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Late Registration is here!....

Sky_PokerSky_Poker
edited July 2012 in Poker Chat

Hi everyone

Some of you will have noticed we had an upgrade to Sky Poker overnight.

One of the new pieces of functionality this brings us is late registration.

Over the next week we will be rolling this out across various events and the first event we are testing it on is the £500 Bounty Hunter at 2pm today.

If you click on it in the lobby you will see the information about late registration etc, including how long late reg is for (60mins). Give it a go and let us know what you think.

We will be posting more updates on this thread and on the community over the next few days, including which other events we will add it to.

Thanks
Sky Poker
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  • GaryQQQGaryQQQ
    edited July 2012
    Yay, very handy. It'll probably save Sky a lot of money in overlays too.
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  • big_mick12big_mick12
    edited July 2012
    well  done sky
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  • unknown_usernameunknown_username
    edited July 2012
    10 min blind and upwards will work anything less i dont think will,good upgrade
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  • IDONKCALLUIDONKCALLU
    edited July 2012
    i like this idea but u should have something next to the tournament saying ( L R ) = late registration like the timed tourneys u have a symbol of a clock and like gary qqq said u will save alot of money with no overlay u doing this in all tourneys in the future the main event etc ?
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  • Sky_PokerSky_Poker
    edited July 2012
    In Response to Re: Late Registration is here!....:
    Yay, very handy. It'll probably save Sky a lot of money in overlays too.
    Posted by GaryQQQ
    Time will tell we guess. It's not why we did it, it's really more to help customers and build bigger prize pools hopefully. We know it's frustrating when people try to get home in time for an event and just miss it, this will help.

    As a regular, it would be good to get your feedback on what you think of it.

    Thanks
    Sky Poker
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  • Sky_PokerSky_Poker
    edited July 2012
    In Response to Re: Late Registration is here!....:
    i like this idea but u should have something next to the tournament saying ( L R ) = late registration like the timed tourneys u have a symbol of a clock and like gary qqq said u will save alot of money with no overlay u doing this in all tourneys in the future the main event etc ?
    Posted by IDONKCALLU
    All tournaments that are in a late reg status will show as so in the lobby, you'll see what we mean just after 2pm on the first one. Certainly the main events will be high on the list for where we add late reg. It wont be on all events but we'd certainly welcome anyones ideas.
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  • IDONKCALLUIDONKCALLU
    edited July 2012
    i understand that but u have to click lobby to see it id rather know if its a let registration before i register so a symbol of some kind would be better i could be 10 mins late an i would not know if its late registration till i open lobbys where as a symbol next to the tourney u would know straight away 
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  • DOHHHHHHHDOHHHHHHH
    edited July 2012

    Cool.

    Just wondering why it wont be available for all tournaments? Can't see any reason not to open it to all the events? 
    Assuming you can adjust the length of the late reg period? 

    Even an extra 10/15/20 mins in alot of the speed events will help the numbers. 
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  • Sky_PokerSky_Poker
    edited July 2012
    In Response to Re: Late Registration is here!....:
    Cool. Just wondering why it wont be available for all tournaments? Can't see any reason not to open it to all the events?  Assuming you can adjust the length of the late reg period?  Even an extra 10/15/20 mins in alot of the speed events will help the numbers. 
    Posted by DOHHHHHHH
    Yes, we can adjust this accordiing to the game.

    We will certainly build-up to having this on lots of events but this would be from day one.

    Also, there will always be a few 'different' tournaments that we wouldn't put them on.
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  • GaryQQQGaryQQQ
    edited July 2012
    I'd like to see late reg on as many tournaments as possible.

    I thought I'd registered for a Bounty Hunter at 1-30pm today, I only realised I'd forgotten when the table didn't open up. There was nothing I could do, if late reg was available I'd be playing it now.
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  • Sky_PokerSky_Poker
    edited July 2012
    In Response to Re: Late Registration is here!....:
    I'd like to see late reg on as many tournaments as possible. I thought I'd registered for a Bounty Hunter at 1-30pm today, I only realised I'd forgotten when the table didn't open up. There was nothing I could do, if late reg was available I'd be playing it now.
    Posted by GaryQQQ
    Fair comment Gary, another good example of how it helps people.
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  • Sky_PokerSky_Poker
    edited July 2012

    You can register late for the 2pm now.

    The prize pool keeps rising!
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  • JohnConnorJohnConnor
    edited July 2012
    Looks good in the lobby, that. Nice and simple, well done Sky on another positive change.
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  • oynutteroynutter
    edited July 2012
    When the tournaments went down on monday, I was busy complaining that Orford should'nt be allowed out of his dressing room unnecessarily, never mind into technical areas of the building--- and I missed registering for a deep stack. So this is a very good addition--- Thanks sky.

