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You've got to hand it to Dr.Stephen Hawking!
Every year he makes an effort with his fancy dress for the xmas party!
If he'd used a piece of slate and an Abacus,
instead of that IPad
I'd have sworn he was Tony Kendall!
Tikay recoils in horror as three chapters in he suddenly discovers that his ebook Fifty Shades of Grey isn't about the colour of train tracks of the world.
Ah this new hole card veiwer AP is great , I have Aces , opponent has AJ suited, I fold !
My Caption comp entry is
"Could someone please tell the dozy old Geezer this is a cash table!
We cant accept his last ten years collection of bus tokens!"
night night
onwards and upwards :-)
Thanks for all the messages tonight!!
Congratulations to BORINLONER who wins free entry in to tomorrow night's UKOPS 4 Semi at 8:45pm..... Good luck!!
REALLY???
I thought that was one of my poorer efforts, to be honest. There's no accounting for taste.
For a bonus point (no prize, just bragging rights....) does anyone know the name of the young man sat next to me in that photograph?
He is a decent poker player, but is quite famous for something unconnected with poker, & there are "You Tube" videos of him galore......
It's the motorcross fella isn't it?
All very close, & on the right lines, but nobody has given the exact full name yet.
Did very well in the 2011 Six Max
Liam Batey, correct.
He used to be quite a force in the world of BMX.
Precisely. Ishish.
Thanks very much for the question, sorry we didn't get time for it on the show.
It sounds like you've nearly hit the nail on the head, and that you are doing alot right.
I would say that your instinct is right; it sounds like you need to open up your game a bit. I would suggest two main ways, with two different types of hands.
The first we are going to call "taking a shot" hands, and they are the small pocket pairs and suited connectors. Your aim with these hands is to get in as cheaply as possibly, and and even better into a multi way pot. Play them just to try and hit gin. If you hit anything but gin (i.e. a set, flush, straight, or really good draw), you're going to get out for cheap. And if you do hit, you've got a chance to win a really big pot. It's a good way of having very small, albeit more frequent, losses, and a few really big wins.
The second type of hands are the ones that come just under your favoured premium hands on the spectrum- i.e AJ, QJ, KT and QT (particualrly when sutied), and maybe the next few down. These hands are not strong enough to play just for the value of hitting a flop, and so we need to be a bit more aggressive with them. I would recommend trying to re-raise (3-bet) these hands in position whenever you get a good spot. This begs the question as to what a good spot is; well, the very best spot is when you have the button, and a loose player has raised in front of you. Your aim is not necessarily to win the pot straight away with your 3-bet, but to plan to make a continuation bet on the flop if your opponent calls pre-flop, whether or not you hit the flop. It's amazing how many pots you can win this way without any right to do so.
So, there will be some games where a tighter, more simple style is right, especially when the game is very loose or weak, and there are many "cally" players in each pot. Unfortunately, those spots are rare in poker now, and I think you can really add to your profits in better games with some nice "take a shot hands" and nice aggressive plays with lesser hands.