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Once the flop comes "paired" there is always a chance someone has your Aces beat.
It's a peculiar call by Villain Pre-Flop, but he does his money 90%+ of the time calling with Q-3, so don't worry about it, it's just a setback, & you win the coup most of the time.
I think once he calls me twice, I slow down, & maybe get off the hand, but really, it's just a cooler.
Forget about it & move on. If you play enough poker, you will get Aces beat every night of the week. If you play them properly, though (& you did), you will end up nicely in profit on them.
There is no real measurable way of defining the "best" poker player. Fortunately, it does not matter.
AceBarry has answered the question perfectly. The Qualifying Satellites for SPT Leeds will start at the beginning of April.
Firstly, apologies for missing the question originally, & thank you for being understanding about it. You'd be amazed at how upset some peeps get if I miss a question, or a greeting, but I'd never swerve it deliberately, & I just struggle to cope with everything, & I miss stuff sometimes.
Difficult question to answer, really.
A service provider can charge whatever they wish, as long as they do so openly, & Clients have the choice of accepting or not. It's how the free market works the world over.
An Online Poker Room proivides a basket of value (or not), not just Reg Fee & Rake, but a whole bunch of other stuff, too. All of these things need to be factored into any price equation comparision.
Put simply, it's a business model decision, & I'm not party to their thinking on "why", nor is it right for me to question it, it's their perfect right, just as long as they do it openly & transparently, & Clients have the option of accepting, or not, as they see fit. No two supermarkets change the same price for identical products, but the overall "basket" of prices represents the true competiveness.
"Necessary/moral"......
"necessary", both parties have a choice, but it's not "necessary" as such. It's a business, though, & that's a decision they choose to make, & they do so in full possession of the data which we must presume tells them that the price is, in the true sense, cost effective. If the price of a product ever gets out of line, the sales data soon shows it so, & it's adjusted accordingly. We can assume much from that.
"moral". I'm not sure where "moral" comes into it, with due respect, I'm srtruggling to see any moral issue.
Good question, & I apologise again for the delay in replying.
Right, calmed down now, and posted the right one with all the swearing taken out
I think I would seriously consider contacting Customer Care and passing this onto them.
The nearest - & I'll only advise as to fully-licensed venues - would be Gala Leicester (NOT to be recommended as a poker Venue at all), & Aspers OR Gala in Northampton, both of which do Tourney Poker at lower buy-in levels. Aspers Northampton, in particular, is becoming a fine Room, in fact. Both are a bit of a trot, but no pain, no gain, & I think you'd enjoy it.
Slightly further away, & probably roughly equidistant, is DTD in Nottingham, & G-Luton, both of which have a fine range of low buy-in Tourneys. DTD is not open Mondays or Tuesdays, G-Luton is a 7 day operation. Luton Tourneys start at £5 I think, DTD's start at £20.
If I can help further, just ask.
Sky Poker is an Online Room, & that's what we are about, but never be in any doubt, Live Poker is terrific fun if you enjoy meeting a wide range of people, & play poker for fun. I try to play Live at least once or twice a week, whenever my Diary permits, & it's a social occasion for me.
Good luck you.
Really, I hope you give it a shot, I think you'd do well in it. Try & persuade Dohhhh to play it, too, I think he'd kill it, I really do.
I'd buy a piece of the action (at 1:1) in either or both of you if you did, if either of you were interested in selling a bit.
Whatever you decide, good luck. Do it, you won't regret it, & if the Tourney goes wrong, you can kill the cash games there, they are reputedly very soft on Deeepstack weekends.
Basically, some of the youngsters get carried away with the lingo, & out-think themselves, or at least that's my view.
Here's a generic description of range merging. Some of it will make your eyes bleed, but if you read the more "advanced" Poker Forums, you see this sort of stuff every day. Really, the guys are getting a bit ahead of themselves when they trot this sort of stuff out. IMO, of course. It's just a new expression for an old trick, really, just as "floating" was a few years ago.
"......Bluffing is an important part of the game of Poker. Fooling other players into dropping out of a hand is a large part of it. Being able to identify when an opponent is bluffing is another. Among the more advanced Poker techniques related to bluffing is a practice called “range merging.” It refers to taking advantage of opponents who feel it is their mission to take on other players who bluff, especially on the river.
