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UKOPS - The Thread

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  • GaryQQQGaryQQQ
    edited November 2011
    Event 1 result, congrats to SuperSnedd and all who cashed;

    Monday 31st October 2011

    UKOPS Event 1 £20,000 Gtd. Bounty Hunter

    https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?action=go_tnmt_lobby&game_id=5195640&guid=0a2b9d20-ca77-41d3-b20c-1abde39ab67
     
     
          
    SUPERSNEDD13160001£4112.50 + £1508.52 Head Prizes + 80 League Points11 
    jules00702£2467.50 + £565.25 Head Prizes + 76 League Points9 
    omg_u_call03£1645 + £737.90 Head Prizes + 72 League Points10 
    flushando04£1151.50 + £493.51 Head Prizes + 68 League Points8 
    mickjack05£987 + £252.25 Head Prizes + 64 League Points4 
    NIHIGHGUN06£822.50 + £299.41 Head Prizes + 60 League Points4 
    PETEN66607£658 + £565.44 Head Prizes + 56 League Points10 
    dewy3008£493.50 + £112.50 Head Prizes + 52 League Points3 
    tedgiddzo09£329 + £183.99 Head Prizes + 48 League Points3 
    rtsth1010£164.50 + £200.68 Head Prizes + 44 League Points2 
    varney011£139.82 + £121.88 Head Prizes + 40 League Points3 
    MyZo012£139.82 + £306.04 Head Prizes + 36 League Points4 
    A1_SCADGE013£139.82 + £246.68 Head Prizes + 32 League Points5 
    WOOMERA014£139.82 + £187.50 Head Prizes + 28 League Points4 
    Direwolf015£139.82 + £86.72 Head Prizes + 24 League Points2 
    TONY509016£139.82 + £465.24 Head Prizes + 20 League Points9 
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    bar4004018£139.82 + £180.47 Head Prizes + 20 League Points4 
    Jeno2019£139.82 + £121.88 Head Prizes + 20 League Points3 
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    Trawlerman021£115.15 + £37.50 Head Prizes + 16 League Points1 
    N1CK022£115.15 + £37.50 Head Prizes + 16 League Points1 
    hurst05023£115.15 + £124.22 Head Prizes + 16 League Points3 
    Bretticus7024£115.15 + £296.49 Head Prizes + 16 League Points5 
    LUCKYSAMMI025£115.15 + £243.75 Head Prizes + 16 League Points6 
    Doooobs026£115.15 + £206.25 Head Prizes + 16 League Points4 
    delaney09027£115.15 + 16 League Points0 
    TheDent028£115.15 + £37.50 Head Prizes + 16 League Points1 
    Grave029£115.15 + £89.65 Head Prizes + 16 League Points2 
    mastahead030£115.15 + £49.22 Head Prizes + 16 League Points1 
    PKRPar031£106.92 + £330.48 Head Prizes + 12 League Points7 
    Batkin88032£106.92 + £173.44 Head Prizes + 12 League Points4 
    pryce6033£106.92 + £187.51 Head Prizes + 12 League Points4 
    niblet21034£106.92 + £342.18 Head Prizes + 12 League Points8 
    Maj035£106.92 + £129.63 Head Prizes + 12 League Points2 
    stien036£106.92 + £86.72 Head Prizes + 12 League Points2 
    Verbal_Gym037£106.92 + £46.88 Head Prizes + 12 League Points1 
    chrispip038£106.92 + £37.50 Head Prizes + 12 League Points1 
    4fingersAA039£106.92 + £84.38 Head Prizes + 12 League Points2 
    FlashFlush040£106.92 + £37.50 Head Prizes + 12 League Points1
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  • EyemanEyeman
    edited November 2011
    UKOPS1 huge success in terms of entrants, and the few quid Sky overlaid in the initial satellites was certainly repaid, and then some. Such a shame that Sky didn't seize the bull by the horns and commit properly to this event by putting it on TV live.

