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thanks for your honesty,i have been trying to improve my game,and dont limp as much now,i have been running late into some tournaments,at times i play well,but all of a sudden, i push the self destruct button,but at least i know whats happening,but no more limping, thank you
It's not so much "no limping", as there ARE times, & spots, where it's OK, but NOT as a default setting.
In Tourneys, almost all players limp too much, & play too many hands. I could weep when I see everyone serial-limping & calling all the time, because it's the short cut to Carey Street.
If you....
1) Limp less.
2) Play FEWER hands early doors, then gradually up the VPIP rate as the Tourney progresses. Early doors play maybe 1 hand in 20, whereas late on, (last 2 Tables) be in more pots than not.
3) Play fewer hands, but play them better & stronger.
4) Remember that position & patience are key.....
Then you will never lose money, assuming you have a grasp of the basic fundamentals.
Good luck.
I'm not sure how you define "best" in poker, & Mick is a fine player, but whether he is "the best" is a matter of opinion. I think you'll find plenty agree, & plenty disagree. We'll never know, really, as it's not that simple to judge.
FWIW, I reckon I had about 100 PM's telling me who the best player on Sky Poker is. They mostly of them nominated different players, but nearly half of them claimed it was themself.
They can't all be right. Or wrong.
Free tickets are like free dinners I'm afraid. They are never quite free.....
I'm not sure, but I doubt it, to be honest. They just don't have the time or resource to edit everything they film at SPT Events.
For every minute of film shot, it takes 8 or 10 minutes in the Edit Suite, & they really need to spend their money carefully. There is an incredible range of demands on the Promotion budget (& in effect, Channel 865 is a Promotional cost, for which the "payback" is extremely hard to quantify), & for every £ spent on Channel 865, that means a £ less to spend on other Promotions, such as Freerolls, SPT's, PTP, Leagues, Prizes, coverage of TSP & Vegas, the Community, da de da.
It's a tough spot to try to please everyone really, & as you'll have seen from the Forum, some folks are not shy when it comes to complaining about these things. Did you know that 2% of the players do 95% of the moaning? Lolz, it's true!
One spotty young Gentleman wrote to me & said that Sky Poker had got their promotional spend all wrong, & ended "it's not that hard, guys, do buck up". I felt like asking him what his experience of running an Online Poker Room was. But he also said "you should spend 40% on the Channel, & 75% on Freerolls", & it was only with some difficulty that I resisted asking where he got his maths degree. If only I could reply "It's not that hard mate, do buck up".......
Look forward to seeing you in Newcastle, & if the 865 Cameras are there, come see me, & I'll ask Mother if an Interview with you can be arranged.
You reminded me of this in a later Post, my apologies for the delay in replying. Take it as a compliment, though, as it's a great question, & I always like to leave the best until last. Which is why I always eat potatoes last when I have a meal, I love spuds, & could live on them, even marry one, & we'd make potato love, & start a family of little potatoes. They'd be called new potatoes, obv.
Do I "loosen up" on my PTP Account, (TIKAY10) & play uber-tight on my private account (tikay1)?
No! In fact, it's EXACTLY the opposite.
It's partly an old-fashioned financial morality thing. I hate being given money, I prefer to earn my own money, & then I feel much better when I use it.
My PTP account is not my money, it belongs to the Company. So I get nothing for winning on it, & lose nothing (financially) if I lose the lot.
I represent this Company in some areas, & to lose my Company Bankroll would be a matter of some shame to me, & a dent to my professional pride in my job. Players do, of course, "spite call" me, but that's as broad as it's long.
I was "given" £500 nearly 3 years ago now on a "Test" PTP Account, which we trialled for about 10 months, then the PTP Programme began properly, & I've played 1 or 2 nights a week ever since on it. I still have the original Bankroll (plus some....), & it's never been topped up. I've managed that by playing ultra-cautious, & being quite selective as to what Levels I play, though at one stage, they asked me to play some £1-£2 on it, which was a bit scary on that 'roll. It swings up & down, never been more than £2,000, never less than £250, but when it swings to the lower end - variance happens - I grind out a few sessions of cash to get it back into comfort zone, despite the fact I don't much enjoy Texas Hold Em cash.
