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Team Sky Poker Qualification, any questions?
We are now just a week away from the end of the January - March qualification period for Team Sky Poker. Three new names will be added to the Team once that process has reached it's conclusion.
When we reached this stage of the October - December qualifying period, & into the weeks which followed, & particularly the "Play Offs", many players seemed to be confused by the qualification process.
This was bit disappointing, from every side of the fence.
The info had been up on the Site since the very start, & players only had to press a tab to view it, & then ask any questions.
Equally, I think Sky Poker must share some of the blame. It became clear - belatedly - that many players did not understand the rules & criteria, so some blame sits there, too.
Never mind who was or was not to blame, I think we need to get it out there clearer, better, & earlier, this time.
So, if you have any questions about the current qualification for Team Sky Poker, stick them on this Thread, please.
I'll be Posting a few Links & rules excerpts shortly, too.
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The main TSP Page is, I hope, HERE
...and the League Details are HERE
Please note, that TSP League is "sortable" via Cash, MTT, or SNG, simply by clicking the Tabs at the top of the League.
So, if I read it right, the Qualifying Tourneys will be on Sunday 10th April. I think......
Are we all agreed on that?
Or will you drop some players?
If so how would you go about doing so?
Least rake earnt?
Mr Orford is indeed scheduled to make his TSP-GUKPT appearance at Walsall in April. A large Rail is expected at Walsall for that. Orford Railers are not advised to book an overnight Room in readiness for Day Two, though.
Q2 What time do they start on 10 April?
Q3 Do you like saveloys?
No point grinding away getting SPT and THEN finding out you have no chance staying in after 3 months.
I'll reply to all the questions in the morning, or later tonight, Guys, bit pulled out at the mo.
fwiw I think it's fairly bad that Sky don't enter the team in the UKIPTs. I know the tour is sponsored by w/e site but they have 100pc more exposure to not just players but also the media. Look how much coverage they receive in comparison, + if one of the lads gets on the feature tbl in their Sky hoody it's like wiiii for you. The tourneys are also 500 not 1.5 so more of the team can play more tourneys.
If it's bcos we don't want to be playing in a tour sponsored by ***zzz then that's dumb bcos everyone knows about that site anyway, you'll be gaining far more customers than you lose by simply pointing us to follow our team in a tournament sponsored by someone else.
TY
As being a previous qualifier to this very tournament, I think I should add some opinions and advise following my experience in TSP.
Being a part of TSP could be a fantastic experience for anybody and is a fantastic idea by sky to make ordinary online players, into something a bit less ordinary. When I had first qualified for TSP I had absolutely no idea what any of it was about. And I fully understand that not only was this a new experience for me, but I was also very new to sky poker also. I hope the points I make in this post does not offend anybody, but hope that it may make the experience for future TSP’s more of an awesome experience that it could be.
I’m not very good at posts and writing so I’m just going start with my experience. My biggest worries about wining TSP was the lack of information and my job. For me just to get 1 day off work in 2 weeks time can be a massive battle. Tikay has said above “all information is available just by pressing a tab” even now I read that and it gives no information what so ever.
Just days after winning this tournament I had seen on sky 865 that “team sky poker” would be heading up to Manchester for the GUKPT. I had no idea if this included myself and received absolutely no information about this. I would suggest an email of package details including time and dates with sufficient notice, to make this an experience for the working class and not just for the unemployed and the poker pros.
It was only when I appeared on master cash and of course sky pulsed it to watch, and that Richard Orford suggested that I may be invited to SPT Luton. Again, I received absolutely no information about this, but arranged to book the day off work in case I may be invited. Two days before the event I had to email Tikay to ask if I would be invited, to which he replied “of course and that I would be a guest player”. I was expecting at this event to meet the rest of the team and to be made very welcome and even some red carpet treatment. However I was never introduce to the team, and Tikay said much less than 10 words to me and spent less that 10 seconds with me, all very disappointing for the time and effort I had giving to TSP. Although for me it was still a fantastic and exciting experience.
I guess what I am saying are lots more planning and lots lots more information is needed to make this a fun experience for everyone. Even now I have had no idea what the double points for cash means to me if anything, Don’t know if I will be invited to a £1000 event, and don’t even know if I am still a part of the team.
I hope some of the fine detail of this can be sorted out, so all players can make the most out of this amazing opportunity.
I am doing PTP this evening, so am tied up in several Tournaments at the mo, but I have to answer this briefly now, & then, after my PTP, more fully later.
Firstly, I apologise 100% if I did not give you the time & attention at Luton you deserved. So many faces, so many names, my head spins at those Events, but I'm really sorry.
As to the lack of Info you received, there is, I feel bound to point out, a grave misunderstanding, or "disconnect", here.
When you won the TSP Membership, I contacted you, by telephone. You said that you wished to "pass" the Membership to "4FingersAA". I said I'd seek guidance from upstairs, but eventually, after much furrowed brows, we felt it inappropriate, & would cause unrest, suspicion, & be fundamentally unfair on others, who had just "missed" qualification. Some of this was discussed on this Forum, & will still be there, if someone cares to look for it. Discussion also took place, I think, with "4FingersAA".
You were very nervous about it, but I said "look Darren, there is NO rush, take your time, accept it, you'll be just fine". This went on for some weeks, over several 'phone convos.
Eventually, on February 1st, you agreed to accept it. On February 2nd, you wrote me a lovely note, via e-Mail, confirming your acceptance, & thanked me, beautifully & kindly, for being so patient with you. The GUKPT Manchester was January 28th - 30th - days BEFORE you accepted TSP Membership, unless I have got my head in a tizzle here. And I may have.......
I'll e-Mail or ring you tomorrow, so this misunderstanding can be cleared up privately, as, I believe, it should be, but given you have Posted as above, I feel I do need to explain to others that things are not quite what they may seem, after reading your Post.
I hope I have not misrepresented anything, or got any dates wrong, but what I have written here is my honest recollection of everything, & I still have your e-Mail dated February 2nd.
I'll ring you or write to you tomorrow, Darren.
Feel free to respond on thread if you feel I have not explained the situation as it actually was.
Thanks.
ALL TSP Members are invited to ALL TSP's, & as they do not pay, they are classified as "Guests". So yes, I told Darren that he would be "invited as a Guest". People either qualify Online, buy-in direct, or are "Guests", that's the only 3 categories. So all TSP-ers are invited to all SPT's as "Guests".
Really, I don't have a need to defend anything here. We make mistakes, lots of them, or I certainly do, but there is no hidden meaning, & deffo no porkies.
Darren's Invite as a Guest was exactly in line with every other TSP Memebrs's invite - they are all deemed to be "Guests". Any TSP Member will confirm that.
I am mid my PTP Tourneys right now, so this is a bit awkward right now, but I'll field any questions, any time.