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Sky Poker Freerolls in July
Be really good if we could have a nice civil discussion about this - that way, The Business will be encouraged to seek player's views here more often. Has to be a good thing, right?
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Afternoon.
The July Promotions are almost ready, but of course won't be announced until the very end of June.
The subject of what TYPE of "Rewards Freerolls" players enjoy most came up in the Office recently, & some bright spark suggested "why not ask the players?". We are talking what TYPE of game format, NOT what the prizes should be.
Well I've never heard such a daft idea, as everyone will chime in with their own personal self-interest, rather than what might suit most of the players. Still, faint heart never won a fair lady, or whatever, so let's give it a try.
Here's some of the different Freerolls that have been suggested in the Office by the Poker Team. Which ones do you think would work best?
NB - feel free to mention other Formats, the Team are open to any sensible suggestions.
Just my opinion but I believe the playerbase prefers the default MTT FR to be an action game but without it descending into a crapshoot too soon. Something that's fun but not necessarily too taxing in terms of time. So I think the turbo option is probably more favourable to most. Not that the free/low cost crapshoots don't have their place. Personally I think the Half Time Tournies were brilliant as a one off (or in this case a two off) but as a default I think players are looking for a fun, action game without a lengthy time commitment or it being a complete lottery.
Quick Correction
"Deep & Step" is incorrectly described, but I don't seem to be able to Edit the Poll. I'd start a new thread & delete this, but TommyD has replied, & we don't wasn't to lose that.
"Deep & Steep" is deepstack, fast clock.
PS - Quick congrats to Tommy for his beloved 'Spurs finishing 2nd in the English Premier League, been a while since they finished above Arsenal. That must feel great, Tommy.
[QUOTE]turbo but with less places paid personally, although i understand the reason for the current payout structure.
Posted by jordz16
That's EXACTLY the sort of feedback they are looking for - the prize money paying more places, or less places.
From a personal POV, make them all-in every hand so I can play even if not at my laptop at 7.30 (and to cover the skill deficiency I possess!)
As an 'other' option, would there be consideration to do it in some sort of headhunter / mayhem type of format?
Tends to be about 1,000 runners so stick £1 on every head, 75p if you KO somebody, 25p to build up your own head, say.
Then a weekly league of heads gained that qualify for the added-extra that Sky occasionally chuck in (VLV sats, UKPC seats etc).
Otherwise - from the options above I agree with what Jordz said. Appreciate there is a vocal minority which would like PLO/PLO8 option but not sure this would ever appeal to the masses (ergo may not achieve the presumed aim of getting recs to play a bit more and sneak over 50pts each week).
I voted freezeouts, the deeper the better.
I think it depends what you are aiming for as your target market.
For the weaker player, turbos could work out the best for them, with a shove/fold mentality bringing it down to luck.
For the stronger player, the deeper a game, the more play in the chips, the more of an advantage the player holds over weaker players.
I quite like the idea of a decent freeroll run as a rebuy, but with rebuys paying in points, and im talking decent points, say 500 per rebuy or something, a one-off.
How easy would it be to run all those freerolls, a different kind each night?
Whether it would be a good idea is another matter, & remains to be seen, but yes, there are no "technical" reasons why that can't be done.
But do you not think it's worthless asking a forum of regulars what their opinions are, only to proceed by discouraging them to actually give their personal preference? If Sky is only interested in what the overall player pool prefer, then I think the data Sky has accumulated over the years is almost certainly more accurate.