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Spin Ups killing SKY Poker
Today I have noticed that £3/6 Spin Up tables have been added to sky. The traffic for 100bb tables is getting worse and worse since sky introduced spin ups and by the way its going it seems like they are going to keep adding higher and higher limits for these games which will pretty much kill all 100bb games.
What do people think of these spin up tables?
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1) I don't think it's unreasonable to assume the team who run Sky Poker are reasonably bright people.
2) They have to be pretty dumb to shoot themselves in the foot by introducing formats which damage the long term viability of their site.
And, of course, they can see the data & numbers, but we can't. So their decisions are more informed than our guesswork.
All the clubs have been closed down......
Da, de da, lala...."
1 SPT- Very popular with regs always wanted to try one of these out, I was planning to go to a one on the very year they were stopped. I was very thankful when some of the regs arranged there very own DTD at aspers casino in newcastle and will always rember it well.
2.Sky TV itself was another thing enjoyed very well by the regs but it's now been dropped to a single live show on sky sports and was recently debated
3.The points system has been a highly debated topic in recent months because our accounts are consistantly being stockpiled with what most would say is a worthless number of points.
4 now it's spin ups that are being questioned. 13 players are sitting on the higher stakes spin up tables at the minute but not a single regular or HU table is being played
For the record, there are no plans to close this Forum.
Personally, I think it's pretty good that Sky Poker even allow threads such as these to remain open.
you might not know that there is a priority club promotion on right now (mon, tues and wed) which is a simple points race. there is also a separate points multiplier cash promotion, e.g x4 points, and runs late evening for the first half of this week. there are several prizes including a las vegas package.
seeing people sat at high value spin-up tables shouldn't be a surprise, nor should this be interpreted as a sign of a catastrophe.
How can you not talk negative when all you ever see is negative stories. nearly every news story is either bad news or a debate. hardly ever see positive stories
I disagree about all the negative talk.
Did you not see the stories about people winning Vegas packages? Tikay spam incoming.....
Las Leeds to Las Vegas
Anyone care to guess how many players Sky Poker, who have their Head Office in Leeds, are sending to Las Vegas this year?
The answer is a whopping 40. That consists of 20 satellite winners, 4 from Mayhem Freerolls, 10 from Leaderboards, 4 from the latest Sky Poker speciality, "Half Time Tournaments" and 2 which are reserved for members of Sky Poker Priority Club. Can't think of many UK and ROI facing online poker sites who are sending even half that number.
SoG has done a cracking analysis thread which has seen a vast number of players jump in with discussion.
Is discussion threads about types of games etc.
There will always be some people moaning that is the way of the world but if we want the forum to remain its down to us to put into the forum, like you do with your diary or with HH discussion. Also its about having constructive debate about topics and people not using the forum to rant in an uncontructive manner.
I can only really speak about the cash tables, don't really bother with tourneys. However, this is where the vast majority of income comes from for a poker site or even b+m poker room.
Over the years I have talked to management about obvious issues. They pretend to listen but never do anything about it.
The biggest issue I feel that needs addressing is the state of the lobby. I have told them numerous times but to no avail. How on earth a recreational player navigates through the lobby I don't know.
There was a change in management around 2011 since then there has been an obsession with adding different games. All this will do is confuse the recreational player and they wont bother playing.
Sky was most popular when it offered one type of 6 max table. Buy in was min 10bb max 100bb. The games were soft and there was plenty of them going. It was easy to navigate the lobby and people could buy in with what they wanted.