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If you have 2 minutes will you please view this hand for me and advise me on where I went wrong as I still can't figure it out. What could I do better next time?
Hand number #572781566 (14:37 09/10/2012)
Many thanks,
Kirky
Hi Kirky,
Basically, "what scouse red" said.
I do not have any access to players Hand Histories, so you'll need to tell us, or me, the details please, either here, or in the Poker Clinic.
I would just add, even without seeing the hand, that the very nature of poker means that sometimes we play a hand perfectly, trap the villain all ends up, & still lose it. Don't be beating yourself up over a single hand, session, or evening.
Do the right things well, remember the basics, keep the discipline, & you'll be just fine in the longer-term. Never judge your performance or ability on a single hand, session, or even week.
Swings gonna swing, swongs gonna swong.
Sorry George, I'll go look for it now.
Happy to discuss all of that at DTD this weekend, I'll be there from Friday evening until close of play Sunday. I'll mostly be commentating during play on Saturday & Sunday, but I'm sure we'll find time to chat, & maybe play a little Omaha on Friday night if you are up for it. In fact we could oplay some Omaha AND chat through these things, as I don't play many hands......;)
If you pay more rake, as you suggest, you DO get rewarded accordingly by C4P, as I understand it.
Omaha produces more rake for the site? Not really. The amount of Omaha played here, relative to total site traffic, is extremely small, just as it is on every Online Poker site, & in Live Poker.
Whether we like it or not, Omaha remains a minority interest game, & in my view, it is still decreasing in popularity, in Live Poker it is tough to find a game anywhere these days. Just because you & I enjoy it does not mean many others do. The % of Omaha based traffic on any poker site is extremely small, just a single figure % of the whole.
"weight contributed rake system"?
As you suggest, any changes will upset many, & please many, rock & a hard place & all that. The Business has considered this matter very carefully indeed - "weighed it up" you might say - but you'll have to wait & see for now.
A complete redesign of the software is required because "the Adobe thing makes it too heavy". I think you are making an assumption there which is wholly incorrect........;)
See you at the weekend, look forward to meeting you. How will I recognize you? I'm middle-aged, startlingly tall & handsome, & I'll wear a carnation in my button-hole. And you?......
Hi Tikay,
Just thought I'd pop in & say hi.
Also, this is what you wrote a couple of pages back:
"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."
You realise all three things are also the hallmark of a good con-man? ;-)
Look forward to seeing you & the crew in Notts this weekend.
I've been made a right fool of, times a plenty, by trusting folks who turned out to be wrong 'uns, but that's just life, you just have to "pay the bill" & move on.
For balance, if I had to use one criteria for judging people at first sight, it would be good eye-contact. Wrong 'uns struggle with that, but of course we cannot do it in the "virtual" ((online) world.
I hope I was right as to Pat, but if I were wrong, as I say, it would not be the first time, or the last.
See you Saturday. Firm handshake, good eye-contact......;)
FWIW, he was well chuffed to meet you & was convinced u had no clue who I was as I stood next to him like a lemon while u were singing his praises & telling him how much u loved his diary!
Really looking4ward2SPT now, c u there!
Rake. Do other sites differentiate between Omaha & Hold 'Em? Omaha Volume is miniscule on all sites, so it is not something that is addressed much, I imagine.
The Adobe issue that you mention.
Read my post again, please, & imagine there were gaps between the lines........
We can chat on Saturday, anyway.
I "sort of" remember you from Brighton, but I meet lots of people, everywhere, well over 1,000 at SPT's alone in the course of every SPT Season (& there have been four, I think) so I often struggle to put names to faces. My apologies.
For commercial reasons, I'm constrained from saying some things, certainly at this moment in time, but I'm trying my very best to "steer you".
You seem to be suggesting we disagree on Contributed Rake, or that the business had made a decision against it. I have not said either of those things. It might be suggested that I have been cryptic, though - guilty as charged!
Some things I'm not in a position, or allowed, to say, as they are outwith my brief. I try to answer any & all questions (assuming they are civil, & not rude, & yours are always the former) openly & honestly. Please try & understand that you put me in a spot with that question (and the Adobe one) hence I initially swerved it. It may have been better if I had just said "no comment".
PLEASE don't assume anything, as you may be jumping the gun with your assumptions.
Look forward to seeing you, & chatting, on Saturday.
Young Mr Walsh has answered your question, & saved me a job, but it's always good to welcome new players, so if you have any further questions, fire away.
I do hope you enjoy your poker. I think that would be my first tip to any new poker player - enjoy it, it's just a game, but it is a great game.
You'd be surprised how many don't "get" poker, but it is what we make it. Which should be "fun".
Good luck you.
Holiday Inn Castle Marina
Nottingham South Travelodge
Budget
Commodore Hotel
B and B's
Hylands, Beeston
I don't suppose you could reply to my PM?
Tomorrow night would be great, or if not, I'll be at DTD over the weekend, so anytime next week.
The list Greeky gave is as good as it gets, though it depends if you have a car to some degree.
Most regulars stay at Castle Marina, Notts, which is 3 or 4 miles away, maybe a fiver in a taxi, but most folks share taxis.
I stay at a Days Inn in Leicester, it is only 20 mins away, but it means a bit of peace & quiet when I get back to the hotel, & it has good facilities close at hand, & is well cheap.
See you at DTD, make sure you introduce yourself.
Paul (Lambert).
I did reply to you, according to my records, on October 1st I believe.
You then wrote to me again on a delicate matter, and I did not really want to commit to paper on that. Come see me this weekend & I'll discuss it with you. It is a really awkward situation, actually, but I'm trying to do what I can.
If you don't want to spend too much, & enjoy a nice deepstack Tourney, I cannot recommend strongly enough something called "DTD Forum" on Monday nights.
It is just "Community" regulars who enjoy their poker exactly as pokeer was intended. They run a little league, too, with added bonus prizes & stuff.
It consists of three Tourneys, called DTD1, DTD2, & DTD3.
They cost £2.20, £1.10, & £2.20, so £5.50 in total.
Honestly, I cannot recommend anything better - you'll love it.
The lads will, or may, invite you to join a Team, too. You don't have to, but it's great craic, & with team-mates to rail you, it enhances the fun, & they have their own Team Pages, or Facebook pages, all sorts.
There are 6 or 7 Teams, I forget all their names, but they each have a sort of different "character, feel & ethos". TKP, Team Hit Squad, Team 51, Team Diamond, Team Ninja, Team Forum DTD, others too I expect. (Apologies to those I forgot).
Failing that, as Dohhhh says, DYM's are very low variance, & easy to cash in, relatively speaking.
Good luck.