In Response to Re: Ramblings of an old man : Cheers mate Yeah we were good today. Always a good sign when you're beating the teams around you. Pity we've got another international break now. I hate them. .... It was a big night for the Outlaws last night. Jondabar played wonderfully and took the main down. Incredibly Samantha25 won a big mtt as well. I won a Dym and Hhyftrftdr err...railed. Playing main, mini and £55b/h tonight. Lets do some wins Posted by Jac35
So I got my head down and worked my way back into the tournament. Got close to the money and then bust in 13th to the guy from the hand above. He 4xed and I had 99 4 handed and 14bigs. Think it has to go in. Still Zero flips won this week.
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
SUPERSNEDD
Small blind
500.00
500.00
31052.50
cocokabala
Big blind
1000.00
1500.00
40234.00
Your hole cards
9
9
eddie2011
Raise
4000.00
5500.00
43983.75
Jac35
All-in
14605.00
20105.00
0.00
SUPERSNEDD
Fold
cocokabala
Fold
eddie2011
Call
10605.00
30710.00
33378.75
eddie2011
Show
A
K
Jac35
Show
9
9
Flop
7
Q
K
Turn
5
River
K
eddie2011
Win
Three Kings
30710.00
Ukops so far Monday £110 main bust with KQ on Q high flop when quite short stacked Wednesday £55b/h bust with set of 8's. Guy made straight on river Friday £110 main flopped top set on 9 5 2 rainbow and Chrisdbhoy hit a set of Q's on the turn and it all went in. Saturday £110 main 3bet shoved about 14bigs with 9's. Lost to Mr Bromleys AQ Saturday £55 3bet shoved 9's from 14 bigs and lost to AK. Also played the mini rebuy tonight. Lost huge flip with Rose with 10's v KQ and then bust with AK v her Q9
Reasonably happy with how I've played this week. Don't think there have been any huge mistakes with exits. Deflating week but we go again tomorrow. Hoping I might have moaned in a bink.
Well I finished my UKOPS tonight. 2 off the bubble in the £20b/h Nowhere in the £55b/h where I played really badly.
I had a run in the main. Very disappointed with myself right now. I played very solid all the way and then made a massive mistake to bust in 24th. I could give some justification for getting it all in but in truth I should never have gone broke in my exit hand. Just about every single thing I did in the hand was bad.
I 3bet KJ out of my bb to Huuuume. He's playing good and raising every button. He peeled and we saw a K high flop. I led out and he called. Alarm bells should have gone off here and checking the turn seems good now. But I led. I'd also gained the 2nd nut flush draw on turn and so it was unlikely that I was drawing dead. He put me in and I spent 10 seconds thinking what an idiot I was and then with so much in the middle I called. He had the only K hand that I could really put him on. KQ. Pretty sure he 4bets AK pre. Didn't think he would peel too many small pairs either.
Feel very stupid right now.
Big thanks to all the people who wished me luck when we were in the money. I know there's a slight chance that they were only there to watch the Moorman
But it was really appreciated.
In the end out of £605 worth of mtts I cashed for £351. So got a bit back tonight but should have done much better. Need a little break from playing. I've got a lot of respect for the guys who do it night after night all year round. I'm knackered from just one week of it.
Bit of balance needed for me. After the mini win last week and a few DYM wins I'm still up well over £1k for the month so no great need to play. Going to have to try and resist the double point DYMs this week. Think for the rest of the month I should spend a little bit of time with Penny and Harry. Also there's golf to be played and pubs to be visited.
In Response to Re: Ramblings of an old man : Cheers mate Yeah we were good today. Always a good sign when you're beating the teams around you. Pity we've got another international break now. I hate them. .... It was a big night for the Outlaws last night. Jondabar played wonderfully and took the main down. Incredibly Samantha25 won a big DYM as well. I won a Dym and Hhyftrftdr err...railed. Playing main, mini and £55b/h tonight. Lets do some wins Posted by Jac35
If I was given the job of looking after the forum and SKY for a day I would change a few things.
