I did send a note up, but they don't seem to have the key to the Forum software clock, so I guess it's been added to the little list of jobs to be sorted.
Reminder for the late reg to be changed in the 8.25 pl08 £5.50 game thank you Posted by churchy18
Thanks for the reminder Brian, I have sent a note up. No idea if they can or will do so, & really, it's not the end of the world either way, but I have asked.
I've also raised the subject of a weekly or bi-weekly £11 PLO8 MTT, &, in addition, maybe a £5.50 rebuy version. I suggested they should NOT offer a Guarantee at this stage, there's no need, if the players want it badly enough, they ought to support it with or without a Guarantee.
In Response to Re: Can an old dog learn new tricks? : Nice one tony agree no need for a gtd not sure about a rebuy unless it is just 1 allowed but any extra games will be good and with the£11dym games that are going just now it may help get more playing and build the player pool An £11 tourney 1 a fortnight would be good would play that as much as possible How you doing hope all is well and good All the best brian Posted by churchy18
+1 the £11 dyms seem to be filling quicker than the £3.30 a little bit to expensive for me but would play the tournaments once a week as a treat
Great that your pushing for extra PLO8 MTT's Tikay!
Would disagree on the guaratees, even if they were tiny (5 or 10x the BI) I will support them by playing either way but it definitely helps numbers if there is some/any kind of guarantee.
Appreciate your efforts though, progress is progress
$1 rebuys are very popular on a lot of sites with similar traffic levels to Sky and seem to entice new players to give the game a try (it's cheap and they can rebuy if they bust).
Great that your pushing for extra PLO8 MTT's Tikay! Would disagree on the guaratees, even if they were tiny (5 or 10x the BI) I will support them by playing either way but it definitely helps numbers if there is some/any kind of guarantee. Appreciate your efforts though, progress is progress $1 rebuys are very popular on a lot of sites with similar traffic levels to Sky and seem to entice new players to give the game a try (it's cheap and they can rebuy if they bust). Posted by markycash
Hi Mark, this topic has been thrown about for a long time on here and I have recommended on numerous occasions that a tourney that ran on here 4 years ago could be tried but nothing ever happens. The MTT in question was a £500 GTD £5.50 rebuy which ran at 10 pm every Friday night. Now, whilst this rarely hit the guarantee it came very close most weeks and I imagine that with the increased numbers playing PLO8 on the site now compared to 2012 that it would hit it every week. Would love to see this MTT trialled for a couple of weeks. Come on TEEKS sort it out.
Afternoon all, maybe I'm overdue for a little Update.
My little stubborn downturn - or whatever it is/was - remains a mystery to me.
Variance (probably not, too easy an excuse), the game has moved on or passed me by, failing mental dexterity, age related stuff, I've still no idea.
At the low point, I had dropped £250 from my balance on Jan 1st, & £300 from my all time high a few days later.
I pulled it all back at one point in March, but then dropped £150 again. As of right now, I'm £60 below my January 1st balance, so I'm oh-so-slowly pulling it back.
Bear in mind I've received around £200 in Rewards Payments in 2016, so really, the figures are worse than they look at first sight.
I do want to say a quick "thank you" to Markycash, who spent a lot of time helping me sort my game out with wise words. He really knows his stuff, & opened my eyes to a few things. Thanks Mark.
The games of late have certainly been really lively & much more "swingy" than previously.
We are often joined these days by a player called FILIPSEBO, who plays an extremely high variance line. Took me a while to grasp the best way to play him, but I'm happy to have him at my tables now. He raised EVERY hand, & pots EVERY flop, so as you can imagine, a plan is needed.
Markycash is very aggro, too, & the thing with Mark is his understanding of odds. If he has the right price, & DYM dynamics aside, he WILL call fairly wide. His game is pretty aggro though, & he has a very different range to most of us.
Despite whatever caused me to drop a few bob in 2016, I enjoy the game & the challenge more than I ever did, & can't wait to start my session every night. Love the game to bits, & still manage 30 games almost every night.
We are lucky to have such a great game.
I do get a little fed up with the serial moaners, the "high maintenance" guys, the teeniest little software glitch & they start a thread. Think if I ever started a thread because I missed a single hand of poker at the start of a game I'd think it was time to take a reality check. I mean, Sky Poker is not 'Stars & never will be. And thank the Lord for that in some ways. The Promos here are tremendous, I defy anyone to name an Online Poker site with a more inclusive range of Promos, & these allow for all levels of player, even Team Smallball to get involved. Team High Maintenance expect these Promos as standard, but are not prepared to accept that, you know, the occasional software funny turn causes us minor inconvenience.
Funny old game.
There was a Freeroll last night with a £6,000 overlay, & one chap wanted to know why he was expected to pay £2 to enter it. It had a "per head" value of £7. You do the math.
