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The WSOP-E starts on Friday, & the next few week's Editions of In-Poker will come from there.
But I plan to spend a few hours up there most afternoons, starting Friday, armed with my little cheapo camera.
So if there's a particular player you'd like a photo of, just ask, & I'll see if I can oblige.
Also, all being well, Rich &/or I will do a Live Phone-In from the WSOP-E on Sunday evening, which will be during the climax of the opening Event.
Should be a wicked Fessie.
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The Presenters, Analysts, & Producers, who do the Studio Shows, work in Teams, & we swap round every 6 weeks.
Rich & I, with Andy as Producer, have done the last 6 Saturdays, & this week, it's "all change", we move to Fridays. 'Ling will be Producing this Friday, as Andy will be on a days holiday.
I'm looking forward to it - we have some nice Tourneys on Friday, so that's cool.
It also helps with In-Poker, as Rich & I have been doing the Saturday Show, which ends at Midnight, then dashing wherever overnight for Sunday's In-poker gig, so a days rest between will help. Maybe give Rich some time to get some decent clothes, too.
We were in Southend on Sunday with In-Poker - the Event we were covering ended in very odd style - but it was lovely to see Tina there - aka "KarlLuke".
We played the £200 Comp in the Evening, & shared our Opening Table - for about 3 hands, sigh.
I had to sit out for about 2 hours for one reason & another - work comes first - but it was a 10,000 chip jobbie, so no great harm done.
When I returned, I decided to get a bit busy, to make up for lost time, & my chips were over the line more times than enough.
In the BB at 100-200, a very loose player made it 700 to go, & picked up 2 Callers, so it was 500 for me to Call for a 2,800 Pot. (I was playing about 10,000). I had 9d-4d.
The flop came rag-rag-rag, 2 Diamonds, so I checked, knowing Mr Lairy guy would have a stab. He did, making it 1,600 to go - & both the original Callers smoothed it!
Well, time for Plan B - all-in! I can't resist this squeeze.
Pass, Pass, Pass, & suddenly I'm motoring.
Then a bizarre coup went off.......
Green with envy!! If you could any words and pictures of the usual suspects of Phil Ivey,Daniel Negranu,Greg Raymer and especially James Akenhead.You can remind James that really YOU!!!, are the reason he's in the final 9 of the world series,because after the merciless joshing you gave him in front of his mates in the hit squad gang in las vegas about having no bracelet after last year,he felt compelled to prove you wrong!!!!Wish him all the best if you get the chance.
I moved Table, & UTG Tight Guy made it 900 at 150-300. I'm playing about 15,000 now.
I have A-Q of Diamonds.
This is NOT a Call usually, but there was an odd dynamic to this Table - there was a serial squeezer at the other end, & I fancied he might get silly here, & try to move us both off our hands with an Over-Bet. If he did, the plan was to snap-Call him.
Wrong - he did not raise, but he did smooth call - so maybe he'll try to get busy on any Flop. Which means I'll need to check any Flop, or Call if the original Raiser bet out, because I'm certain Loosey Goosey has his eye on nicking this.
The Flop came - remember, my hand was A-Q -...........
Q-Q-3.
So my A-Q was looking good. The Original Raiser had K-K, & Loosey Goosey had, unbeliebably for me, Q-Ten.
I'll leave you to work out for yourself what happened next, but it was three minutes of Oscar-Award quality acting by both Loosey Goosey & me (K-K man just rolled his eyes & eventually let go after doing 12,000 chips in the coup), & a "most pleasing" moment.
And that's how to scoop a 42,000 chip pot. Go in behind, get lucky, & find a Loosey-Goosey who has position.
It's a game of skill, this poker. Oh, & luck. Great big dollops of it.
Happy days.
I'll ty & get those photos you requested, though Greg Raymer - my favourite non-Brit Poker player - won't be there, he told me when we were in Vegas he'd probavbly swerve it, as it is sponsored by Betfair, & he's a 'Stars Pro.
So, WSOP-E photo-list so far =
Little Danny.
Phil Ivey - now he IS special!
James Akenhead.
Any more for any more?
Dear Tikay ... a few photos of Liv Boeree would be wonderful .... please ?
Here's a photo of that Hit Squad Interview. Great memory. The Video is still on the Site somewhere. (Click to Enlarge).
And this is my favouiriter 'photo from WSOP 2009.
James has just got it all-in pre with Ad-Kd v A-3 off, & flopped the absolute nuts. He runs good!
After that, there was no stopping him, when he has chips, he's unplayable.
Photo-List now =
Little Danny
Phil Ivey
James Akenhead
Liv Boeree.
