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Gamers who put on a GGPoker patch at stay UK tournaments can win prizes, together with free entries into subsequent stay occasions. [Image: Shutterstock.com]
For the common man
Usually, on-line poker sponsorships are reserved for prime professionals, for well-known poker gamers. GGPoker, the most important on-line poker site on the planet, is altering that, giving common gamers a chance to have their stay occasion buy-ins paid for by the location.
The “Patch Me Up” promotion isn’t doling out conventional poker site sponsorships, however fairly providing gamers the prospect to be rewarded for carrying a GGPoker at stay tournaments in the UK. Some gamers will win match tickets and {dollars} on GGPoker, whereas some can be fortunate sufficient to have their subsequent stay UK match entry paid by GGPoker.
GGPoker desires to create one thing that reveals how a lot we worth gamers of all ranges”
“The world of poker is an excellent mixture of gamers from all walks of life and ranges of play,” mentioned GGPoker UK & Eire head of promoting Angela Martin. “All too usually it’s the prime gamers of the sport that reap the rewards; GGPoker desires to create one thing that reveals how a lot we worth gamers of all ranges with rewards, no matter the place they end in a match.”
Social media-driven
To take part, poker gamers should first fill out an utility to obtain a GGPoker patch. Patch in hand, gamers can then put on it at choose stay occasions in the UK. GGPoker will then give out $500 in prizes every day – match ticket or match money – to some fortunate gamers who full a “content material problem.”
The content material challenges are GGPoker’s method of selling their website and can be introduced prematurely of the occasion. Attainable challenges embrace posting the “picture of the day” on social media, constructing the most effective card tower, receiving essentially the most social media likes in a day, posting a photograph with essentially the most patched-up GGPoker gamers in it, having the most important chip stake of GGPoker gamers within the match, or performing the most effective chip trick.
Other than the promo being restricted to particular stay tournaments within the UK, one catch is that individuals will need to have a minimum of one social media account and have a historical past of posting about poker “about as soon as a month.”
The 5 gamers donning the GGPoker patch at a match who acquire essentially the most social media publicity (primarily based on variety of posts, engagement, and attain), will win a buy-in to the subsequent stay UK occasion, decided by GGPoker. One other 5 can be chosen out of everybody else who participates within the Patch Me Up promo on the given match.
The good patch race was a large number
These days, carrying logos and patches throughout stay poker tournaments is commonplace, however it actually began in earnest throughout the poker increase within the mid-aughts, notably on the World Collection of Poker. On-line poker rooms have been in an arms race, attempting to gobble up as many purchasers as attainable. Naturally, getting their logos on gamers that might be on tv on the most world’s most prestigious poker match was considered a great way to realize model consciousness.
Sadly, it turned a little bit of a large number. Because the WSOP closing desk neared, on-line poker rooms would scramble to attempt to get gamers to signal contracts – generally for only a day – to put on their brand. This author remembers being on the Rio in 2006 as simply two or three tables remained, watching gamers huddle with representatives of poker rooms, even going as much as their resort rooms throughout breaks to hash out phrases.
change allegiances deep within the match when one other poker site provided them a bunch of cash
Typically gamers would qualify for the WSOP Primary Occasion by way of a web based satellite tv for pc, put on that poker site’s patch all through the tourney, after which change allegiances deep within the match when one other poker site provided them a bunch of cash. It was a tricky scenario. It was costly for the poker rooms, however they didn’t really feel they’d a lot alternative, and it solely benefited the few gamers who have been about to make tons of money, anyway.
At this time, the WSOP has strict guidelines as to what number of and what sorts of logos gamers could put on at televised tables. And whereas on-line poker rooms nonetheless compete for market share, the patch battle royale isn’t the farce it was.