We're lucky that we have a forum in the first place. It's good as it is but why settle for good? Lets make it better.
Firstly I would get rid of a load of stuff and clean it up a bit to make it more user friendly. Just look on the left hand side.
It was a nice idea but it hasn't worked breaking up the clinic into different sections. Just looked now and to prove the point the last post in the SNG section was 10 days ago and the one before that 30 days ago. I'd just make it 'The clinic' again and would try and encourage people to post. Cash hand of the week, Dym hand of the week, Mtt hand of the week. A bit like TOTP the best would get seats into the mini roller.
Sky Poker Premiership - OUT (why's it still there?) Sky Poker live - OUT BB&V - OUT (just lets the nutcases rant) Introduction and FAQ - OUT Feedback area - OUT New Sky Poker features guide -OUT The Football Corner - OUT
Popular Threads and Blogs All of these can go. Garys thread can be accessed easily enough and I would move the blogs bit to another area. Orfords Odyssey had its last post over 2 years ago! ... I'd make sure the Promotions section was kept fully up to date. This will be one of the first things serious new players look at when they start on Sky. Lets at least give the right impression to start with. ... Dislike the app immensely. Good idea but needs improving. ... Bin the majority of the freerolls which only ever end up with people who have no intention of ever depositing grumbling about them. Just have 3 or 4 a month with worthwhile prizepools. 100-2500 points freeroll 2501-5000 points freeroll 5001-7500 points freeroll 7501-9999 points freeroll + the Priority freerolls remaining as they are.
.....
I'd go for a much simpler approach. There are presently 22 tabs on the left. I'd cut it down to
The Rail The Clinic Diaries and Blogs Team Talk Betting Chat
Julian writes some great stuff as the site pro. I'm on the forum a lot and rarely see that he has posted. I'd sticky his and Tikays blogs at the top of Diaries and Blogs. .... Also, sod warning people. Anyone who wants to write tripe like "Sky is rigged" " Ratings systems" etc, instant ban. We don't need them. Let them write their delusional crapp on Poker Scout. ..
.... Also, sod warning people. Anyone who wants to write tripe like "Sky is rigged" " Ratings systems" etc, instant ban. We don't need them. Let them write their delusional crapp on Poker Scout. .. Ok, that will do Pub ☺ Posted by Jac35
noooooo please leave these it makes me feel better about my rants, admittedly its normally the cat or the dog who get to hear the worst of it from me ......but when reading these it makes my rants at my self seem less mental....I also like some of the responses which always make me chuckle , p.s love reading your diary
Yeah I'd vote for most of that... dunno how much those with the power to change things will take notice though... probably up to Tikay to share with the 'Suits'?
Re: the freerolls, from a selfish point of view I obviously agree, but I assume they must drive additional monies to poker sites... afaik most (if not all) major sites continue to run them... there must be some CRM data that tracks how many players progress from freeroll to money/make deposits etc that shows them to be a valuable part of marketing a poker site... can't imagine they'd have been around for so long otherwise.
I'm looking forward to hopefully playing a bit tonight. The rebuys and a few dyms is the plan.
I've just played the once in the last 10 days. I did mean to have a little break after the ukops anyway but a bit of life stuff haa ensured that I've been away a little longer than intended.
I've got a bit of a buzz about playing again. When I'm just playing dyms night after night it can become a bit of a chore. Now I've had a short holiday from playing I can't wait to get stuck in again.
Weighing up playing either the roller on Sunday or playing a live rebuy.
Whilst I'm a complete dunce, I'm a relieved dunce at the moment. I'll get back to why this is so in a minute.
My Uncle Ken passed away last weekend. He was 97 and his health had sharply deteriorated over the last couple of years. It's always very sad but in truth it was a blessing, his quality of life had disappeared.
He had a wonderful life.
He was a very clever man and made plenty of money in his youth. He was able to retire early, 1966! I saw him on a fairly sporadic basis, he lived up in Chester.
I obviously want to go to the funeral and here's where the dunce bit comes in.
