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  • MP33MP33
    edited May 2011
    looking forwrad to having a go for one or two of these

    I like some of these new ideas, inparticularly the community covering some of the live updates. It makes a lot of sense when these touneys are so far spread out accross the country and I don,t think you would be short  of volunteers

    GL to everyone this weekend in Leeds

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  • TommyDTommyD
    edited May 2011
    Out of interest what's the G in Dundee like?  Anyone know?
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  • lozgolozgo
    edited May 2011
    never played live, but might try and sat in for southampton. only 12 mins from winchester by train. anyone know what the casino is like?
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited May 2011
    In Response to Re: Oi oi! You can qualify for the GUKPT Summer Series on Sky Poker now!:
    Out of interest what's the G in Dundee like?  Anyone know?
    Posted by TommyD
    It's pretty much like any other G-Casino, Tommy, though the Staff seem to speak funny. The Card-Room Manager is an old friend of mine from many years ago, & he's a fine chap, loves his poker.

    Dundee is a cool place, & it's just across the Firth of Tay from St Andrews, the home of golf.

    As luck would have it - or not - I am rostered to do the TV Shows on both the Saturday & Sunday of that weekend, & I may also have to go to Madrid on business on the Friday, so I cannot attend, but I'd be there in a shot were it not for diary complications, as I think it'll be a splendid Event.

    I hope you give it a go, you'd enjoy it.
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  • DOHHHHHHHDOHHHHHHH
    edited May 2011

    Think sky are over-valuing the importance of "live updates".

    Yeh it's fun to have someone at the venue taking pictures and giving chip updates, but the live link thing keeps you up to date with all exits and stuff, and once you've seen one picture of a TSP guy in a blue hoody sat behind a wall of chips, you've seen them all.

    To not allow the TSP players to play, just because doing updates might be awkward would be weird. The updates r a bonus, far from the most important thing.

    What would be cheaper/easier more practical and probably more interesting, would be for each TSP member to write a quick 10 minute blog at the end of each days play, writing about their table, the ups and downs, key hands, plan for tomorrow etc etc etc. 

    No need to make mountains out of molehills - simplicity is genius! ;)

    Look forward to more live stream days like last Monday !!!

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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited May 2011
    In Response to Re: Oi oi! You can qualify for the GUKPT Summer Series on Sky Poker now!:
    never played live, but might try and sat in for southampton. only 12 mins from winchester by train. anyone know what the casino is like?
    Posted by lozgo
    It's quite a small Cardroom by national standards, but it has a lovely intimate atmosphere, & I've spent many happy hours down there, as has Thewy, who won a Tourney or two there back in the day. (He's such a luckbox).

    Even better, it is on West Quay Road, right by the docks, & you can see all the big ships, passenger & container, berthed right behind the Casino, & there is even a Container Park just along the way, which is well worth a visit.

    Just a 15 minute walk along the front, & you can jump a Red-Funnel ferry to the Isle of Wight, which is a bit of a bonus, too. It's a lovely trip across the Solent, to either West Cowes or East Cowes, as you prefer, & you can see all sorts. Do it!

    Here's the Ferry website......

    http://www.redfunnel.co.uk/

    I will not be able to attend, I'm afraid, as I'll be in Vegas (how bad do I run?), but I am sure you'd enjoy the Southampton GUKPT. You might even win it......
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited May 2011
    In Response to Re: Oi oi! You can qualify for the GUKPT Summer Series on Sky Poker now!:
    Think sky are over-valuing the importance of "live updates". Yeh it's fun to have someone at the venue taking pictures and giving chip updates, but the live link thing keeps you up to date with all exits and stuff, and once you've seen one picture of a TSP guy in a blue hoody sat behind a wall of chips, you've seen them all. To not allow the TSP players to play, just because doing updates might be awkward would be weird. The updates r a bonus, far from the most important thing. What would be cheaper/easier more practical and probably more interesting, would be for each TSP member to write a quick 10 minute blog at the end of each days play, writing about their table, the ups and downs, key hands, plan for tomorrow etc etc etc.  No need to make mountains out of molehills - simplicity is genius! ;) Look forward to more live stream days like last Monday !!!
    Posted by DOHHHHHHH
    Thanks for your input JJ, much of which makes absolute sense.