    First rule of marketing - never go at anything half-heartedly.
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  • TommyDTommyD
    edited November 2011
    Congrats Sneed!
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  • yoyoyoyo
    edited November 2011
    well played supersnedd...& 1500 in head prizes, sweet!
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  • ACEGOONERACEGOONER
    edited November 2011
    Well done supersnedd, it must be a nice feeling having that extra dosh in your account this morning !
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  • LightwoodLightwood
    edited November 2011
    In Response to Re: UKOPS - The Thread:
    UKOPS1 huge success in terms of entrants, and the few quid Sky overlaid in the initial satellites was certainly repaid, and then some. Such a shame that Sky didn't seize the bull by the horns and commit properly to this event by putting it on TV live. First rule of marketing - never go at anything half-heartedly.
    Posted by Eyeman
    + 1,000,000

    Congrats Snedd - Great Win!
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  • aussie09aussie09
    edited November 2011

    wp graeme.. 

    name change to super_rich_snedd



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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited November 2011
    In Response to Re: UKOPS - The Thread:
    UKOPS1 huge success in terms of entrants, and the few quid Sky overlaid in the initial satellites was certainly repaid, and then some. Such a shame that Sky didn't seize the bull by the horns and commit properly to this event by putting it on TV live. First rule of marketing - never go at anything half-heartedly.
    Posted by Eyeman
    One thing an Online Poker room never lacks is advice from players, but I don't suppose you'd like to hazard a guess at the cost of Live TV for a single night, would you Graham? 
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited November 2011

    Incredible result for one of the regular guys, Sneddy, can't tell you how pleased I am for you.
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  • DAIBOOTDAIBOOT
    edited November 2011
    HI TIKAY
    there are no sats for UKOPS today?
     
     will you run ME sat this week or just on Sunday?

    DAI

    PS
     great work on the weekend old man and enjoy your time over the pond.
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  • PavillionPavillion
    edited November 2011
    Message for Tikay

    Understand its very expensive for a ukops event to be live on tv but what about just getting a simple thread going updating all on leaders, action etc
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  • DOHHHHHHHDOHHHHHHH
    edited November 2011
    In Response to Re: UKOPS - The Thread:
    Message for Tikay Understand its very expensive for a ukops event to be live on tv but what about just getting a simple thread going updating all on leaders, action etc
    Posted by Pavillion
    Dunno how experienced you are with online poker sites, and this might be stating the obvious...

    But you know you can open the tournament lobby, and individual tables with your favourite playvers on and watch the leaderboard progress throughout the tourny? It's constantly updated automatically....

    It's much better than a thread, you can pick and choose who you wanna watch etc.

    I had the lobby & 2 tables open between 8-11pm last night, and I wasn't in the tournament.


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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited November 2011
    In Response to Re: UKOPS - The Thread:
    Message for Tikay Understand its very expensive for a ukops event to be live on tv but what about just getting a simple thread going updating all on leaders, action etc
    Posted by Pavillion
    Noted, Mr Pavilion, & I'll see if I can get someone to do an Update Thread.

    Some of the regulars do them now & then - Squawky, for example - but the threads get very little feedback, so are a bit soul-destroying to do, as they take a lot of time & effort. I do them sometimes, but it's tough to play the Event AND do the Update Thread, & still do justice to both.

    Dohh makes a fair point, too.

    Little aside for you now.

    Squawky - "hawk7112", aka Dave, who is a golfer by trade, did lots & lots of Live Update threads, a thankless task, & he did them without ever being asked to.
     
    So, eventually, I sent him a free entry to a nice Omaha Event, by way of thanks - & he only went & won the Event! How nice is that, eh? 
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited November 2011
    In Response to Re: UKOPS - The Thread:
    HI TIKAY there are no sats for UKOPS today?    will you run ME sat this week or just on Sunday? DAI PS  great work on the weekend old man and enjoy your time over the pond.
    Posted by DAIBOOT
    The Daily Satellites are not put into the Lobby until mid-morning, so they will be there soon, I imagine.