My Private account is totally different, & I play with a lot more freedom on that, & a great deal "wider" in game style. I try to avoid playing Omaha on my Company account, as it is so swingy, so if I see a decent Omaha Hi-Lo game going, I'll always sit in on my personal account if I can. The thing with Omaha, much more so than NLH, is that you MUST be prepared, & frequently, to get the lot in the middle quite often, so 4 & 5 BI swings are inevitable. The thought of doing that with other people's money (the Company's) scares the life out of me. I have a decent 'roll on another site, which I use exclusively for $5 $10 Omaha & Hi-Lo, but we won't talk about that, eh? When the higher end liquidity at Omaha Hi-Lo improves here at Sky Poker, as it will in time, I'll quit the other account.
In the same vein, I stake quite a few players, "buy some action" in them in Live Poker, but I've not accepted people buying action in me for 6 years now. (After a very well-known player screwed me for what he owed me). In truth, as many would readily suggest, people don't WANT to buy my action, as I'm not that good!, but I would not accept it anyway, I just feel all wrong playing with other peeps money, & I play scared. And anyway, I play at level I can comfortably afford, so I never play scared poker & I don't throw a strop when I lose. It's the financial pain that causes players to get so mardy & miffed when they lose, or course. Play within your bankroll, & it does not hurt when we, lose, simples.
I have been sponsored a few times - by various Companies - but I hated the pressure. I chopped the £500 London Masters when sponsored, cashed in a WSOP Event ditto, & 2 or 3 other sponsorship deals, & I think I cashed just about every time I was sponsored into Live Events. But I hated the pressure.
Sky Poker asked me to play the £220 recently, on their account, & I never much enjoyed the thought of that, either, so I requested to be allowed to pay for it myself. That worked great, as I bubbled, marv!
And now, they want me to play the Newcastle SPT. I've never played an SPT Event, & often quite wish I could, but really, I'd rather not, as the pressure on me will be enormous.
There's nowt as queer as folk, & that especially goes for me.
A great, great, question, thank you Steve, & good luck at the Tables, buddy.
Thanks for such a detailed answer Tikay.
One day I hope to be able to play some of the main events but will have to wait for my BR to be a bit healthier.
Thanks again for the reply and hopefully will get to play at the same table as you one day.
Steve
lol - just wanted to see me win a hand against dantb10 as it was just as the camera came over and he got miked up. Did actually turn the chance down of an interview. Just don,t feel like going on the adverts telling everyone how i play - maybe nxt time - cheers for the photo tho and maybe nxt time you can tell me all about the Ribble bridge
Gonna make sure i,m on time for Newcastle
I know it says "Team Sky" under his alias (where he,s from) and after commenting on this, he was adamant he was in Team Sky and told me to look on the forum if I didn,t beleive him.
I think he may be in the freeroll competions under Team sky and he is just not aware of the propper "Team Sky" but agree , it doesn,t look good. The team Sky players i have met are excellent abbassadors for the game and would never make comments like he does
Paul
What did you do wrong? Well, finishing 2nd of 115, & getting nearly £36 for £2.20 suggests not much, short of winning it. 113 of the field would swap with you, for sure.
I'm very disappointed, but not at all surprised, to hear you received negative comments in the chat-box about your play.
It's a particularly regretful trait of poker players to complain about other players, more especially when they get beaten. Whatever happened to dignity in defeat?
It may help if you remember something. Many poker players ONLY complain when they lose, or are beaten by you, or when you "mix it up" & end up beating them. They keep schtum when THEY win, & moan when they lose. So take it as a compliment.
Players, especially the younger ones, have been mocking my play for 10 years or more, but I don't lose any money, & refuse to be a sheep & follow the fashionable trends.
A Gentleman wrote to me last week & mocked the way a player had played a hand, saying "that player must be old school, these days we don't play like that".
These days? Give me a break! Handsome is as handsome does.
