
Be a great weekend on the site, that last one in May, with cheers & tears galore.
Roughly speaking, in July 2015, $10,000 cost £6,400. Today it's nearer £7,100. Oucho.
I have no idea at what rate, or when, the packages were billed or paid for though. For sure, it's costing a lot more this year. Same for everyone though, them swings & swongs.
There will be a Welcome Party in a Private Room at Palazzo, eats & alcohol, all you can eat/drink, a Players Dinner, ditto ditto, &, fingers crossed, a day out somewhere. In addition, you'll be ferried across from Palazzo to The Rio every day by cab or Limo assuming you are ready in time, we generally have our own little fleet of cabs lined up, & we go across together, like a little charabanc outing, which Sky Poker pay for. Incidentally, the welcome Party, Players Dinner, potential outing, & cab/limo across to the Rio each playing day includes your +1, it's not just the player.
The Sky Poker "Support Team" will be, I believe, 5 strong, including Dan from Sky Poker TV, & Mr Channing, plus 2 or 3 Staff to update & generally look after the players. That's a hefty cost, but that's how Sky Poker want to do it.
The packages were purchased from a Third Party, same as last year (& Punta Cana), so they'll add a profit margin too. Put simply, they can ONLY do VLV by using a third party provider. That's why VLV stopped for 2 years, as there are GC complications in doing it ourselves, not to mention lack of resource to do all the booking, admin, buying in the players etc.
In my personal opinion, looking at what it costs is the wrong way to look at it. Sky Poker will be providing, based on past experience, THE BEST Package of any operator, bar none. They have not set out to make it cheap, they have set out to make it the best package out there & an unforgettable experience.
There may be cheaper packages on offer elsewhere, but there won't be better ones.
This is Waitrose, not Lidl.
I swerved that part of the question earlier, as when I checked the Landing Page, I could not make any sense of the dates, so I sent a note up to Lord VLV, & I was awaiting his reply.
He has now replied, & you were right, & he was wrong.
It is an ELEVEN night stay, not a 10 night stay.
The Landing Page has now been edited to reflect that.
By way of reward, if you make it to either of the Viva Las Vegas packages in Vegas, he'll be bringing you a latte to your poker table every few hours. That'll teach him to be more careful in future.
Hi All,
Take it from me, the +1 of KidgirlGY (Main Event 332nd in 2010 on the VLV £10k package), the trip and hospitality that Sky provides is PRICELESS; all the behind the scenes preparations and planning ensure everybody has a trip to remember, and having the likes of Tony and Neil there, puts the cherry on the top . Money can't buy this experience, just hope and run good so you can win a piece of this great action.
Shuffle up and deal.
Dave