Work has been quite stressful & challenging in 2016, in so many different ways, but things are getting resolved now, I'm very pleased to say. I was, & remain very keen, to see out 10 years here, but it was looking very doubtful indeed. I'm back on track now though, so maybe I'll get there yet. We shall see.
Sky Poker have not yet made it known, but they asked me to do the Vegas gig again this year, & I was chuffed to bits with that, I just love the annual Vegas work. I've done it every year for Sky Poker so far, but I don't like to assume things, so it was good to know I'd been selected again. Fingers crossed the Blogs will return this year, after a bit of a technical hiccup last year.
I will be going to Vegas on my own account, so to speak, in early June, as I do every year. I've almost finalised my playing schedule, around 20 events I think, all 4 & 5 card stuff.
Gill will be coming out to join me for 10 days in early June, so I'll not be playing or blogging too much during that period. This will be her 3rd year in Vegas with me, & she loves it to bits. We plan to head across to the Southern California coast again, & stay at Oceanside, just a couple of days. The flights from Vegas are only about $70, & then we'll catch the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner again, the train ticket is around $40 from San Diego or LA to Oceanside, so it's all very cheap.
The rest of time when she is with me we'll just do the usual Tourist stuff, go watch a Baseball game, eat out, go up the Spring Mountains, that sort of thing. She likes shopping in Vegas, so that works well, so I'll go play poker 2 or 3 days, whilst she goes shopping.
PS - 38 sleeps. Jeez, I'm excited. It really is time I grew up, but I can't help it, I get that Vegas buzz every year.
Finally, for now anyway, my health is much better than it was earlier this year.
I had piled on the weight, & as a result, it took it's toll. On Jan 16th I started hard dieting, & a daily 2 mile walk, & since then I've dropped 2.5 stones. Feel much better now, I really do.
No problem at all Tikay and thanks for the kind words! Just a pity it hasn't translated to harder results yet. Interesting and informative talking oh8 with you and has helped me reconsider parts of my own game too. Posted by markycash
That reminds me, I owe you an e-Mail reply. You said something quite fascinating in your last one, & I want to pick up on that.
Anyway, time to go lose some more money at the tables. oioi
In Response to Re: Can an old dog learn new tricks? : That reminds me, I owe you an e-Mail reply. You said something quite fascinating in your last one, & I want to pick up on that. Anyway, time to go lose some more money at the tables. oioi Posted by Tikay10
GL Tikay!
Interesting read as always, really put me even more in the mood for Vegas.
Got close(ish) to a package elsewhere last night which was surprising as 91 hands into the game the best pocket cards I saw were a pair of 3s.
Great to hear your heading back to Vegas Tikay. I hope you don't get propositioned by any strange guys wearing tutu's
I hope I'm still getting excited to visit Vegas when I'm well past your age. What a place.
Congrats on the loss of weight. Losing weight/changing body shape has to be one of the toughest things to do. It's to easy and very tempting to eat and drink rubbish almost anytime of the day and it's constantly pushed in our faces. Did you have to have a diet rehaul or was walking enough to lose the weight?
I hear there are some great treks in/around the Grand Canyon (I'm not sure how taxing they are) but might be a fun trip. I did some walking at Red Rock Canyon which was great but I don't reccommend going midday. Was great to get out the city for a few days and see some of the great places Arizona/Nevada has to offer. I loved the meteor crater in Arizona too.
I'm sure I've heard about a Vegas marathon if your training is going well, fancy it?
Good luck getting the poker results back on track.
I shall reply to several points, but it's likely to be Friday before I get chance, am a bit all over the shop tomorrow with, you know, stuff, and things.
Surprised and honoured you read this diary. Maybe you were really really bored.
Finally, for now anyway, my health is much better than it was earlier this year. I had piled on the weight, & as a result, it took it's toll. On Jan 16th I started hard dieting, & a daily 2 mile walk, & since then I've dropped 2.5 stones. Feel much better now, I really do. Posted by Tikay10
That's terrific. Glad to hear your health is better (had picked up the odd comment you'd made) and also that the work related stress is getting sorted.
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I already did, about 10 days ago, after THIS
I did send a note up, but they don't seem to have the key to the Forum software clock, so I guess it's been added to the little list of jobs to be sorted.
I've also raised the subject of a weekly or bi-weekly £11 PLO8 MTT, &, in addition, maybe a £5.50 rebuy version. I suggested they should NOT offer a Guarantee at this stage, there's no need, if the players want it badly enough, they ought to support it with or without a Guarantee.
We shall see.
Hi again Brian, the Late Reg in the 8.325 tonight has been extended to 30 minutes, see HERE
Would disagree on the guaratees, even if they were tiny (5 or 10x the BI) I will support them by playing either way but it definitely helps numbers if there is some/any kind of guarantee.
Appreciate your efforts though, progress is progress
$1 rebuys are very popular on a lot of sites with similar traffic levels to Sky and seem to entice new players to give the game a try (it's cheap and they can rebuy if they bust).
