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(my forum PMs don't work, that's why I'm asking on this thread)
Community member DEL560 is the winner of of my free competition in the £51 to £1051 thread. Therefore can you please issue him with a £22 tournament token and charge that sum to my Sky Bet account. You have my full authority to do this.
He has also won a charity donation which I will arrange personally.
Thank-you
I will try & get that sorted immediately.
I've just sent an e-Mail up to Suit-Ville. I'll let you know how it proceeds.
OK Gary, I think it is sorted. Here's the deal.
For DEL560, INSTEAD of a £22 Tournament Token, Sky Poker will deposit £22 cash into his account, to do with whatever he wishes. However, you MUST CONSENT to this. If you do, it'll be sorted that way.
Also, the £22 will NOT be deducted from your Account - Sky Poker will donate it, by way of a "thank you" to you for all your Community work, most especially the Results Thread on which you invest so much time.
Can you please confirm that both these are acceptable to you?
Finally, we have been looking for the right moment to do something like this for you for some time, as thanks for your work on the Community, especially that amazingly popular & enduring Results Thread, & this is an ideal opportunity.
So, Sky Poker will donate to you (NOT transferable) one free Main Event Seat, (a REGULAR Main Event, not a Monthly Roller or whatever!) any night of the week to suit you. What night & date would you like this for? Let me know & I will get it sorted for you pronto-ish.
Yes, you have my full consent.
Could you please enter me in the 8-00pm Bounty Hunter on Saturday 22nd September (NOT this Saturday the 15th, I'm away on a long weekend and unable to play!)
PS - It is from the Business, not me.
Gary - quick confirmation to say it has all been sorted - DEL560 has £22 in his Account from Sky Poker, & your Free Entry has been organised.
Hoping you are well. Just thanking you for your backing on a post i wrote to Pat_Walshe about a coupleof things in a really interesting diary. I just wanted him to know that some people may not be happy with a ouple of situations and that in time, he may see this too. Life's is a matter of balance and maturity. he's very young and we all learn as we go along. As Carlo would say "It's never ending game".
He replied to me and has taken it in good heart, i'm pleased to say.
I think i may only have written it after the DTD night when we had the one peson there who cannot take a beat. I posted inviting him to a private chat but i'm not hopeful. I was even prepared to give him "wiggle room" Tikay.................now where did i hear that phrase?
Hope to meet you one day at an SPT.
DTD going so well with THS and its really heightened my enjoyment of playing. I even won the overall monthly for lowest average score...chuffed to bits. Goal for this month is now to make more FT's (i don't play cash) and improve my HU play by playing HU shuffle.
Any thoughts on how i should go about improving more after 15 months. Good training sie worth it or consider training course? Is it worth upping my entry stakes to T's ? (ATM max is £5.75) or is satellliting and DYMing the way to go. I'm not looking to cash big ...only to improve my play. i played the Roller as a free prize the other week and it was a different strategy with lots more three and four betting. I wasn't sure where i was a t times especially with Mattbates on my LHS. I could see that i had so much more to learn. i'm willing to put the effort in
but unsure full how to go about it.
Any thoughts gratefully received Tikay though the post was originally to say "Ta very much!" as us scousers say!!!!
Hope ya don't think I'm jumping the gun and barging in but always like to give advice where I can.
One great way to improve is to discuss hands with other players, a great place to do this is on our THS Facebook page, especially seen as we have some of the best MTTers on the site like Wacko and Sikas, I've messaged them before for advice and they've always been helpful.
To be honest, I don't think moving up stakes to improve your game is a great idea, I don't know your game that well but 90%+ of us have so many leaks and ways to improve our game that I'm however good you're doing in £5.75 MTTs, I'm sure you could do better. And to be honest £5.75s are a decent size considering how big the variance is in MTTs.
If you want some practice etc, I'd concentrate on playing more deepstacks where there's much more room for play, and chance for you to try out different strategies. Maybe it's just me, but I can play much better when the money makes less of a difference to me, for instance of the bubble of a £2 deepstack, I will play the way you should play, being aggressive and trying to hoover up chips from tight players trying to catch, but I know as much as it's the way I should play, if it was the bubble of a £50 MTT then I would play incorrectly and tighten up, so make sure it's a level you can play completely without out fear, because sometimes in MTTs you gotta be fearless.
I appreciate the advice. I certainly wasn't going to up stakes to make money. that's for sure as i'm not doing particularly well where i am now!!! I just enjoy the cameraderie, banter and chance to be part of a team and have a laugh. I agree that the deep stacks have more room for play too. I may try to sat into the higher tournaments to get used to the surroundings, as it were.
I've often thought that a good way would be to watch over the shoulder as a good player was playing in a sky tournament and have them verbalise why they bet, raise, reraise whatever and what they are watching out for as they play particular hands. It's too easy to make mistakes poker-wise but still win pots....it will undermine your own game and become a leak. Seems like a good idea for SKY to try out...hint, hint Tikay...i'm waiting...ready for action!!! LOL
PS i would have thought there's a way through Skype or something. ... mind i'm not a computer wizz.
