Welcome back, sure you had a wonderful time and enjoyed the bloggage. I asked a Q on 1 of them but you obv. missed it so here it is again. If you slept in every hotel bedroom in Vegas on consecutive nights how long would it take to sleep in them all.
On another note, my BR is almost identical to yours (i have you covered.....just) but has stagnated a little recently so if you don't mind i will challenge myself alongside your goodself. Won't derail your thread with updates etc. but will just keep a note myself on how i am doing.
STT's, are i beleive the weakest part of my game (as SS confirms ) so i would like to make a concerted effort this month to reduce the deficit.....we shall see.
Afternoon PLO & PLO8-ers. Just back from Vegas, where I did not exactly set the world on fire, but my appetite is as great as ever for PLO8 & PLO Posted by Tikay10
Smouldering springs to mind? ;-)) Good to see your back SAFELY which is the most important thing. LIghtness of pocket is temporary. REALLY enjoyed the blogs. It gives us rec players a real taste of what it's like. Not been on the Plo tables of late BUT I might look you up over the next few days and donate as per!
Welcome back Mr T. Brilliant news that you loved Vegas, impossible not to of course! Not meaning to derail your thread thingummy, just popping in to welcome you back and to say cheerio. After considering it for a few weeks now, I've decided to pack it in. It doesn't feel right calling myself an old dog, but this old bird can't learn new tricks and for a while I've struggled with how the game is being played these days. Rather than play and being bewildered at what's happening, It's time to retire from the PLO8 game methinks. So cheerio everyone, have fun, for 99.99% of the time it's been a pure delight playing with the PLO8 mob, for the most part, a fantastic crowd. A pleasure to have 'met' you all. For any Holdem players who have yet to play the PLO8 game, I strongly recommend you give it a go. When things go wrong it can be painfully frustrating, but when things go right, it's a joy. Incredibly hard to describe unless you play the game, but doing the right thing, at the right time, win or lose, is often appreciated and acknowledged by others at the table. Most play it because they love the game and love seeing it played well, even when on the bum end of it and losing! Yep, a strange bunch, but a wonderfully brilliant strange bunch. Run good, enjoy it and I may see some of you on the holdem tables when I get bored.
HOLD ONE THERE OnE SECOND MAC!!! I refuse to let you quit .....REFUSE I say!!! Play the occasional game my dear please please please. 2 or 3 games a day ...you will enjoy it I promise! These tables will not be the same without you so please dont go cold turkey on us. You are a Legend and those that know the game will agree with me. Ger Posted by gerardirl
Welcome back Mr T. Brilliant news that you loved Vegas, impossible not to of course! Not meaning to derail your thread thingummy, just popping in to welcome you back and to say cheerio. After considering it for a few weeks now, I've decided to pack it in. It doesn't feel right calling myself an old dog, but this old bird can't learn new tricks and for a while I've struggled with how the game is being played these days. Rather than play and being bewildered at what's happening, It's time to retire from the PLO8 game methinks. So cheerio everyone, have fun, for 99.99% of the time it's been a pure delight playing with the PLO8 mob, for the most part, a fantastic crowd. A pleasure to have 'met' you all. For any Holdem players who have yet to play the PLO8 game, I strongly recommend you give it a go. When things go wrong it can be painfully frustrating, but when things go right, it's a joy. Incredibly hard to describe unless you play the game, but doing the right thing, at the right time, win or lose, is often appreciated and acknowledged by others at the table. Most play it because they love the game and love seeing it played well, even when on the bum end of it and losing! Yep, a strange bunch, but a wonderfully brilliant strange bunch. Run good, enjoy it and I may see some of you on the holdem tables when I get bored. Karen ps. Anyone want a twiglet? Posted by Macacgirl1
Crikey, was it something I said?
That's terrible news for Team PLO8, you are furniture here, but really, if you are not fully enjoying it, you've made the right decision.
You make some good points, too, especially as to PLO8 players being stoic as to defeat & victory, & taking beats in their stride. There seem to be very few bad losers in PLO8, the exceptions are so rare we remember them. (There was one last night, lol). So yes, a strange bunch, but wonderfully strange, they are my kind of people, & PLO8 has no place for bad losers.
You have been an absolute credit to Sky Poker, & poker generally, playing the game in exactly the right spirit. You'll be much missed, you really will.
