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Can u tell me the % odds of bullets being vracked 5 times in a row
U r always bestowing the virtues of this site (as ur paid 2 do), can u pls explain 2 me y I've been knocked out of the last 3 tourny's with a mid 2 large stack in each 1 with AA, and more importantly the % odds of losing 3 in a row with the bullets.
I had a mid stack in all 3 tourneys and to tell u the truth I really dont see the point in playin on here anymore, It's 1 step forward and 2 steps back,the site may not be crooked but at the very least the vast majority of players are clueless and SKY encourages this e.g (REBUY and ADDON) is now being introduced.
If u can get knocked out with that hand 3 consecutive tourny's I give up, pls tell me y I shudn't take my game elsewhere.
And before all the SKY sycophants tell me about area 51 and bb's etc, we'll compare notes, trust me when u've added the AA's x3 and the loss of 15 consecutive coin tosses in a row u start to ask questions.
I will challenge anyone on this site that says they have lost more times than me when they're ahead ???
hand no's
265316485
264856766
265350804
I'm sure I'll get the usual sky reply but I really think the standard of play and player that sky produces does not lend itself 2 callin this a GOOD POKER SITE
p.s During these 3 tourney's I plated above I alse seem AA x 3 with other players, only 1 held up, so that's 5 form 6 ????????????
Regards
Al
Try running it three hundred thousand times and maybe you will get consistant results.
Losing players moan - winning players don't - fact.
Look at your own game, stop blaming things you can't control and maybe your fortunes will change, aces are not invincible.
No doubt you will come back with the old "yes but I have thousands in other accounts online, I win everywhere else but here"
Nonsense - if this is the case then maybe the sky players are just too good for you.
blah blah blah, the old look at your own game sychophantic line,
winning players do moan, I am winning on this site and I still have the right to complain about bad players, as usual with guys like u, you've won a toury or 2 and are blinded by the cash, u've completely missed my point, the standard of player on this site is getting worse and SKY's structure promotes this (BH's, roulette, turbo's, the new rebuys etc etc) u need 2 play in a deep stack to get any real play.
This would seem like a good thing, easy money u might say well clearly that's not the case I continually get my money in ahead and lose (I can quote u 000's if u wish), only a few % of players respect a raise or shuv, y r players playing junk like J2, K3 or Q4 off when 3 players have already called before them etc etc etc, it makes a mockery of the game and it becomes a lucky dip at times.
You clearly have gained from bad players on this site or you wouldn't have reply'd to this post, weel done u, I've only got another 299994 hand 2 go and I'll get back 2 u on %
Many Thanks
Al
Yeh ill leave it to TK to give the 'proper' response, although I dunno why he gives people like you the time of day.
The amount of times he has to defend peoples right to play as they wish is krazy, If I were him I'd have the same answer written in a word document and copy and paste it everytime someone has a moan.
Theres rebuys, turbos, speed, normal, deep, and super deep structured tournys on every site.
Im not a tournament player - I play cash, so I regularly find spots where playing 'junk' is the right thing to do. And even if it wasn't - I would still do it. The game has changed, any 2 cards are good nowardays - adapt to it, rather than moaning about it.
If you cant beat people who call off with jack 2 then there really must be something wrong with your game.
Neway I'll hand over to TK to give you the 'correct' official reply - and try to persuade you that sky poker is a good site, as it's his job, but if I were him, I really wouldn't bother.
Hi Mr ACA.
I suspect you have made your mind up, so I know better than to try & convince you otherwise.
And I won't try & tell you that Sky Poker is "the best" - that's for those who can choose where they play to decide, & perhaps I should deal in facts, not opinions. Clients choose where to play poker, & nobody is forced to play any particular Room. It's the same with any product or service. Personally, I don't like or trust ASDA, so I shop at Sainsburys & Tesco.
Where I struggle a little, however, is to find a coherent response to the notion that, for players, it is a bad thing if other, shall we say "less-gifted", or as you describe them, "bad", players, consistently call with "junk hands". In my experience of the game, I'd have thought that was a good thing, no?
Poker must be THE only game where players complain that their competitors are bad, & consistently get it in behind! When we have A-A, what do we WANT them to call with? A-A only?
The sad thing, to be honest, is that Sky Poker (in this case, though exactly the same things are said of 'Stars, Laddies, FT etc) are said to be to blame for this. The Rules of poker are pretty much universal, Live & Online, so how any Online Poker Site can be blamed for the magical way in which a deck of cards can throw up such a beautiful variety of unlikely outcomes is a bit beyond my understanding, I'm afraid.