First post on your thread.Just heard SPT will be hitting Dublin next year.Really exicted just wondering has there been a date set.I would love to qualify for this.Have you played in Dublin before if so where? Just for all the other players, I have read a few posts grumbling about how exspensive it is here.It isn't that dear here anymore with the recession.Im sure Dublin will put on a great show.
Pat
The date for SPT Dublin will be announced very soon. It has been set, & agreed, we just need to hold off the announcement for a wee while.
Have I played in Dublin before? Yes, many, many times.
I first played in Dublin at the Merrion Club, in Merrion Square, which is - was - smack next door to the HQ of the Irish Football Association. It has been closed down now for some years, but it was quite a place. It was really a 5 storey house, & the Tourneys would be on 5 different floors at once. I met some right characters there, & it was where I first mjet Roy Brindley. One of the Floor Managers was a lady called Mags, who was later to become Roy's wife. Roy is not much respected by "the kidz", but he was always very polite & kind to me, Mags & Roy looked after me wonderfully on a poker cruise back in 2004 or 5, when I was on my own.
SO many characters in that place, wow. I played poker there with the darts bloke, Phil Taylor, & there were often "faces" in attendance.
I got in a little trouble with the Management, though, as I was not happy with what might happen in the event of a serious fire. The upper-floor fire escapes were non-existent, & those on the top floor would not have stood a chance of escaping. Eventually I nearly got banned for making that point repeatedly, but I had no regrets, the place was a death-trap, so I stopped playing there. It was 100% compliant with Irish Fire Regs at the time though, but they were very lax.
Barely 200 yards away, just round the corner, is the Fitzwilliam Club, where I played many times, & I also Hosted 5 or 6 Events there for APAT & an Online Poker site. It used to be a Church, & was converted into a cardroom. They boasted that they never closed, they were a 24/7 operation.
I got to know a right character there. He was in his seventies, & wore a cheesecutter cap & his Sunday-best suit. He had his "own" Blackjack Table (they reserved it for him), & would play 3 or 4 boxes at a time, his standard bet on each was €500, so he was betting €2,000 per hand.....!
I was curious where he got his money from - he would often lose or win €100,000 per session, but he looked to be a regular working guy.
It turned out he was a pig-farmer, of all things, & back then he was reaping a fortune in EEC subsidies for his pig-farm, then doing the lot on Blackjack!
I played a lot at City West, too, which is just a giant & soul-less Hotel, & the Tourneys were held in the Conference Rooms. Had a golf course attached to it, & I played many rounds there with the likes of Colclough, Shipley, Paul "Dotcom" Phillips & others.
The Burlington was another venue. Long story behind that. It had been sold for a fortune for re-development - it was in a posh part of town - the idea was to build posh apartments. However, Planning Permission was refused, so they re-opened the Hotel, hoping the P-P would come through in a few years. As the plan was to demolish it, they never maintained it, & the roof leaked like a sieve. When it rained, water would cascade through the ceilings, right down to the Ground Floor. It was a 5 storey hotel!
My favourite venue was the Sporting Emporium, owned at one time - still is, maybe - by none other than Dermot Desmond,who is a zillionaire.
He purchased London City Airport for £23 million & sold it 8 years later for £650 million! He owns BETDAQ, too, & I believe he is the majority shareholder in Celtic Football Club. He rubs shoulders with Irish politicians - best not discuss that too much, as it got a bit grubby - & is partners in various ventures with legendary punter J P McManus & John Magnier, the latter owns a lump of the near Triple Crown "wonderhorse" Camelot. (Oddly, it was Dermot who had purchased the Burlington Hotel, & who owned almost all the property, including The Merrion Card Club, in Merrion Square).
It's a grand club, very smart & sauve, the Sporting Emporium, with a bookmakers on the 2nd floor, a casino on the 3rd floor, & the Cardroom on the 4th floor, as I recall. To gain entrance, you had to be fingerprinted (I kid you not!), the only Casino where that has ever happened to me.
So many Dublin stories I could tell, & have some wonderful memories of poker in Dublin. I made the Final of a €300 Charity Event there once, I finished 8th or something, and it was won by one-time WSOP Main Event World Champion Noel Furlong, who is still a good friend to this day, with Norman Pace's missus, Bev, a very fine player, in 2nd.
I'm rambling, sorry.
See you there next year, God willing.
Hope you are well.
I've just seen the SPT line up, and i am a little surprised to see the broadway on the list. When we were there previously, it was very tight, with players sat against pillars for long periods. Has the casino changed since then.
Also, is there a similar range of events this year. ie bounty hunters, 1 and 2 day events. Are there any surprises like a HORSE event.
I look forward to seeing you in the future, if not before, then in newcastle.
col
The Broadway Card Room has been expanded since we last visited it, we would not have returned otherwise. I agree, it was dreadfully squeezed last time.
There will be a mix of Events & Buy-Ins in SPT '13. It will not include any HORSE, though, not enoigh people play these, sadly
Hope you & yours are well, Colin.
