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As to number of runners, "alternates" will bring the total number of runners up to nearly or even above 200, so there MAY be more "places" paid.
See you there!
To be honest, I don't know, but your best route for questions like this is Customer Care, who will be able to offer you an accurate & immediate reply.
"Customer Care" are a much-maligned group of hard-working staff, & I met most of them yesterday in Leeds, great bunch of guys & gals all eager to please, so give them a call please.
I think that's a little unfair on the call Centre staff, to be honest. They have a very wide brief, with demanding targets & KPI's, (which they meet or exceed regularly), & they DO know & understand poker.
Be it in poker, or any other line of busines, Call-Centre staff are an easy target for peeps to complain about, & they seem about as popular as Traffic Wardens, Estate Agents, & even Accountants.....
Pretty unfair, imo, but a reflection on our current society & attitudes I guess.
Many congrats on winning the seat. Is it just you, or are the rest of the band playing, too?
MMMBop, that was a Post from The Middle of Nowhere.......
More excitingly, I suppose, Hanson also own these people. Fascinating stuff, any questions, fire away.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_London_Brick_Company
However, all that will change, very soon indeed......
SNG's are very similar to DYM's, so there are 2 things you should read, which, I promise, if you learn & apply, WILL help you immensely.
The first is HERE
And to ask questions, which John will answer, see THIS
Hope that helps. Your game WILL improve if you can absorb at least some of that.
But that's half the buzz of Tourney poker really, start slowly, the excitement builds as we get nearer & nearer the money, sometimes we win those vital flips & progress, other times we go busto. That's the VERY ESSENCE of Tournament play.
It's the near misses & failures which make the successes all the sweeter, & as a test of character, I abslolutely love it, as it tests our mettle, & backbone. Losing well is also as important as winning well.
Stu Unger fanboys quote his "show me a good loser & I'll show you a loser" utterance, but as losers go, he sucked. Dignity in both defeat & victory counts for a lot in my book, but it's a book gathering dust these days, I fancy.
Thanks for the support on the Table Rails & elsewhere, Chris. We had a right good sweat the other night when that Sky Poker Jackpot hoved into view, eh?
Mr Hellmuth said "if it were not for luck, I would win every Tourney".
Technically, there are grounds for saying he is the best NLHE player in the world, but if he played the Sky Poker Main Event 100 times, he might win it twice or 3 times at best, & cash maybe 15 or 20 times. The other times he'd bust before the cash.
Skilful players will always do better, however, OVER TIME, than lucky players.
If you play technically correct, & play enough cash poker, it's almost impossible to lose long-term. So skill WILL overcome luck in the long run.
Cheers Colin
Player
That's a very sad Post.
I'm afraid it's a product of poor parenting, lack of respect, & people - usually the less erudite types - who take pleasure from being rude on poker Forums. The internet empowers people, but for better or worse, it empowers EVERYONE, good & bad. It won't change any time soon, so just try & rise above it.
It might help if you take the view that sarcasm is not exactly hard - anyone can do it, & sarcasm is the main weapon used by trolls. We have 1 or 2 sad trolls on this Community - not many, really - but it's so hard to prove trolling, & they know it, so they snipe away with their cheap comments & jibes, & it sort of makes their sad little day. If we stand up to them, they soon back off, because they are essentially weak people. The odd thing is that when you meet them in the flesh, face to face, they are as nice as pie, & don't say a dicky bird.
Sky Poker are trying their best to put a stop to it, & are dealing with it right now, but it's not easy, because they ache to become martyrs.
I hope you will Post your questions on here. I'm not King Canute, I can't hold them all off, but I will not allow that sort of nonsense on this thread, trust me.
I was on a Table last night, & one kid was just non-stop making sarcy, rude remarks, to all except one player, (his "friend" one assumes) but he was giving me "special treatment", with snidey comments after every hand. He was not even playing the Tourney! It's just a case of having to turn the other cheek sometimes. Poker is full of truly wonderful people, but the trolls make a lot more noise. Empty pots & all that.
You have put me on the spot there, because if I say "yes", can you imagine the hoohah some of our trolls & mardybums will kick up?!
PS - Book the ferry, do your best to qualify, & if you fail, I'll sort something out. Anyone who happily makes a journey which is 3 days EACH WAY deserves a bit of special treatment, imo.
How are you both now? Not seen you on the Site for a while, & I was a bit worried.
Correct Dyl. He lives in the Shetlands, & departs on Wednesday, & arrives on Saturday. For a 1 day Event. He then sets off home on Sunday, & arrives back in the Shetlands on Wednesday!
He has a lovely Daughter, too. Or it may be his wife.....either way, very beautiful.
I was studying the Wiki Page on the Shetlands recently, see....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shetland_Isles
This is interesting, too....
http://sumburgh.airport-information.co.uk/
Daughter says thanks.....lol
A lot of valuable friends on SKY that we have not been able to say "Hi" to for far to long....see you all soon.
Cheers Tony
I thought this play was dead but seems to be very common. Should the feeler bet be consigned to history or does it have a place in the game.
Puffyt
Look forward to seeing you both soon, I hope.
[QUOTE]Just started on this site but have noticed people are donk betting in to me alot ie the feeler bet out of position. I thought this play was dead but seems to be very common. Should the feeler bet be consigned to history or does it have a place in the game. Puffyt
Posted by puffyt1
Poker is one of those things where styles of play come & go, are sort of fashionable.
There is no good reason why any form of bet should or should not be used, whatever floats peeps boat is fine.
Sadly, youngsters are very impressionable, & they see the Hotpots 4 & 5 betting, or triple range merging & all that stuff & nonsense, & so they follow. Trouble is, they have no idea what they are doing. Players should do what they know best, not follow others. I really don't have any issues with what you call "donk betting", though I admit to loathing the very name.
One year we lead with our big hands, the next year we trap. What goes round comes round.....
Marcel Luske sort of invented 2 things - "checking in the dark", & upside down shades. Within months, erveryone was copying him. I doubt as single one of them understood the reason for either.....kids just like to be dedicated followers of fashion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQAR-nx4w88
I do hope you are enjoying yourself back here at Sky Poker. We don't follow fashion here, fair to say.....
Andrew