Who remembers "the originals"?

BigBluster

When I first started playing on Skypoker the site had just opened. A few of us logged on looking for a game, and it was like a deserted Wild West town. Tumbleweed was blowing through the site because there were so few of us here!

I think only about 8 of us logged on that first day. It's probably fair to call these "the originals". From memory there were:
Norman Hale (of Hale and Pace fame)
Bitesaund
Bigsteve42
Jakally
BigBluster (me)
Nutter5932
GeesBee

and a couple of others. I think we even pre-date TK and Orf!

If anyone remembers the old days, please put down your anecdotes. It's nice to reminisce now and again.
I'd also like to hear about other "originals" that I can't recall, and what has happened to some of those mentioned.

BB.

unknown_username

I joined around april 07 (after i'd been playing on party poker with a play money account for around 4 years before I was legal to play in late 06) back in the days where the 9pm tourney was almost always the televised £11 open and started to fill out with max entries every night and primo was £55 once a month.. Velocity also had a lot more importance than it does now! Used to love tuning in to watch hells bells every night 9pm after the club! Enjoyed battling for the all important spot prizes given out through good play or sending in emails to try and win entry into the sunday showdowns!

I wouldn't class myself as an original as it was only back in september 07 when I was hitting the tables of a lot more and seemed to be cashing like clockwork in the open for a few months.. usually getting k/o'd by the swiss on his way to winning them like clockwork!!! missing out on the final table finishing 7th-20th on countless attempts and picked up 2 nice primo cashes the highest being a 20th place for £280 back in december 07... (finishing 20th now doesnt have the same rewards! although lately I cant finish top 100 never mind in the cash!)

One of the best nights in I had was on the night of Hatton vs Mayweather when sky run several MTT's where it was £5 and 1 in 3 cashed to be able to buy the fight via box office.. which they should do more often!! That was a good 15+ hour session! (poker, friends, drink, comedy dvd's and sport on tv, pizza and other takeaway food topped off by a good boxing contest on the box!... Highly recommended!)

Don't get me wrong I like the fact sky has moved with the current trends with bounty hunter and made primo a weekly event and has introduced omaha, but it's not really my cup of tea.. as to me primo is losing it's special factor... and i'm not really a fan of bounty hunter!

The best introduction by far has to be the SPUKT on it's 2nd season.. I didn't play as much as i'd liked to in 08/09 and missed out on the SPUKT events.. But enjoyed Manchester and hoping to make the journey upto Newcastle tomorrow.. weather permitting!!

Tikay10

I remember the originals!

Hale72

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I remember the originals!
Posted by Tikay10

You also remember the birth of the NHS and rationing don't you TK?

Hale72

But then again, you cant remember where you leave your teeth most days.

Tikay10

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In Response to Re: Who remembers "the originals"? : You also remember the birth of the NHS and rationing don't you TK?
Posted by Hale72

I remember food ratioining (eggs, butter, etc), & I well remember NHS Powdered Milk. I've still got some somewhere I think - it came in big white tins.

Tikay10

There you go. That tin would be about 12" tall.

DAVEYZZ

i joined in the 2nd week and won the open at my 3rd attempt so it had me hooked from there!

RICHORFORD

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I think we even pre-date TK 
Posted by BigBluster

Nobody, but NOBODY pre-dates Tikay...

RICHORFORD

Here's one for you- does anyone remember in the early days of the channel that whenever somebody in the studio got knocked out - sirens would blaze and lights would flash!

Lol- the novelty of that soon wore off, let me tell you...

KnackersYa

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Here's one for you- does anyone remember in the early days of the channel that whenever somebody in the studio got knocked out - sirens would blaze and lights would flash! Lol- the novelty of that soon wore off, let me tell you...
Posted by RICHORFORD

I remember it well, really got on my boyboobs!!!

tallboy

I also joined the 2nd week i remember myself and Don Logan locking horns a few times, the one player i remember most of all was Toonoo he or she just disappeared after dominating the 25p/50p cash tables for about 18 months.

Anyone remember Jonny Gould? Think he was one of the first analysts on the show. Oh and Carlo CItrone with the permanent tan!

jakally

This thread will get me all tearful and emotional..............

Started playing late Feb 07...........some old guy over at Blonde Poker mentioned SkyPoker one or twice (every day....)

Some of the  players I remember from earlier on, al873kill, Sharksbite, Repossess, No Deal, OCDPOKER, SIMUK, Elnino, bogus1, cottlad.

(My memories not great so some of these may have come a bit later on).

Open used to get 300 - 350 players when I first played.

Must've been easy then, cos even I managed to have a couple of decent tourney results ;o).

big_mick12

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This thread will get me all tearful and emotional.............. Started playing late Feb 07...........some old guy over at Blonde Poker mentioned SkyPoker one or twice (every day....) Some of the  players I remember from earlier on, al873kill, Sharksbite, Repossess, No Deal, OCDPOKER, SIMUK, Elnino, bogus1, cottlad. (My memories not great so some of these may have come a bit later on). Open used to get 300 - 350 players when I first played. Must've been easy then, cos even I managed to have a couple of decent tourney results ;o).
Posted by jakally

I wonder who that was?? lol cnt resist a cheeky plug

NoseyBonk

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In Response to Who remembers "the originals"? : Nobody, but NOBODY pre-dates Tikay...
Posted by RICHORFORD

WOOSH! BREAKING NEWS: Rich in rare historical mistake shocker!

What about Adam & Eve?

TommyD

I remember the Velocity updates had some funky music.

Machka

Adam and Eve are Tikays kids.  Don't ask, it's complicated.

