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where has all the tournys gone there is so many £1.20 sats its unreal and other sats. there isnt any decent games through the day until 3pm. i dont mean to twine but all the guarantees have gone down. the 5.50 freeze outs have all gone. the 7.20 speed has gone and other games. does any1 agree, thanks anjie. x
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Hi Anjie, hope you are well, long time no speak!
Please see THIS thread.
Also, feel free to write to me if you ever have these sort of concerns.
Hope the other thread helps, & let me know if you have ongoing concerns.
The Guarantees are lower at the moment, & this will stay the case for a little while, this reflects seasonality - all Online sites have less traffic during the Summer - & the World Cup.
+1 totally agree. We need more freezeouts during the day and evening.
dunno why the 3pm is now only £150gtd - it made 250 every time - aghhhhh always a great way to start my session this tourny.
Having read your posts, and after reviewing the poker lobby, I have just added 3 x £50 Guaranteed freezeouts at the following times; 16.05, 17.10 and 20.00. I have also put up a £100 Guaranteed freezeout at 01.00.
All these tournaments have a buyin of £5 + 0.50p.
With regard to the guarantees, these have been reduced as Tikay stated, because of the World Cup and seasonality, but will be increased where appropriate once the World Cup has finished.
Kind regards,
Bernie
Thanks Bernie - top man you!
I dnt wanna sound ungreatful or anything, but these £50 gtd £5 buy ins are just effectively a 10 man sit and go, in the MTT lobby.
A multi table tournament shud be just that...
I know the guarentee isnt a restriction on the numbers, but it's pretty accurate and normally the no. of runners is around about enough to cover the guarentee.
Bad time to start it, but Id love to see a big tourny in the afternoon, for everyone.
I suggested it somehwere, £3.30 buy in, starting at 3.30pm, with a £330 gtd prizepool. A proper MTT affordable and worthwhile for all mid/low stakes players.
Maybe after the WC finishes? - the lobby is crying out for something like this through the day. The guarentee is absolutely essential IMO, I know tk disagrees with this but it is what catches everybodys eye.
Anyway cyaz all in the 3pm donkfest
P.S TK if ur reading this, u mentioned the 7-8 clubs hand.....was talked about on the club, did you actually show the hand? - Im dying to know what the guy had. - AT with the A of clubs??
I totally agree with the posts about the rebuy rake, I know of few sites that charge on rebuys and addons.
Obviously we will have to wait to see the level of support that these rebuys attract, but I certainly wont be defending my T- O- T title tonight in the new format !
I totally support Sky trying out new ideas, but has there really been a demand from players for rebuys ?
I take board on Tikays comments about the drop in traffic due to the World Cup etc, but looking through the tournament schedules, there appear to be less and less plain and simple MTT events for the average to good player.
Two years ago every night there would be four or five tournaments for £10/20 offering a guarantee of £300-500. Where are they now? I know the demand is still there for them, and I believe this format is the best for encouraging good poker... I certainly improved my game through playing many of them.
Instead we have a sea of Bounty Hunters, rebuys and meaningless satellites. Surely the purpose of a satellite is to enable a player to play at a higher level than his bankroll comfortably allows and have a chance to reap the greater rewards available ? The Bounty Hunters do have a following, I do play some myself in the lack of alternatives, but I think players are starting to realise that they are not the way forward in improving their game.
Day time is impossible, I like many players usually take my business elsewhere because there are no worthwhile tournaments on Sky. Dohhs suggestion of bringing back a regular 3 oclock tourny is worth supporting , but daytime trade is so low now that he is right in saying a £3/5 buyin is all that it would support. But at weekends surely trying a larger buyin is worthwhile ?
On a positive note, well done Sky for the Dan tb Deepie and the monthly Sky Sports £220 event. They may not suit everyone but are ideal for me. And the chance of entering the latter through the League freeroll gives everyone a chance. Although the number of players registering for this ,and then not turning up to play, makes it unenjoyable to play and a bit of a lottery. Is there not a solution for this in only opening the tournament for registration for those who have qualified shortly before the event ?
Anyway in the long run it is down to us as players to support the events we enjoy, so we can then enjoy them more often
Tony
The 7-8 of clubs hand - yes, we showed it in full, in all it's glory. So you will get to see what Villain had - which, I presume, was the whole reason you sent it in.
How is the Poker Clinic - any busier? I'm doing some spam on it, via various platforms. If you remind me tomorrow, or send an e-Mail to the Show, I'll do some more, on The Show, tomorrow evening.
By the bye, tomorrow (Saturday's Show) MIGHT be a bit special, if I can finalise certain arrangements. We are hoping to show a £1,000 Sit Down "BIG GAME" in near real-time, & have had 2 special £5 £10 Tables "built" especially for it. So far, I have recruited about 6 players, but I have a LOT more work to do on it yet, & it's all very complicated. Fingers crossed. The players who have so far accepted invites are "some bunch"!
It will be in Suit City within minutes, as I'll send it up right way.
I didn't sent that in TK...I put it in the clinic, but havent put any requests in lately.
When you showed 4/5 hands in the one show, I didnt request these either, I was first PM'd by Sky Mandy, who wanted the hand I.D for a hand I'd put in the clinic...
Then recieved a phone call askin for a few more of my hands...interesting ones...
The 7-8 clubs hand - the title of the thread in the clinic was the hand ID, I was on chrome when it happened, and cudnt post it, so I just started the thread as a "note to self" sorta thing - maybe thats how the producers have got the hand ID and included it in the show.
Think some ppl may be annoyed at my hands getting shown alot, just wanted to make it clear they arent ALL at my request.
Or maybe Im just reading some comments and taking them the wrong way.
RE the clinic...
Yes it was buzzing 2 nights ago when I started the thread. It was brill, if more low stakes guys get involved, it can only get better. - was offline last night but logged in to a load more new hands this morning, so goin gr8.
Spoke to Lisa yest too who has promised me a hand will be posted soon too
Appreciate all the help with it!! - and N1 Irishrover too for gettin involved!
Lookin forward to tomoro - cya tonight in ur tourny - WC not worth goin out for till the K.O rounds! game on
I did actually take the time & trouble to compliment you on all you do for the Forum & Channel only yesterday - perhaps you missed that.
Keep it coming - the Channel needs good material, & yours is usually good. It's their decision whether they use it or not.
I thought it rather amusing at the time but I can see how a delicate soul such as yourself might take it the wrong way. ;-)
I think your Trojan friends need telling to park their horse somewhere else !