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Thanks again for the suggestions.
Firstly, park08, we have no reason to rig the site. We take a portion of the buy-in, then it does not matter to us who wins or loses. Our sites are regulated by the AGCC, details of which are at the bottom of our site.
Frascati, we do have tournaments with fewer entrants, however we found these to be unpopular as we have to reduce the prize pool to cater for the loss of entrants.
I would advise you to try some of the Cash Games or Sit N Go tables if you are looking for a quicker game.
Hope that helps,
Jordan
Hi, I have been playing here for a few weeks and love it. I enjoy poker and I am learning the game. I have won a few tournaments and sit and goes but I am still a beginner and make silly plays and mistakes.
The one thing that I don't like is some of the other players you can get on the smaller tables. They can be rude and abusive. I would like to see an ignore button so I can just not get their abuse and rudeness when I am trying to play a fun game. Its OK on cash games as you can just move but in tournaments and sit and goes it can be off putting, and I don't just mean banter or chat.
I can't comment concerning an ignore button but I am sorry that you have had problems at the tables with some abusive players. Sky take this sort of thing very seriously so can I suggest that if this happens again that you report the incident to customer care using one of the links at the bottom of any of the forum pages. They will need to know what game you were in, the table number and most importantly the name of the person causing the problem it might also help if you could copy and paste the offending comments.
YOU certainly shouldn't have to move rooms because of someone elses bad behaviour.
Steve AKA ModKiwini
PS Tikay has started a thread on this very subject in General Poker Chat call "A Chat about Chat" which you can find by following this link
Must say that the time bank balance thing is always a hot topic on any site and having played on all the majors i feel qualified enough to add my thoughts on the subject.
At a 6 handed table in an MTT there is very little need for a time bank balance and one of teh nicest things about SP compared to others is that they dont have a time bank in MTTs. People destroy the integrity of a lot of tournamnets especially around the bubble of any MTT by stalling every single hand which ultimately only wastes blind time and reduces the number of hands that a table sees during this important phase of a tourey. IMO SkyPoker has this one right.
During satellite events this misuse of a time bank balance is even more noticeable and the blatant use impacts severly upon the natural flow of the game. Again, please dont introduce Time Bnaks in these as they are great as they are.
During a Cash Game i have the opposite opinion. Every now and then there is a need for enough time to think about a hand during play, and as poker doesnt often throw out the need for a big decision i dont think that it would be misused (apart from by those who are multitabling more than they can actually handle comfortably).
The option of activating an extra 30 seconds or even perhaps 45 seconds is generally enopugh for people to make a tough decision during a cash table hand and isnt necessarily that hard to introduce.
I would hope though that if it is brought in that the player has to 'Bid' for the extra time instead of automatically receiving it. This would stop every cash table losing a vast number of hands per hour and decreasing the enjoyment factor. After all poker is supposed to be a game and by definiton be fun and enjoyable.
GL at the tables
Paddy H
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They clog up the list and I hate them!
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At the moment you get avg/hands per hour (ahph) and average pot. The ahph doesn't tell you much if the it's a new table and the average pot get's badly skewed if you are playing on a tight table (small avg pot) but the get 2 or 3 hands in a row with all-ins. I was on a NL4 table and a maniac kept going all-in pre-flop with £15.00+. The average pot was over £5.00 for a good while even when he was busted and went away.
we all get bad beats and even tho u play it right!
sometimes the poker gods just arnt with you.
if you think someone in the tourny has played really well
& you think man he shouldnt have gone out like that lol
then this is why i think players player of the month is a good idea
it could be done as people are knocked out of tournys where on exit
their asked player vote its not compulsery but an option
then we will have a new and exiteing angle on your site
any comments would be a gr88 help c u at the tables
Hi everyone.
It would be great when people have suggestions if they could start a new thread as it will help us a lot to see initial suggestions and to respond to people. It will make it easier for other people to comment on them too.
We'll close this thread to help facilitate this.
Keep the ideas coming please!
Thanks
Sky Poker Team