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Scotty77 IN THE WELL

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  • scotty77scotty77
    edited April 2014
    In Response to Re: Scotty77 IN THE WELL:
    hi ryan.. you dont know me but we have shared a few tables up in dtd ( i know you from tv, im not stalking you dont worry) i just joined sky and the forum, and wandering what the best games around here are.. im a med stakes player prob play 3/4 tournies a night £22 buy in level.  not new to poker but fairly new to online.  Play alot live in my local casino and dtd £150 and £300 deepstacks..  Due to new baby arival not so long ago im playing more online to stay in the house :)  joined sky today, and was given a free £22 entry so il have a pop tonight as i see theres a £55 game.. is that any good?
    Posted by bluffyou2
    Hiya - if we have shared tables a few times then I probably do know you - have quite a memory for faces actually!

    Yeah the Saturday night Primo is one of the best main events on the site. Looking at around £2.7-3k ftw.  Really nice structure too.  Make sure you play the mini event for the jackpot too!  If you do BI for this then Sky will take £22 of the entry fee, so it will only cost you £33.

    Bounty Hunters are popular on the site - slightly more action than normal MTTs.  The prizepool is split in half for the bounties however this does mean that they are lower variance as even if you don't hit the money, quite often you will take a few head prizes down meaning the BI si covered.

    The Sunday Roller is the flagship tournie of the week.  £110BI but tonnes of sats running all day - £20kGTD this week.  Another one that is a really good, slow deep structure is the Wednesday night Rebuy and it plays really well.

    Say hi next time at DTD and don't be a stranger to the forum!  GL hope it goes well.

    Oh and make sure you join in the UKOPS events, start from next Friday - 

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  • scotty77scotty77
    edited April 2014
    Oh and 2 things that are a bit unique to Sky Poker than other sites bluffyou2.

    The action tends to be 6 max.

    There are no antes; this does mean that you can wait a few BBs more than on other sites/live before it becomes an all in or fold situation.


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  • DonttelmumDonttelmum
    edited April 2014
    Hi Ryan. Just wondering if you would like a grind challenge. Either hours played or points in a month? I'd go for points if I were you as you don't stand a chance if it were hours played ;). We could bring in amount of bi's won too. Not sure of the finer details, just looking for some inspiration. I sure we could come up with a forfeit for the loser.

    Run good buddy!
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  • MattBatesMattBates
    edited April 2014
    Some great stuff in this Ryan, you have showed that you have a great understanding of the game!

    What is your view that poker is a young mans game and the older players cant hack it?

    I have a friend who is trying to make it in the game but he is really old, and I mean like REALLY old and I am worried he may be past it and would be better to consider a different source of income.

    Matt
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  • wynne1938wynne1938
    edited April 2014
    In Response to Re: Scotty77 IN THE WELL:
    Some great stuff in this Ryan, you have showed that you have a great understanding of the game! What is your view that poker is a young mans game and the older players cant hack it? I have a friend who is trying to make it in the game but he is really old, and I mean like REALLY old and I am worried he may be past it and would be better to consider a different source of income. Matt
    Posted by MattBates
    Speak for yourself,many an old one including me can stand on our own 2 feet.
    Do not be an ageist!

    You must have an over rated opinion of yourself.

    If I was you I would delete your comments!
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  • THEROCK573THEROCK573
    edited April 2014
    In Response to Re: Scotty77 IN THE WELL:
    In Response to Re: Scotty77 IN THE WELL : Speak for yourself,many an old one including me can stand on our own 2 feet. Do not be an ageist! You must have an over rated opinion of yourself. If I was you I would delete your comments!
    Posted by wynne1938
    hes only messing wynne, calm urself down and get some naps picked out for tommorow :-)
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  • wynne1938wynne1938
    edited April 2014
    He has got right up my nose!
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  • MattBatesMattBates
    edited April 2014

    Epic banter fail me me!

    Sorry for trying to make a joke about another sky reg on the forum

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  • wynne1938wynne1938
    edited April 2014
    Apology accepted.

    You touched a nerve.

    I do not like racist,ageist,and any adverse comments about the disabled.