As expected and understandable my employer wouldn't give me compassionate leave for the funeral. I did though expect that they would allow me annual leave.
"Sorry Paul, annual leave is full next week"
I kicked off a bit and they said that they would see what they could do after looking properly at next weeks resourcing on Thursday. I spoke to my manager this morning.
"You can have the day off Paul"
"Really? That's great, thanks for being understanding"
"It's not that to be honest Paul. We just had a a look at the annual leave and you're already off. You booked the week off 6 months ago you daft bastardd"
Felt pretty stupid. I'll get over that though. So happy to be off. First time I've ever not known exactly when my leave is. Been distracted over the last few weeks and more tired than I've ever been before. Harry has had a virus which he's getting over now. Tuesday night I was driving round Derby at 03.30 trying to get him to go to sleep. Got about an hour that night.
Sorry to hear Paul. Is the funeral up in Chester then? Be good to meet again for a pint if you want! Or maybe find somewhere to have a game of poker! I've not really played poker in Chester though for ages since the Rileys stopped doing it, don't know anywhere that's good. I could definitely do with playing some live poker tho been a while since I have!
Sorry to hear Paul. Is the funeral up in Chester then? Be good to meet again for a pint if you want! Or maybe find somewhere to have a game of poker! I've not really played poker in Chester though for ages since the Rileys stopped doing it, don't know anywhere that's good. I could definitely do with playing some live poker tho been a while since I have! Posted by F_Ivanovic
Yes, the funeral in in Chester.
It would be great to meet up again Wes but unfortunately I can't this time. I'm taking my Mum, Sister and Aunt up there.
Think it's tremendous news that Neil Channing is now a part of Sky.He always comes across very well and he is great for the game.Hopefully he might be able to use his influence and get Vicky Coren to appear on the show as well. That would please Tikay no doubt.
Sky really seems to be moving forwards strongly in a time when many online poker sites are going backwards or leaving the market altogether.
Think it's tremendous news that Neil Channing is now a part of Sky.He always comes across very well and he is great for the game.Hopefully he might be able to use his influence and get Vicky Coren to appear on the show as well. That would please Tikay no doubt. Sky really seems to be moving forwards strongly in a time when many online poker sites are going backwards or leaving the market altogether. Posted by Jac35
He fits like a glove, eh?
As to Vicky, ha!, yes, it had crossed my mind, & if anyone can help in that direction, Neil can. Maybe contractual issues would prevent it, but time will tell. He can help Sky Poker & Ch 861 get many other "faces", too. He deffo adds credibility, & if you know Neil, you'l know he would not have joined if he did not believe in the product.
Comments
Smashing the dingles must make you happy today paul, congrats on the win, enjoy the rest of you,re day
Monday £110 main bust with KQ on Q high flop when quite short stacked
Wednesday £55b/h bust with set of 8's. Guy made straight on river
Friday £110 main flopped top set on 9 5 2 rainbow and Chrisdbhoy hit a set of Q's on the turn and it all went in.
Saturday £110 main 3bet shoved about 14bigs with 9's. Lost to Mr Bromleys AQ
Saturday £55 3bet shoved 9's from 14 bigs and lost to AK.
Also played the mini rebuy tonight. Lost huge flip with Rose with 10's v KQ and then bust with AK v her Q9
Reasonably happy with how I've played this week. Don't think there have been any huge mistakes with exits.
Deflating week but we go again tomorrow.
Hoping I might have moaned in a bink.
2 off the bubble in the £20b/h
Nowhere in the £55b/h where I played really badly.
I had a run in the main.
Very disappointed with myself right now. I played very solid all the way and then made a massive mistake to bust in 24th.
I could give some justification for getting it all in but in truth I should never have gone broke in my exit hand. Just about every single thing I did in the hand was bad.
I 3bet KJ out of my bb to Huuuume. He's playing good and raising every button. He peeled and we saw a K high flop. I led out and he called. Alarm bells should have gone off here and checking the turn seems good now. But I led. I'd also gained the 2nd nut flush draw on turn and so it was unlikely that I was drawing dead.
