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Ok I'll spell it out smashed and obnoxious, his behaviour towards the dealer was appalling. If he's at a Sky event he has a duty to behave, if he's sat at a poker table he also has a duty to behave. I guess the sycophants can't see the wood for the trees on this one. Dan deserves his place on team sky poker, but come on take the rose coloured spectacles off. Obviously Glitterbabe doesn't he's an average grinder at best, he creates lots of rake for the site, so he doesn't get poker points rewards for this? Sky are rewarding him twice for rake building?
Once again, GOOD LUCK AND CONGRATULATIONS to James, Wayne, Redmond and Dan.
I was sat at the STT table with Dan. FYI EVERYONE! in that sit n go was in the same group that night, we bought each other drinks all night and it was a mates sit n go not a "Team skypoker" sit n go, just the "Faces" at the table attacted quite an audience with Dan, nutter, browndog, chirpy, ljamesl, myself, 5toneface, mickjenn and others playing.
The dealer was well looked after.. he realised it was a "Mess around" and we tipped him HEAVILY (30% of the PP) which the rest went behind the bar. OK it may of got loud at times but once we realised it was getting that way we kept it down and then moved to the bar area. So no harm was done..??
As for your comments about Wayne? OMG if I wanted some1 to represtent Sky I think the player I would choose would be a full time pro, who puts in loads of hours and has shown continued loyalty to Sky since day1 ... can any1 else say that apart from Wayne?
I was talking to another regular about the picks for TSP and pretty much word for word I said exactly what gibbo said.
IMO those are the perfect 1st 4 picks and best of luck to everyone else trying to join such a great list (I for 1 am trying my hardest to do so)
People can do what they like, if you don't like it, say something at the time, please don't drag it up here when it suits you.
As for your comments about GB, what makes you a better judge than the Sky panel that decided?
I am saddened by jealous judgmental people that only criticize and do not support. If you were a good enough poker player, and person, and loyal to the site you would have been picked for team sky poker too.
I am not currently good enough for team sky poker, and neither are you, evidently. So do something constructive about it, i know i will be.
Evening (Morning?) all.
It's late, so I'll have to leave my replies, answers, & clarifications until the morning.
One quick thing for now.
I have asked James (via a series of texts earlier today) not to respond further to criticisms of his selection, & I plan to write to Dan, & to all the others, along the same lines.
They can Post whatever they want, but I don't want them on here having to defend their selection - because they never asked to be selected. It's not exactly good for Team-Morale, either.
I am the Team Manager, & it's my job to handle that sort of stuff, not theirs.
They are the Players, & I won't interfere in that, not at all. I'm Alex Ferguson, they are Rooney & Co. They do the playing, I handle the PR.
Any criticism as to their selection must be aimed at Sky Poker, & I'll handle that, & I'll reply to all & any civil questions fully, & honestly, as I always do. But I will defend "my" Team, the Team I was given, because that's my job, & what any Manager would do. But that's not to say I won't hold my hands up if in the wrong.
I'll reply to everything in the morning, including what I consider to be the wholly improper comments about Dan. For now, I'd be grateful if you refrain from further comment as to Dan, & how he handles himself. In my personal opinion, the comments about Dan amount to a personal attack, which is something we don't wish to see on here, quite apart from it being wholly against the Community Rules.
In case anyone is in doubt, as far as Sky Poker are concerned, & myself, Dan remains the Man, & we support him 100%. He would not have been selected if that were not the case.
We'll clear things up in the morning.
Sleep well.
Firsty a huge Congratulations to the first five of team sky poker
Sky picked these players for several reasons....Poker talent / Past results / markability and things like interviewing skills. Its a package and each of them has it all. If you want to be in the team 3 months from now, do as i and many others will be doing...Putting in the hard work. Nothing is handed to you on a plate and you have to earn your bacon ! Its like any job for any company - The hardest working / best at thier job become the Director / Manager / Supervisor etc and this is no different. Dont forget poker is a Job and sole income to a fair few of the regulars including my self so we work hard and try to get some extra perks along the way like this.
As for what has been said about Dan well its not sat well with me and as he is advised to not post i will as i probably know him the best out of the sky crew seen as we travel to events together. Yes at these sky events we have a drink and a good time. That is for us what the weekends are about if we get knocked out the tourny what else are we suppose to do?
And one incident brought up where the dealer didn't complain afterwards says it was taken in good effect. No one spoke out at the time and told him his behaviour was out of order did they ? and i know i would have been just as intoxicated as him at the time + about 13 others !
What you don't see is the hours he puts in improving his game, traveling to the studios for photos shoots out his own time and pocket for total player, this and other things people aren't aware of.
Massive congrats to them all and i look forward to beingat the events with them
i look forward to your reply.
As for people slating/having a go at the lads who have been picked it is very wrong, i have played with all of these lads and they are all very good players and will rep sky very well.
I would like it to be known that i have no personal thingy with any of the lads that have been picked, i would just like to know why a player who rearly plays the site has been given such a reward, when many others play this site alot more.
I don't recall making any claim to be any type of player, you have your opinion of me but when are you ever sat at any table with me, rarely. GB range is wider than mine! If you are so good at ranges it's a shock your not in the team, GB's range is wider than gerrard's i'll give you that. If you laid off the criticism and read the post you would recognise that Dan is only hurting himself by drinking until the early hours on the day of the SPT final, it's hardly going to help his game. My comments re his behaviour at the table and re the dealer were made because he was out of order, the dealer made a request and he ignored it. I don't care if its a 5p 10p game at 4.30am it's not right end of.
ps, I would just like to register my disgustingly misplaced jealousy on this thread, and inform the forum that the only reason I was not chosen is because I am not good enough at poker, or polite enough, or good looking enough, or available enough, or even sensible enough. Why they only chose the best people for the job is completely beyond my comprehension!!-- It is simply not fair!!--- There are hundreds of flopwit flapheads on the site that could have been chosen, but Sky, in their infinite wisdom, decided to choose excellent ambassadors for the site instead, it's right out of order imo. Quite a lot of players on the site are totally unsuitable to be chosen as a Sky team member, and yet they were not even considered, what's that all about eh?--eh--- answer me that---if you floppin can!!!
I think the people that chose this team should be sent to a week long conference of the Monster Raving Loony party, then we'll see if they come back and choose magnificent representatives of what makes this site great--- innit !!--- enough said, I do believe!!
Can I just ask if it is compulsory, when chosen, to have lessons on how to give long overly defensive replies?
Morning Tikay!!
You do know that I support this 100 % and I was waiting for the 'dust to settle' (possibly hasn't yet though) before probing you with my questions. Anyway, here is a couple to start off with....
1) There is always a 'debate' about cash v tournament players on here and in general poker circles. The team (which I will refer to and not individuals) have amongst them some excellent and proven cash players, how will that benefit the team when entering all these MTT's? Surely SKY would want a team made up of the best tournament players?
2) As was clearly evident at the WSOP this year, 'money talks'. If Sky poker did not have enough 'pulling power' then to attract players to wear their logo, how will this set up eliviate this problem? Are the members of the team tied down or free to move when the pound signs start flashing in front of their eyes? I say this, as I really do believe that this will catapult Sky Poker into the big time in regards of general reputation and results out there in the UK & Worldwide poker scene.
Regards,
Alan
Oh, wait......
PS - See you soon Big Man. You coming to Blackpool?
When are the other SPT dates going to be announced?