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For all you people who moan about skypoker
If you think skypoker is bad I think you should try playing on other sites.....heres an example.
I played in a freeroll on another site and there was 8000 runners, I lasted nearly 3 hours in this freerol and finished
11th. how much did I win? 20 cents. The 1st prize was $15 for 5 hours play, I'm no good at exchange rates but I think thats a misely sum.
skypoker offer a lot more money if you can last that long.
so in my estimation there is only 1 site to play on SKYPOKER.
I played in a freeroll on another site and there was 8000 runners, I lasted nearly 3 hours in this freerol and finished
11th. how much did I win? 20 cents. The 1st prize was $15 for 5 hours play, I'm no good at exchange rates but I think thats a misely sum.
skypoker offer a lot more money if you can last that long.
so in my estimation there is only 1 site to play on SKYPOKER.
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I assume this is the site you were alluding to? You can tell us, Sky Rich Doesn't mind if we knock other sites. Now if you were saying go there, it's great, don't expect the post to stay on long!!!!
Sky's restricted freerolls are exceptional value, take tonights 'posters freeroll' only 50 runners and a £250 prize pool. Equates to £5.00 buy in per head and a good prize structure.
Even the mass entry ones give decent prizes at the top end and are well worth a go for those on a restricted budget.
I used to play there a lot, deposit £20.00 and at the end of each night withdraw my winnings/balance. I did this about once a week to stop me from spending more than I could afford. The fee's Party charge to withdraw are an absolute disgrace. They need to wear masks. Not only did they charge rake/buy in fees but also to withdraw. I'm pretty sure (but cant quite remember) that they used to charge for deposits if you made lots of deposits in a month.
I still get mail from them now, and now and again, they give me a free few dollars to play with. Even that is a con though as if you win, they take the buy in for your next game out of your winnings, not the restricted cash so ulitmately, you will always have that restricted amount in your account as say in a DYM for $5.50 to win 10, then they put the $5.50 restricted cash back in your account along with 4.50 unrestricted.
Then when you play another, they take the $4.50 unrestricted off you and another dollar of the restricted. They can't lose doing this and it means you are gracing them eith your presence.
By the way the buy in fee's for DYM there are a scandal. 20% for any game up to about $11.00!
That's before I start to tell you about the quality of the poker. To get a decent run of wins in a DYM, you need to know the dealer! Anything and everything goes, just to reach the bubble, you need to be phsycic.
So to summarise, poor poker, pityful freerolls and terrible buy in fees/rake/withdrawl charges. Yet they are still in the top 4 sites in terms of site traffic.
You all know where to go when you want someone to relieve you of your cash as at 20% buy in, it is virtually impossible to turn a profit/break even.
Cant you tell, I hate em with a passion.
They say the grass is always greener but unfortunately so are the vast number of players. Sky is good, nay very good. Great tourneys, great community and resident pro Mr Orford. Two out of three ain't bad.
666 that'll be devilfish then.
I can count to four by tapping my hooves.
Ban plz, Mods. Or have him shot.
I won't mention names, but I have - or had - an Account with one of the Sites mentioned in this thread.
They started charging me $5 per month for NOT playing on the Site! They simply took the $5 out of my Account. Every month. They said it was "to defray the cost of dormant Accounts".
When you think how much money lies around in dormant poker Accounts, it's a staggering sum.
As for bad beats, we see them on all the sites, not just here
His name. by the way, (& the Sky Forum Swear-Filter is gonna struggle here, & so I may have to insert several spaces), was Mr Dikshit. I kid you not.
Shooting small dogs is illegal btw and a ban would lead straight to the European Court of Canine Rights. (small dogs division).
His name
Mr. Hugh Koch