    I'm sorry for my outburst,guess I'm old fashioned!
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  • jonjo75jonjo75
    edited April 2014
    In Response to Re: Scotty77 IN THE WELL:
    Apology accepted. You touched a nerve. I do not like racist,ageist,and any adverse comments about the disabled. I'm sorry for my outburst,guess I'm old fashioned!
    Posted by wynne1938

    So they didn't have banter back in the old days?
    Sorry Wynne but Matt has nothing to apologise for. Being old fashioned does not mean you don't understand banter.
    Banter is ageless.
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  • F_IvanovicF_Ivanovic
    edited April 2014
    Agreed, matt's post made me PMSL!! (I guess I must be the old one if I'm literally doing that :P ) 

    I guess wynne your not a fan of Frankie Boyle! He will joke about anything and everyone including himself. He's not racist, ageist or anything like that though because he doesn't discriminate who he makes jokes against. 

    edit: Just realised this is scotty's well so to not go off-topic here's my non-poker related qn: Who is your favourite comedian?

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  • NoseyBonkNoseyBonk
    edited April 2014
    In Response to Re: Scotty77 IN THE WELL:
    Agreed, matt's post made me PMSL!! (I guess I must be the old one if I'm literally doing that :P )  I guess wynne your not a fan of Frankie Boyle! He will joke about anything and everyone including himself. He's not racist, ageist or anything like that though because he doesn't discriminate who he makes jokes against.  edit: Just realised this is scotty's well so to not go off-topic here's my non-poker related qn: Who is your favourite comedian?
    Posted by F_Ivanovic
    Blimey (hope that language doesn't 'offend' anyone).. but I don't think he will be.
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  • Jac35Jac35
    edited April 2014
    Fantastic result again last night Ryan.
    Do you think think that there could become a stage when you would concentrate on mtts as your main game?
    Or will cash always be your preferred choice? 

    I know Pleno started the year seeing cash as his main source of income but has won the lot mtt wise. Do you see yourself possibly switching your attention more to the mtts as well with the form you're in right now?

    Also well done with dealing in the perfect way with one of the railers
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  • MattBatesMattBates
    edited April 2014
    Will try and not derail the thread anymore!

    Is the motivation for you purely financial, or are you motivated by say admiration of your peers/online rankings/poker allowing you to travel the world etc?
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  • scotty77scotty77
    edited April 2014
    In Response to Re: Scotty77 IN THE WELL:
    Hi Ryan. Just wondering if you would like a grind challenge. Either hours played or points in a month? I'd go for points if I were you as you don't stand a chance if it were hours played ;). We could bring in amount of bi's won too. Not sure of the finer details, just looking for some inspiration. I sure we could come up with a forfeit for the loser. Run good buddy!
    Posted by Donttelmum
    I'm afraid that I can no longer grind like I used too - you'd just clean up in any kind of challenge like this!

    Spend too much time away at live poker now too which makes things difficult.  About 18 months or so ago 20k was my usual points tally - now 10-12k is a good month for me!
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  • scotty77scotty77
    edited April 2014
    In Response to Re: Scotty77 IN THE WELL:
    Agreed, matt's post made me PMSL!! (I guess I must be the old one if I'm literally doing that :P )  I guess wynne your not a fan of Frankie Boyle! He will joke about anything and everyone including himself. He's not racist, ageist or anything like that though because he doesn't discriminate who he makes jokes against.  edit: Just realised this is scotty's well so to not go off-topic here's my non-poker related qn: Who is your favourite comedian?
    Posted by F_Ivanovic
    Bill Burr is currently my top comic - really funny American guy and if you are a fan of Frankie Boyle then you should like him too.  His stand up shows are on Netflix.

    Louis CK too.


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  • scotty77scotty77
    edited April 2014
    In Response to Re: Scotty77 IN THE WELL:
    Fantastic result again last night Ryan. Do you think think that there could become a stage when you would concentrate on mtts as your main game? Or will cash always be your preferred choice?  I know Pleno started the year seeing cash as his main source of income but has won the lot mtt wise. Do you see yourself possibly switching your attention more to the mtts as well with the form you're in right now? Also well done with dealing in the perfect way with one of the railers
    Posted by Jac35
    Nah MTTs are too swingy!  Last night I was in for £3k in BIs and had a deep run on another site for 2.7k and this one too but bar those I bricked a LOT!

    I like my balance at the minute.  Cash is so much more dependable and I enjoy the consistency of it.

    Nothing like binking an MTT tho.  Real big rush at any MTT FT!

    And yeah one of the set backs of the job is the trolls - thankfully they are few and far between and most people are sensible when one comes around and sees them for what they are. Believe me that was tame compared to some of the characters I've had to deal with in my time!
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  • scotty77scotty77
    edited April 2014
    In Response to Re: Scotty77 IN THE WELL:
    Will try and not derail the thread anymore! Is the motivation for you purely financial, or are you motivated by say admiration of your peers/online rankings/poker allowing you to travel the world etc?
    Posted by MattBates
    Yeah money is the number 1 goald.

