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Few questions to you guys
Been thinking of joining skypoker after a few referalls from friends and I've finally joined, haven't played a game yet and just been researching the site etc and I just have a few questions...
Firstly after looking over at the RNG audit it says... "TST certified Sky Poker's RNG in September 2009. Their results confirmed that our RNG is completely fair, random and unpredictable, within the degrees of freedom used for statistical analysis."
So that means 6 years ago the RNG audit was carried out... I presume there has been alot of software updates since then so do you guys still feel safe playing online poker on this site when the RNG hasn't been tested for 6 years?
Next question...
Other than BRM, what is the most important thing in poker? I would say volume myself I dunno about you guys... How can someone like Chris Moorman (who imo is one of the best MTT players in the world) out of nowhere joins skypoker and plays 4 MTT's comes 3/469 for £3.7k in the UKOPS ME then 1/92 for nearly £10k in the UKOPS HR... So all in all 4 MTT's which is no volume at all and still manages that, now looking at skypokerchannel on youtube he's always on there... Seems like a great marketing tool for him to come 3/469 with channing 2nd and then 1/92 
Coincidence? Not sure myself.
Coincidence? Not sure myself.Same again with Channing after following him for years watching him on youtube, watching him play omaha cash on stars he just seems like he's had it, but still joins skypoker plays 3 MTT's and comes 2/469 forr £6.5k and obviously 3 MTT's volume wise is nothing, then apparently he is now the "ambassador" of skypoker 
hmmm... That boomswitch must be nice.
hmmm... That boomswitch must be nice.
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Question for you.....What was your previous account alias out of interest?
dish dirt = treated like dirt
i guess you have previous, whoever you are/were.
To answer your Q's, well Gary has answered one, and you pretty much answer the other question in your OP, as you say Moorman is one of the best players in the world, so why couldn't he go deep in a couple of MTTs on Sky?
Ditto for Neil, great and very experienced player, why on earth can't he go very deep in a tournament?
Anymore questions? Make them as thinly veiled 'site is dodgy' as you like
'Been looking through some posts. Not happy about Mickjenn1 getting forum banned, he seemed like a real funny guy'
Moorman was on the show to promote his book a while ago, just before that series of UKOPs was to start. Maybe he was asked to create an account and play a couple of the games in return for the advertising of the book? IDK, I'm just speculating.
Bear in mind the £500 high roller tourney was a very small field event, with a lot of the UKs talent playing in it. It might have been an MTT Moorman would have played anyway, the appeal being less than 100 runners and a healthy 10 grand up top. Plenty of top UK players only play here for special events and UKOPs, they won't be seen in your day to day main events.
I really don't understand what you're trying to get at? Neil plays on the site quite regularly, though perhaps his NChanning alias doesn't make it clear enough for some that it's actually Neil.
Channing probably doesn't play that often cos he's busy doing other stuff and Moorman probably doesn't play that often because the prizepools just aint big enough for him. I imagine he played UKOPS because the BIs are much bigger, the guarantees are much bigger and also it's a bit of self promotion I guess cos at the time he was coming onto the show getting publicity for his new book. On a regular week to week basis, he probably doesn't see it as worth his while to grind Sky MTTs.
I think all the replies have been genuine, certainly more genuine than your 'questions' warranted. I actually think the best reply is from someone I rarely see eye to eye with, BigBluster. If your friends pointed you in the direction of Sky Poker, then surely you're gonna trust their word way more than the views of some random internet people.
Right, reading between the lines, you are basically saying the tournaments were fixed to allow Moorman and Channing to do well?
If Sky ran more large buy-in, large-field events that were worth their time then I'm sure the likes of Moorman would play more MTTs here and continue to run profitably... although obviously their average finish position would level out somewhere below where they sit after only a handful of (run good) games.
I suppose it is also worth re-iterating the standard thought that the average quality of player on Sky is weaker than on some sites due to the focus on driving recreational players in to the games. On that basis:
a) I'd expect players of Moorman's quality to do even better in games here vs their performance on sites like ***s or FT.
b) If you are a decent player then you should get playing asap because you'll find it way easier to profit here than you may on more reg-bias sites.
Why are people not allowed to make sly digs? Isn't that the whole point of the thread?
Can I just clarify...are you saying that Chris is one of the best online players in the world but it's not possible for him to do well in a single tournament as he needs to play a lot otherwise his undoubted skills don't work?
Are you saying I'm terrible at poker, a cheat and can only win if the site is rigged?
If these are conclusions that you are considering then why are you considering playing here? There are loads of other poker sites and if you aren't really comfortable here maybe you should play on those.
Ps, I try to make my digs as obvious as possible, no point being subtle half the time
In your world it's kind of hard to be a pro-poker player Mr Kebawo. If they win it's because the site is rigged, if they lose they aren't going to make a living and aren't professionals.
Did your ancestors have anything to do with prosecuting people for witchcraft?
I might suggest that you could spend the time you are currently spending on conspiracy theories studying the game, reading articles, watching videos, discussing hands and attempting to improve. Perhaps then you'd start winning again and stop being quite so bitter.
Maybe the OP is right.
Chris Moorman is the biggest winner ever for online MTTs. He'll have won numerous tournaments with many thousands of runners.
It does beg the question, how on earth can the most successful player in the history of online poker, and a general MTT specialist, come on Sky and somehow plough his way through a 92 runner field to victory? How?! HOW?!
It is hard not to feel pity for one left behind...
i now know who you are.