And poker, is, after all, a luck-based game, in which ANY player can have his winning days, but in which the more skilful will always have a significant edge.
I lost a pot last night in Omaha with Quad Kings to a Royal Flush, which is not that rare in Omaha. It "cost me" ("lost me" would be better) about £90 I think. Last week, I won with the identical coup, though that time it was me with the Royal, & I scooped £1,300. It's poker, swings & roundabouts, & we can't have our cake & eat it. One of the Games was here on Sky Poker, one was Live. Was either "rigged"? Of course not.
We enjoy winning, & we don't much like losing, but I think it behoves us all to accept defeat & victory with equal dignity.
Anyway, enjoy your weekend, whatever you do, & enjoy your poker, wherever you play it.
I had about 4 hours poker fun last night in the two Tourneys, & I made £8 profit - I reckon that's pretty spectacular value considering it's a hobby, & we must factor in the anticipation we feel before nights such as last night. I dread to think how much it costs to spend a night in a pub!
I confess, the tendancy for forums to be used for moaning & groaning is getting a little too much to bear for me. I'm not a young man, & my life is being soaked up by reading, listening, or replying to folks who struggle to cope when the wind is in their face. We all have our own struggles in life, & I have nothing but respect those who can handle them.
But I've decided to cut down - considerably - the amount of time I spend on poker forums, as my time is ebbing away, & I have other things to do. I've not yet decided exactly, but I think I will allocate 1 hour per day, maximum, in future. Bear in mind that for every hour I spend on the Forum, I spend 3 hours answering PM's.
Anyway, have a good weekend. I'm doing the Live Show tonight with LML (I think), & then drive home straight after, & maybe play a little Live Poker in Nottingham tomorrow. On Monday, rinse repeat, another week, another fresh set of challenges. Life is pretty good when the glass is half-full, but my glass keep overflowing!
Contray to ur opening gambit , No I haven't already made my mind up
Clearly I've struggle'd to get my point across at the start of this post.
Let my try 1 last time
I have stated in both posts above that
1) I do not think the site is rigged
2) Of course it's a good think to play against players that are "less structured"
My point is that the structure of the site tends to encourage loose play which inherently develops players of less structure as Buster so elequently puts it.As you may agree, players of less structure dont tend to win tourny's but can still go a long way re luck and misguided play.This being the case these players will have several victims along the way.
I've been monitored my skill/luck(delete as appropriate) or lack of it over the last year and unfortunately for me I have been the victim time and time again to these type of players who will then go on play the same way through the tourny and proceed to lose to a more skillful/lucky(delete as appropriate) player in the later stages.
We all know it's a game of skill and luck but for every lucky player there will be an unlucky player, and I'm starting to lose the light at the end of the tunnel, perhaps If I keep playin the same way I'll post again in a year and tell you how great it is playing players of "less structure", until that point I defend my democratic right to question when logical answers seem not to apply.
Speaking of Democracy, DOH and Buster
Although I did not ask for your for your input on my point I do welcome your feedback, a courtesy you seem not to afford "PEOPLE LIKE ME" "CERTAIN PLAYERS"
you are both quite happy and willing to fight the cause of faceless players yet you both seem unhappy that I can have a differing opinion from you, hardly seems democratic now does it
to use the quote from the great man himself
"All you can do is get ur money in with the best of it"
Always a pleasure
Regards
Alex
im a regular super sixer
but cant find password this time
regards
Other search engines are available lol
I think the crux of your question is aimed at the sort of Tournament that is the staple diet here at Sky Poker. "Fast & furious" some might say. The problem with that stance is that whilst you & I may prefer something a little more sedate & pedestrian, hitherto the greatest demand on this Site is for the faster stuff, & we cannot argue with that, the facts show it quite clearly - witness the field sizes for the nightly Main Event. So the "business" has a need to satisfy that demand, & it would be utterly crazy not to.
But many of us - an increasing number I believe - are pressing for a better balance of Tourneys. The Monday night £22 Deepie is a splendid example - there were hoots & hollers, lobbies & campaigns, to reinstate this (IMO) beautifully structured Event & so it re-appeared a few weeks back to much acclaim. And about 60 players entered. Which is about 10% to 15% of those who enter the nightly Main Event, which starts 30 minutes later. We can't argue with the facts.
