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A PROMOTION LIKE THIS WOULD WORK A TREAT ON SKYPOKER? yes/no?
lol some nl4 players would be playing intentionally to get them cracked the 3rd time.
That way they could win back the losses from time 1 and 2, as well as effectively doubling up time 3 too!
Back to the sketch pad with this one Irish Man.
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Get pocket Aces cracked three times at showdown
and skypoker will credit your account with a £10 cash bonus!
Run it for a month.
Have a set cash prize pool.
When prize pool runs out, the promotion is over .
Obvious requirement would have to be set in place .
Donut knows the score.
Seems to be a regular poker promo in other pokersites.
I got one recently it was $100 pay out .
But once again in a promo like this ,
it must be in proportion to the size of the pokersite &
have a very thought out t&c attached .
Saying this i think it would be a great promo for the ever growing skypoker site .
Well if not it was worth a mention .
only if someone beats your royal flush lol .
nah thats a great idea alan .
you just have to send hand id .
Alan im suprised to say this but good idea!
alternatively we have a bad beat jackpot which pays out at the end of each month, have a thread for it and then voted by the community at the end of each month? obviously this would need fine-tuning also
a extension on to that bad beat thread lol .
but bad beat jackpot yep .
I think skypoker need something like this ,
i believe most sites have these,
either aces cracked several times or royal flush or as you say
bad beat promos going .
because i would break forum rules putting link up .
so i sent you a pm with a link .
Still feel that the people that would want it most would be the bad beat merchants (the woah why does it always happen to me people). They would also be the ones that would moan about it the most if it was implemented.
Plus the money would have to come from some were to fund it and I would much rather keep the chance to win free entrys into tournys in the variace compititions that Sky Poker do, than to introduce such promotion that would take up the funds and way to much time for them to check all the claims of all those that think they have won when they havent.
p.s but good it is to discuss this with you bud .
a % depending on what levels .
If it works on other sites, the solution is simple......
PLAY ON OTHER SITES.
You were whining about rake just the other week. Clown.
It's just encourages bad play.
good idea or bad idea it's still an idea.
1. good idea.
i. gives genuinely bad beated players something to encourage them to play through their bad variance.
ii. free stuff is always nice to keep players happy.
2. bad idea.
i. encourages players to keep an eye on times of getting a bad beat which in turn increases players who complain about stuff and could cause bedlem.
ii. generally players above a certain level will know that bad beats happen and will majorly accept these bad beats and move on but if there is a competition / offer it will just increase players wanting to play foolishly to try and hit said offer... and then cause more problems when people lose large portions of money because of said offer.
iii. cause people to say they have had this happen and in turn cause bad feeling in the forum.
so i would conclude that on that note the bad would outweigh the good on the bad beat offer, but maybe something like a bad beat competition of the week which wins a tournament entry. where each week a selection of hands that people have had "bad beats" and reported said hands are then judged by say "tikay" or another sky representative and maybe show the top 5 bad beats of the week with mentions on sky tv with analysis on whether the hand was avoidable or not.
just an idea, but i guess depending on the stakes / bad beat cost a suitable tournament is allocated for said players.
or maybe have 3 levels of allocation say :-
up to 0.15/0.30 - entry into totty
up to 0.5/1 - entry into tsp classic
above 1/2 - entry into primo or maybe 15k sky sports bh
something like that ??
Beats happen. Downswings happen. If this means you don't enjoy the game then these players should stop playing, no need to look for ways to appease these players.
I don't enjoy chess, and someone offering me a rolo if I loose three games in a row ain't gonna make me enjoy it
Most of us get sick of hearing bad beats stories all the time, at the moment the forum is mainly kept clear of them (apart from Area51 obviously). A promotion like this would make them a valid topic of discussion and the next thing you know General Poker Chat will be littered with them too.