Hi Mark, this topic has been thrown about for a long time on here and I have recommended on numerous occasions that a tourney that ran on here 4 years ago could be tried but nothing ever happens.
The MTT in question was a £500 GTD £5.50 rebuy which ran at 10 pm every Friday night. Now, whilst this rarely hit the guarantee it came very close most weeks and I imagine that with the increased numbers playing PLO8 on the site now compared to 2012 that it would hit it every week.
Would love to see this MTT trialled for a couple of weeks. Come on TEEKS sort it out.
Afternoon all, maybe I'm overdue for a little Update.
My little stubborn downturn - or whatever it is/was - remains a mystery to me.
Variance (probably not, too easy an excuse), the game has moved on or passed me by, failing mental dexterity, age related stuff, I've still no idea.
At the low point, I had dropped £250 from my balance on Jan 1st, & £300 from my all time high a few days later.
I pulled it all back at one point in March, but then dropped £150 again. As of right now, I'm £60 below my January 1st balance, so I'm oh-so-slowly pulling it back.
Bear in mind I've received around £200 in Rewards Payments in 2016, so really, the figures are worse than they look at first sight.
I do want to say a quick "thank you" to Markycash, who spent a lot of time helping me sort my game out with wise words. He really knows his stuff, & opened my eyes to a few things. Thanks Mark.
The games of late have certainly been really lively & much more "swingy" than previously.
We are often joined these days by a player called FILIPSEBO, who plays an extremely high variance line. Took me a while to grasp the best way to play him, but I'm happy to have him at my tables now. He raised EVERY hand, & pots EVERY flop, so as you can imagine, a plan is needed.
Markycash is very aggro, too, & the thing with Mark is his understanding of odds. If he has the right price, & DYM dynamics aside, he WILL call fairly wide. His game is pretty aggro though, & he has a very different range to most of us.
Despite whatever caused me to drop a few bob in 2016, I enjoy the game & the challenge more than I ever did, & can't wait to start my session every night. Love the game to bits, & still manage 30 games almost every night.
We are lucky to have such a great game.
I do get a little fed up with the serial moaners, the "high maintenance" guys, the teeniest little software glitch & they start a thread. Think if I ever started a thread because I missed a single hand of poker at the start of a game I'd think it was time to take a reality check. I mean, Sky Poker is not 'Stars & never will be. And thank the Lord for that in some ways. The Promos here are tremendous, I defy anyone to name an Online Poker site with a more inclusive range of Promos, & these allow for all levels of player, even Team Smallball to get involved. Team High Maintenance expect these Promos as standard, but are not prepared to accept that, you know, the occasional software funny turn causes us minor inconvenience.
Funny old game.
There was a Freeroll last night with a £6,000 overlay, & one chap wanted to know why he was expected to pay £2 to enter it. It had a "per head" value of £7. You do the math.
Interesting and informative talking oh8 with you and has helped me reconsider parts of my own game too.
Work has been quite stressful & challenging in 2016, in so many different ways, but things are getting resolved now, I'm very pleased to say. I was, & remain very keen, to see out 10 years here, but it was looking very doubtful indeed. I'm back on track now though, so maybe I'll get there yet. We shall see.
Sky Poker have not yet made it known, but they asked me to do the Vegas gig again this year, & I was chuffed to bits with that, I just love the annual Vegas work. I've done it every year for Sky Poker so far, but I don't like to assume things, so it was good to know I'd been selected again. Fingers crossed the Blogs will return this year, after a bit of a technical hiccup last year.
I will be going to Vegas on my own account, so to speak, in early June, as I do every year. I've almost finalised my playing schedule, around 20 events I think, all 4 & 5 card stuff.
Gill will be coming out to join me for 10 days in early June, so I'll not be playing or blogging too much during that period. This will be her 3rd year in Vegas with me, & she loves it to bits. We plan to head across to the Southern California coast again, & stay at Oceanside, just a couple of days. The flights from Vegas are only about $70, & then we'll catch the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner again, the train ticket is around $40 from San Diego or LA to Oceanside, so it's all very cheap.
The rest of time when she is with me we'll just do the usual Tourist stuff, go watch a Baseball game, eat out, go up the Spring Mountains, that sort of thing. She likes shopping in Vegas, so that works well, so I'll go play poker 2 or 3 days, whilst she goes shopping.
PS - 38 sleeps. Jeez, I'm excited. It really is time I grew up, but I can't help it, I get that Vegas buzz every year.
Finally, for now anyway, my health is much better than it was earlier this year.
I had piled on the weight, & as a result, it took it's toll. On Jan 16th I started hard dieting, & a daily 2 mile walk, & since then I've dropped 2.5 stones. Feel much better now, I really do.
Anyway, time to go lose some more money at the tables. oioi
Interesting read as always, really put me even more in the mood for Vegas.
Got close(ish) to a package elsewhere last night which was surprising as 91 hands into the game the best pocket cards I saw were a pair of 3s.
The quest continues...