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The luck vs skill debate...

Giant811Giant811
edited January 2012 in Poker Chat
has been settled decisively tonight by me winning a spot on Team Sky Poker.

I qualified by playing a lot of low stakes Omaha MTTs. I haven't played any hold'em except freerolls in months as I consider myself to be really bad at it. Despite all that I finished in the top 6 against 86 of the best players on Sky Poker, many of whom make a living playing hold'em.

Poker is all luck.

QED

:):):)
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  • JingleMaJingleMa
    edited January 2012
    In Response to The luck vs skill debate...:
    has been settled decisively tonight by me winning a spot on Team Sky Poker. I qualified by playing a lot of low stakes Omaha MTTs. I haven't played any hold'em except freerolls in months as I consider myself to be really bad at it. Despite all that I finished in the top 6 against 86 of the best players on Sky Poker, many of whom make a living playing hold'em. Poker is all luck. QED :):):)
    Posted by Giant811

    +1 

    Massive WD mate, I just qualified4the 2nd time running, so yes - it's all luck! :) 

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  • penguin7penguin7
    edited January 2012
    Very well done m8.

    The skill is getting yourself in a position to get lucky
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  • Giant811Giant811
    edited January 2012
    Thank you, vwd both!
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  • JingleMaJingleMa
    edited January 2012
    In Response to Re: The luck vs skill debate...:
    Very well done m8. The skill is getting yourself in a position to get lucky
    Posted by penguin7

    Tru Dat - well done Peng!

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  • rancidrancid
    edited January 2012
    emm lets get everybody grinding for hours/days/weeks/months so they get a seat into a MTT and shoot it out versus equally skilled players with very little edge

    wonder who the winner is


    well done anyway, what do you get for being on TSP
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  • Lambert180Lambert180
    edited January 2012
    In Response to Re: The luck vs skill debate...:
    emm lets get everybody grinding for hours/days/weeks/months so they get a seat into a MTT and shoot it out versus equally skilled players with very little edge wonder who the winner is well done anyway, what do you get for being on TSP
    Posted by rancid
    I believe they pay your buy-in into a £1000 live event... and you get a nice hoody and maybe even a hat lol.
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  • Lambert180Lambert180
    edited January 2012
    In Response to The luck vs skill debate...:
    has been settled decisively tonight by me winning a spot on Team Sky Poker. I qualified by playing a lot of low stakes Omaha MTTs. I haven't played any hold'em except freerolls in months as I consider myself to be really bad at it. Despite all that I finished in the top 6 against 86 of the best players on Sky Poker, many of whom make a living playing hold'em. Poker is all luck. QED :):):)
    Posted by Giant811
    By the way, that's mega impressive to have qualified in the top 30 MTTers from purely Omaha. You must be killing the games.
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  • JingleMaJingleMa
    edited January 2012
    In Response to Re: The luck vs skill debate...:
    In Response to Re: The luck vs skill debate... : I believe they pay your buy-in into a £1000 live event... and you get a nice hoody and maybe even a hat lol.
    Posted by Lambert180

    Nearly mate, it's a hoodie and t-shirt!

    You're spot on about the other prize, unless they've changed it - will find out 2moro I guess.

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  • EvilPinguEvilPingu
    edited January 2012
    In Response to Re: The luck vs skill debate...:
    emm lets get everybody grinding for hours/days/weeks/months so they get a seat into a MTT and shoot it out versus equally skilled players with very little edge wonder who the winner is well done anyway, what do you get for being on TSP
    Posted by rancid

    "This are what you can expect from Team Sky Poker:
    • - Win your way onto Team Sky Poker
    • - Play in offline professional level tournaments across the UK (1X£1000 guaranteed every quarter)
    • - Double Cash for Points (half going towards live tournament buy-ins) 
    • - Appear on TV and gain a great profile on Sky Poker"
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  • Giant811Giant811
    edited January 2012
    In Response to Re: The luck vs skill debate...:
    In Response to The luck vs skill debate... : By the way, that's mega impressive to have qualified in the top 30 MTTers from purely Omaha. You must be killing the games.
    Posted by Lambert180
    I'm not one to brag, but I did spin up £200 into about £900 mostly playing the £1.10-£5.50 PLO and PLO8 MTTs over the last 6 months. I think some, if not all of the PLO MTTs get double league points and since for a long time most of them had less than 10 runners I had a lot of top 3 finishes, so plenty of league points. I think sometime in November I was second only to Sikas in the MTT table.
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  • Lambert180Lambert180
    edited January 2012
    Wow, I didn't know they got double league points...you've leaked your secret now Giants lol.

    Congrats on that spin up though.
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  • penguin7penguin7
    edited January 2012
    Strangely enough the majority of my league points came from Omaha hilo too. I had a very poor run at holdem and the omaha points just let me creep into the playoff, as well as keeping my bankroll healthy.
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  • jakallyjakally
    edited January 2012
    In Response to Re: The luck vs skill debate...:
    In Response to Re: The luck vs skill debate... : I'm not one to brag, but I did spin up £200 into about £900 mostly playing the £1.10-£5.50 PLO and PLO8 MTTs over the last 6 months. I think some, if not all of the PLO MTTs get double league points and since for a long time most of them had less than 10 runners I had a lot of top 3 finishes, so plenty of league points. I think sometime in November I was second only to Sikas in the MTT table.
    Posted by Giant811

    Fine to brag IMO.
    Well done on the TSP.

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  • scorpio13scorpio13
    edited January 2012
    VERY VERY WELL DONE GIANT- that is some achivement! Also to the other 5 who made it -great result! :)
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  • LudovicianLudovician
    edited January 2012
    In Response to Re: The luck vs skill debate...:
    VERY VERY WELL DONE GIANT- that is some achivement! Also to the other 5 who made it -great result! :)
    Posted by scorpio13
    congratis to you all enjoy it
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  • Poker_FailPoker_Fail
    edited January 2012
    Very well done giant, i missed this who are the other 5 who made ittt?
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  • NColleyNColley
    edited January 2012
    wp fella, enjoy the 3 months and gl in whatever big live MTT they put you in!

    P.S, the skill in poker is consistently making the right plays EV wise, i.e getting all in as favourite, bluffing at the right time, making enough chips early on in a tourney to go deep ect.

    The luck part is holding when your ahead/winning when your behind.
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  • jonjo75jonjo75
    edited January 2012
    Amazing you can get that many points just playing omaha MTTs  .
    Congrats for making the team .
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  • pomfrittespomfrittes
    edited January 2012


      Excellent performance Giant, hope you enjoy your stint in TSP m8.
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  • Giant811Giant811
    edited January 2012
    Thank you all, I ran great all night and managed not to mess it up.

    Very unlucky Ludovician, hope you get it next time.

    I still can't believe it, but it looks like the first time I will ever play live will be a £1k buy-in tournament. Unreal.
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