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CHANGES - Hand for Hand in Tourneys.

Tikay10Tikay10
edited December 2011 in Poker Chat

A long overdue one this, but it's now up & running. Belowis, pretty much, Adam's Internal e-Mail about this.....

"This is being phased into all semi-finals, 8pm main events and tournaments over £1000 Gtd 

A message is sent to all active tables when a tournament is entering and exiting hand for hand play. Whilst this is configurable and subject to change, initial hand for hand rules will be as follows:

Satellites 

We will enter hand for hand play when 2 places from the satellite seat bubble 

E.G. Satellite tournament with 101 runners, 1 in 5 win a seat to the next leg. 

1st – 20th get the seat21st gets left over cash Tournament enters hand for hand play when 22 players remain

Tournament exits hand for hand when 20 players remain (it will then autosettle as all remaining players have won their seat)  

Regular tournaments/ Main events (not satellites) 

We will enter hand for hand play when 2 places from the cash bubble

We will exit hand for hand play when the bubble is burst and all remaining players are now in the money  

Final Table  For all televised tournaments and selected main events, we will also enter hand for hand play when 7 players remain. 

We will exit hand for hand play once the final table is reached....."
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  • YOUNG_GUNYOUNG_GUN
    edited December 2011
    wiiiiiiiiiiiii well done sky
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  • scotty77scotty77
    edited December 2011
    Thanks...IMO this is the biggest of the recent 'upgrades' that Sky have implemented...can you make a big thing about this on the shows in the coming weeks.  Was on the bubble of a sat last night and one player didn't realise even after about 50 hands of H4H that we were indeed in that period adn kept timing down and was quite tilting!

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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited December 2011
    In Response to Re: CHANGES - Hand for Hand in Tourneys.:
    Thanks...IMO this is the biggest of the recent 'upgrades' that Sky have implemented...can you make a big thing about this on the shows in the coming weeks.  Was on the bubble of a sat last night and one player didn't realise even after about 50 hands of H4H that we were indeed in that period adn kept timing down and was quite tilting!
    Posted by scotty77

    Yes Ryan, I will be attempting to run through ALL the recent changes on tomorrow night's Show. It's a job to communicate them efficiently on the Forum, because there are so many of them, I've not even Posted all of them yet!

    Hope you catch tomorrow's Show, we have a fabulous Guest lined up.
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited December 2011

    Update from Adam, just in.....

    "....Hand for Hand is now rolled out pretty much across the board All tournaments with a guarantee of £500 plus are done.

    All semi-finals (8pm Main, SPT, UKOPS etc) are done.     

    Smaller guarantee tournies and micro sats will be reviewed and it may be extended to these too in the future......"
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  • MAXALLYMAXALLY
    edited December 2011
    In Response to Re: CHANGES - Hand for Hand in Tourneys.:
    Update from Adam, just in..... "....Hand for Hand is now rolled out pretty much across the board   All tournaments with a guarantee of £500 plus are done. All semi-finals (8pm Main, SPT, UKOPS etc) are done.   Smaller guarantee tournies and micro sats will be reviewed and it may be extended to these too in the future......"
    Posted by Tikay10
    So this change does include the mini events then?

    My top 10 request to Sky Santa is coming on a treat.
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  • salad24salad24
    edited December 2011
    Best change yet, needed it in time for ukops!
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  • The_Don90The_Don90
    edited December 2011
    woooooooooooooooohooooooooooooooooooooooooo

    Great work sky.


    lol @ your opponent ryan i can just imagine how tilting that must have been.
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  • TommyDTommyD
    edited December 2011
    In Response to CHANGES - Hand for Hand in Tourneys.:
    A long overdue one this, but it's now up & running. Belowis, pretty much, Adam's Internal e-Mail about this..... "This is being phased into all semi-finals, 8pm main events and tournaments over £1000 Gtd   A message is sent to all active tables when a tournament is entering and exiting hand for hand play.   Whilst this is configurable and subject to change, initial hand for hand rules will be as follows: Satellites   We will enter hand for hand play when 2 places from the satellite seat bubble   E.G. Satellite tournament with 101 runners, 1 in 5 win a seat to the next leg.   1 st – 20 th get the seat 21 st gets left over cash   Tournament enters hand for hand play when 22 players remain Tournament exits hand for hand when 20 players remain (it will then autosettle as all remaining players have won their seat)     Regular tournaments/ Main events (not satellites)   We will enter hand for hand play when 2 places from the cash bubble We will exit hand for hand play when the bubble is burst and all remaining players are now in the money     Final Table   For all televised tournaments and selected main events, we will also enter hand for hand play when 7 players remain.   We will exit hand for hand play once the final table is reached....."
    Posted by Tikay10
    Generally I like hand for hand when on the final table.
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  • sikassikas
    edited December 2011
    best change so far, nice 1 sky
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  • SALT1R3SALT1R3
    edited December 2011
    Yeah good stuff there lads! 
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  • Lambert180Lambert180
    edited December 2011
    In Response to Re: CHANGES - Hand for Hand in Tourneys.:
    In Response to CHANGES - Hand for Hand in Tourneys. : Generally I like hand for hand when on the final table.
    Posted by TommyD
    lol
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  • aiken2001aiken2001
    edited December 2011
    woo hoo as i had sparked of about htis in one of your other threads just seen it come up in the me tonight well done sky.
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  • aiken2001aiken2001
    edited December 2011
    Something you might want to look into not everyone gets the message as they are in mini or chat off maybe a bit on the middle of the screen. Just playing through a h4h now and several people are still allowing the clock to run out
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  • GLifUloseGLifUlose
    edited December 2011
    Been on the bubble of the doublestack for 40 mins now.  I suspect this needs tweaking
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  • aiken2001aiken2001
    edited December 2011
    looking at tonights me payout structure you need to enter it from 10 players out