KnackersYa

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Adam and Eve are Tikays kids.  Don't ask, it's complicated.
Posted by Machka

I alway thought that Tikay was sort of Godlike........

Quietman

i logged in on day one, then used my opening points bonus to buy into first sunday open and finished 3rd (i think) for £800 ............. happy days

darich

I remember the live show where Jacqui Degg and Peta Todd were the guests....

Come to think of it, I'm sure I have that on sky plus somewhere ;-)

BigBluster

Nice to see some of the names mentioned...cottlad, quietman and others. Ahhhh, takes me back. And the flashing lights....

Does anyone remember 'discomonkey' from the early days? If you go to sky 166 (they'll shoot me for this!) he's the analyst there. He was certainly no better than me and used to get his backside kicked by bitesaund who was the best MTT on the site at the time, and by a mile. But disco still got plucked out for a lucrative TV job. Good luck to him
Wonder what bitesaund is up to now? I wouldn't mind crossing swords with him now that I'm somewhere in his league.

jakally

Just remembered another one - JMDF.

Played a much more aggro style than anyone else at the time, and won lots - frightened me rigid.

Think he also went on the first Sky Vegas trip.

MereNovice

I played my first game on SkyPoker on 20/02/2007.

In those days there was a live TV show every night with at least two "celebrity" guests in the studio. Sometimes I suspect that they were just Tikay's poker playing mates but they were almost always good value.

Some of the early studio guests were:

Ugo Monye
Linda Barker
Leslie Grantham
Gordon Watson
Sally James
Paul Parker (the footballer not the poker professional)
Leilani Dowding
Ed Baines
Rod Marsh
Emma Kennedy
Carlton Palmer
Ewen McKintosh
Helen Lederer
Blair McDonough

(and that was just during February 2007).


Some of the players that I played in my first week were:

LEARNERMAN
villain   (I kid you not - he probably left because he was getting constantly flamed!)
repossess
SUITEDACES
tonyg   (I suspect not the TonyG)
Cryptoc
ElPig
NODEAL
Molesy
... and many more.

It's sad that my excessive notes on these players are now worthless.   :-)

lJAMESl

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Just remembered another one - JMDF. Played a much more aggro style than anyone else at the time, and won lots - frightened me rigid. Think he also went on the first Sky Vegas trip.
Posted by jakally

Yep Jmdf103 who I think is Launder btw Jakally. Isomorph, r0lfus, Sebgmiller, Aceacebaby, Keysasoze - (who still plays here), Repossess, Legno, Blueyes, Zelma. Few of the people I remember from here when I 1st started.

TAXMAN

i remember in the early days, a player who was real consistant was craneop he was solid, did anybody here go to skys first live event at the broadway casino??

Tikay10

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Nice to see some of the names mentioned...cottlad, quietman and others. Ahhhh, takes me back. And the flashing lights.... Does anyone remember 'discomonkey' from the early days? If you go to sky 166 (they'll shoot me for this!) he's the analyst there. He was certainly no better than me and used to get his backside kicked by bitesaund who was the best MTT on the site at the time, and by a mile. But disco still got plucked out for a lucrative TV job. Good luck to him Wonder what bitesaund is up to now? I wouldn't mind crossing swords with him now that I'm somewhere in his league.
Posted by BigBluster

Bitesaund was active on Sky Poker as recently as last month, & information "in the domain" suggests they were in the Sky Poker "Top 20" based on results in both 2008 & 2009.

Tikay10

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I played my first game on SkyPoker on 20/02/2007. In those days there was a live TV show every night with at least two "celebrity" guests in the studio. Sometimes I suspect that they were just Tikay's poker playing mates but they were almost always good value. Some of the early studio guests were: Ugo Monye Linda Barker Leslie Grantham Gordon Watson Sally James Paul Parker (the footballer not the poker professional) Leilani Dowding Ed Baines Rod Marsh Emma Kennedy Carlton Palmer Ewen McKintosh Helen Lederer Blair McDonough (and that was just during February 2007). Some of the players that I played in my first week were: LEARNERMAN villain   (I kid you not - he probably left because he was getting constantly flamed!) repossess SUITEDACES tonyg   (I suspect not the TonyG) Cryptoc ElPig NODEAL Molesy ... and many more. It's sad that my excessive notes on these players are now worthless.   :-)
Posted by MereNovice

True! To be fair, I know a lot of "fun" people in Poker, & also, it was part of my remit to help find interesting Guests. So yes, you are right, many of them were, & are, my friends. They varied from "regular" players - Snatty, Ding, Claw, & many others, to players known throughout the poker world, such as Roland de Wolfe, Simon Trumper, Micky Wernick, etc.

Tikay10

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i remember in the early days, a player who was real consistant was craneop he was solid, did anybody here go to skys first live event at the broadway casino??
Posted by TAXMAN

Me! Happy days indeed.

KnackersYa

Ahhh Bitesaund and JMDF. Learnt a lot from them whilst getting my bottom soundly spanked!!!

Tikay10

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i joined in the 2nd week and won the open at my 3rd attempt so it had me hooked from there!
Posted by DAVEYZZ

,...and nearly 3 years later, you are still here, with 5 "Main Event" wins under your belt, & now an SPT Winner.

Many congrats to you. You conducted yourself splendidly on Saturday, & were a most worthy winner.

TommyD

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i remember in the early days, a player who was real consistant was craneop he was solid, did anybody here go to skys first live event at the broadway casino??
Posted by TAXMAN

I was there.  Great event but I was card dead for the whole tourney.  Managed to knock Norman Pace out of a PLO SnG and ended up there until two playing the loosest cash game ever.