    Don't really care about admiration or peers nor online rankings (never bothered to sign upto Pocket5s etc).  Of course it's nice to be recognised for being a good player/having good results, plus with being a name/face of Sky Poker then it makes sense to do the social media stuff when deep in a big live event.  

    Even tho I'm not sponsored by Sky and my professional obligations are to the TV channel, some poker media websites still refer to me as the Sky Poker Pro!

    Afte the money, the travel and the freedom of being a poker professional is by far the most important factor.

    One thing that is really close to my heart is promoting responsible gambling, seeing people enjoy their poker while also learning more about the game step by step.  That is and always will be far more important to me than getting praise from the kind of people that populate 2plus2 or a load of MTT 'sickos' that are upto their eyeballs in makeup.  I've had the lolpro tag many times from people who have to sell 80pc at 1.2 to fund 200$ online schedule - I really couldn't care less about what that type of player thinks of me or my game.
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  • david666david666
    edited April 2014
    Congrats ryan on your greqt run, I was wondering as a pro whats your position on deals in poker, selling or swapping percentages in others and the decisions that arise when both situations occur together?

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  • scotty77scotty77
    edited April 2014
    In Response to Re: Scotty77 IN THE WELL:
    Congrats ryan on your greqt run, I was wondering as a pro whats your position on deals in poker, selling or swapping percentages in others and the decisions that arise when both situations occur together?
    Posted by david666
    Deals - can totally agree why they should be allowed when it is huge money uptop.   Of course it has to be a good deal for all parties. Sadly only had the opportunity to be in that position once where I did a deal with Sky reg Doobs on another sites 1kHR event.

    Selling pieces - I sell pieces for any event over £1k.  This is standard as a pro.  Sometimes it will be at markup, and sometimes just at face value.  You won't find many pros with more than 60% of themselves in big events!  It reduces the variance and if you sat into a large buyin event then it covers the expenses.  Once had this thrown in my face as not being a proper pro as I sold 30-40% of my action in EPTs LOL!

    Swapping pieces - yeah I certainly prefer this to selling pieces.  Love the sweat and a great way to reduce your variance.  Helps with friendships too.  Of course would only do this with people who I trust in this situation as I don't want to feel like I'm being in a negavtive freeroll scenario.  Ability is important too but trust is def the biggest factor.

    I also buy a reasonable amount of action and have done fairly well but again it is only with people who I know fairly well.

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  • david666david666
    edited April 2014
    Do you/would you want input into deal making when  you have a piece of someone or do you think that deal making should be handled by the players themselves? I personally think it should remain at the table, but with some of the amounts being played for, it could be hard to watch your horse not maximise their potential profit. Would you pay a higher markup to a player who you knew could drive an almighty deal, or the marginally better player??
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  • waller02waller02
    edited April 2014
    Loving this thread, it's very interesting to hear your views on the game etc..

    What I want to know is, was there a defining moment in your poker career where you realised you were going pro? Or did it just happen naturally as you moved up the stakes? Also, what was your background before poker, your job, did you still live with your parents etc..? Was going pro a tough decision and do you ever wish you did something else for a living?

    Sorry a lot of questions there!
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  • chicknMeltchicknMelt
    edited April 2014
    what is the biggest hand you have ever played?

    what has been the highlight of your poker career so far?

    what has been your worst moment/time in your poker career? and what did you do to survive it? (sounds like you havent had too many bad periods tbf though!)

    are you kinda wishing you didnt agree to do this thread? - you must have written quite alot by now :) ...Its all very interesting though, and probably by far the most read thread on the community atm.
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  • pryce6pryce6
    edited April 2014
    When you are having a particularly bad or frustrating run in tournaments is there anything you do differently to try and get a result? (i.e whinging a lot to your friends)

    When are you writing your next blog for my website?

    Ta
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  • scotty77scotty77
    edited April 2014
    In Response to Re: Scotty77 IN THE WELL:
    Do you/would you want input into deal making when  you have a piece of someone or do you think that deal making should be handled by the players themselves? I personally think it should remain at the table, but with some of the amounts being played for, it could be hard to watch your horse not maximise their potential profit. Would you pay a higher markup to a player who you knew could drive an almighty deal, or the marginally better player??
    Posted by david666
    I think buying a piece in a player because of their potential deal making abiliites is getting a bit ahead of yourself tbh...should always be on their trustworthiness and ability.

