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On the other hand, I do know that the RNGs used by online poker sites cannot be bribed or influenced in any way.
To be fair, if I had the degree of paranoi & mistrust of all things Sky Poker - as to everything they do it seems - that you appear to have, I'd not play here.
On Saturday, you once again suggested Total Player was improper, by saying "it makes the freemasons look normal", then described the selections as "predictable". (But nobody predicted the first 10 picks).
All these allegations from you, regularly, but as yet, you have never produced one shred of evidence.
"a poker forum"...a forum for the posting of topics relating to poker?
In Response to Re: STANDARD OF PLAY GONE UP....YEAH RIGHT!!!!:
Why would you play Online if all Poker Sites are not to be trusted?The world's biggest online Site has dealt over 200 billion hands. Not once have they been been found guilty of any malpractice. 200 billion hands, & nobody has caught them out yet?
It's entirely fair to dicuss Poker on a poker forum. But you are saying Sky Poker - & thus the Staff here - are dishonest. What evidence have you got to that effect? Lay it on the Table.
FWIW, you have no right to say I, or we, are dishonest, unless you can produce some evidence. Throwing allegations around willy-nilly is not hard. But it's not clever, either, anyone can do it. Providing the evidence is the tricky bit.
Feel free to take the matter up with the Independent Regulators, too, they will be most interested if you have any evidence.
and lets not forget that the "worlds biggest online site" is owned by a wanted criminal for financial crimes just for the record.
I DO NOT THINK THAT SKY DELIBERATELY SHOULD OR DOES SABBOTAGE MY OR ANY OTHER HANDS AND APOLOGISE TOTALLY FOR BLAMING SKY OR ANY OFFENCE CAUSED TO SKY STAFF.
I JUST SEEMS THAT SOMETIMES THE SELECTION OF CARDS BY THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE (PARTICULARLY RIVER ONES) SEEM TO FAVOUR A HAND THAT PERHAPS SHOULD HAVE A STATISTICALLY WORSE CHANCE OF WINNING AND A LOT OF PEOPLE MOAN ABOUT IT. I THINK THAT THE PROBABILITY (NOT 100%) SHOULD LEAN TOWARDS VERY GOOD HOLE CARDS WINNING AND IT DOESNT SEEM TO BE THE CASE. ITS JUST HOW I FEEL RATHER THAN THAT IS AN ABSOLUTE FACT.
I LOVE TO PLAY POKER AND REALLY FEEL THAT I HAVE IMPROVED. I WAS POSTING MY MESSAGE ON TILT LOL BECAUSE OF THE UNBELIEVABLY SAVAGE HANDS AND CALLS THAT I HAVE HAD LATELY. SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE WRITTEN WHILST PLAYING CASH GAMES THAT THEY BLAME SKY AND THEY ARE LEAVING FOR ANOTHER SITE WHICH MADE ME THINK THAT ITS ALL SKYS FAULT. I FOOLISHLY JUMPED ON THIS BANDWAGON AND NOW DONT BELIEVE IT AND WILL NOT LEAVE SKY. I WILL CHOOSE MY WORDS MORE WISELY IN FUTURE AND WILL CHAT RATHER THAN RANT.
after reading this,
i hope you do post more on here ,
heres 1 big fan of yours ,
for been so honest,
over and out roborover .
Thank you Mr Air.
Poker is a beautiful but brutal game. Live Poker is played for huge stakes, £1,000 buy-ins are commonplace, but the same inexplicable calls & sick outdraws occur. I was at the Baden EPT one year - €5,000 buy-in, 20,000 starting stack, 90 minute clock, 5 day event. Two guys got it all-in first hand. A-A v K-K? Nope. A-Q v 5-5. Go figure!
It's easy to look to place the blame elsewhere when we take a beat, but ultimately, we choose to play a game where outdraws are common but not unexpected. 4/1 shots are not THAT rare in life, or in poker, & A-A has no right to win.
I'm delighted you have decided to look afresh at the game, & I wish you many happy years playing poker, be it here, or elsewhere. Preferably here, of course!
Traffic at Sky Poker this last month has broken all records, so you can safely ignore the nonsense that players are leaving Sky Poker. They are not. When players Post "we are leaving", they are usually on the site the next day. This Forum proves that! Together, we can go places.
Take care now, & thank you again for your brave Post.
I've just driven up from London, & the roads were well hairy, so my adrenelin is racing a bit.
Have you ever noticed that we are often not tired when we go to bed, but when we wake up the next day, we are wrecked? How weird is that?
CHEERS TIKAY. I HAVE LEARNED TO SNIFF OUT THESE SO CALLED DONKS AND HIT EM HARD WHEN I KNOW THAT I HAVE A WINNING HAND AND JUST PERHAPS IGNORE THEIR SILLY BLIND RASES. AFTER ALL, AT LEAST THEY WONT PLAY TIGHT AND GIVEN GOOD TIMING YOU CAN SUCK THEM OUT. ALSO A GOOD IDEA BY SOMEONE THAT SOMETIMES CALL ALL INS AT BEGINNING OF CHEAP TOURNAMENTS TO GET YOURSELF ON THE FINAL TABLE WITHOUT TOO MUCH GRAFT AS OPPOSED TO PLAYING A STEADY GAME ONLY TO FINISH 14TH OR SO AFTER 3 HOURS OF METHODICAL POKER. MIGHT TRY THAT ONE. WISH I COULD AFFORD THOUSAND DOLLAR + TOURNYS BUT WILL ALWAYS PLAY FOR PLEASURE NO MATTER WHAT THE STAKES.
THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR YOUR RESPONSE AND SKIN U ONE DAY LOL !.
I'm pleased to say I've never called a player a "donk" in my life, & it's not in my nature to mock anyone, no matter what their skill level is or is not.
It might be wise if you were to be a little more circumspect, too.
I don't think that he would claim to be a great "analyst". His commentary on the WSOP this year was mainly themed around not playing "any" ace if I remember correctly. He is a very funny man and I enjoy his commentary.
SKyPoker has educated a host of people new to poker through the TV channel, videos on this site, boot camps etc.
It does no-one any credit to gratuitously insult players and far too many people seem to think that it is acceptable.
Players each pay the same to enter a tournament and they are entitled to play their cards how they want. The TV analyst may advise them how to play but it is certainly not their job to criticise them.
I have nothing but admiration for Norman Chad, & I was thrilled to meet him & chat with him in Vegas last year. He is my idol, in TV Commentary terms, a very funny & clever guy.
However, we are comparing chalk with cheese here. The comments he makes are not aimed at Clients of his Show. Ours are.
And if Sky Pokeer instructed me to be rude to our Players, I'd leave on the spot. It's not my thing.
We DO correct mistakes, & point out bad plays, every single Show. I do it all the time, & I ask the Players to write to me, or Post on the Forum, if they disagree with my constructive criticisms.
I get - literally - scores of PM's & e-Mails thanking me for handling these matters constructively & politely. (And I reply to every single one).
Calling people "donks", "fish", muppets" & such like is never going to happen here. That does not mean we do not deal with the weaknesses in their plays. Nobody ever taught me a thing by insulting me. They taught me by explaining patiently & politely where I was going wrong.
It's easy to insult - anyone can do it. My cat could. It's less easy to be constructive.
There is never a need, or a benefit, for bad manners.