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£1.00 per point will do!
if not can Tikay have a rummage round the sky poker offices and offer the junk from Orfords desk.
Anything will do, pencil topper, used gum from under the desk, broken biro, pay packet.
Orfords sense of dignity in defeat.
All these must be better than the thousands of points sitting in my account. (Apart from the pay packet! On reflection i'm best off using my points in a freeroll!)
Seriously though, T Shirts, chips and cases, poker books, free entry into tourneys or even sky subscriptions with enough points. I would rather have all of these than 100 point freerolls and would happily see the freerolls removed if this were approved and this would reward more fairly the regular player who has little interest/need in freerolls.
I'm sure Sky would also like the idea of fewer freerolls too as it means that more players will be paying their rake to play poker whereas they are having a game 'on the house' so to speak.
Now you dont have to get rid of freerolls but giving a choice on how points are spent will reduce the size of the playing field on them as many people would rather save up for a t shirt or free entry into a SNG than waste 2 hours to win 14p.
It may well increase site traffic as if you are a few points short of that tournament entry then generally people will put that extra hour in to get them. It may even encourage new players to visit with a decent rewards system.
Yes, we do get rake back on our points but many players never hit the levels required to get any rake back and then we also have left over points every month. How about continuing with the rake back but surplus points can then be saved to put towards prizes. I'm not greedy and understand we cant have it both ways and effectively use points twice but excess points definately should have a use.
The cost of this to Sky I feel would be negligible as at the moment they are giving £250 away regularly on top of the rake backs. If only surplus points can be used then effectively this would save sky cash and freeroll prize money can then be dictated by the number of entrants, say £1 prize money per player in exchange for his 100 points. Again these points cannot be used for rake back purposes once spent.
The only drawback for us point rich players is Sky would effectively have to reset everyones points to zero. Again I'm not greedy and understand Sky have a crust to earn but if they introduced a system like this with everyones points as they are now, then the Open would be full of players cashing in their points for the next couple of months!!! No doubt Mr Murdoch would be getting the chopping block out when he hears about that! Either that or everyones Sky subscription would have to double!
But then again if you buy a Sky subscription with your points then why would you care..........?
We need tournie entries and/or merchandise/other rewards for all our hard earned un-used points, thank you.
ok you and i no the chances of somebody winning say the primo back to back are nearly nil, however you could really advertise this as a great way to drive new players to the site.
something silly like 10k would be a figure that would attract publicity.
good luck
Got some half decent idea's which should generate slightly more site traffic.............
How about rake free sit and go's on your birthday?? Impossible to put into place on cash tables but should be easy to implement on multi table tourney's or SNG'S.
Also how about double league points and poker points on your birthday as well?
This could also be implemented on Christmas day, and Sky offering a completely rake free day as a christmas present to all Sky players.
The cost to Sky would be minimal but the P.R. it generates would be amazing. Lets all be honest here, if you have nothing else to do but play loads of poker on your birthday or Christmas then you must live a very sad or lonely life. (I have played the odd game on my birthday but didnt have time to put hours worth in) On this basis the take up rate would be reasonably low but the incentive and generosity of sky is there.
Turning to points, which seems to be a strong bone of contention here, how about using points to pay the rake on SNG's or tourneys. For Sky this is cheaper than offering full buy ins to games with the proviso that league or poker points cannot be earned if you cash in points in exchange for offsetting the rake. (500 points per £1.00 buy in seems fair.)
Again, the cost to sky - Negligible and will be offset by more sit and go's running overall. If you have 5 out of 6 paying rake but on the whole more games being played over the course of 24 hours then Sky is onto a winner.
Got plenty more where these came from Rich but marketing and P.R. experience like this is gonna cost Sky more than £50!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ditch the idea of a downloadable version of the site.
The biggest problem with downloaded sites is that 'bots' can play or poker calculators can 'advise' players on the best actions to take. This option is not possible by playing in your web browser.
This generates an unfair playing field and I read an internet report recently that said some sites have 40% of players using such tools.
Keep Sky clean from such tools. I came to Sky mainly for this reason as i prefer the proper gladiatorial battles of man on man as opposed to man on machine. I cant see any advantage of having a download version and there must be a certain element of society wanting a downloadable edition with their little 'scams' waiting in the background. Yes, speeds may be slightly quicker on a download version but i currently have the freebie broadband offered by Sky and have never suffered a problem.
Not a scammer, don't tar everybody with the same brush..
This i agree is an incorrect statement and will modify it accordingly.
Davey, if you could do me the honour of altering my post in yours after I have amended it I would be grateful.
I haven't read all suggestions in the post, so if Im repeating something posted earlier just ignore me. I'll be hurt but I will get over it.
These may need approving by mods before being published in some cases !
Would make the players details a bit more friendly, enhance the community spirit and if you chose to use a photograph of yourself, we can all see who just rivered us !
Their are loads of players with no "live table" experience and would be an awsome night.
Can sky make Sky Poker playable on Smart phones! not just using the community. That would be amazing!
Thanks
i took over from the bot and raised every hand... 9/10 every1 folded and the blinds were mine.. they odd ocassion u get a caller get out of the hand cos the bot will have aa or kk.. they folde everything else pre flop to a min raise ..
made £200 in 3hrs on a 50/1 table by just stealing blinds.. was boring tho lol.. tried it again on a different table but dont think they were bots... but i do think that if u watch a few tables you could find 1 will all bots...
glad sky hasnt got this software..
The other suggestion i would make is that when players are not at the table at the start of MTT's andSTT's and the big blind has passed them twice (we all have connection problems) they should be forced to post the big blind on every hand after that. we all know the tactic of letting the other players knock each other out with very little loss of your own chips, especially in sit and go tournaments.
The above will probably fall on deaf ears but what the heck, i am a Spurs supporter so that proves i am an eternal optimist.
In anticipation.
ST4R
SKY POKER SPONSORSHIP PROGRAMME
I am not sure how the structure would be worked out. Perhaps on the basis of X amount of poker points earned and/or contributions in the Community and/or live results from other sources (say you do well in a GUKPT event / WSOP event etc) and promotion of sky poker generally. The sponsorship Programme would provide branding endorsement (i.e. clothing/caps) to be worn at live events and also X amount of entry fees paid for (obviously Sky would pay to the live tournament directly to prevent fraud).
Sky would benefit from exposure in the poker media (increasing user base) of players succeeding at major live events - GUKPT, EPT, WSOP (E) and would have some financial gain in the process via increased rake earned by players trying to get on the programme.
Any members of this scheme would have a contractual obligation to promote Sky Poker at all opportunites and would (most certainly) be restricted from using other poker sites. (not sure if this happens with other schemes on other sites, but would be logical).
Anyway just an idea for the future. But ALL other sites have sponsored players so this would seem like a natural progression once Sky gets more established.
Dave