Sky Poker
Sky Poker is the company's online poker division, which allows users to play poker on their website and screens
selected hands from various games and tournaments (on a slight delay)
on its television channel of the same name. Like Sky Vegas the company
offers its service in browser rather than with downloadable software,
although recently this has changed and downloadable software is now
available. The company uses the slogan 'Where Poker Comes Alive'. The
channel Sky Poker launched in February 2007 with a program entitled "The
Open", which is a (£10 entry) poker tournament. Since then the channel
has expanded to show more content from the site, as well as the Sky
Poker Tour (SPT). On the TV, Sky Poker typically has a presenter and an
analyst, with occasional studio guests. Each hand shown is analysed by
both the presenter and the analyst.
Sky Poker is licensed and regulated by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) (GCB)
Tournaments
- The Open - A £10 buy-in, and the most popular tournament.
- Primo - A £55 buy-in, which can mean a prize pool of up to £25,000
- Velocity - A £5 buy-in, with extremely fast blinds
- Sky Sports Bounty Hunter - A £33 buy-in tournament, which is also shown on Sky Sports The action is action-packed and some of the guests who have featured in the studio to cover the tournament include Luke Schwartz, Neil Channing, Ian Frazer (poker player) and WPT champion McLean Karr.
Players can also "satellite" into a tournament, which means
qualifying through a series of smaller tournaments, for a small amount
of money.
