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Quick Q for you, if Holly Willoughby was your daughter would you still be bathing here?
If the Q doesnt bring a smile to your face I am sure the thought will.
Joesman is good though peeling 34 from 13 bigs. But 4 HI wins sometimes init let's see a flop.
I'll disguise it as a question to your good self Thomas.
Is anything more important than laughing?
Laughing's the best. I made a bit at a cash table this weekend. I min-cashed at the tourney. I went home and won my local game. I don't care, not important. More important was the laugh I had. So many bampots I met drunk, gambling, and at least as bemused by life as I was. Some of the logic I came across for playing poker just made me cry with laughter. Poker's just a wee hobby I have that allows me to run into like minded chaps that find life funny. It's ace.
As a teacher you must have had a few laughs at kids Thomas. I coached an U7 football team for 4 years and it was hilarious some of the stuff they came out with. Somersualts/WWE moves on the pitch, ignoring me, when I was doing my Mourinho stuff was a bit annoying, but, ultimately, amusing.
My point is : Cannae mind to be honest. Laughing's better than anything though, eh?
My kids bought me, with prompting, the book ' The Mathematics of poker' . one chapter later and i think i need tuition!!! God, how it slides away, eh?
All the best in your vegas qualifying efforts. maybe one day i'll give it a try.....probably in 2017....
I'm enjoying the community now and getting more involved. your diary has provided that initial push o many thanks.
keep it steady
Steve aka profman15
PS saw Starkey on QT too. Loved the comment the gent in audience provided about UK should put political and economic pressure on China and Russia. I laughed out loud just as much at that as Starkey's exasperated response.
Good luck for the show Tuesday! Have you been on before? (I'm guessing not.) How are you feeling about it?
I'm pretty much determined to make it so I haven't set a limit on how much I'm going to invest.
I will clearly be the next Spurs manager, my Championship Manager record is off the chart.
I'm really looking forward to the shows tomorrow. No real nerves about being on the TV but that's mainly down to the fact I have been doing Community and before that University Radio for fifteen years. Back at Uni I created and hosted a late night talk show which had listener figures peaking at about forty thousand people. That many people listening to me talking rubbish? Everything after that is easy game.
It would be a great use of the quality guests they are bringing in to make them sit down 4tabling NL50/100/200 whatever for a few hours followed by some fasttrack analysis of the hands that he didn't fold pre (and some maybe interesting spots he did fold pre eg JJ to very tight player cold 3bet etc)
I've lucked out with the professionals as I'm on with the lovely Anna and the even more lovely Ryan. I'm determined not to have a hand rant on the show. This will probably fail. Should be good though.
Good luck Tommy, we're looking forward to it.
Just a quick post to say how much I'm enjoying your thread.
Good luck on the show tonight, really looking forward to it.
Ok just enough time to say thank you for all the good luck messages everyone.
If you find me dull tonight:
1) At least you have Ryan and Anna who will be on sparkling form as always.
2) Why not enact the SkyPoker drinking game (For the lawyers, this does not have to be alcohol. What you drink is entirely up to you. Personally I'd go for a spot of Pimms).
When someone open limps preflop, take a shot.
When someone calls with a raggy ace out of position, take a shot.
When Ryan rants, take a shot.
When I say a player will do one thing and they do another, take a shot.
When I get someone's name wrong accidentally, take a shot.
When I get someone's name wrong on purpose, take two shots (If Hurst-o, Gadger-no or Petal are playing then this could get messy).
When someone TV tarts three different Mastercash tables then take three shots (I won't be playing so you may be safe here).
When the lighting rig breaks, finish your drink.
Cool, enjoy the show guys, just got to grab my sunglasses and I'll be on my way.
Enjoy...................cheers
Steve aka profman15
Enjoyed the shows last night. You came across very well, i thought. Mind, all that time in front of maths classes helps as you have got to keep 'em interested. I had 23 years of it and you learn some tricks of the 'trade', don't you.
I sent a q which didn't get aired sadly so would you mind considering two things for me and provide your thoughts....I'm keen to learn and have started to see leaks in my game eg too passive in 3rd quartile of MTT's, for instance. now, i'd like to make a concerted but efficient effort at improving both my learning and playing. I tend to play BH's and SNG's at £5 max level.
a) I'd like to analyse my SKY 'stats' and draw some useful conclusions...any thoughts?
b) I've considered some software help( not HUDs as i'm happy with Sky and i know it doesn't support it). . Anyway, i've researched the net and come up with three possibilities...
1. Cardrunners
2. SitNgo Wizard
3. Sharkscope
What are your thoughts on these and do you see a priority in case my budget doesn't stretch that far. I have time on my hands now and would like to apply myself in a balanced and sensible way. "Please sir! Can you help me." (God i was in classroom mode then.