PS - Nice result yesterday! 2-0......
Gary is also going to kindly donate £22 to RNIB, which is a charity for blindness. Top Man!
Yikes, I never realised you were a Scouser......;)
I think Lambert has nicely answered the "how do I get better" question. I would just add that you do not HAVE to move up the Levels yet, though it's cool if you can. The other alternative, if you are now a winning player, is to play more Tables at the same time. This lowers variance, & increases your win rate.
Personally, I'm not a fan of strategy books & videos, I think practice, & observation of good players, is all we need.
OOP to MattBates? Believe me, that is one tough seat - Matt is MUCH better than most realise. Matt is one of those guys who does not need good hands to win at poker, he readily spots "situations", & weak players, & exploits that.
Pat Walsh? Understood. People can come across badly online sometimes, just because well written communication does not come easily to many of us. Real life is the test, & I met him recently. Such as one can tell from a brief encounter, he ticked all the boxes for me -a firm handshake, ready smile, & good eye-contact. Those three things are a great litmus-test of a person's character, & I think he's a good egg.
ANYONE can come along & rail, whether they play the Main Event or not.
You will, however, still need ID to enter the Casino.
There should also be one or two Sideys, (more affordable), & maybe even a few "Tighty SNG's" which are usually only a fiver or a tenner at moast, & are momentous fun.
Do try & come along, it would be grand to meet you.
I have sent this Post upstairs, for their consideration.
A Daily Omaha Freeroll? In truth, it ain't gonna happen, or I very much doubt it.
The reality is that Omaha, wonderful game that it is, is & always will be very much a minority interest game.
As such, it makes limited sense to spend too much of the Promotional Budget on a format which will never capture more than a few % of the market. Far better to spend that money where 95% of the player market is likely to be interested.
Anyway, fingers crossed, you never know!
The SPT Grand Final was wonderful, thank you, a really lovely atmo, everyone (almost!) had a ball, we had a really great Final Table, & winner, three great Sideys, & the Tighty SNG's were truly awesome, judging by the noise the players who were playing it - & the monster rail - made! Doubt we have ever had a more fun event, it was really tremendous.
Were you there? If so, I wish you had come & said hello, we have much in common (Omaha, for example), to chat about!
Q1. Yes, it has been under review & debate for some time now. Not sure when a decision is expected. Making the correct decision on this is important, for lots of reasons, one of which is that opinion amongst players is widely spread, so whatever decision is made will upset a lot of players. We shall see.
Q2 - This is more awkward, & complex to answer, because everything is always dynamic, & as a result, priorities & timetables change frequently. Earlier this year, I was foolish enough to name specific dates, which was a mistake on my part, as I got a fair bit of flak when the dates moved/changed/missed.....! Ho-hum. I don't mind making mistakes - the guy who makes no mistakes must never do anything - but the trick is to learn from them......Suffice to say, there will be loads of changes, upgrades, improvements, fettling, fiffing & faffing in the coming 12 months (whoops, I gave another timeframe.....) , as Development resource is being increased again, as things are going so well.
My i-Pad? Yes, I'm afraid I've become addicted to it. It simply is a wonderful piece of kit, with THE most friendly user-interface I have ever experienced with any form of Computer or software. My inability to do basic things like C & P across to a regular PC or Lappie is a little tiresome, & of course it does not work at with various functions. I do a little Sports Betting these days, after a 15 year sabbatical, & the Ippy is perfect for that, as most Sports Betting Sites now work well with "Mobile". I can follow the NFL scores, too, that sort of thing, so yes, it is a beautiful piece of kit, & has become indispensdable to me.
It worries me a little how addicted I become to different things, my Ippy being the latest. Mobile phones are a great example, I lived 40 years of my life before they ever existed, & it was fine, now we all take them everywhere, 24/7. I now deliberately leave it (my Moby) at home, or, when at, say, a Cardroom, I leave it in the car, as I'm trying to break the habit.
I'm the same at home, with the Ippy, or my Lappie, I seem addicted to being on them, so I now force myself to switch them off an hour or two before bedtime, so it makes me settle down with a good book, which is very relaxing. If I had to give up everything in life except one things, books would be my instant choice to keep, reading is just the greatest thing ever, I'll never tire of it. Only non-Fiction though, I cba with Fiction. Life is MUCH stranger than fiction, believe me.
Well done on the Omaha win, 7 x BI is is awesome, though not unususal - win or lose - at Omaha, which can be a bit swingy, as we inevitably get our entire stacks in the middle often if we play it propertly. I will be playing some Omaha Cash & Tourneys Online again shortly, so no doubt we will clash....;)
I went & played £2-£2 DC at Luton earlier this week, & had immense fun, it was my first night there since before I went to Vegas. It was a fun table & game, amongst others in the game was Luke Bayliss (Sam's bro), who Finalled the SPT Grand Final. I was fortunate enough to win three pots of over £1,000, which was really rather pleasing. Unforch, I lost 4 Pots of over £1,000, which was not quite so pleasurable......gotta ride dem swings.
Take care now.