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Happy to help.
Melvyn Wrigglesworth (FANNYHILL)
Surely some of the repeats of old tourneys would be better replaced with how to play poker forums?
there are also less rewards or none at all for good plays no spot prizes etc is sky becoming complacent?
I'm doing PTP right now guys, so I'll answer those Posts after I'm done, or in the morning.
It's still HERE
I believe the Good Guys prevailed over the PloppyDonks.
Yos, I recall meeting you on the Stairs in that dreadful Hotel in Newecatle - brekkie was on the 8th floor & the Hotel lifts were not working, how could I forget?
So now you have won a nice Tourney here? Get you!
Now win a few more, then you'll stop playing on those "other sites".
Take care, & thank you for letting me know.
Glad the Vegas trip went well - very well by the sound of it.
That website, in case anyone is interested, is allvegaspoker (dion't forget to add the .com), & is essential for all Vegas newbies.
I'll pass on the beer if I may, I'm strict teetotal, but a pot of tea would always go down a treat.
I hope we can hook up somewhere soon.
Take care now, & enjoy your weekend.
Yes, there are less Live TV Shows now. Live TV is incredibly expensive to make, &, whatever was you cut the promotional spend cake, more TV means less money to spend on other promotional stuff. And Sky Poker decided to spend that money in ways which benefit the Community more directly.
If you want more "how to play" stuff, there is an archive of Poker School stuff on the site, & last year's "Sky Poker School" featured, over an extended series, exclusive tutorials with players such as Roland de Wolfe & Neil Channing.
Are Sky Poker becoming complacent? Well they may not be perfect, far from it, but complacency, no. If they were, I would not be here answering this!
They now have a whole bunch of stuff for the players here - the "Community" (Forum in plain-speak) is nearly a year old now, that's proven immensely popular.
Then there is - are? - New Player Rewards - HERE
Cash for Points - HERE
Total Player, incredibly successful - HERE
TKO, which goes right across the Community, & is 100% free - HERE
Sky Poker Tour, in which every Leg sells out weeks in advance - HERE
Play The Presenter, now SEVEN nights a week - HERE
...and a whole bunch of other stuff. So no, it's not perfect, it's not the finished product by any means, but complacent - definitely not. The traffic, which continues to increase & is running at record levels, suggests that they are giving - or trying to give - players what they want. Yes, less Live TV Shows, but that has proven to be a good thing, as it has not affected the traffic, & has enabled them to spend the money in a way that better benefits more players.
I don't think any Online Room offers that breadth of stuff to it's players.
But if TV turns you on, look out for a new Show starting in about a month. It WILL be very popular.
Take care now.
Ooooo the thot plickens
Edit - Could you give me your thoughts on this Tikay? Here . Im not much of a tournament player but I think it may benefit other players. It is explained a bit more clearly further on down.
Cards are shown : adamw QQ diamonds clubs
-urjoking- AQ hearts
seca 66 diamonds hearts
im still relatively happy ?
Flop comes Kd 8s Jh
Turn Jc
now the bit im not happy about
River 10s
i lose to a straight when i re-raised to show strength was it a bad beat or a bad call by -urjoking-
ur opinion would be gratefully appreciated and if u could show it on the channel as a hand review that would be amazing CHEERS adamw
If you want them to show a hand click here and post the relevant details on the thread
I'm suffering badly from chasing double-ended straight draws. Sometimes, after the flop, I need one card to completed the straight but it seldom comes. I read that the odds are around 32% to complete a double-ended. Am I wasting my money?
RayKar
Yes you are correct, you are around 32% to hit an open ended straight on the turn, but only 16% on the river, it depends on how much its going to cost you, if you ar 2/1 to hit it, lets say there are 100 chips in the middle and someone bets 50, you have pot odds of 3/1 yes?, and would call hopefully having both pot and draw odds, but if there is are 100 chips in and someone raises 500?, then what are you going to risk those chips to chase the draw? debateable I would probably fold em and wait for a better spot, we all play poker differently the choice is yours, good luck
This Tuesday I understand
hi tikay,
my query is :
how fair can it be mid tournament when tables are getting evened up and all of a sudden you have hmmmmm lets say tourny chip leader with 15,000 in chips whilst the rest of the table have an average of 3,000 each left.
the term "taking candy of a baby" springs to mind.