    Daily ME Sats? The whole satellite schedule is being micro-managed on a daily basis, so I'm not sure what the answer to that is yet.

    The weekend? Thank you. Must be honest, can't wait for next Monday to come - 6  more sleeps! - before I head off to Vegas for a bit of a break.
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  • MP33MP33
    edited November 2011
    In Response to Re: UKOPS - The Thread:
    In Response to Re: UKOPS - The Thread : Noted, Mr Pavilion, & I'll see if I can get someone to do an Update Thread. Some of the regulars do them now & then - Squawky, for example - but the threads get very little feedback, so are a bit soul-destroying to do, as they take a lot of time & effort. I do them sometimes, but it's tough to play the Event AND do the Update Thread, & still do justice to both. Dohh makes a fair point, too. Little aside for you now. Squawky - "hawk7112", aka Dave, who is a golfer by trade, did lots & lots of Live Update threads, a thankless task, & he did them without ever being asked to.   So, eventually, I sent him a free entry to a nice Omaha Event, by way of thanks - & he only went & won the Event! How nice is that, eh? 
    Posted by Tikay10
    1/  I think if ppl are intersted they generally go on the rail , which was buzzing again last night . I had 4 tables open and there were some gr8 names on them all. Twas a gr8 tourney


    2/ I,d like to hear you saying that again in June

    MP
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited November 2011
    In Response to Re: UKOPS - The Thread:
    In Response to Re: UKOPS - The Thread : 1/  I think if ppl are intersted they generally go on the rail , which was buzzing again last night . I had 4 tables open and there were some gr8 names on them all. Twas a gr8 tourney 2/ I,d like to hear you saying that again in June MP
    Posted by MP33
    Nothing would be sweeter!

    When a Freebie turns into a nice bink, there is no better feeling.
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  • unknown_usernameunknown_username
    edited November 2011
    A BIG well done to Graeme - Supersnedd in taking down the first UKOPS title last night.

    A masterclass from Sneddy






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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited November 2011
    In Response to Re: UKOPS - The Thread:
    A BIG well done to Graeme - Supersnedd in taking down thw first UKOPS title last night. A nasterclass from Sneddy 5151515151515151515
    Posted by elsadog
    What Team is Sneddy in, Alan?
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  • FlyingDaggFlyingDagg
    edited November 2011
    Is there any way to find the full result of a tourney from the previous day (or even earlier) if one didn't qctually play in it? ie. last night's UKOPS?
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited November 2011
    In Response to Re: UKOPS - The Thread:
    Is there any way to find the full result of a tourney from the previous day (or even earlier) if one didn't qctually play in it? ie. last night's UKOPS?
    Posted by FlyingDagg
    I'm sure there is a quicker/better/easier wsay, but I simply look it up on Sharkscope. Costs me like £30 for 3 months subscription, outstanding value.

    GaryQQ also does a Tourney Results thread on the Community, which is also very useful.
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  • FlyingDaggFlyingDagg
    edited November 2011
    Thanks Tikay. GaryQQ's thread has all I wanted.
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  • EyemanEyeman
    edited November 2011
    In Response to Re: UKOPS - The Thread:
    In Response to Re: UKOPS - The Thread : One thing an Online Poker room never lacks is advice from players, but I don't suppose you'd like to hazard a guess at the cost of Live TV for a single night, would you Graham?  
    Posted by Tikay10
    I'm sure it's not cheap, Tikay. However, if Sky is running this as the UK online poker Series, I'd have thought they'd really go at it. If they could show the velocity on a Tuesday night 4 years ago, a tournament with a 33,000 prize pool might squeak into the schedule.
    Don't get me wrong - really pleased that Sky not only made the GTD, but got 129 people over that. Everyone must be hugely satisfied.
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  • PavillionPavillion
    edited November 2011
    Thanks for your input guys. I was not familiar with "how to rail". Seems i just search a player and open table.  Will try tonights UKOPS

