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Tikay10/sky_jp roles?
no offence but what are your roles/jobs with sky poker guys? I'm very confused are you just forum mods and Normal players like us? Do you work for sky? If so are you allowed to play on the site, if you are how come you're allowed to? Sorry guys just curious as new on using sky's forum! Thanks
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Hi Al,
JP is the Sky Poker Priority Manager.
That's a full time "staff" role, & he is directly employed by Sky Poker.
As such, he has full "back office" access, & so, like all directly employed SB&G Staff, he cannot play on Sky Poker.
Me? I'm not directly employed by them, & I'm freelance. I have zero "back office" access, none at all, & don't want it. I have all manner of silly job titles, but I act as a bridge on here & Social Media between the players & the Business, trying to speak in a language common to both so as to help explain things in poker players language. I know exactly who to speak to in the office to get answers to stuff, & use that facility all the time.
I also have "Moderation" rights on the Community. All the Community Moderators are regular players drawn from the player base. The Staff have Moderation Rights, too.
I suppose I'm in the same category as, say, Neil Channing, Richard Orford etc, & as used to be the case when Julian Thew was here. On other sites, "Site Pros" & "Ambassadors" all have similar roles, & are expected to play on the site, too, though I'd not exactly rank myself anything like "Site Pro" or "Ambo", just a wannabe really.
We used to have challenges back in the day., I had a team of players, so did Richard Orford, & The Business arranged "Challenges" for us to play. There used to be a weekly "Take on tikay" Tournament, too, ran for several years.
I play on my own "personal" account, which I fund myself.
I can't really list all my "jobs", as they are so varied, but in particular, as well as assistance on the Community, I help broker the UKPC Tournaments every 6 months, & before that, the SPT's. I liase with the cardroom or Venue, & send all that stuff up to the Office, who make the decisions. Occasionally the Business will counsel my opinion on stuff like payout structures etc.
I also get the little "dirty" jobs most years - helping host the players in Las Vegas for Viva Las Vegas, & last week, ditto in Punta Cana.
I keep an "Official" Sky Poker Blog here, too. Just stories, puff, that sort of thing.
I organise (in the loosest sense of the word) little "fun" Community Competitions, too, & Sky allocate me a sum to give away as prizes.
I work for the TV Side in London, too, as an Analyst & Consultant & general dogsbody.
My first ever job when I joined Sky Poker TV in October 2006 was to teach all the staff to play poker. FAIL.
Hope that answers your question.
PS - well done on your UKOPS runner up berth last night. And how do I know about your result? I use the same facilities as as everyone else. I use two sources - GaryQQQ's "Results Thread", & Sharkscope. It's amazing what you can find just by looking around.
And thanks, abit annoyed i didn't finish the job hate not winning a final table 2nd is not good enough..Especially having a 2/1 chip lead HU and losing 3 flips. Oh well could be worse and been playing for a bracelet and bigger £... thats Turbos
I felt a bit guilty trotting off to Punta Cana last week, when all the more deserving staff were stuck in the Office, dead busy, up to their necks in it, doing whatever, but that's the way the cookie crumbles.
In truth, I probably got the trip because I was the least busy &, I suppose, the least important & so I was one of the few who could be spared.
I spend from 6am each morning keeping myself busy with my little basket of jobs, then mid afternoon, I go to the Gym for an hour, then around 5pm, it's poker time, & if I have no other obligations, I play around 4 hours most evenings. Love the game, love it to bits, though I only play small-ball DYM's these days.
I also do a bit of one-to one coaching/mentoring, too, (only to complete newbies, Level One stuff), which I thoroughly enjoy. I charge for it at fair-value - that is to say, no charge.
Hahaha must be nice, bahamas while getting paid for it! I wouldn't moan.
Anyways thankyou for introducing yourself and clearing that up for me. Its been a pleasure. See you around.
Back to the tables for me. GL!!
I'm not much of a moaner, tbh, you only have to read the newspapers every day to realise that those of us lucky enough to play poker are blessed. You'd not think so, reading this Forum some days, mind.
And yea, being sent to Punta Cana & Las Vegas is not the worst job ever......
The downside - there's always a downside - is that, sometimes, the Community get a bit chuntery, & that needs to be dealt with tactfully. In those cases, I can't speak my mind, which is probably just as well.
Marv, now I've put my foot in it......
Lets hope they don't start opening the gym in the afternoon, doesn't bear thinking about
I'm not a great fan of low level sarcasm, either. "Oh, good to see Sky Poker care". As in meaning the complete opposite. Oh how we all laugh.
Ugh, you've set me off now, I'll be simmering for hours.
Agree with you as to Sam though. Blokes a wrong 'un.
Flavoured lattes are the work of the devil, might even be more evil than alcohol.
Gill loves all the nonsense flavours though - "Gingerbread", "Pumpkin Spice", etc.
What is it with "Pumpkin Spice" these days, they add it to everything? Yuk, the USA version of Brussels sprouts.
I vividly recall the first time we met - SPT Luton. You were wearing a scarf, & so was I. Kindred spirits.
I noticed you had stopped chatting recently in the PLO8 DYM's, & I don't blame you one bit - it definitely, without a shadow of doubt, affects the concentration. I won 12 from my first 15 last night, then started replying to questions - it seems so rude to ignore them - & only won 7 of the next 15. It is something I feel I ought to do though, so no complaints.
I'm full of admiration at how you have improved your game of late, you've certainly busted me way too many times - & I'll tell you why - I can't get a handle on what you are doing, you are, in the nicest way possible, an "awkward shaped parcel" to play against, as I just can't figure your strategy. There are lots of better players than me, but I know what they are doing. In your case - & just ONE other player in the whole PLO8 player pool - I've just got no idea of how to combat what you are doing. I'll figure you out eventually though. I will.....
It's easy to - unintentionally - make enemies when involved with a poker site, or on TV, & I've got my share, so I really do appreciate your comments, thank you very much.
I'd just like to add that I dislike you.
I dislike you.