    I assume you are talking about the EPT deal?  Tom is a great guy but was backed in this tournie....was a bit of a sticky situation.  That is the kind of thing we see when FTs online go to a deal process except all the friends offer their views on Skype of FB!
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  • scotty77scotty77
    edited April 2014
    In Response to Re: Scotty77 IN THE WELL:
    Loving this thread, it's very interesting to hear your views on the game etc.. What I want to know is, was there a defining moment in your poker career where you realised you were going pro? Or did it just happen naturally as you moved up the stakes? Also, what was your background before poker, your job, did you still live with your parents etc..? Was going pro a tough decision and do you ever wish you did something else for a living? Sorry a lot of questions there!
    Posted by waller02
    It was just a natural thing, with earning more/moving up levels.  I was really ill just before I went pro so my parents really helped me out with living costs.

    I sometimes wish that I did something more 'meaningfull' than poker in terms of how it is valued in the outside world, however I am very happy with how poker has panned out for me so far and hopefully a few more interesting times to come!

    Before poker I just had a normal office job - was just a stop gap before uni and then I got sick so it all went on hold! My blog PokerPlayer magazine website has a more indepth account :)
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  • scotty77scotty77
    edited April 2014
    In Response to Re: Scotty77 IN THE WELL:
    what is the biggest hand you have ever played? what has been the highlight of your poker career so far? what has been your worst moment/time in your poker career? and what did you do to survive it? (sounds like you havent had too many bad periods tbf though!) are you kinda wishing you didnt agree to do this thread? - you must have written quite alot by now :) ...Its all very interesting though, and probably by far the most read thread on the community atm.
    Posted by chicknMelt
    Biggest hand ever played - cash was in a live £2/5/10 game.  Was just over £8k.  I got it in with red AA (obv).  He has black KK. Came an all club flop!  Was pretty scary haha but managed to hold!

    Tournie - had just min cashed a 1kHR online event and had about 50bb.  Had a pretty insane dynamic with the guy to my left.  Open 99UTG, he 3bets UTG1, I 4bet, he 5s, I jam.  He has QQ.  QT8 flop.....4 turn J river.  And they say I run good!  I had the big CL from then on and kinda crushed it all the way to the FT.  Was the difference between 2k min cash and the 60k 2nd I got.

    I don't think I have had too many low moments.  Tough months, yeah of course, but in the grand scheme of things my problems are tiny compared to a lot of peoples and think one thing that helps me is that I never lose perspective of how lucky I am to make a living out of playing cards.  There are many, many turning points in my career that had they gone then other way then I simply am not writing this post by now.
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  • scotty77scotty77
    edited April 2014
    In Response to Re: Scotty77 IN THE WELL:
    When you are having a particularly bad or frustrating run in tournaments is there anything you do differently to try and get a result? (i.e whinging a lot to your friends) When are you writing your next blog for my website? Ta
    Posted by pryce6
    I don't whinge I do strategic, tactical moan ins about once every 4 months.  This is unlike your strategy of moaning everytime you lose 15bb in a pot 40 times a day.

    I shall do a blog when I have something to say.  We can talk over dinner.  You buying?
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  • railtard11railtard11
    edited April 2014
    Ive been coaching ryan for about 5 months. He is definately one of the most genuine, hard working and dedicated pro's in the country. He was already a very good player with a great poker brain when i started working with him, and it seems like things have clicked recently and he is enjoying a decent sized heater.
    He deserves every success that comes his way.
    Ill fire a coupla questions your way;
    What is sexier, kelly brook OR flopping a set in a 4bet pot, 200bb deep vs the weakest player at the table?
    And, whats the most generous thing you have ever done for a friend or family member after a big win or for xmas/birthdays?

    Keep up the good work m8
    p.s were doing a lesson in 10 minutes so hurry up and finish typing here :-)
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  • scotty77scotty77
    edited April 2014
    In Response to Re: Scotty77 IN THE WELL:
    Ive been coaching ryan for about 5 months. He is definately one of the most genuine, hard working and dedicated pro's in the country. He was already a very good player with a great poker brain when i started working with him, and it seems like things have clicked recently and he is enjoying a decent sized heater. He deserves every success that comes his way. Ill fire a coupla questions your way; What is sexier, kelly brook OR flopping a set in a 4bet pot, 200bb deep vs the weakest player at the table? And, whats the most generous thing you have ever done for a friend or family member after a big win or for xmas/birthdays? Keep up the good work m8 p.s were doing a lesson in 10 minutes so hurry up and finish typing here :-)
    Posted by railtard11
    Still think I'm pretty lazy with what I do and need to improve so much!

    Kelly Brook obv.  I quite often flop sets when deep so I fancy a change.

    Um family - bought my Mum a car. Paid for a couple of holidays for the family too.  When a big win comes I'm gonna take them all to Vegas I think!


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