Unfornately, it is not possible for tikay, or anone else to see your hand history, sorry, you could always copy and paste it into the poker strategy section for comments
I'm not sure if they will be able to show the Hand on the Channel, that's outwith my remit, the Producers decide these thngs. To get a hand shown on the Channel, Post it on the "Play My Hand" Thread on the Sky Poker TV Channel, which I see you have already done, so fingers crossed for you.
As to the hand, well....
We don't have many details with which to contextualise it, but I gather it was an £80 Guaranteed Tourney.
The context of the hand is critical when judging these things,. By context, I mean.....
a) Stage of the Tourney,
b) The Blinds,
c) The relative stack sizes,
d) How many paid,
e) How deep in the Tourney we are,
f) Position,
g) The table dynamic, (loose, tight, aggro, passive etc).
These all go to form the context of the hand. A right play in one context is a wrong play in another context, when the variables are different. So with the details available, it's hard to give a definitive "right or wrong".
Was it a bad-beat, or a bad call by A-Q man? Well, see "context", it rather depends, but A-Q man would be more than happy with his play if you had one spot less - J-J rather than Q-Q, as he'd be racing. And you MAY have easily had J-J or T-T & played it identically.
If he had hit his Ace, you would not have minded so much, but he did it the hard way, & I fancy that's what you find so painful. But it does not matter how he got there - the maths which determine these things allow for everything.
So let's look at the maths, here are the pre-flop odds of the three hands.....
Q-Q - 50%
A-Q - 28%
6-6 - 20%
(The "missing" 2% is made up of split pot odds, & I've rounded all %'s to the nearest whole).
So, Pre-Flop you were only - & I say "only" reservedly - a 50/50 shot against "the field". Even money, you win half the time, & you lose half the ime, in effect you are flipping". And it's never a bad beat if you are "only" even money, which you were.
After the flop, you were (respectively) 60% - 31% - 8%. So now you win this 6 times in 10 - which really, is only slightly better than evens - we are still almost flipping.
After the Turn, you are in quite good shape - 78% - 17% - 5%, so now you win 4 times in 5.
So yes, post-Turn, you are a bit unlucky. But Post-turn is completely irrelevant.
Why so? Because all the money went in pre-flop - when you were "only" 50/50. Forget the flop & turn, you went in as a 50/50 shot, & lost. You will do that 1 time in 2.
So no, it was not a bad-beat in my book. I can't comment if it was a bad call by A-Q man as I don't know the context. But it does not matter, you must forget whether the other player or players play bad - that has nothing to do with it. You cannot control their play, it will always be so, so just concentrate on your on play, that is all you can do. What I can say is that you played the hand perfectly - you DID - & lost, & I'm afraid that's how poker works sometimes.
Forget how bad you think other players play, because you can't control that, concentrate on your own game, & keep getting your money in good, as you did, & you'll be alright.
Please remember that poker is primarily a luck-based game, in which the better, more technically correct players, have a small edge. And that, although it looked a bad one, on closer examinaton, you were only a 50-50 shot here when the money went in.
Maths & 52 playing card do the most remarkable things, which is what makes poker such a fascinating game.
I do hope that helps bud, just keep getting your money in good, forget what others do, & you'll do just fine.
Take care now.
The reply by ACESOVER8s it spot on. It's completely random, on all Online Sites, & in Live Poker.
It's also 6 of one, half-dozen of the other. If you get moved to a Table of big stacks, then more chips are on offer for you to win, so it's as broad as it's long.
Also, in the short term, poker is not a fair game, & it never has been. In the long-term, the swings & roundabouts even everything up though.
Try to be "glass half-full" when you play poker. If you get moved to a Table of big stacks, rub your hands together with glee - look at all those chips on offer. If you look at what seems unfair in poker, you will not enjoy it as much as you should. A lot of stuff in poker seems unfair, just as in life, but really it's not, it's just how poker & life are. Full of obstacles & surprises, & how we deal with them will determine our success.
Good Luck fella.
When you say it "seldom comes", over time it comes one time in three. So, again over time, you will lose that coup two times in 3.
If - and only if - you are getting the right price, then it's a completely neutral play. But we rarely get the right price on draws, & that''s when we waste money. Bookmakes play good poker, because they understand the odds!
Try getting your money in good - i.e., when ahead, & let the others chase the draws when they don't have the right price, & you will be surprised at the improvement in your results. Chasing draws is completely hunky-dory ONLY if you can get the right price. Omaha is a drawing game, Hold Em is not.
Good Luck.