    As I explained yesterdsay, they are currently re-evaluating how to best "support" the TSP players, & what events they can or should play. It's a moving feast really, & nothing is set in  stone, but it's wise to take a step back & try to look at these things rationally every now & then, which is the current process.

    The Live Stream (Sunday, not Monday, surely?) - yes, it was interesting, & this Saturday, at SPT Leeds, we will be running our own version, doing it the Sky Poker way. Enjoy!

    PS - When are you going to come out & play some Live Poker? Even Hursty does it now, though to be fair, he's a better player than you. Or so he told me.....
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  • DOHHHHHHHDOHHHHHHH
    edited May 2011
    In Response to Re: Oi oi! You can qualify for the GUKPT Summer Series on Sky Poker now!:
    In Response to Re: Oi oi! You can qualify for the GUKPT Summer Series on Sky Poker now! : Thanks for your input JJ, much of which makes absolute sense. As I explained yesterdsay, they are currently re-evaluating how to best "support" the TSP players, & what events they can or should play. It's a moving feast really, & nothing is set in  stone, but it's wise to take a step back & try to look at these things rationally every now & then, which is the current process. The Live Stream (Sunday, not Monday, surely?) - yes, it was interesting, & this Saturday, at SPT Leeds, we will be running our own version, doing it the Sky Poker way. Enjoy! PS - When are you going to come out & play some Live Poker? Even Hursty does it now, though to be fair, he's a better player than you. Or so he told me.....
    Posted by Tikay10
    Lol!

    He has more money than me so I guess he must be right.

    The blog idea would be great if the players went into detail about some key hands. You never see the TSPers posting/commenting in the clinic on here, for obvious reasons. They're all pros and giving away reads n stuff on people who pay their wages would be pretty dumb, at least at a live event they wouldn't feel like they had to hold back in their analysis. 

    Give Don the mic on Sat ftw !
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  • The_Don90The_Don90
    edited May 2011
    In Response to Re: Oi oi! You can qualify for the GUKPT Summer Series on Sky Poker now!:
    In Response to Re: Oi oi! You can qualify for the GUKPT Summer Series on Sky Poker now! : Lol! He has more money than me so I guess he must be right. The blog idea would be great if the players went into detail about some key hands. You never see the TSPers posting/commenting in the clinic on here, for obvious reasons. They're all pros and giving away reads n stuff on people who pay their wages would be pretty dumb, at least at a live event they wouldn't feel like they had to hold back in their analysis.  Give Don the mic on Sat ftw !
    Posted by DOHHHHHHH
    Since when did anyone understand me???


    Tikay having a look at some of these events and may have a pop at the Sheffield and Dundee legs.

    Although i think Dohhhh has a point, even if sky are unable to take live updates for an event a TSP'r wants to be at then surley a blog would be a good way of covering this. Sure as anything i wouldnt mind if it meant i could play in an event that i wanted to.

    I think what sky are doing is great, although i may suggest something which is more of a personal dream to Tikay on Saturday that might be interesting.
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited May 2011
    In Response to Re: Oi oi! You can qualify for the GUKPT Summer Series on Sky Poker now!:
    In Response to Re: Oi oi! You can qualify for the GUKPT Summer Series on Sky Poker now! : Lol! He has more money than me so I guess he must be right. The blog idea would be great if the players went into detail about some key hands. You never see the TSPers posting/commenting in the clinic on here, for obvious reasons. They're all pros and giving away reads n stuff on people who pay their wages would be pretty dumb, at least at a live event they wouldn't feel like they had to hold back in their analysis.  Give Don the mic on Sat ftw !
    Posted by DOHHHHHHH
    The TSP-ers are encouraged to Blog about their TSP "outings", but we can't force them to do it, ultimately it's up to them.