    1st £1565+160 League Points2nd £939+152 League Points3rd £626+144 League Points4th £438.20+136 League Points5th £375.60+128 League Points6th £313+120 League Points7th £250.40+112 League Points8th £187.80+104 League Points9th £125.20+96 League Points10th £62.60+88 League Points

    big jumps start here bigger than the initial cash bubble
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  • GLifUloseGLifUlose
    edited December 2011
    Top heavy struct ftw
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  • aiken2001aiken2001
    edited December 2011
    In Response to Re: CHANGES - Hand for Hand in Tourneys.:
    Been on the bubble of the doublestack for 40 mins now.  I suspect this needs tweaking
    Posted by GLifUlose

    Yeah was a long bubble last night but some people had not recognised it was h4h and stil allowing the clock to run out. Maybe an email to all players outlining some of these changes that have come in over the last couple of weeks.

    possibly tweak it down to the actual bubble but thats soemthing to be looked at after it has settled in.
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  • MAXALLYMAXALLY
    edited December 2011
    In Response to Re: CHANGES - Hand for Hand in Tourneys.:
    In Response to Re: CHANGES - Hand for Hand in Tourneys. : So this change does include the mini events then? My top 10 request to Sky Santa is coming on a treat.
    Posted by MAXALLY

    Anyone ??

    Or should I just start firing off some abuse to get an answer?? :(
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  • pomfrittespomfrittes
    edited December 2011
    In Response to Re: CHANGES - Hand for Hand in Tourneys.:
    In Response to Re: CHANGES - Hand for Hand in Tourneys. : Anyone ?? Or should I just start firing off some abuse to get an answer?? :(
    Posted by MAXALLY
      Yes Alan it operated in last nights mini m8.
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  • AcidMan27AcidMan27
    edited December 2011
    Great improvement.
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  • unknown_usernameunknown_username
    edited December 2011
    In Response to Re: CHANGES - Hand for Hand in Tourneys.:
    In Response to Re: CHANGES - Hand for Hand in Tourneys. : Anyone ?? Or should I just start firing off some abuse to get an answer?? :(
    Posted by MAXALLY
    Considering there are many posts saying that 'ALL TOURNAMENTS with a GTD of £500 or more are now done' then I would guess that includes all the MINI ones too. Read all the posts next time.lol
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  • MAXALLYMAXALLY
    edited December 2011
    In Response to Re: CHANGES - Hand for Hand in Tourneys.:
    In Response to Re: CHANGES - Hand for Hand in Tourneys. :   Yes Alan it operated in last nights mini m8.
    Posted by pomfrittes

    Cheers for letting us know Bill, TY.
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  • MAXALLYMAXALLY
    edited December 2011
    In Response to Re: CHANGES - Hand for Hand in Tourneys.:
    In Response to Re: CHANGES - Hand for Hand in Tourneys. : Considering there are many posts saying that 'ALL TOURNAMENTS with a GTD of £500 or more are now done' then I would guess that includes all the MINI ones too. Read all the posts next time.lol
    Posted by shaun84

    I had read all the posts thanks and was asking for some clarification, thats all.

    The starting stack has been increased in the primo but not the mini primo, and this was not known untill I had asked the question on that thread!
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  • unknown_usernameunknown_username
    edited December 2011
    I took down the 1k Mini Double Stack last night (Blatent Brag) and so had my 1st experience with the Hand 4 Hand on the final table bubble.

    It worked well and I liked it. I think it will be much better once everyone realises it has been implemented, as there were a couple of players still running down the timer. But all in good time.
     
    Well Done on this update.
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  • drumahai05drumahai05
    edited December 2011
    does all this mean i will have to sell my ladder??
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  • SoLackSoLack
    edited December 2011
    was in 6 runner Ukops sat so ist got semi seat and ru cash back - got the hand for hand message when down to three runners lol.
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