     Ps, can we have an assurance that Orford will be excluded from late registration, as many players will only register for tournaments that he is not in.
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  • unknown_usernameunknown_username
    edited July 2012
    Wont this just add to the tech problems???
    Great function btw.
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  • MAXALLYMAXALLY
    edited July 2012


    Please can you confirm whether or not players can be KO a MTT but still use the late reg facility to enter the same tournament again, or, are there measures in place to prevent this?
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  • TheDartTheDart
    edited July 2012
    In Response to Re: Late Registration is here!....:
    Please can you confirm whether or not players can be KO a MTT but still use the late reg facility to enter the same tournament again, or, are there measures in place to prevent this?
    Posted by MAXALLY
    I played and failed, so just tried to register again, but I was refused entry, so relax Maxally, it's not a rebuy :)
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  • DarntootinDarntootin
    edited July 2012
    In Response to Re: Late Registration is here!....:
    When the tournaments went down on monday, I busy complaining that Orford should'nt be allowed out of his dressing room unnecessarily, never mind into technical areas of the building--- and I missed registering for a deep stack. So this is a very good addition--- Thanks sky.  Ps, can we have an assurance that Orford will be excluded from late registration, as many players will only register for tournaments that he IS in.
    Posted by oynutter
    FYP
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  • SolidStan1SolidStan1
    edited July 2012
    AWwwSOME! best update yet!
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  • MAXALLYMAXALLY
    edited July 2012
    In Response to Re: Late Registration is here!....:
    In Response to Re: Late Registration is here!.... : I played and failed, so just tried to register again, but I was refused entry, so relax Maxally, it's not a rebuy :)
    Posted by TheDart

    Cheers for letting me know. I am getting the feeling I am on Sky Poker's ignore button!
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  • Sky_PokerSky_Poker
    edited July 2012


    So the first event started with 74 runners.

    A further 35 registered late taking the prize total up to £1,090.

    More trials to follow...
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  • unknown_usernameunknown_username
    edited July 2012
    If I register late, does that mean someone else at the table will volunteer to deal? :) haha

    I like the idea of late registration. The amount of times i've forgotton to register for a tourny whilst playing another game or being distracted is unreal.

    So BIG Thumbs up from me.
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  • unknown_usernameunknown_username
    edited July 2012
    In Response to Re: Late Registration is here!....:
    In Response to Re: Late Registration is here!.... : Cheers for letting me know. I am getting the feeling I am on Sky Poker's ignore button!
    Posted by MAXALLY
    Maybe Sky isnt as stupid as we all think :-)

    Maybe they blaming you for Monday night still



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  • GlenelgGlenelg
    edited July 2012
    In Response to Re: Late Registration is here!....:
    In Response to Re: Late Registration is here!.... : Maybe Sky isnt as stupid as we all think :-) Maybe they blaming you for Monday night still
    Posted by Woogie8688
    U owe me a keyboard. Coffee all over mine! ;-))  
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  • Sky_PokerSky_Poker
    edited July 2012

    Did anybody register late?

    Find it OK to do?
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  • unknown_usernameunknown_username
    edited July 2012
    In Response to Re: Late Registration is here!....:
    Did anybody register late? Find it OK to do?
    Posted by Sky_Poker
    Hi Sky Poker

    It was interesting watching the £500 BH at 4pm...............

    I noticed with the sycronised breaks, the late reg went on till 5.05PM. Thats 1hr & 5mins for late reg? Is that how it should be?
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  • Sky_PokerSky_Poker
    edited July 2012
    In Response to Re: Late Registration is here!....:
    In Response to Re: Late Registration is here!.... : Hi Sky Poker It was interesting watching the £500 BH at 4pm............... I noticed with the sycronised breaks, the late reg went on till 5.05PM. Thats 1hr & 5mins for late reg? Is that how it should be?
    Posted by POKERTREV
    Basically yes, it's 60mins of playing time.
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  • Sky_PokerSky_Poker
    edited July 2012

    Just to confirm the tournaments we have late reg on tonight:

    -£500 Bounty Hunter- 8:05pm
    -£2,000 Bounty Hunter- 9:00pm
    -£2,000 Bounty Hunter- 9:30pm
    -£750 Bounty Hunter- 10:30pm
    -£750 Bounty Hunter- 11:30pm

    We will do more tomorrow, possibly even the main event and will confirm then.

    Thanks
    Sky Poker

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  • DAVEYZZDAVEYZZ
    edited July 2012
    i guess this kills the "sky wanted me out so the game could finish" theory?..:)
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  • Kiwini4uKiwini4u
    edited July 2012
    In Response to Re: Late Registration is here!....:
    i guess this kills the "sky wanted me out so the game could finish" theory?..:)
    Posted by DAVEYZZ
    I'm just waiting for the "I got home 61 minutes after the game started and missed late registration, we need late late registration" thread
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