    For reasons I won't bore you with, but were very relevant, young Dylan sent me a beautiful write up about his GUKPT Walsall experience, where, basically, he explained all the key hands he played, how, & why. It was superb, but I cannot publish it without his permission. I've written to him to ask if he minds me publishing it, & if he does not object, I'll publish it in little segments on Sky Community, so that people can "interrogate" how & why he played each hand, & Dylan can explain & comment as he sees fit.

    Give Don the microphone on Saturday? I assume you never watched the Show when he was a DisasterMind contestant......but yes, if he wants a bash, I'll see if it can be sorted. It is not quite as easy as it may seem, I should warn him......
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  • The_Don90The_Don90
    edited May 2011
    In Response to Re: Oi oi! You can qualify for the GUKPT Summer Series on Sky Poker now!:
    In Response to Re: Oi oi! You can qualify for the GUKPT Summer Series on Sky Poker now! : The TSP-ers are encouraged to Blog about their TSP "outings", but we can't force them to do it, ultimately it's up to them. For reasons I won't bore you with, but were very relevant, young Dylan sent me a beautiful write up about his GUKPT Walsall experience, where, basically, he explained all the key hands he played, how, & why. It was superb, but I cannot publish it without his permission. I've written to him to ask if he minds me publishing it, & if he does not object, I'll publish it in little segments on Sky Community, so that people can "interrogate" how & why he played each hand, & Dylan can explain & comment as he sees fit. Give Don the microphone on Saturday? I assume you never watched the Show when he was a DisasterMind contestant......but yes, if he wants a bash, I'll see if it can be sorted. It is not quite as easy as it may seem, I should warn him......
    Posted by Tikay10
    was this the disastermind i was first or last tikay? fwiw i only watched the one i won for reasons of me winning

    edit: option b rather than a blog grab them onto th channel on a mothly show where they discuss different hands from live events theyve played in that last month.
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  • OnlyOneCTOnlyOneCT
    edited May 2011
    Certainly have Bolton in God's favourite county and Sheffield in THAT county on my radar and possibly a nice little trip down to the South Coast for the Southampton leg.

    Hope everyone enjoys SPT Leeds and with it being in THAT county, I hope and pray that the presentation via the live stream will be on a par with something like this:


    That is all!........
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  • The_Don90The_Don90
    edited May 2011
    In Response to Re: Oi oi! You can qualify for the GUKPT Summer Series on Sky Poker now!:
    Certainly have Bolton in God's favourite county and Sheffield in THAT county on my radar and possibly a nice little trip down to the South Coast for the Southampton leg. Hope everyone enjoys SPT Leeds and with it being in THAT county, I hope and pray that the presentation via the live stream will be on a par with something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOlEYNlSZ44  lolololololololol That is all!........
    Posted by OnlyOneCT
    i think ill hire dohh as a translator for that
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  • DOHHHHHHHDOHHHHHHH
    edited May 2011
    In Response to Re: Oi oi! You can qualify for the GUKPT Summer Series on Sky Poker now!:
    Certainly have Bolton in God's favourite county and Sheffield in THAT county on my radar and possibly a nice little trip down to the South Coast for the Southampton leg. Hope everyone enjoys SPT Leeds and with it being in THAT county, I hope and pray that the presentation via the live stream will be on a par with something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOlEYNlSZ44  lolololololololol That is all!........
    Posted by OnlyOneCT
    I've watched part 1 and part 2 of this and still can't work out if it's a serious programme or a p!!s take........................


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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited May 2011

    The GUKPT Summer Satellites are now in the Lobby.

    There are £5.20 jobbies at 15.15, 18.15, & 19.30, & they feed into tonight's Semi-Final @ 21.15, to which you can also buy-in direct for £24.