All the best
Steve aka profman15
London traffic is a strange beast. If you leave early you're sure to have the best run ever. Leave on time or shock horror, late then you're in a very bad place indeed.
I left for Sky Towers early, this ensured I hit every green light and there were no emergency road works on the North Circular. Despite getting a case of road rage, as every driver I let out in an attempt at good karma forgot to say thank you, the journey was as pleasant as it could have been. So I got within ten minutes of the studio with a couple of hours to spare. No problem, time to explore.
London has the odd beautiful oasis hidden amongst the spaghetti junctions, retail estates and angry cider drinkers. I managed to find a beautiful spot in Old Isleworth. Under the Heathrow flight path is a taste of the rural life, Isleworth Drydock. A lovely place by the river with birds frolicking in the Thames (the clean bit, obviously), all very peaceful expect for the odd jumbo jet swooping overhead.
I saw this kooky little building:
It's a boating pavilion, or how the other half live.
The best bit about this place, a lovely country pub in the city, right on the river and a lovely place to get a spot of grub to kill some time. A beautiful start to the Tuesday evening.
That's Tikay's garden shed Tommy, you should see his house!
A lovely chap took my details and then asked me if I was superstitious? I said no and then he gave me my visitor's pass. Visitor number 6666. Oh I see, good omen.
Ben (or Sky Ben as he is now legally known) fetched me and we were in. At no point will you ever be in doubt where you are. The Sky brand is not so much everywhere, more like every building has been genetically modified with the brand. Faces of Sky News and Sky Sports tower over you like Brobdingnagians.
Everyone backstage was lovely. Make up took the appropirate time to make me presentable, so after five hours and three paint brushes I was ready for the show.
I won't go into the actual show, if you're reading this you probably saw it. It was a lovely time. And I got to see what was behind the table. You'd ever guess. Anna, Ryan and Producer Sky Dan were great as was everyone else, they made me feel very welcome.
Things I learnt:
1) There's a whole heap going on and people working their backside's off you don't even know about. I'm a radio man and can work a sound deck, then I saw the deck they have. I was so excited a little bit of wee came out.
2) The sofa is quite comfortable, but if you ever go on come up with your 'sofa position' beforehand, it can make you feel very self conscious.
3) I'm going to run a book on the first analyst to completely lose it with the clicker and smash it live on air. If James ever switches back to that role he's pretty much odds on favourite. Ryan's in at 5/2
Four hours done and it was back on the road, via a 24hr shop for an emergency pie obviously.
I have come to the conclusion that my various TV tarting stints have hurt my DYMs. For the crucial bubble I get called by an unreal wide range (my fave being Q4 suited, twice by different people). It stings a little when they make it, stings a little more when they are actually ahead.
My game is in severe need of serious work.
Sorry this has taken some time, been quite a week.
Looking at your questions:
a) As far as looking at your Sky Stats, if you are talking about results I keep a very detailed spreadsheet that let's me look at all of the forms of the game I play and where I am strong/where I need to improve. Sharkscope also provides a decent amount of information on this. If you are talking about the mechanics of the game if you keep going through hand histories you will get a feel of your VPIP, showdown wins, 3bet percentage etc. It takes some time and plenty of work but it is worth it. I recommend exhaustive hand history reading to really get inside your own game, that's what I did.
b) I've heard good things about Cardrunners but as Ryan said on the show, that's more for a player who has already reached an intermediate or advanced level and wants to go further. In my opinion you can get enough information from Sharkscope on the free searches but I know other people have signed up to it and swear by it. I haven't because I don't think you get the benefit for Skypoker (they monitor real time SnG lobbies to look for good tables, IMO the STT player-pool is not big enough on SkyPoker to justify the expense).
I have tried SnGWiz and I think you can get the information on shoving ranges for free plenty of other places on the internet. Also SnGWiz doesn't help you with the information you have to put in it, you need to assess the shove/call ranges of your opponents and when you use Wiz it's a bit like driving with a Sat Nav, you expect it to do a little more for you than it does and you become blind to some other things that are happening at the table.
There is so much information out there for you that unless you are already advanced I think you can get everything for free, just takes a little searching. Forums and hand history analysis are the way foward for you in my opinion.
The Avengers
The Dark Knight Rises
The Amazing Spiderman
GI Joe 2
I need these to be good. There has only been one great comic book movies made ever (The original Christopher Reeve Superman movie, not The Dark Knight, feel free to argue that because I can go all day long on that one) and it's about time we had another one. Sadly I've got a feeling none of these will quite hit that lofty mark.
I've watched The Avengers trailers about a dozen times now and I have come to the following conclusions:
Why oh why oh why is Ed Norton not playing Banner again?
Downey Jr's casting as Stark was a perfect pick (you can easily get these wrong, for proof please watch The Green Lantern. Actually, don't. I cried a little and not in a good way).
I'm very much in love with Scarlett Johansson.