The player he was mocking, by the way, was JAKALLY, who has made a tidy income from the game for longer than most of them have even been playing. He does not play outside of his 'roll, & does not need to be staked to play big games. Because he's a long-term winner. Go figure.
Play the game anyway you want, Mr innit, it's your money, & ignore the losers. Correction, ignore the bad losers. Because that's what they are.
PS - Two of the players in last night's TOTTY Final were GregHogg, & TALON, & two more helpful players you could not wish to meet. Listen to them, not the bad losers. As a matter of curiosity, were the complaints from those in the Final, or from "the Rail"?
i am only the 2nd best player on sky poker imo
The other night i was playing a pub poker league game,£5 buyin with 15 players.Not to long into 4 handed play with blinds at 1000-2000 no ante me and 2 other players had about 13000 chips and thebig stack was on around 22000.I noticed the table was quite thight with hands folding round to the bb a lot so i thought i should be quite aggressive and push quite wide also because there were only 4 players and my stack was quite low.my question is with 3 places paying out do you think there is ever an argument for playing a bit thighter there as 3 players were so short stacked or would you always just play for the win[unless all prizes were the same as in a satalite] THANKS
In my opinion, you need to be doing opposite of the table, so, if they are playing tight, get more aggro, put the presure on them, obv, if the table is loose, tighten up.
You have 6.5 x BB, & it's costing you, in effect, 750 chips PER HAND, soon to increase (assuming Blinds go 1,500-3,000 next) 1,125 per hand.
Just shove BLIND in ANY unopened Pot.
Any chance of looking at my post page 126? (I know your a busy man - this is not a moan) as I'm still perplexed - not unusal unfortunately.
If the brussel sprout question is too personal I'll understand.
PS I hope you have better keyboard skills than me - Would take me 25 hours a day to answer this lot!
Thanks
Daran
Sorry, I missed that one. I'm in some Tourney(s) right now, so if you don't mind, I'll reply tomorrow. It's a great question, too.
My apologies for the delay.
PS - Brussel sprouts ftw.
Cripes, that's a good question, & I'm not sure I can properly articulate my thoughts sufficiently to explain it.
OK, Omaha is usually played, & should only be played imo, as a Limit, or Pot Limit, game. It makes no sense to play NL Omaha, we may as well play Roulette. Let's assume we are discussing Pot Limit Omaha. Pot Limit, by the bye, is, in my opinion, far & away the most skilled betting format in all forms of poker, it has far more delicate & subtle nuances than No Limit.
So, in PLO, if we want to optimise a good hand, we need to get rid of the serial callers. Unless we get lucky pre-flop, & can find an early raiser to re-raise, that's pretty difficult. If our FIRST pre-flop pot bet is called, but not re-raised, we are almost certainly going to the flop 4 or 5 handed. Ugh. Stack dynamics & Pot Limit restrict our ability to do much else, really. And that means our A-A-K-K or whatever is almost certainly playing as "1 pair", which won't be beating a silly sausage in a multi-way Pot.
And for that reason, we now turn traditional thinking on it's head, & LIMP with quite a wide range of starting hands. But NOT every hand - please - just make sure that at least 3 of your cards work together". A-A-9-3, or K-K-8-2, unless Double-Suited, are almost worthless (multi-way) really, so unless we can drive the Villains out pr-flop & get it Heads-Up, we are in trouble.
But we DO have very good implied odds with quite a wide range of hands that play well multi-way, so unlike in NLH, I'm perfectly happy to limp pre quite a lot in Omaha & Omaha Hi-Lo. Remember "position", & "cards that work together", before doing so though. And if we miss the flop completely, don't chase, just let go.
Please note, if playing Heads Up, IGNORE ALL OF THE ABOVE, that's a different bag of apples altogether.
In a way, this is like the current debate about 2p-4p NLH Cash Games. We have to adapt our strategy to beat this game, & if we don't, we'll be complaining, as some do, that the lower level Omaha games are "full of hopeless players who call with anything so we cannot win". (No, they DO say that!). Which is tosh, of course. We just need to be dynamic & pro-active, & change our game style.