In order to apply range merging, one must first be able to identify hands known as “bluffcatchers.” These hands are capable of beating a bluff but they lack the value to be bet as certain winners. Typical examples might be an Ace-high hand with a good kicker, an intermediate pair, or a weak two pair.
When a bet is made on the river, the betting player is usually on an extreme of the range, either a very strong hand going for value or a failed hand being played as a complete bluff. Because monster hands occur infrequently, an opponent holding a bluffcatcher has a better than average chance of winning in such situation by calling or raising.
Knowing this, some players are constantly seeking to manoeuvre themselves into bluff-busting positions. There is good money to be made in busting a bluff. But there is also good money to be made in exposing bluff busters. A player using range merging will find opportunities to use marginal hands to bet on the river against bluffcatchers. In other words, the range of hands bet on the river will no longer be the extremes, but intermediary hands as well—the merging of ranges.
Dangers of Range Merging
One caution regarding range merging is that it really only works when an opponent has been absolutely identified as on a bluff-busting mission. Otherwise, betting a large range of hands on the river has too many attendant dangers, not the least of which is falling prey to opponents who slowplay their hands.
In fact, it makes no sense to our marginal hands against opponents who never call with a worse hand. There is no value in it. Similarly, betting the river must not be done with a hand that is too low on its range to beat a moderately good bluffcatcher. A pair of fours, for example, would lose to most bluffcatchers.
How much to bet on the river depends on the table and circumstances of play. The idea is to catch the bluff buster in a trap, not to scare him/her away.
When Range Merging Fails
One advantage of range merging is that it gains something even when it fails. The bluff buster who lucks out a win of, say, an over pair will not realize the true meaning of the bet on the river. He/she will think of it of “value bluffing” and will not stop chasing after potential bluffs. This can be turned into an even bigger opportunity later in the session, since the range merging player now is a “known bluffer who was caught.”
Nor should the range merging player be too concerned about re-raises. If there has been no indication in early betting intervals that the bluff buster has been on a strong hand, any re-raise can only mean that he/she has totally bought into the belief of a bluff. The sky is the limit when range merging works in this way. ......"
Got that?
I won entry into the £500 velocity guaranteed tournament through one of the £1.10 satellites tonight.
However, I am now unable to play in this tournament.
I was wondering if you could pull some strings so I could have the free tournament entry deferred to another night.
I like the way i'm able to go straight over the heads of the customer service team and make this request direct to the sky top dog.
See what you can hustle for me! Remember that I referred to you as a 'top dog' when deciding whether to waste your time sorting this out for me.
Thanks mate!
The contact details for Customer Care, including live chat are at the bottom of the page, that would be your best chance of gettin the entry defered.
Yes, Paul Jackson is on Mother's list to be on the Show as Guest Analyst again, I'll ask Mother to give you the date as soon as it is confirmed.
He told me he would play the next £220 (Thursday of NEXT week), & if he does, I'll ask him to play a few smaller Tourneys, too.
Flattery will get you, well, nowhere!
Barry's answer nailed it, really.
Did it get sorted? If I can help, I will, though I'll probably get a slap for interfering. Happy Days.
What night was it intended to be, & what night did you want it to be?
How much was the Entry Fee?
Knew you'd enjoy it?
Your exit? Not much you did wrong there, to be honest. You were in great shape to push (much preferred to being the caller) & he had to hit. He can only really call if he has the Flush draw as well as the K. He did nowt wrong, nor you, just big on big rerally. You are a monsta if you win that coup.
It's a hand which, at that stage, blinds, stack, etc, demands you can be ultra aggro, & you were. Just one of those things. Keep the pressure on in those spots.
Next time, Final Table, right?
I did a double your money and won it so it went perfectly
Nice one
Well done chaffy.
I also watched 'the' hand he played against Ivey. Quality!
Hi there tikay, when will the satelites start for the next leg of the sky poker tour in leeds?
Also, ehat is the structure ie starting stacks, and levels etc
Thanks
Structure for what - the Satellites, or the SPT itself?