He put me in and I spent 10 seconds thinking what an idiot I was and then with so much in the middle I called.
He had the only K hand that I could really put him on. KQ. Pretty sure he 4bets AK pre. Didn't think he would peel too many small pairs either.
Feel very stupid right now.
In the end out of £605 worth of mtts I cashed for £351. So got a bit back tonight but should have done much better.
Need a little break from playing. I've got a lot of respect for the guys who do it night after night all year round. I'm knackered from just one week of it.
Bit of balance needed for me.
After the mini win last week and a few DYM wins I'm still up well over £1k for the month so no great need to play. Going to have to try and resist the double point DYMs this week.
Think for the rest of the month I should spend a little bit of time with Penny and Harry.
Also there's golf to be played and pubs to be visited.
We're lucky that we have a forum in the first place. It's good as it is but why settle for good? Lets make it better.
Firstly I would get rid of a load of stuff and clean it up a bit to make it more user friendly. Just look on the left hand side.
It was a nice idea but it hasn't worked breaking up the clinic into different sections. Just looked now and to prove the point the last post in the SNG section was 10 days ago and the one before that 30 days ago.
I'd just make it 'The clinic' again and would try and encourage people to post. Cash hand of the week, Dym hand of the week, Mtt hand of the week. A bit like TOTP the best would get seats into the mini roller.
Sky Poker Premiership - OUT (why's it still there?)
Sky Poker live - OUT
BB&V - OUT (just lets the nutcases rant)
Introduction and FAQ - OUT
Feedback area - OUT
New Sky Poker features guide -OUT
The Football Corner - OUT
Popular Threads and Blogs
All of these can go. Garys thread can be accessed easily enough and I would move the blogs bit to another area. Orfords Odyssey had its last post over 2 years ago!
...
I'd make sure the Promotions section was kept fully up to date. This will be one of the first things serious new players look at when they start on Sky. Lets at least give the right impression to start with.
...
Dislike the app immensely. Good idea but needs improving.
...
Bin the majority of the freerolls which only ever end up with people who have no intention of ever depositing grumbling about them. Just have 3 or 4 a month with worthwhile prizepools.
100-2500 points freeroll
2501-5000 points freeroll
5001-7500 points freeroll
7501-9999 points freeroll
+ the Priority freerolls remaining as they are.
.....
I'd go for a much simpler approach. There are presently 22 tabs on the left. I'd cut it down to
The Rail
The Clinic
Diaries and Blogs
Team Talk
Betting Chat
Julian writes some great stuff as the site pro. I'm on the forum a lot and rarely see that he has posted.
I'd sticky his and Tikays blogs at the top of Diaries and Blogs.
....
Also, sod warning people. Anyone who wants to write tripe like "Sky is rigged" " Ratings systems" etc, instant ban. We don't need them. Let them write their delusional crapp on Poker Scout.
..
Ok, that will do
Pub ☺
p.s love reading your diary
regards
IAH
Does need a clean up though, laughable that Sky Poker Premiership is still there.
Yeah it does need a spruce up I think.
There will be hell on earth on the forum if you binned off the freerolls though
Re: the freerolls, from a selfish point of view I obviously agree, but I assume they must drive additional monies to poker sites... afaik most (if not all) major sites continue to run them... there must be some CRM data that tracks how many players progress from freeroll to money/make deposits etc that shows them to be a valuable part of marketing a poker site... can't imagine they'd have been around for so long otherwise.
Morning Paul.
Sorry to hear Harry has been unwell, hope he is better now.
Condolences as to your Uncle, too.
Testing week, eh?
As to Vicky, ha!, yes, it had crossed my mind, & if anyone can help in that direction, Neil can. Maybe contractual issues would prevent it, but time will tell. He can help Sky Poker & Ch 861 get many other "faces", too. He deffo adds credibility, & if you know Neil, you'l know he would not have joined if he did not believe in the product.