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Sunday night live show 9pm with Anna Fowler and Ed Giddins *****official show thread*****
Well, as much as I really really didn't want to leave DTD and the SPTfinal, as I had the best time, I am glad to be holding the fort tonight with Ed and bringing you action from the Primo and Sunday Roller.
Also we will be keeping you up to date with the SPTfinal happening today, I am going to have a competition for you giving you the chance to win a Sat night Bounty Hunter entry, and an educational topic, for you to be the analyst!!
So heaps going on tonight, come join us if you can, and to those of you who I met and those who I didn;t get the chance to meet fri and sat, thank you for making my first spt so much fun, I had the best time 
Will see you all soon!!
Educate us:
If you are card dead for the first 4 levels or so of a tourno, how many hands do you need to play per hour roughly, and what hands start looking pretty to you. How tight can you go before you have to make some moves once the antes start........(not based on my experience yesterday at all, whatsoever!!)Still lasted longer than Orford and Tikay though!!
If this makes no sense, I will re word it with the help of Ed later!!
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Hi Anna & Ed (and welcome back Ed....gr8 to know you're back in the fold so to speak),......can we have a few details of the structure of the game etc. ie; is it a deepstack with 10-15 min blinds and 5k chipstack......or a velocity type game......as I think you will get more precise answers if we know the type of tournie ....tx and hope the show goes well for you both......tc.....billy
Congratulations Anna on what sounded like a very good debut performance from what I've heard. Please give more details about structure so we can give a better answer to your question.
If it's a deepstack, then you can pretty much get away with being card dead for the first 4 levels anyway. Alot of people play very very few hands in these early levels.
thanks for coming
what a pleasure to meet you this weekend, unfortunately i busted out early on day 2 before the cash.
the first 4 levels are a tourney are not that important to worry about card-dead imo, you cant win the tournament in levels 1-4 but can certainly lose it. depending on your reads, you should be able to pick spots to 3-bet pre flop and re-raise on the flop.
hope you enjoyed your first jagerbomb
young-gun says your the most gorgeous girl he's seen
I was flicking through Sky's channels the other night, and, well, I came across a channel, and saw a very gorgeous looking young lady introducing, I think it was the European Blackjack finals, now, what was her name..., oh yes, her first name was Anna
Hmm, being card dead, imo, position is so important at times like these, and your table image also, makes it far more likely you can get a bluff or two through to keep paying the rent until, and if, your cards pick up, if not, you have to widen your card range, normally, I would go as low as 5, 6 or maybe 7BB,s before I feel the need to push with connector or picture cards, or even shove blind.
Hard question to give 1 specific answer. Depends on other ppls stacks, position and table dynaimcs. If you have played 4 levels on the same table you should be getting some reads . Use these reads to make your decision and as long as you have no regrets if you do lose you,ll do ok
Have a good show guys
Educate us answer: Whatever I said to you 15 minutes before the SPT Final started.
Good luck on staying awake for the whole show!
ok so I am basing this on the SPTfinal...which is a deepstack tournament......
Also for those of you who can , let us know you experiences of DTD and the SPTfinal this weekend..
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Beware Anna ,
young gun is now your official stalker ,
he met you at DTD and thinks you are the most beautiful woman he has ever met .
p. s please blush now anna .
Joe played it great,but how should i have played it better?
1. Who won the last longer bet? (sptfinal)
2. What number did i go out in? (sptfinal)
3. Who was the SPTfinal bubble boy (37th) place...we need the alias.
Prize: Sat night £22 Bounty Hunter seat
email answers: skyopen@bskyb.com
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Unfortunately I didn't get to meet you on Saturday as in all honesty I was too intimidated to say hello, you're a stunning young lady in the flesh and that's enough to leave me tongue tied! But it sounds like your SPT experience was very similar to mine, I have seriously never been as card dead as I was after the first break.
Once the antes started to kick it was just a slow painful flow of chips away from my stack. I managed to pick up a couple of small pots with 6 7 suited and J 9 off, got caught out with Q 10 off. The one time I picked up a decent hand AK put in a standard raise in 2nd position and everybody foldedto me.
In the end I got it all in with 8 9 a mile behind the QQ that called me.
As you've intimated Anna I think my mistake was in waiting too long for good cards in good spots instead of changing gears and trying to make things happen a little earlier. Looking back and anylysing my play, I'd be happier if when my stack gets to 15-20 times the BB I take a chance or two, I folded A4 suited and KQ off and pocket 3's at this point of my tourney in spots where I had position and value to get involved. Maybe if I make differnet plays in these situations things work out differently.
As others I have said I think so much depends on stack sizes, other players at the table and the the positions you find yourself in that it's almost impossible to generlise. That said there is definately a point at which you have to decide that you're not going to let the blinds and antes wear you down and pick your spots to make some moves.
My poker mantra for toureys is 'You just need to win, you don't need to win right now' realistically if you have 10 BB's you're back in the thick of it very quickly. So tight is generally right but sometimes you've just got to take a chance.
have a great show and will ewatch the repeat on tuesday, heading for an early night before the 9hr journey home tommorow
i hope ed doesnt use that chutney story on the after dinner circuit!
all the best