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I think I echo Boylebag's comment. Although I talk to most of the other players in my team off the table, I hope you run bad ;-).
Let the best 2 men/women get through and me in 3rd.
Flash
Before we get onto Team Matt's Boot-Camp Phase 1 Debut tonight, let's just clear up some stuff from Team Ed's week.
I've had some long PM's from a few players abouut it, & they are quite complex - I'll reply to them later today. Bear with me, please.
It must be gutting to not progress, & this will repeat every Saturday night for some weeks. Poker makes dreams come true. And nightmares.
Now, some stats & stuff - I like stats & stuff.
Team Ed's original 6 picks had an average age of (37+37+25+53+22+21) 34.
His remaining three have an average age of (37+25+22) 28.
They live in Hove (Sussex), Doncaster (Yorkshire) & Northwich (Chesire). They mine salt in Northwich, bye the bye, & it's quite near the Jodrell Bank Telescope.
In aggregate, they had a starting Bankroll of (6 x £500) £3,000, & they finished with an aggregate of £3,860. Impressive stuff.
During the three evenings, they played, in aggregate, 194 SNG's & MTT's, & over 6,000 hands of Cash. Collectively, their average % of cash hands won was 21%.
So, that was Team Ed's Phase One Boot-Camp.
I thought it was a revelation, to be able to Rail the guys, support them on the Rail, see the Reports on this Thread, da de da. Most of all, I thought it terrific the way everyone supported everyone, even the Team-Mates, even the Picks from the other Teams.
Total Player exceeded all my expectations last week, to be honest - terrific entertainment. It's such a shame there has to be losers, but that's the very nature of the beast.
Next up - this week's fayre.
Best of luck to all the team, Bring on 7pm!!
Before I list all the Details for Team Matt's Debut tonight, one thing.
Matt indicated on here last week that due to personal circumstances, he would NOT be available for Mentoring purposes on Wednesday of this week. This was wholly unforeseeable.
Matt announced that I would therefore "stand-in" for him this Wednesday evening, & of course, I'm happy to help.
However......
I will NOT be "mentoring" as such - that'd be wholly wrong, & quite improper, even assuming I was competent so to do, & frankly, I'm not sure I am. We have to have a sort of Chinese Wall here, anything else would be very wrong. I know too many of the players personally, & as most of you know, I'm a bit OCD with these things.
But I WILL be there to Rail the Team, to help them with off-table questions & such-like, & maybe Post up a brief report of how they got on during & after the evening. Really, I'll jusy act as a comnmunication duct to Matt, to make him aware of what went off in his absence. A sort of water-carrier, or sponge-man, no more than that.
I don't use MSN either, (whatever happened to postcards?), then it'll have to be via Moby. I'll PM all of Team Matt my Moby Number between now & Wednesday. More details nearer the time.
So, to Team Matt. Here's their TP Aliases, so you can rail them if you wish. (Use the "Find A Player" Tab to search for them).
TP_BoyleB
TP_BrownD
TP_FlashF
TP_lJAMESl
TP_SharksB
TP_Sparce
Remember, they have ALL been entered, at no cost to their Bankroll, in the 8pm Main Event on Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday.
As of now, they have £500 each.
They need to, between the hours of 7pm & 11pm on the three nights, play a gross MINIMUM of...
The Three Main Events
10 x £11 SNG's.
3 hours of 25p-50p+
The Rules, & clarifications, of Boot-Camp Phase 1 are on Pages 40 & 41 of this Thread. If in doubt, read them, or ask.
To all 6 of them, I wish them the very best of luck. And remind them, that come Saturday night, the 6 will only be 3......
Fun, yes, easy, no.
I've already spoken with most of you individually now, but just a reminder - make sure you have my mentor MSN in your system and i'm not blocked! Trying to watch six people multitabling isn't going to be the easiest thing, so i'll be bouncing around sniping here and there, but ultimately i just want you to focus on your game. Don't worry about chasing loses, don't worry about having a bad run and it affecting your chances, and certainly don't worry that we're all watching! ^__^
Relax, play the game that got you this far, and enjoy playing with someone else's money!
Remember, good poker impresses me, not the ROI from three enforced four hour sessions, so NEVER compromise your poker to try and score a big hit.
Best of all, run well and have fun.
See you on the other side
Matt
PS Thanks again to TK for babysitting on the Wednesday. I WILL be reviewing hands from the session, and please all feel free to bump me any hand histories you want to go over during the phase. I'd also suggest you keep a summary of your night's play - nothing detailed, just where, when and what you played, how you fared, and anything notable. That way I can go back and look at situations I might have missd on the night. GL!
PPS Ling wanted me to remind you to keep a note of any hand numbers for interesting hands that you think might make good viewing! ^__^
Hope everyoen involved has a profitable evening and may the best 3 progress.
gareth
I hate you graffiti merchants.
It's a question for Matt really, but in case he misses it......
As far as I am aware, "SNG's" means exactly that - anything contained within the SNG Tab in the Poker Lobby. So that would include DYM's, yes.
Good Luck tonight & going forward, but most of all, enjoy.
Thanks for you reply in advanced
Just a quick reminder - Hand Id's need to be in by noon on Thurdsay - That is the deadline folks - Or as stated they will not be put forward for the show...
Best of luck to the TP'ers tonight!
A xx
Whatever you choose... Play to your strengths!
Another TP-er just got 30th in th BH, & several ran deep in it.
What did you think had gone wrong?
PS - I've been watching the TP Lads, & some of the cash action is very entertaining, with somwe juicy pots. I was gonna put up a Post up suggesting folks went & watched it, but then I thought, nah, think I'll swerve that...........
Quite annoyed at the bounty hunter but still feeling good for tomorow. Looking forward to hearing how everyone else got on...lol sparce at 100nl thats excellent.
sooo here how it looks:
Cash = +69
Stt = - 21.50
not terrible but going to have to do better