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I really do hope they don't pick the usual suspects. I hope they go for some unknowns AND people who contribute to this site in some wider way.
I can cope with these guys because they all know what they're doing. It's the complete wild cards I struggle with. I bet they would all say the same about facing each other.
Personally I would search to see who has won the most over last few months as long as they have played enough hands to make the results useful. There is no other way of judging players as problem with Poker is you can quite easily look like a genius or complete fool just looking at a few hands, In poker long term profit or loss is the scorecard.
It would be really interesting to see exactly how much regs make, we can guess but ultimatly thats all it is. We may be able to one day if HEM is ever enabled on the site but theres other threads to debate pros/cons of that.
I have already had a phone call regarding total player and talking to a couple of regs in the games I play they have too.
Really impressed with the APAT qualifiers, standard of play in that was pretty high.
My top 10 really are:
Tallboy, GregHogg, Kaidus, Irishrover, Massie29, Sharksbite, Solack, OnlyOneCT, TheSwiss, BigShann
Equally
MickJenn1, Phil12UK, Flashflush, Dantb10, Gerrard9, Gliterbabe, Karlluke, Delta, Nutter5932, TheSaw, Mike1975, Uzilover, Bennydip2, Razorkev.
Lower stakes - Margatemaf, jamielou, Destiny33.
Dave
questionable lists ITT
Don`t get me wrong, there is every possibility there is a budding pro in the making playing 2p/4p right now, but how are they going to shine for the mentors? They are not going to be on 2nd, or 3rd level thinking even if they were capable of it. They are going to be playing to make money which is abc.
You cannot beat that level with fancy moves.
you could make a move at 2/4p and look like a donk, make the same move at 2/4£ and look like a genius.
The bigger players who started out small know what goes on down there and it would be much easier for them to drop down than those down there to go up
I think some of you have lost sight of the overall intent of Total Player.
This is to find someone who can improve their game and hopefully get to a certain standard to compete in some big games.
I have no axe to grind with ANY players on this site, but, imo, if the mentors ONLY choose players from the higher stakes, the whole thing will lose any credibility.
Surely the best they can do is pick players from across the spectrum of levels, as skill does not always equate to the size of your bankroll.
I agree that Will Brewin has PROVED that he could do the job at the higher levels, but who is to say that, with the correct backing that I couldn't reach that level of skill as well.
Don't get me wrong I don't believe I will be chosen, but i think it would be great to see someone like me, who understands the game a bit, to get the chance to have some coaching to become a better player.
One final thought, this was an interesting thread but we have to beware that if we name players and they don't make the lists it can be a bit unfair on the people picked, that they may think they don't have the full backing of the community. So my advice would be to wait until the mentors have picked their choices first, then we can debate their merits.
Rant over, good luck to everyone
Col
Hi all,
seems silly this small stakes / big stakes issue,
it does not matter either way ,
here is one reason why,
once upon a time there was a little irishrover [ postman pat ]
he deposited 50 pounds in the very sinful game of poker in sky,
oh them nasty players on sky had eating up poor little irishrovers 50 pounds in no time,
did irishrover cry big tears after that loss ? yes he did !
but he put in another 50 pounds and remembered the fairy poker granfathers[ tk ]words ,
" irish you must be patience and deal with badbeats better ",
and so he did ,
now at present that little irishrover is £7,400 in profit from his second £50 deposit,
his biggest win was on a freeroll £300 pounds ,
he never bets more than £5 pounds,
and little irishrover spends his bankroll to pay his nasty credit card ,
he always likes to leave around £150 in his account to accommodate a bad run of cards,
and his credit card is used to buy his kiddies goodies,
only fair for the time and energy that he puts in to skypoker,
so hence the moral of the story is,
you don't have to be a highstakes player to win big on skypoker.
your irish little poker stakes m8 rover.
I really, really, really don't.
And i wasn't inferring I should be top 5, i'm not top 50.
its wasn't about "whose a big player" "whose a small player"
it was simply a question of who you would choose
alot of big players have got there roll from starting small
and some prefer to stay at low stakes
get back to what the thread was hey guys n girls
i dont know many players on here ive seen some names and some that pop up more than others, good luck and fair play too the person thats chosen and im sure it will be someone they have seen for years, not a newbie that has just come and loses with all ins lol.