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total player??????
ok currently watchin total player....lol......what is goin on? the mentor is talkin total rubbish and his picks and there plays are laughable!! even Rich Orford is tryin to restrain himself!! well only seen half the show so far so maybe it will improve!!
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ok second half was better, 3 very good picks! glad jakally got in
gl to all the total players but it seems a bit rigged to me
yet again its the big names that get it all
you have the faces of sky poker there
i have nothin against any of you just seems sky give it all to there stars
Even on those selections of hands, I think that we can agree that the right players got picked.
The chosen three are all tremendous players and thoroughly deserve their selection.
Its so hard to chose 5 specific hands guys that show off ur skills, it really is - And sending in a good lay down, is almost impossible, as when you fold, the other fella mucks, so u dont know if its a good lay down or not! - Gud way to find out I spose but it could look embarassing - N ur not gunna risk that! - Also looking thru ur HH is hard if u play alot.
But the fella picking the players will have looked through hundreds of hands from the players, not just 1 or 2.
Just a note when it goes to the section of the show where the emails are read out, the presenters seem to think its brilliant that the past picks are emailing in to support the nominated 10 players, an example of good community spirit? lol C'mon as if, U rekon if these guys hadn't had a look in they wud still be doing this?
They aint daft they know its a forum vote, its good advertising!!
I noticed a couple of previously picked players were on the MC tables last night, again, trying to impress the community with their play, playing outside of their normal game. Im sure one was an MTT specialist, who Ive neva seen at NL50, n the other plays higher than the MC table which was being covered, but again, its common sense and good tactical stuff in the long term.
DOHH
100% David made the correct decisions on the final 3, but im a bit disapointed at some of those getting into the final 10 when there are far better players battling so hard to get a place.
Maybe they didn't want to pick you and thought if they showed this hand, it would give them a more difficult decision to make when everyone has seen the excellent lay down, i always thought it was the players choice what 2 hands were shown, if it is not, then it wreaks of manipulation to make certain players seem better. I was watching your hands by the way, and when i saw your name appear i thought, good on yer, but to be honest the hands that were shown were very underwhelming so to speak, now i know it wasn't your fault, all i can say is unlucky!!
They are not picking 1 from each section.
They are showing cash games specialists hands from sit and go hand histories and vice versa.
Last part here is not an insult i think ben is a very good player,i didn't analyze his play but the presenter
didn't like the way he played 2 out of 3 of his hands 1 of them been in phils selection then picks him?
I know ben would of still got through on another show and deserves to and if you are reading it m8
and ur honest i bet you thought you were not grtting picked that night.
Is it me or did anyone else notice this?
Good luck to all of em but i agree with others who say the community vote is a joke and notice how all the players who never posted often are all of a sudden flooding the forums with posts.
Good luck at the tables all.
U making a video today then Steve?
Didnt realise ud made the top ten, gd stuff. I found it funnny last night when ur name popped up after watching ur vids yest. - And he was sat wi 4 quid to ur 30 odd, haha, I wunt av even bothered playing it.
Get that video sorted.
DOHH
My truthful thoughts are - i was not bowled over by some of players choice of hand selections and when Phil and Thegrowler was selcted for Stts my heart sank a little as i thought i didn't make the 10 let alone the top three. When i was added to the last catergory i honestly thought i would have had a good chance at the top three now as Dave wouldn't have put me where a high stakes player would have been without reason.
My hand where phil bluffs me i thought was not all that bad...yes i may have flopped an open ender but no more money went in by me whatever so i didn't really lose more chips - if i bet out or called after the flop then i would agree.
Maybe two of the three hands were not so great but david has the final say and he must think he can work with me on improving. I'll say it now i really will be trying to win this thing as thats the way i am - but even if dave improves my game by the smallest of margins i'll consider it a sucess.
And for you people still saying it favours the high stakes players and somehow we know were beiong selected. You are 100% wrong. 70% of the final 18 may be "high stakes" players on this site but that because we have a slightly better concept of the game and thiought process into hands, the przies also afftect the mentors to. Hand on heart put your self in the the mentors position - which 6 would you pick knowing you could potentially make a tidy sum from 10% of thier winnings? And ased on last nights top 10 i think he made the right choice.
The 10% to the mentor is irrelevant, What dya get for just making the cash?
It will be pennies (to them), probably gettin paid more in wages to take part in the whole thing. Ive said it in previous threads, the reward for the mentor will be intrinsic, satisfaction of picking the 'winning' player, and then mentoring/watching them do well.
first of all you are a very good player and congrats,
hand on heart the 10 o/o of winnings rule for mentors stinks,
this is why a lot of lower stake players are unhappy,
because the mentors will pick higher stake players,
its the rules that stink in this contest not the guys or mentors in it .
but its silly they keep saying everyone has a chance to win,
no matter what stakes they play.
p.s well done again
This is my last post reagrding total player and myself.
I can see all angles of what people are saying but truth be told everyone will not be satisfied all the time it just does not happen. This is the case with total player so far, you dont know who the last 9 will be and nor do i or the other mentors at present.
Also dont forget the mentors have maybe 3 or 4 months to guide thier winner and get them ready for the biggest tournament of thier lives. This is what i think hinders the "lower staked" players who don't show good hand selection for the show or good thought process behind thier hands and here is why.
- They are way way out thier comfort zone money wise - Someone who sits down with as low as £30 a time on a table they play will be hugely affected by nerves when they do get out to vegas. I can tell you from experience My normal buy-in when i went was £50 and still is - It played on my mind just how big it was and perhaps i didn't play my normal game fully.
- Those players maybe don't understand some basics of play now and will struggle to grasp any deep thought processes the mentors try to impliment into thier game over x months. They will have improved no question about it, but perhaps not enough - would they truly play in pots with elky or ivey if by some small chance they are drawn with them ? and the deeper they go...that chance rises alot.
I have no interest in moaning about low stakes versus high stakes players, I cannot qualify because I am not resident in the uk---I just think players should see this promotion for what it is--- An effort to make more money for sky, and not a fantastic gesture to thank players for their loyalty or patronage. Thats what the 100 quid freerolls are for --lol
at the end of the day the players who are gettin through are some of the best players on sky who have a fantastic game! i mean can anyone really disagree that these players shouldnt be there? they play high stakes bacause there ability has produced them the bankroll needed to play at these high levels! pokerbcity-2wsop cashes! dantb10-1wsop cash! sharksbite-several open victorys and countless final tables! nutter5932-started on this site playin low level heads up and built up a huge bankroll and progressed to play in wsop! (although i did get u to lay down pocket kings last night in a cash game with my 9-10 offsuit lol)... point is they are selected because they are the BEST sky has to offer and in my opinion all deserve there place!...just look at the hands some of the low level players who have been selected are sending in! some of them are laughable!