    The Final is next Tuesday.
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  • unknown_usernameunknown_username
    edited May 2011
    This is great!!!!!

    I only live down the road from brighton so will defo be giving these a bash. Or 3!
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited May 2011

    Good luck Scotto!
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  • N1CKN1CK
    edited May 2011
    i fancy a bit of live, if i qualify do i have to wear the sky logo?
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited May 2011
    In Response to Re: Oi oi! You can qualify for the GUKPT Summer Series on Sky Poker now!:
    i fancy a bit of live, if i qualify do i have to wear the sky logo?
    Posted by N1CK
    I don't think you are obliged to, no. We'd like you to, but as far as I know, there is no compulsion so to do.
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  • The_Don90The_Don90
    edited May 2011
    In Response to Re: Oi oi! You can qualify for the GUKPT Summer Series on Sky Poker now!:
    In Response to Re: Oi oi! You can qualify for the GUKPT Summer Series on Sky Poker now! : I don't think you are obliged to, no. We'd like you to, but as far as I know, there is no compulsion so to do.
    Posted by Tikay10
    Who could say no to a blue hoody ?
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  • N1CKN1CK
    edited May 2011
    In Response to Re: Oi oi! You can qualify for the GUKPT Summer Series on Sky Poker now!:
    In Response to Re: Oi oi! You can qualify for the GUKPT Summer Series on Sky Poker now! : I don't think you are obliged to, no. We'd like you to, but as far as I know, there is no compulsion so to do.
    Posted by Tikay10
    good coz i wouldnt want anyone to think i was a shark
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  • Sky_DaveSky_Dave
    edited May 2011
    Sigh. You have no idea how much it hurts me to not be able to play in these. Fill your boots people, these tourneys are going to be epic. Even if I don't understand a word of Dundeeish.
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  • MP33MP33
    edited May 2011
    In Response to Re: Oi oi! You can qualify for the GUKPT Summer Series on Sky Poker now!:
    Think sky are over-valuing the importance of "live updates". Yeh it's fun to have someone at the venue taking pictures and giving chip updates, but the live link thing keeps you up to date with all exits and stuff, and once you've seen one picture of a TSP guy in a blue hoody sat behind a wall of chips, you've seen them all. To not allow the TSP players to play, just because doing updates might be awkward would be weird. The updates r a bonus, far from the most important thing. What would be cheaper/easier more practical and probably more interesting, would be for each TSP member to write a quick 10 minute blog at the end of each days play, writing about their table, the ups and downs, key hands, plan for tomorrow etc etc etc.  No need to make mountains out of molehills - simplicity is genius! ;) Look forward to more live stream days like last Monday !!!
    Posted by DOHHHHHHH
    Wouldn,t that give any other players on their table an advantage if they were to read it (knowing what their plans were for nxt day and maybe discussing hands that didn,t go to showdown - eg bluffs , reads etc ?
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  • JockBMWJockBMW
    edited May 2011
    In Response to Re: Oi oi! You can qualify for the GUKPT Summer Series on Sky Poker now!:
    Sigh. You have no idea how much it hurts me to not be able to play in these. Fill your boots people, these tourneys are going to be epic. Even if I don't understand a word of Dundeeish.
    Posted by Sky_Dave

    As I am Dundee born and bred, and the event is being held in my Casino Home away from Home.  I shall be happy to translate for you Dave.

    In Fact next Wednesday I will be playing in the live Sat in the casino itself.

    Anyway Dundonian Lesson 1.

    Aye'll hae twa pies a plain ain and an inion in an a 

    Translation

    I would like to purchase two of your wonderful meat filled pastries.  I would like one of them to come in the plain wholesome manner in which it was first made, I would like the second one to come with a small portion of onions mixed through the meat centre.

    Lesson 2 will be undertaken once Lesson 1 has been mastered......  it could take a while

    On a serious note even if I don't qualify for the main event I will be playing some of the side events.  Happy to show any visiting sky players the local hostelries ;o)

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