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Something to debate...
Hi everyone
One of the things that Sky Poker is known for is a strong UK community of players. We do have players from elsewhere but mainly we are a UK poker site.
We'd be interested to see your thoughts on the pro's and cons's of this please.
What's good and bad about this?
Thanks
Sky Poker
Comments
It'll keep the Mods busy if you open it up to others countries.
I've seen a lot of nationalality based abuse on other sites, but would be good to play against people from other parts.
Hi Vespa, currently we accept customers from the following countries:
Ireland
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Finland
Gibraltar
Greece
Sweden
Although i did play with someone a while ago whose location said Spain and i asked them if this was true and they said yes.
Perhaps they were close to Gibraltar ??
Cheers
I'm too tight to bluff!
And i have noticed a few foriegn players recently which used to be quite rare so for some reason what ever your doing there coming to the site.
We just wanted to hear what people thought.
Thank you.
Also higher likelyhood of retention in the game. You can spew off w/e and know that, in all likelyhood, the money is not too far away. Factor in a little of the economy at home aswell.
Off the back of sky being a UK poker site, this forum and the channel have grown. That can really only be because of the more immediate/accessible nature of the site.
I've moved my roll (lol and gone broke/rebuilt) on many sites. I have never felt a passing intrest in them personally, they are just a medium to play. But Sky does somehow get you invested on a personal level.
This coming from someone who rarely plays on here anymore
Anyways in general sky listens to its customers much more and is much more interactive with comps and the tv channel. I dont think wed every see stars offering free entry to the sunday millions for answering a quick question on a tv channel hidden in the gaming and dating section of sky.
On thing i would say is id like to see the channel moved to the sports section and more live action shown. I respect that this would obviously be an expense but i rekon would increase viewers, couldnt sky poker take over that game that Sky Sports show within the same contract?
Id also like to see whole cards on live streams of SPTs again respect the expense of this but even a 20 minute delay and some whole cards would be epic. Would add so much more to the experiance of watching.
Also will sky ever start running sats to the GUKPT events again, and if so it would they be able to show highlights on tv?
I think if it was to open up to more countries it would have a detrimental effect to the community aspect of the site which for me is the strongest thing the site has going for it.
Obviously from a business point of view it makes perfect sense as more traffic = more profit so I guess as the site continues to grow and improve it's pretty much innevitable this will happen. I just hope the community is not forgotten / ignored as the machine becomes more corporate.
However even if you in Aberdeen Glasgow is quite a trip. Hense why i rekon we need more. Id actually prefer to see an SPT in Genting Edinburgh i know im biased because its my local casino but its also one of the best run ive been in. Could easily hold 150 players with cash games, on one floor and disabled accsess via elevators. Free Parking for stays less than 6 hours too. Ofc what many do is during a break drive their car in and out lol.
More Events might taint a title to those who can afford to play them all but im guessing these wouldbe the best players anyways.
Also as a small suggestion regards to SPT maybe for the £220 events add an extra sat level to make them all 1 in 5. This would mean they would fill quicker maybe adding an Extra day 1 on a Friday. Im sure many would play the friday Day 1A double prizepool, doubles the potential for numbers etc. Also more rake for sky
I think if it would be a great shame to see Sky lose it's USP.