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The Sky Poker Player's Tweaks, Changes and Improvements Discussion Thread - Current discussion point
Ok, I’ll start us off.I’ve been told that there has been a change to the MTT schedule very recently. The £2.30 BHer which ran nearly hourly in the early evening to evening have been changed to either be every two hours or £5.75 games. I have also been told they were smashing the guarantees and therefore very well supported. Would you rather have the current schedule with the fewer games or bigger buy ins; or were you a regular player of most/all the £2.30 games and would like to see them back.
I don’t play too many MTTs on a nightly basis so I’m not 100% on the facts as I detailed above although I do not doubt the people who have told me this (I do doubt my own interpretation though). If a regular player of these on the forum could flesh out what I have said that would be great.From a personal point of view I see no reason for well supported tournaments to be altered. Then again maybe the players of these games wanted them to be bigger buy ins. Thoughts?
I don’t play too many MTTs on a nightly basis so I’m not 100% on the facts as I detailed above although I do not doubt the people who have told me this (I do doubt my own interpretation though). If a regular player of these on the forum could flesh out what I have said that would be great.From a personal point of view I see no reason for well supported tournaments to be altered. Then again maybe the players of these games wanted them to be bigger buy ins. Thoughts?
Comments
1) The £2.30 Bher schedule change
2) The pros and cons of making the DTD tables TV tables
3) Should there be more speed/turbo tourneys on a nightly basis
4) Should the 500/1k build level be introduced into every MTT on the schedule?
5) 3-2-1 - A proposed change or addition to the MTT schedule for the evenings. Between 8:30pm and 9.30pm there should be a new MTT every half hour, one £3+reg, one £2+reg and one £1+reg. They should also be a BHer, a deepstack or rebuy, one of each a night, and the buy in should rotate around on a nightly basis. For instance:
Monday: 8:30pm £3.30 D/S; 9pm £2.20 Rebuy; 9.30pm £1.10 BHer
Tuesday: 8:30pm £2.20 D/S; 9pm £1.10 Rebuy; 9.30pm £3.30 BHer
And so on.
Do you think this is a good idea? Would you play them on a regular basis if they were on the schedule?
******* Please stay with these topics only for now, when spaces free up you will be able to suggest a new one ******
I am creating this thread to provide a place for the community members to discuss the variety of changes and tweaks which periodically occur on Sky Poker.
The first thing to emphasise is that this is not a hotline to 'Sky Towers.' Do not expect any member of the site's administration, technical team or TV talent/crew to directly reply to you. They are of course as welcome and encouraged to post and respond as any other community member.
This is a level playing field to discuss and suggest among each other. All posters' opinions are welcome.
The next thing to emphasise is to always discuss the various issues which will come up with utter respect for each other and the site. For those of you that don't know, I am currently a moderator on the forum. If a post turns up abusing and ridiculing another member, I will snap delete it and you may well be blocked from continuing to use your forum privileges. I've been around the block more than once and I understand that threads such as these can be a lightning rod for trolling and thoughtless slamming of the site/players, this really will not be tolerated. If you are unsure where the lines are I would fully recommend that you review the Community Guidelineswhich are stickied at the top of the General Poker Chat forum.
OK, the growlly stuff over what is this trying to achieve? It is intended to be an open place to discuss the positives and negatives of the current state of the site. Do you think there should be different level cash tables? Do you think the MTT schedule could be improved? Do you have an idea to make SnG structures better? Well why don't you put it out there and other members of the forum will debate these points with you. The scope for subjects is anything at all Sky Poker related. The end aim or hope is for some of the ideas/suggestions which are formed by consensus here will be reviewed by the site. There is of course no guarantee that this will happen, but I personally think if the people of this community put their heads together we can come up with genuinely good ideas and feedback.
I hope this works and is a positive addition to the forum.
And please remember the three Rs. Respect, respect and respect.
When 2x PLO10 tables are full, more must spawn! 2 is currently the max?
Either
a) Bring Back Master cash tables 1 & 2
or
b) Make the Monday night DTD tournaments "TV Tables"
or
c) Both of the above
These would appear to be the only way small stakes players can get their hands on TV
SIZABLE
TABLES
PLEEEEEEEEEEEASE
The key word in the thread title is discussion. A discussion is not everyone saying 'I want this' and hardly anyone stopping to discuss a previous element brought to the thread. Probably my fault, I thought it was implied when I should have been implicit. I suggest we discuss two or three at a time until 'the well is dry' then move on to new ones. Sorry to sound all pompous but this is a blooming mess.
Ok, I'll try to chair this (more than willing for a volunteer to take this over from me) and we'll start with three of the topics brought up so far. We will get to the others in time but I think we need to focus this a little They will be:
1) The £2.30 Bher schedule change
2) The pros and cons of making the DTD tables TV tables
3) Should there be more speed/turbo tourneys on a nightly basis
Quick answer to Sighcall's direct question, that section of the forum doesn't encourage discussion about suggestions and reaction to changes as this one is intended to be, there is some crossover but this is meant to have more to it than just what that board provides.
Also briefly on antes and stretchy tables, there's not much to discuss there, we've been told they are coming in, there are other places to enquire on time frames for introduction and the general topics (especially antes) has been done to death on so many threads already.
I have a new laptop and run 4 tables with no problems.
If they sorted that out then they'd be getting a lot more revenue in rake so I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet (although it's been on the promised to do list for over a year....)
We're sticking with the three points in question at the moment until the general consensus is either reached or that the discussion has run it's course. Anyone can get involved but I would ask for the discussion to not be derailed by other issues. When a spot frees up we'll move on to other matters.
I usually have other commitments on Thursday nights but if I was free I think a night where the focus on turbos would be rather fun and exercises a different skill set of MTT strategy (they are not as much of a crapshoot as people think, there are some really good pros on other sites who specialise and beat turbo tournies).
The structure may take a little tinkering but I think it's an excellent idea which offers some variety for the recreational player.
As I said earlier I don't really examine the schedule that closely, I will however be looking closely at it for the next week now to see if the changes have continued and how well supported the changed schedule is before I form a full opinion. Of course with a Buy In change it could be a whole new group of players are playing the the previous players are 'out in the cold' so my opinion will not be formed solely from this.
I'm hoping some more regular players of these tournaments will give their opinions as I haven't played one of these for some time.
I also fully agree with Kaymac's sentiment at the end of his post, a lot of MTT grinders on this site work their way up from these small games. The Main Event Regs for the coming years will, in my opinion, consist of a lot of the low buyin grinders playing the schedule right now.
Forum DTD is just getting Better & Better we now have Prizes for Weekly top 3 as well as the Monthly top 3, I think it would be Great Idea if we could get some TV Coverage maybe once a Month to start off with, wether it'll happen or not i don't know
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