The Sky Poker thread

[tikay]

I'm not a winner.  Don't really play that much poker these days but I have played small 2 table sit and gos 22 tabling no problem with holdem manager, msn, itunes + table nina running whilst on stars.  Just playing Sky Poker with no other software running 2 tables was screwing the computer. 

Software in my opinion is incredibly important for a poker company to be a success.  Tribecca, Stars and Full Tilt were the frontrunners with their software back when I was playing seriously in 2005/2006 and look at them now.  Although Tribecca was sadly bought out Stars and FT are the frontrunners in Online Poker. 

There is no doubt that the Sky Poker software is awful and needs investment.  I'm sure for a good forum like Blonde to use it as a sponsor, Sky Poker would like to keep its members happy.  I'm not the only person to have commented on the software itt.

I am still good friends with online players who play very successfully where volume and software are key to their choice of where to play.  Yes Sky Poker has a great unique idea of having the tournament on telly as u are playing, however better software would no doubt increase numbers which in turn would result in an increased rake for the business.

That needs to be seen in context. Sure, it has some value, to some, (me for one, it provides me with an income....), but they only Televise two Live Tourneys per week, & Tournaments are the smallest slice of the revenue cake, with Cash, & STT/DYM's, providing far greater revenue.  They run, like any Online Room, hundreds of Tourneys daily, & thousands per week, so televising two out of several thousand is not the key driver by any means.

[badhaircut]

That needs to be seen in context. Sure, it has some value, to some, (me for one, it provides me with an income....), but they only Televise two Live Tourneys per week, & Tournaments are the smallest slice of the revenue cake, with Cash, & STT/DYM's, providing far greater revenue.  They run, like any Online Room, hundreds of Tourneys daily, & thousands per week, so televising two out of several thousand is not the key driver by any means.

Further highlights the need for software investment.  Would definately result in increased revenue for the business imo

[badhaircut]

My aim for this post wasn't to piss anybody off.  I just think for a business to be successful surely it would want its software to be of a good quality.  And sadly Sky's is not.

[paulhouk03]

I think the soft ware is fine. I was 4 tabling sky with 8 full tilt tables + itunes and msn fine yesterday.

  Maybe its ur pc

Obv there's improvments that can be made.

[tikay]

My aim for this post wasn't to piss anybody off.  I just think for a business to be successful surely it would want its software to be of a good quality.  And sadly Sky's is not.

Yes, as I said, it's not to everyone's taste, & it never "pissed me off", I just thought, as you'd Posted, it was reasonable to reply. Be assured, however, the business is successful - very successful - I think you mean't "more succesful", which would be a perfectly fair observation.

[tikay]

That needs to be seen in context. Sure, it has some value, to some, (me for one, it provides me with an income....), but they only Televise two Live Tourneys per week, & Tournaments are the smallest slice of the revenue cake, with Cash, & STT/DYM's, providing far greater revenue.  They run, like any Online Room, hundreds of Tourneys daily, & thousands per week, so televising two out of several thousand is not the key driver by any means.

Further highlights the need for software investment.  Would definately result in increased revenue for the business imo

I don't quite understand that, sorry. I don't know of any Online Room where the Tourneys generate more revenue than Cash games. Cash will always be the biggest slice of the revenue cake on a typical Online Room.

[Dubai]

Whats the deal if someone is gonna rake $10k+ a month?

[badhaircut]

That needs to be seen in context. Sure, it has some value, to some, (me for one, it provides me with an income....), but they only Televise two Live Tourneys per week, & Tournaments are the smallest slice of the revenue cake, with Cash, & STT/DYM's, providing far greater revenue.  They run, like any Online Room, hundreds of Tourneys daily, & thousands per week, so televising two out of several thousand is not the key driver by any means.

Further highlights the need for software investment.  Would definately result in increased revenue for the business imo

I don't quite understand that, sorry. I don't know of any Online Room where the Tourneys generate more revenue than Cash games. Cash will always be the biggest slice of the revenue cake on a typical Online Room.

To clarify.  I was just highlighting a unique offer from the poker site.  I learned from you that actually it wasn't that important to the company.  So I concluded that to be more successfull (and that is what I meant) that it highlighted the need for software improvements

[tikay]

That needs to be seen in context. Sure, it has some value, to some, (me for one, it provides me with an income....), but they only Televise two Live Tourneys per week, & Tournaments are the smallest slice of the revenue cake, with Cash, & STT/DYM's, providing far greater revenue.  They run, like any Online Room, hundreds of Tourneys daily, & thousands per week, so televising two out of several thousand is not the key driver by any means.

Further highlights the need for software investment.  Would definately result in increased revenue for the business imo

I don't quite understand that, sorry. I don't know of any Online Room where the Tourneys generate more revenue than Cash games. Cash will always be the biggest slice of the revenue cake on a typical Online Room.

To clarify.  I was just highlighting a unique offer from the poker site.  I learned from you that actually it wasn't that important to the company.  So I concluded that to be more successfull (and that is what I meant) that it highlighted the need for software improvements

Not "not important", but you headlined "it's nice to see yourself on the Telly", or words to that effect, & I pointed out that they only Televise Two Tourneys per week - simply putting it in context. It's a fact of life that Cash will always be a bigger revenue driver than Tourneys, on all sites, but that does not mean Tourneys are not important - they are.

The business is measured in segments - Cash, STT's/DYM's, Tourneys, & further measured (daily, every single day, 365 days per year, 10am every morning, on the dot) into "small", "medium" & "High" level stakes, or buy-ins. Every segment is important.

Better software improves traffic, that's a given, but it has been considerably improved with the Download, & the increased traffic reflects that. Not many Online Rooms are recording all-time high traffic (Uniques per day, & Revenue) in the current market conditions, on the contrary, most are in decline. Sky Poker is a young site, so a steep northbound graph is expected, but it's exceeding all expectations at present. That is partly as a result of the whole platform doing well, as players tend to migrate across the various platforms at a high rate. 

We can't win them all, though. The Site is improving, but it will never appeal to all, & that's just how life is.

[paulhouk03]

Will sky always be a standalone network?

[tikay]

Will sky always be a standalone network?

Yes, absolutely!

[tikay]

Someone mentioned the difficulty of Multi-Tabling on Sky Poker, & yes, some peeps do struggle with it.

Never one to pass up an opportunity, I thought it worth saying that right now - at this very moment - the same 2 Players are playing Heads-Up on 7 different Tables simultaneously, 6 of them at £5-£10, 1 at £4-£8.

The user experience clearly differs from player to player. Those 2 players must have £20k on the Tables, so it must work for them - I can't imagine anyone would have that much at stake if the software's multi-Tabling set-up was such a struggle.

Just go to the Lobby & find & open the Tables if you want to watch them, there are no Rail restrictions.

[LOLICALL]

Who are the two? 7 hu tables is ridic.

[tikay]

Whats the deal if someone is gonna rake $10k+ a month?

They don't do "rake" as such, Mr S, it's "Cash for Points".

I guess the answer is that they'd be part of the Priority Club, & be looked after accordingly.

I'm not sure we have too many generating that much action, to be honest. What stakes would you normally play? The games above £10-£20 rarely run at present, though someone like you might just change that.......

Most evenings, the "bigger" action is at £1.50-£3, with only a handful of Tables running at £2.50-£5 & the higher levels.

If you need an evening's Tuiton with me as your Mentor, it can be arranged. 

[Dubai]

Ha

Its for a sng player
Whats the volume like for HU sngs?