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Ongoing - Changes to the Tourney schedule........
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Rather than waffle about, I can't really improve upon the note Sky Adam sent me this morning, so here is the gist of what he said.....
".....Following on from the 8pm changes a few weeks ago, I’ve put live the 2nd phase of tournament schedule changes today, which are up in the lobby now.
More to follow in the near future, but I want to release them bit by bit and analyse them carefully to see how they impct & interact with the existing Tourney schedule...."
You may not be able to see all of that Post on some browsers, (it may have cut off part of the Spreadsheet) so the following should be noted......
The 20.50 Rebuy has been moved from 21.00
The 9pm £1,000 Guaranteed will carry a £1,500 guarantee on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, & Sundays.
The 9.30pm £1,500 Guaranteed Bounty Hunter will carry a £2,000 Guarantee on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, & Sundays.
The 10pm TSP Classic will run as a STANDARD NLHE on Saturdays & Sundays ONLY, with a £1,500 Guarantee. It will remain "as is" (£2,000 Guarantee) Monday to Friday incl.
The 11pm £750 Bounty Hunter will carry a £1,000 Guarantee on Thursday to Sunday incl.
It IS very important to phase them in gradually, for the reasons explained by Adam.
I've seen the whole "new" schedule (which will, of course, change), & I can't wait for them to be introduced, & I'll not be playing much Live Poker for a while, as there are some incredible Tourneys in the pipeline.
But it's important to be patient here, so that it all knits nicely together. It really is an incredibly complex equation, to be honest.
The Guarantees will be reviewed individually, as they always are. The Management of Guarantee Levels is very, very important, & is dynamic, you'd not believe how much subsidy they can run up if not properly managed. People complain when the Guarantee is comfortably exceeded, but love it when there is overlay. Lose-lose for the 'Room!
Time, perhaps, to mention Adam's recent changes to the Main Events, where he increased the Guarantees pretty much every night. A glance at the nightly numbers suggests he got it absolutely spot-on. Some skill, that.
Dohhhhhhh,
I spoke to Adam, & he confirms that the new 4pm Tourney is now there.
It was, in fact, there all the time, but was sort of hidden behind something. So he used his tweaky thing to tweak it.
Enyoy it, & win the lot.
This would normally be 1 for customer care, but now that i've seen your query it'd be daft not to fix it. :-)
I've just put you in tonight's TSP classic as per your prize, good luck to you and everyone else in tonight's tournaments.
Best Wishes
Adam
In fact, this was one of the reasons I (backed by MereSpreadSheet) decided to start the TSP Classic League, as that may just be enough to tip the balance.
I want this Site to have a better & wider range of Tourneys, & I want that with a passion, so the TSP Classic League, & the Tourney behind it, are very important, imo. If it is well-received, there is no bad blood, & Mr M Minnie does not make his usual appearance, I'm sure we can organise further Leagues in the near future. Leagues are legendary fun.
i first played sky poker when it launched and continued for about the nxt 2 year. i stop playing for reasons i will go into on another post possibly, or maybe later on in this one, but lets just say the tourney schedule changed not to my liking and thru choice i started playing elsewhere.
i will now list some of the tourneys i used to play during this time,
15:00 £300 gtd £4.40bi
15:50 £200 gtd £5.50bi
16:10 £200 gtd £5.50bi
17:00 £150 gtd £5.50bi
18:00 £200 gtd £5.50bi
i played these most fridays, saturday n sundays coz they were the days i was off work and i played thru the week when i was on holidays.
the nxt list i played most nights as i was home from work
18:50 £250gtd £5.50bi
19:30 £250gtd £3.30bi
20:00 £300gtd £11bi
21:30 £400gtd £3.30bi
22:15 £400gtd £4.40bi
22.35 £500gtd £11bi
these tourney ran regulary way over gtd maybe apart from daytime ones ( gtd was pretty much spot on).
2 year ago when i stop playing sky so much coincided whith many of these tourneys being replaced with bounty hunters and my preference is not in favour of them. hence i stopped playing on sky. i understand times change and bounty hunters play their part but they just werent my cup of tea, my opinion was that they saturated the tourney schedule with them replacing some really good gtd freezeouts that reg got their numbers and above. Now im all for choice and variety but to me its about balance and at the time there was none for me. at peak times i coudnt find a freezeout within the buyin range i was playing and i became disgruntled and stopped playing on the site.
Over the last 2 years i played the odd game and have followed a lot on the forum since it was launched, altho i dont post much ( reckon i could have alife ban already if i hadnt pressed the delete button, lol).
The main point im trying to make about this new schedule is that most of it isnt "new" but a return, in a way, to something that they had before, ( excluding main events), Now before anyone lynches me for this i think its a great step to re introduce standard freezeouts with a decent gtd at various times of the day that will,i have very little doubt, break gtd almost everyday. these can run along side rebuys and bounty hunters and not in place of them.
The "new" schedule looks way more appealing to me now and if theres more to come then great. i can see myself playing lots more here again in the near future