    Thanks
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  • scotty77scotty77
    edited November 2011
    In Response to Re: UKOPS - The Thread:
    In Response to Re: UKOPS - The Thread : I'm sure it's not cheap, Tikay. However, if Sky is running this as the UK online poker Series, I'd have thought they'd really go at it. If they could show the velocity on a Tuesday night 4 years ago, a tournament with a 33,000 prize pool might squeak into the schedule. Don't get me wrong - really pleased that Sky not only made the GTD, but got 129 people over that. Everyone must be hugely satisfied.
    Posted by Eyeman
    I think that the reason why Sky used to have such extensive TV coverage back then was because it was a new site and wanted to attract new players.

    Now Sky is probably the 2nd biggest player in the UK poker market and doesn't need to attract new players so much.

    But yeah excellent event, even if I didn't get to last that long :(  

    I think that this proves the popularity of the BHs by the way it totally smashed its guarantee...got like 175% of the runners it needed...a monthly 100£BH tournie perhaps?!
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  • hurst05hurst05
    edited November 2011
    In Response to Re: UKOPS - The Thread:
    In Response to Re: UKOPS - The Thread :I think that this proves the popularity of the BHs by the way it totally smashed its guarantee...got like 175% of the runners it needed...a monthly 100£BH tournie perhaps?!
    Posted by scotty77
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  • YOUNG_GUNYOUNG_GUN
    edited November 2011
    awww just realised ive posted something you have answered on here sorry!

    VWD snedders very nice result, special mention to del well played how many heads was it again i forget?
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited November 2011

    Scotty makes the point about Bounty Hunters, which many "serious" players tend to be quite sniffy, & snobbish, about.

    Fact is, Sky Poker's biggest regular scheduled Tourney is the £110 Sky Roller. It has never exceeded 72 runners, to my recollection. Last night's £110 BH attracted 329 runners, & the Main Event, a £22 BH, broke all records for a Monday BH, & got 545 runners.

    TV coverage in years gone by? It's simply down to cost. 3 years ago, the Channel ran 7 "Live" Shows per week. There is no way on God's earth that can be justified any longer, & 3 nights "Live" per week is as good as it is gonna get as far as I can judge. It's a job, in truth, to financially justify even that, even though 865 spend has been slashed by about 80%, but every year it HAS to be justified to the Suits, as it's a whole lot of money, & quite a meaningful % of the overall promotional spend. 

    The promotional spend increases every year, in line with the eye-watering growth of the site, but the same question is asked continually. If that money spent on 865 could be saved, it would NOT be removed from the spend, but it would be used for other promotional initiatives. Would they be more cost-effective? They might.....the channel cost comes to a huge sum, which could buy a LOT of prime-time advertising, Freerolls, SPT stuff, site development, better C4P, all sorts of stuff.
     
    The suggestion that lack of UKOPS Live TV Coverage correlates to a lack of committment staggers me, to be honest. Sticking those whopping UKOPS Guarantees on suggests quite a degree of committment in itself, imo......  I'd add that there must have been a 100 or more internal Meetings to plan, set up, & organise UKOPS. No commitment? Have to disagree with that. 

        
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  • wynne1938wynne1938
    edited November 2011
    In Response to Re: UKOPS - The Thread:
    UKOPS1 huge success in terms of entrants, and the few quid Sky overlaid in the initial satellites was certainly repaid, and then some. Such a shame that Sky didn't seize the bull by the horns and commit properly to this event by putting it on TV live. First rule of marketing - never go at anything half-heartedly.
    Posted by Eyeman
    +1
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  • jackAhertsjackAherts
    edited November 2011
    Hi, Can anyone please tell me. I have recently qualified for the UKOPS Main event but was wanting to try another satelitte to qualify for the High Roller event. What happens if I qualify for the Main event again?

    Thanks
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited November 2011

    +1 to "half-heartedly"?

    Marv.

    If you did but know...... 

     
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