But if the demand exists, we CAN change the balance, by introducing more "better-structured" (as you & I may describe them) Tourneys.
To this end, I am working hard to convince the Suits that this would be beneficial to the business. A Tourney which was better structured (to my taste, that is) than any here previously was introduced recently, & I hope to be able to tell you, within the next few days in fact, that it will soon migrate to other nights of the week, perhaps 2 a week, 3 a week, or even nightly. I expect that process to take a little time, but I know this - if the players support it, it will happen. It's as simple as that. We can have ANY Tourney we want, but we do need to work on the demand side of the equation, because right now, the appetite is generally lacking amongst the majority of the player base.
We must remember, too, that we are all different. I just read a Post which mentioned that a Roulette Rebuy Tourney just took place, where 13 players managed 50 rebuys between them. Now, that's utterly beyond my understanding or mindset, but it's each to their own, & why should they be denied their game of choice? Unforgiveably, such players were described on this very Forum last week by one Poster as "stupid", which was, in my view, completely out of order, & showed a total lack of tolerance to the views of others.
In my ideal world, every Tourney would be a slow structured affair, but we are all different.
And if you want to bring "better" players to this Site, well good on you, feel free to enjoin with me in working towards that end by helping to adjust the balance of structures a little more towards the slower-paced stuff. But please remember, many players survive in poker by luck, & they need their diet of Tourneys, too.
The Site is relatively young, & is gradually ticking off the boxes on it's road-map, a daunting task for any site which is not on a Network. Omaha was recently added, then Hi-Lo, then add-ons & rebuys, & there is much, much more to be done, including getting the Tourney scheduled balanced a little better perhaps. What I doubt they will ever achieve is please everyone. Which would be a neat trick in an intolerant & selfish society, it really would.
Finally, I remain perplexed - & I'm not without a modicum of intelligence - by the notion that poker players should complain about playing against allegedly bad, or worse, players. I'm pretty sure I will be comfortably at rest in my grave before I'm able to even begin to unfathom that illogical mystery. But we see it in F1, too, where the faster boys (Hamilton, Button & Co) are now regularly complaining about "the slower cars getting in our way". Really, you could not make that stuff up! The world's gone mad, I tell you.
I spent some time on a table with you last night where you were apparently trying to "make a point" by shoving almost every other hand! I really don't know what "point" you were trying to make but from where I was sitting it seemed that you were blaming Sky for just about everything! When you won, you blamed "Good old Sky" and when you lost it was "typical Sky"
Good hands get beat, bad calls get rewarded, coolers happen, its all part of poker and not something that Sky has dreamt up just to make you lose! If the best hand always won what an intensely boring game it would be! No fun at all!
Now, the reason I have posted a reply to you is because of the tourney that we were playing in. It was a scary bounty hunter! If this is your preferred type of game (or indeed bounty hunters in general) then you actually only have yourself to blame for all the bad beat stories that you have. Bounty hunters are a minefield of people who call loose, take chances and play wild. It's the nature of the game and is not generally the place to find people playing "good poker"! I only play them for a bit of light relief because it is more about luck than judgement!
If you want "proper" poker may I suggest that you play better structured tournaments such as deep stacks or play cash games. And if you have a couple of hours to spare, why don't you get a pack of cards and deal as many hands as you can against a pair of pocket aces and see how often they get beat! I think you may be surprised!
Good luck on the tables
Chris
I think I just got well & truly levelled!
Dear Tikay,
This hopefully will be one of your easiest questions to answer today but then again, maybe not.
Last friday on the T-O-T thread you ran a competition (which was extra to the original one) where you asked for people to guess what time the tournament would finish.
I correctly guessed the finish time to the minute but did not receive the said prize of free entry to last night's T-O-T event. Could you please explain why?
Regards
Alan
I went through all the validated Free Entries & had them successfully entered on Thursday, or thought I had.
Now I can understand several of your recent cryptic Posts!
Hi Diggerman
I am absolutely delighted you posted this, after my original post I went back to the tables to make a point. I decided on a suicide shuv anything that resembled 2 cards as an experiment.
My play was unstructured without thought of pos, pot size and without regard for raises or otherwise, I took around 7 heads most of which were lucky and finished 3rd or 4th. This was to highlight how bad play can and usual is rewarded.
Many thanks for highlighting
Regards
Alex