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I was not aware there was a "Beginners League" to be honest, Leagues are a bit of a blind spot for me, I don't ever see them really.
I would agree with you that Beginner's deserve some help, & not be belittled, but I'm quite surprised there is a "Beginners League". If there is, & I'm in it, perhaps it's a reflection of my current Form, which is dire!
It's been pointed out to me by a good friend (to whom I now owe about 4 PM replies - sorry!) that I misunderstood hobbes Post.
Apparently the Post referred to someone else in the Beginners League, not me. Phew.....
But he does confirm (I don't know how I'd cope without him), that there is NOT a Beginners League on Sky Poker.
I have to go into Rehearsal now, but I'll reply later Mr Hobbes Sir.
Personaly I would push with AK (you can push with any 2, but it needs a good hand to call), but would very rarely call unless I had the odds to do so, if you are against a big PP, you are going to be about at best against JJ about a 40% underdog, so why put your tournament life on the line? wait for a better spot and get your money in first.
Will there be another "Tikay Orford" challenge?. The last one was awesome.
There is another challenge, but it is not Richard who team tikay will face
TikaY,
Just a quick question! When does the January Leauge be up? cheers!
At a guess it may be Monday/Tuesday, the bonuses are being paid by the end of Monday
I had a play the other week which I was wondering whether I played it properly as I lost all my chips because of it.
I had 4,2 on the big blind and no-one raised it up so I got to see a free flop which came down 4,2,2 giving me the house, the person to the side of me betted at me with a pot size bet and I raised it up, at which point he raised me all in at which point I called. As the cards turned over it showed he had pocket aces and the turn and the river came with aces giving him four of a kind.
Was there any cheaper way of getting out of that hand or was it just a really bad beat?
Thanks
Spike2120
Morning.
I'll reply to the questions by Leapylee & Barry a little later, I need to sort some other stuff out first, & clear a whole bunch of PM's.
Bear with me please.
Hope this helps
tikay is somewhat busy, so I will attempt to answer this.
From what you are saying you have lost £200 in a couple of days, I just wonder at what levels you are playing, the reason I ask is that at one time, I played well out of my bankroll and was losing and did become quite angry because I was losing "Scared money", someone on the site suggested that I play within my bankroll (the 5% rule), so that if I won fine, but if I lost it would not take a big slice out of it, so dropped down to micro stake levels, and began to grind, quite succesfully, and so was able to move up to the next level and so on.
I also played freerolls and cashed in some of those, so my bankroll steadily increased, however, about a couple of months ago the very wonderful varience took hold and could not get a hand, if I got a hand couldnt get a flop, or got outdrawn, but because was only playing low stakes poker and dropping down levels as, and when necessay I found this not to be a problem, I took a couple of days break, came back then all of a sudden I won two tournies within a week and began to cash again, varience came back to my side,it will change but, I cannot promise when
Further to my earlier Post, I must have a problem with my browser (IE), because when I looked at this Thread 30 minutes ago, there were only 2 questions I needed to address, but there were actually many more - I'm sorry.
I'll get up to date with the Thread right away.
I decided to take a day off yesterday, & go to DTD & play some poker, but it was a bit of a mixed day really. The poker went very well, but I was inundated with texts & messages telling me that the "mood" on the Forum was not very good, so that was a bit of a cloud over what was otherwise a most enjoyable day.
Did you used to be married to Kenny Everett?
Acebarry has answered your question much as I would I think, but it really depends on your stack relative to 2 things...
1) The Blinds.
2) Your opponents stack.
All things being equal, when the Blinds are big, AK is a beautiful hand to push with, rather than to Call with.
Why so?
Because, assuming, as in this case, you are "racing", then you are a slight underdog, & you pretty much have to hit to win. So, it's down to the the Gods of poker if you hit - because that's the only was you can win the hand.
However, by playing AK differently (again, this only applies when the Blinds are big) & by being the aggressor (that is to say, get your money in first, OR re-raise strongly) we now have TWO ways of winning the hand, being......
1) We hit one of our 6 outs, or.....
2) - and this is clearly the ultimate way of winning - because we can't lose if we don't see a Flop! - getting our opponent to Pass their hand.
So it's clearly better to have two ways of winning rather than one way of winning.
These comments apply more to No-Limit poker than Pot-Limit or Limit. In Pot-Limit - a game which I personally believe is a far more skilled variant - the theory is similar, but it plays vey differently indeed.
See you on Saturday in Newcastle - I'm looking forward to it! - & do come & say Hi, please.
Glad the poker went well for you
In golf, they say "drive for show, putt for dough". The poker equivelant is "MTT's for show, cash for dough". Which does not quite work. I'll get me coat.....
In truth, if I HAD to win money at poker to live, I would play Cash Games. With a good knowledge of basics, & a tight game, it's almost impossible to lose.
Tourneys are very very different, because you only get one "pull-up" (starting stack), & you often face huge fields. The best Tournament player in the world will do well to win 1 Tourney in 50 or even 1 in 100, because of variance, but when you DO win, the rewards, relative to buy-in, are spectacular. The thing is though, they are, to most, much more exciting to play, as the adrenelin level increases as the Tourney progresses, & there's no feeling in poker like making a Final Table. I've made, literally, thousands of Final Tables, but it still gives me a buzz when I do, no matter how small the buy-in, or prize.
Furthermore, a bad Cash player cannot win over time, end of. But a bad player CAN win the occasional Tournament.
It also depends upon your skillset. Very few players excel at both Cash AND Tourneys.
Live versus Online? I prefer Live poker, because I treat poker as a recreation, & there is nothing better than spending a day at a Live Event schmoozing & chilling with "real" players - it's adorably good. But most Online players, bred in the "fast-food, instant gratification" modern world, think Live Poker is too slow compared to Online, as they can multi-table Online if they wish.
The Rules are much better defined Online too (part of what we are trying to rectify for Live Poker via APAT, by the way, by driving forward Rule Commonality), & the Online game is less susceptible to cheating & bad rulings etc.
It always tickles me, by the way, when I play Online, & someone is thinking about a decision - "on the dwell" - & some spotty kid types in the chatbox, with not too much originality - "zzzzzzzzz". It's a game to be enjoyed, not a race against the clock!
Not sure whether this was tongue in cheek, or not as the case may be, but will attempt to give an answer anyway
I know that a thread alluded to "british only" players winning, but why would Sky do this, it would certainly not do their reputation any good, Sky like other poker sites have a RNG (Randome Nuber Generator), but, there is a post on the forum which explains it all far better than I can if I find it I will add a link to this
I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the previous TKO.
Yes. I believe the voting e-Mails will go out this week, which is "Recruitment & Selection Week" as Head Office put it, & the Series itself it will probably start next week. So look out for the e-mail.
However, it will not be myself versus Richard Orford, as Richard was not nearly good enough to win, (his Team were soundly thrashed) & it's "Winner Stays On". Sky Poker wish to give the opposing Team a chance, so Richard has been summarily dumped.
There was a "trail" on Saturday's Show suggesting the next Series will be myself versus Lisa, which surprised me greatly, but that's clearly incorrect, as Lisa has agreed in writing & verbally to be faithful & loyal to my Team for life, & indeed beyond.
So, watch this space, as they say.
EDIT - THESE DATES WERE INCORRECT - SEE MY REVISED POST ON THE NEXT PAGE.
Sorry, I blame Orford.
I'm afraid I don't know the answer to that.
Anyone know?
I know all about the RNG. Thanks for the reply and GL on the tables.