I'm not sure that helps much, but if any other players can help with the answer, please go ahead, I'd be grateful.
Now, to the main thrust of your question - Brussel Sprouts. I can't improve on Wijkipidea's view, really, which is HERE
Well done to you and all the team in blackpool.
I was just wondering how many train companies operate in the UK? and if any of them offer car insurance?
Many of the supermarkets, banks and other well known businesses all seem to be offering car insurance nowadays.
I know it may seem like negative marketing, offering car insurance when you want to get people to use the train, but I was thinking maybe they could offer free car parking at train stations to encourage people to comute most of their journey by train, a 10% reduction on the buffet car or even cheaper train tickets with any policy.
Do you think they are missing out on a potential business spinner here or should they just stick to their own timetable and what they are good at?
Cheers
Pokertrev
I monitor the results of everyone who asks questions such as yours ("I do OK, but could use a bit of help" sort of thing), & I noticed you came first of 73 yesterday, for about £45, for a stake of £2.20.
You might be pleased with that, but not as pleased as I am, honestly. It's the finest feeling in poker, to have been able to help someone by making a little tweak to their game. I wish I could improve my own game, by taking lessons from some of the boyz, but I'm too set in my ways, I'm afraid.
Well done you!
HELP PLEASE.
I'm getting quite a lot of poker questions via Facebook, & Twitter, & suchlike, over & above this Thread.
Many of them are outside my specialist area, & I don't really think I can help them much.
So I've decided to Post some of them on here, along with the answer I gave or will give.
The whole idea is to get input from other players, so if any players feel they can add to my answers, or answer better, please do. But I am NOT getting into arguments, the idea is to give those who seek advice & help some constructive advice. Together, I think we ought to be able to do that.
Some days 5 or 6 arrive, other times it's zero. There were 4 yesterday, I think.
The senders shall remain "anon", unless they want to out themselves.
Thanks.
I wish!
But I'm working Saturday, so I can't.
I might play the £300 NLH on Thursday, though, I'm currently mid-dither about it. I paid a player into it yesterday, & almost paid myself in, too. Seriously tempted......
Incoming today......
".......so ive been playing for nearly a year now .. i started at 5/10 p blinds and basically learnt from you guys off sky .. i came into some money and moved up through 25/50 then to 50/1 ... i found myself doing ok and think im maybe 7/10 player ... ok heres my fault .... i seem to have many flaws with hands like small pairs and suited cards .. eg 56 suited and 10 j suited ... i learnt from you to never limp into pots which i never do anymore .. BUT at present im raising these hands in any position and lots of times getting re raised .. then i faced with what do next .. sometimes i will call but then think straight away i shouldnt ... hands like small pairs and suited smalliah connectors are my downfall .. do u think i shuld be folding to a biggish re raise always ... i know a lot of it depends on your opponent and position but i just feel that calling is probably gunna be a losing play in the long run ... i class myself as fairly tight but surely you should be playing hands like small pairs and suited connectors on cash poker ... i always play my big hands like AA KK QQ AK AQ very strongly ... i just feel these small pairs and suited cards are ruining my game but im not sure how to repair the situation .. Im a massive fan of cash poker always watching mastercash .. Trevor harris seems a very knowledgable person on it which helps and i enjoy you and " grey hair " Orford aswell .. Hahaaha Any info would be of much help .. hope you and the sky team enjoyed blackpool .. all the best...."
I replied thusly......
"....Hi xxxx, great question, but I'm not an Online Hold-Em Cash player by any stretch of the imagination, so I'm not sure of the correct answer. I'm going to Post the question (anonymously) on the "Ask tikay" Thread on Sky Poker Community, & see what answers we get. For now, my take would be...... We don't HAVE to play these hands, but if we do, we should play them stronger. If we Raise up with them & get re-raised, I do NOT like just Calling - I'm either binning the hand, or re-raising, though of course it's table & situation specific. Let's see what the boys say on the "Ask tikay" thread though...."