A Steam Engine.
That's it, I'm done, I'm going home to Derbyshire now, so that's about 2 or 3 hours, pah.
I'll be back Online on Wednesday afterenoon, keep the requests comiong, on WSOP-E, or anything else.
And don't forget - the tikay Sleepie is 7pm Wednesday. Be there. Or don't.
Also a picture of the lovely Kara Scott would be marvellous.Cheers.
Helmuth / Doyle Brunson would be good!
Plus TK are Sky still sorting a 2008 style Vegas documentary, hope so, as I have been looking forward to it.
hi tikay good news so will re set recording for fridays so i don't miss the show good luck with the changes m8 as for photo's don't know any present poker players apart from neil channing & roland de wolfe so if they are there could you get there photo m8
michael
ps have sent you a pm
As I said yesterday, Greg Raymer told me whilst we were in Vegas that he would not be at the WSOP-E, as I Posted above.
I was thinking about this today, & just realised that Little Danny (Negranau) would almost certainly not be present either, sorry.
The WSOP-E clashes with the WCOOP, the latter being a 'Stars Event, & with Greg & Danny both being on 'Stars books, they'll be required by their Sponsirs to play the WCOOP, rather than the WSOP-E.
For that same reason, I guess almost none of the usual 'Stars army of Pros will be there, though I guess peeps like the London-based Vicky Coren might play, giving 'Stars at least some representation.
Rather a shame, that date-clash, but I doubt it was an accident.
My Press Pass, arranged by Mother Hen at Sky Poker, is awaiting me at The Empire in Leicester Square, so we are all set to go.
I'll be there for a few hours most days, but I'll be there all day for the next few Sundays with In-Poker. The Crew this Sunday includes Mother Hen herself, (Claire), Aising Collins, (Womens World Poker Open Champion), Mr Orford (into every life a little rain must fall) & myself.
Photos galore are promised.
So that's....
Doyle Brunson
Phil Hellmuth Jnr
Roland de Wolfe
Liv Boeree
James Akenhead.
Neil Channing
Vicky Coren (if present).
The Vegas Documentary? Oh YES, there wll be a full length Team Sky Pokr 2009 Pokermentary. We shot so much footage that it's taking a while to Edit it all down, but it will be ready soon, & bits & pieces are already appearing on Channel 865. It'll be a great watch, I fancy.
Roland
Neil Channing.
I did get your PM, thank you. Pardon me if I don't reply to them all, as I do get rather a lot of them.
Thanks.
Hurry up, hurry up......
I played some 10p 20p Cash last night as part of Take-on-Tikay, hugely enjoyable.
I opened 6 different Tables over a 3 hour period, & got to play with a whole bunch of players I would not normally play with, as I'm more a Tourney player than a Cash player.
3 hours on 6 Tables yielded a profit of £16.15 - just over a fiver an hour, so I shall be able to retire in 2093 at this rate.
We do more chatting than playing, to be honest, it's just nice to chill. A few players seemed to be playing above their Bankroll, which worries me a lot - there's no need, the "Take-On" Promotion will, in due course, play at ALL Levels we hope, from the smallest to the biggest, with, if it works out, different Presenters & Analysts taking their turns. I fancy there'll be a huge Waiting List if Rich Orford gets to play the 50p - £1 Tables......;)
Two weird things. If I pick up, say, Aces, or flop a set, I always try & say something like "careful guys, big hand here" or somesuch. And everyone think it's a moody, & Calls!
I will never "reveal" my hand, during the hand, but if I say I have a monsta, trust me, I do!
But on one Table last night we had a self-proclaimed Hotshot.
"Hurry up, hurry up, we are only playing for pennies, you donks". Followed by the oldest & stalest cliche in Online Poker, when he was waiting to act , he typed in the Chat-Box, "ZZZZZZZzzz". Not seen that one before buddy.
Lol, just lol, it was sooooooo funny - he upset the whole Table with his antics, so everyone, when it was them to act, let the slider bar run down to the very last moment! And he was getting more & more miffed.......
Next up, to me, he gives it the "you are supposed to be a pro, why you playing penny stakes?". That went down like a lead ballon with the rest of the Table. Ho hum.
Finally, "come on tikay, stop playing like a wimp, I can beat you, let's go all-in Pre-Flop".
Err, I'll play my cards when I want & how I want, if that's all right with you, Sir.
You do get all sorts at the Poker Table.
ok no worries think 2 have gone to you 1 was part of bulk "latest post" & 1 was just for you called " finished my basic training in poker" no need to answer them m8 michael
Dave
Agreed, Dave.
