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Do you know of a good memory doctor who can help people who forget that they took their car to work and then get a taxi home. If so could you please give the number to a certain losing Team Captain.
Whereas Miss Dell bullied & bluffed her way to a 5 way chop, & won £1,000!
Very nice.
I have answered this on the other Thread, but the Show will air on Christmas Day.
So, Christmas Day highlights are her Queen-Ness, & then Lisa & I.
Well, not much to go on there.......
It's probably just "variance" if you usually do ok, in which case, don't change a thing, it will turn.
But if it is so bad that you are not enjoying it, try taking a little break, & when you return, you may feel & play better by being "fresher".
I hope it soon turns for you. It'll be all the sweeter when it does, eh?
Had a straight flush - which was bad, as when the third club rivered, it cost me my 2 customers, & I was already holding the nut straight, pah.
In the Final I found Aces in an unopened Pot, in the SB, & limped.
I was ahead pre-flop, but never bet.
I was ahead on the flop, & never bet.
I was ahead on the turn, & never bet.
I was behind on the River, & jammed.
Marv.
Still, it was lovely to see Miss Dell chop it up.
By a weird bit of good fortune, I spent £160, & ended up with £600, so a net profit of about £450 ensued.
Sky Poker faces present included Ch1ompy, Supernova, Bennydip, Muse12, & Dingdell.
Firstly, I am not a Total Player Mentor. The Mentors may or may not read this thread, I don't know, but they will NOT be selecting candidates on that basis, it is based on playing on Sky Poker ONLY.
Your "Outs" question. Well, assuming you are currently behind (& you may not be), your calcs are about right, certainly "near enough", as we don't need them to be within a few %.
BUT, there is a difference between "Outs" & "Clean Outs".
In this case, if Villain has a Bigger Ace, then your 2 Ace "outs" are not "clean" outs, they are dead outs. Ditto if he has a set of Fives, your outs are not clean. In that case, even your flushing outs are not all live, as he wins if the Board pairs even if you hit your flush.
So, to use the "Outs" Maths, you must FIRST put your oppo on a "likely" hand, then work out which clean outs you have.
The C-Bet question. No, it's not position dependent at all. If YOU were the Pre-Flop aggressor, from any Position, then your flop bet is your C-Bet.
tyvm
rob
We all like to bluff, but I dislike dishonesty at the table of any kind. Win fair and square imo.
Hi Tikay, I see sky have added Omaha to the menu, can you a newby please how do you play it? and whats the main differences to hold em? thanks Steve AKA aardvark48
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Thanks Tracey - appreciate that. Snowed under here!
Hi Tikay,
Much obliged for these answers (I was aware you're not a mentor, shame as you're definitely one of my fave 865 presenters).
'Clean outs', eh? Didn't know about that. For a beginner putting villains where they most likely are is one of the hardest things, especially with such short decision making times... How do you guess villain may have a pair of 5s??? Pocket pair is always a reasonable assumption if villain calls an aggressive raise, but a specific pocket pair? Lots to learn there.
Right now my problem is of a very different nature: technical problems with multiple uncaused time outs making playing like dodging a mine field: nothing like it to get you on full TILT within 5 minutes. Two days running now...
I've reported the problem to help@skybet.com with full details but am reluctant to play again without assurances that the problems are solved.
Now don't apologise, just go kick some b*tt in the IT crowd...
Best place for technical issues is as you've reported it and also let the Sky peeps know on the 'bugs' thread as they are at the sharp end with all us lot. Great that you have highlighted it here too - Tikay has a big stick and once a week he takes the head of IT and if appropriate hits him with it! In all seriousness - Tikay will also moan collectively for the forum when appropriate but it's difficult for him to deal with individual cases so keep badgering Sky Rich for an answer. If you can't get an answer come back and Tikay whill sharpen the stick in readiness.
At the moment the new tables seem to be causing some people a few problems particularly speed issues, it's only a few days into the new tables and we have to expect a few bugs. The site imo just gets better and better - it's impossible to beta test the software completely - the real test is once we are all on it asking it do a million things at once - so please bear with it - and don't leave - it's a great place to hang out in!!
As for putting people on hands, impossible to do with complete certainty of course. Instinct, remembering how someone plays particular hands, pot odds and bet sized may all help. I played at Luton on Sunday, called a raise with pocket fives, hit my set on the flop, check raised the raiser all in and bust his aces. He guessed I had a set before I turned his cards over, but he was pot committed and had to put the rest of his chips in. Conversely I hit a set of jacks on the flop in a tourney, did the check raise only to find I was facing a set of kings, he had flat called the kings under the gun, flat called my raise and hit his set on the flop. Never in a million years did I think I was behind! it's why we love/hate poker.
Hope that helps - Tikay will be over soon I'm sure to correct this as he sees fit - I'm just passing on what I've read elsewhere here which I hope is correct!
Tracey.
Well I did Post a Thread up, explaining all the Rules, & adding some tips & hints, & numerous Members also Posted on the Thread.
It's here.....
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But they do like to keep things fresh, mix it up a bit, & I think that's a good thing. They give away tens of thousands of £'s in Freerolls, but it's an odd thing, because Freerolls seem to cause more upset amongst Players than almost anything else.
To be fair, SkyPoker's response (today) to my technical query by email was swift and satisfying. I'm being compensated with a small but appropriate amount of credit. I'm also being advised to delete Internet temp files & cookies and to try again, which I will do tonight.
My hopes aren't high: I'm pretty convinced, going by other complaints, that the problem lies with Sky, not my PC. Still, it's worth a shot...
The official result is in the sky poker tournament section, but I will say 3-1
I don't believe it's open to most of us - I saw a Post earlier which suggested it was something to do with Sky Sports.
Sorry I can't help further.
If you go to skysports.com and open the advent calendar and answer the question, you will get the password
new to this lark sort of ok with poker bit but useless on using pc. could you tell me how to bet or raise a specific amount eg 5 quid rather than using the ones on screen.
Well, tonight went a little better on the technical side but not completely A-OK either.
First table sat me out on the first BB! I could tell the soft wasn't synching properly...
I left, logged out and logged back in, only to find I was still seated at that same table, and play resumed this time normally for about an hour.
Someone came to the table (2p/4p cash) with £10 and outbet everybody with ridiculously high bets that no one could match. He lost big time a few times and I saw him run for another £10 at least twice, keeping play impossible for us lower stackers. I took him to the cleaners once but then I lost big to him with an A 5 that just didn't deliver and left the table.
I know it's No Limit but when clearly not-so-clever players wave around their cash only to steal pots, I wonder if that should be allowed at beginner tables, he caused most of us to fold just to avoid him, then outrageously outbet on any raise. That's not aggression anymore, IMHO. In any case if he was 'sharking' he wasn't very good at it but you don't know in the long run: did he lose big or win some? Playing against that guy was a bit like playing for play chips, where some people just shove in a 1000 chips whenever, wherever...
It remains to be seen if this (technical) improvement is temporary or not.