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Are you A Survivor, or THE Survivor?
S-U-R-V-I-V-O-R has arrived!
All being well - fingers crossed - Sky Poker "SURVIVOR" starts tomorrow.
Should be terrific fun, it's cheap & cheerful, you get up to SIX different chances to enter, & win.
This will take a bit of explaining, & I'm not a up to speed on it as I'd like to be, but the gist of it will be explained in the next few Posts.
More......
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How much to enter?
A quid. £1. That's it. No Reg fee, either. One quid, netto.
There will be SIX different Survivor Series - one each every.....
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
So if you wanted to enter ALL SIX, it would cost you £6. Exactly. Not a penny more, not a penny less.
If you only want to play 1 of them, fine, the bill is 100 pence, one quid.
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How does it work?
What it says on the tin, really.
You enter any (or all) of the 6 "Survivor" Tourneys.
Once HALF the field have been eliminated, the Tourney stops. And resumes on the same night one week later, when it starts again. (No further Entry Fee required, the quid is for the whole Survivor Series).
Rinse repeat, the Tourney STOPS when HALF the remaining field have gone busto.
And so on, until week 6.
By then, there will be just SIX players left in each of the Survivor Series.
And so those six players play down to ONE player.
And in week seven, the winners of EACH of the six SURVIVOR Series will meet in a Grand Final. And share out lots of money. AND Prizes on top of the money - including SPT Grand Final Seat, £220 Biggie Seat, a regular SPT Seat, da de da.
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The Series has a £2,500 GUARANTEE, PLUS Added Value.
How is the money dished out?
The SIX Finalists in Week Seven will get.....
WINNER - £1,000, PLUS an SPT Grand Final Seat, Value £220.
2nd - £600, PLUS a Sky Sports Double Stack seat, value £220.
3rd - £400, PLUS a seat to Cardiff SPT, Value £110.
4th - £250, PLUS a seat to PRIMO, worth £55
5th - £150, PLUS a seat to PRIMO, worth £55
6th - £100, PLUS a seat to PRIMO, worth £55.
What if you qualify TWICE? Because you could.
Well, in the FINAL, you would get a DOUBLE starting stack.
Time?
8.30pm, every night except Thursday.
Blinds increase every 5 minutes, EXCEPT.....
In Week 6 (The "Weekly" Final) when Blinds will be 10 minutes.
In the GRAND FINAL, when the Blinds will increase every 15 minutes.
I'll be entering a few.
I have Edited the Post with the "Clock" on, I got it wrong, sorry.
5 minute Blinds in Rounds 1 to 5.
10 minute blinds in Round 6
15 minute Blinds in the Grand Final.
it's really DYMs meet MTTs
In short, "no", because Week 5 can, & will, ALWAYS play down to 6 players.
So, two hypothetical scenarios.
Assume....
500 runners. 750 runners
Week 1 - play down to 250. Play down to 375
Week 2 - play down to 125 Play down to 188
Week 3 - play down to 63 Play down to 94
Week 4 - play down to 32 Play down to 47
Week 5 - play down to 6 Play down to 6
Is that any clearer? Sorry, my bad, I did not really explain that properly/very well first time round.
So now you need to consider "tactics", & "strategy".
In effect, in weeks 1 to 4 inclusive, you ONLY have to survive half the field. That's it, you get nothing extra if (assuming, say, 500 runners week 1) for finishing 1st, or 250th.
But it all changes in week 5, when you are "only" playing for SIX spots.
And in week 6, each "series" is now trying to win a SNG.
And in week 7, everyone is trying to win, but ALL Week 7 Finalists will get something.
And don't forget, there are SIX chances to make that Final.
A quid a pop, no Reg Fee.
Even Mr & Mrs Minnie can't complain at that. Can they?......
if one person gets to the final with a double stack, what happens to the money for 6th place?
But it matters not, a quid a go, no reg fee, a £2,500 Guarantee no matter what, PLUS Added Value.
What's not to like?
I think this'll be terrific fun.
Will the TKP Crew try & dominate it? Or the DTD Boys? What about the aggro regs, the Hursty's, & the Dohhh's? Even the dreaded Solack?
My tip to do well?
I'd watch out for the wily old veterans, the Dollies & the Direwolf's.
Oh, wait - there is no Reg fee......
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Will you please stop asking good questions please Ryan?!
Err, umm....I don't actually know!
I suppose (I'm just whistling in the dark here....) the money then gets chopped 5 ways, instead of 6, so the payout proportions would be suitably amended.
At present, the Prize Pool in the Grand Final is chopped up like this.....,.
1st - 40%
2nd - 24%
3rd - 16%
4th 10%
5th 6%
6th - 4%
So they'd just re-balance those I guess.
I don't actually know, so I'll ask, & get back to you.
Now, please stop asking sensible questions, OK?
maxally, maxally.... rebuys?
It'd be good if the "Survivors" each night Posted their stories & chirps on this Thread after each Leg, & the thread could become, err, epic, or even sick.....
Week 1 strategy: switch off the computer and go and sit in the garden. I reckon that will be the one assured way to make it through to week 2
Just thought I'd mention it, as in case it did happen then people might moan about whatever decision Sky chose.
btw Luton Friday?