It's like they have a train to catch or something. There is no rule that says poker is supposed to be played in a hurry!
I am really not convinced these hurry up merchants really get the best out of the game, or even really enjoy it.
I had occasion to go on the world's biggest Poker Forum - an American site - last week, as some folks had been asking about Sky Poker, so I put my Sky Poker crash helmet on, & "engaged" with them, great fun actually, & I got a pretty pleasing reception.
It was on a "Beginners Thread", but one little chap Posted - "Sky Poker - waste of time, you only get 37 hands per hour, & all the players are useless".
Well, I had to laugh. I doubt if a single player on Sky Poker gives a flying hoot about how many hands per hour we get. And if the players are that bad, then I'd say, "come on in, the waters warm".
I'm thinking when I replied to him (but did not say - well in not so many words) "hey sunny Jim, try re-arranging these words into a well-known phrase or saying"......
Trousers mouth all and.
A great night last night, with mixed fortune.
I played particularly bad in the tikay Sleepie, & seemed unable to find my usual disciplined folds. Somehow - how? - we got to a flop 8-handed (!) & I typed in "everyone set-mining, are we?".
I held 2-2, the flop came J-8-2, which is good, unless "stoneface" was holding J-J......It was SUCH an easy Pass, (we were both playing very deep) but I was momentarily distracted by the porkerman affair, & I failed to fold. My bad. That crippled me, but I hung in a good while, but not long enough. Pah!
Meanwhile, across at the 7.30pm £22 Deepie - easily my favourite Tourney on here (the numbers will increase come the winter, can't wait) - I was Passing my way to my 5th Final in 6 attempts.
The Table was tough - which I prefer - with Anjie1970 - who has claims to be the best Tourney Player on Sky Poker - on Sentry Duty to my Button, groan.
I don't like Raising her BB, but that's not to say I won't, but I made THE most horrible play against her early.
I Raised up with 9-9, & inevitably, Anjie Called, sigh. She could have anything here.....
The Flop came a rather pleasing & safe-looking 4-6-7, so at best she has a Set, but probably just Air. And she BET OUT......
What does she have here? 2 pair? Straight draw? Flush Draw?
She can't put me on any of that, so I re-popped back. There, go away, Anjie.
Go away? She re-Raised me!
I still don't think she's got much, & she's good enough to Pass (very few are), so I rather impulsively (& badly) Jammed all-in.
The snap-call was the Clue. She had flopped the Nuts. The Flop was 4-6-7, & she held 3-5. Oops.
Turn, 3, River, 5, the game's easy. If you are blessed.
Lots of banter & chat, a lovely evening.
The Take-on-Tikay "Trial" continues tonight. Fine.
Or it was, until the Suits decided that tonight, as an experiment, I'd be playing £0.50p - £1.00, & £1 - £2.
Gulp!
I'm not much of a Cash player - except for Live DC - so tonight will be something of a test.
So no Deepies for me tonight, though I might play the 10.15, just to wind-down. (T-o-T is 7pm to 10pm).
Got the Show tomorrow (Friday), & In-Poker from WSOP-E on Sunday, so Saturday will be my next Deepie night.
Was gutted to hear of the Final Table abuse DTW suffered.
There is NEVER an excuse for this sort of thing, & I hope the culprit gets his come-uppance. 100%. What IS the matter with these people?
But it has to be said - if you bluff every hand (& you are well entitled to) - & then show - this is very provocative to those of a flakey mental disposition, & after a while, it will kick-off. It just will. It's just not done.
As you know, I show every hand (for different reasons, to be fair), but unless playing wirth a bunch of close friends, I NEVER show my bluffs. It's just too provocative, (not to say un-necessary) & people will get uppity if you do it often enough. If getting them uppity is the Plan, all well & good, but don't be surprised when folks get upset. But if you are playingh for fun, as we all are, then personally, I would never do it. Old School players would never dream of doing it, because it amounts to "up yours"!
Sorry to hijack the thread, but are any other Sky Players going to WSOPE?
I managed to satellite into this Friday's event, during the Empire tournament last night... I did it by the skin of my teeth (3 seconds after the Bubble-Boy, to be precise).
It would be good to meet some friendly faces, let me know if you're going.
It's rather disconcerting to start a Theead & not get much bounce, or feedback, as it suggests nobody's interested!
So, WSOP-E - no, I'm not aware of any Sky Poker players playing it - apart from you - but I really don't know.
I'll be there about Midday tomorrow, armed with my little camera - so please make yourself known to me, so I can get a photo.
Oh - & good luck in it - win it all!