Welcome back, sure you had a wonderful time and enjoyed the bloggage. I asked a Q on 1 of them but you obv. missed it so here it is again. If you slept in every hotel bedroom in Vegas on consecutive nights how long would it take to sleep in them all. On another note, my BR is almost identical to yours (i have you covered.....just) but has stagnated a little recently so if you don't mind i will challenge myself alongside your goodself. Won't derail your thread with updates etc. but will just keep a note myself on how i am doing. STT's, are i beleive the weakest part of my game (as SS confirms ) so i would like to make a concerted effort this month to reduce the deficit.....we shall see. Posted by pomfrittes
Hi Pommy,
I did see your question, but, well, when in Vegas, it's all go, & the Blogs took me 4 hours apiece, so I did not get round to replying to the kind comments.
The hotel rooms question? Well there are said to be 125,000 hotel rooms in Vegas, so I guess about 340 years?
Glad to hear you plan to do a little Challenge to freshen up your game, feel free to use this Thread to do Updates, I need the company.
In Response to Re: Can an old dog learn new tricks? : Welcome home Tony Traffic's been down as expected this time of year but all the regs still around. Looking forward to seeing your new "plays" ! See you later at the tables GL Mick Posted by VespaPX
Thanks Mick.
Well I tried a few new plays last night, & they worked incredibly well, as I only lost about £20 on the night......
The 'FOSP' League Holdem Tournament!!!! 7.30pm, Weds July 2nd, £5.50. 5000 starting chips, 1 hour late reg, Blinds 12 mins
Here is Tournie lobby description!!
""" This is an 'Open' Tournament for ALL Sky Community, All are Welcome!! A Monthly League will be run by The FOSP, Friends of Sky Poker Group. ...with added value Monthly Prizes from Sky Poker!!! Enjoy!!"""
Get In....[limited to 1000 runners, be quick, lol!!]
Me & PokerTrev are First to be registered...DOUBLE VALUE!!!!
Had a great session last night, & it was lovely to see all the regular faces. Won't mention them all as I'll forget some & get in trouble, but must make special mention of Cornwall Bloke, aka FCHD, who has done such a great job with the Vegas WSOP Updates.
Amazingly, I managed 30 Games, so the traffic was much better than I had expected, though not many @ £5.50, & none @ £11, but still, given World Cup Football was on Telly, I thought that was remarkably good.
I had a good "first-half", made a nice bit of profit & won 9 from 15, but I fell to bits for the rest of the session, & ended up with a score of P 30, W 16, L14. Unforch, I lost 6 out of 9 @ £5.50, so that skewed the figures baddddddddddly.
Have to say, really enjoyed it, & will have another bash tonight & tomorrow, but will have to swerve Friday & Saturday, as I have to see a young lady about a dog.
Think I ought to be able to manage 20 poker nights in July, & if so, 500 Games is quite achievable. 500 Games profitably, not so sure.....
WELCOME BACK MATE!!! Sounds Great time!! If you not tired, lol.....& free... How about THIS TONIGHT!! In Lobby NOW!!! The 'FOSP' League Holdem Tournament!!!! 7.30pm, Weds July 2nd, £5.50. 5000 starting chips, 1 hour late reg, Blinds 12 mins Here is Tournie lobby description!! """ This is an 'Open' Tournament for ALL Sky Community, All are Welcome!! A Monthly League will be run by The FOSP, Friends of Sky Poker Group. ...with added value Monthly Prizes from Sky Poker!!! Enjoy!!""" Get In....[limited to 1000 runners, be quick, lol!!] Me & PokerTrev are First to be registered...DOUBLE VALUE!!!! GL ALL Enjoy!! https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?action=go_tnmt_lobby&game_id=9560814&guid=481731be-f3a7-4723-81a1-642458b815e4 Also PS Macagirl/TK we have a frienldy PLO/PLO8 [alternates weekly],FOSP tournie every Sunday 7.25pm £3.30 Password 'FOSP', you BOTH & ALL welcome!! GL Posted by HITMAN_RV
Thanks Dave.
I don't play NLH these days, but I will join you for your next PLO/PLO8 Sunday Evening Jobbie.
The kids play NLH too well, & I find it quite hard to make any money, so I've switched almost 100% to the 4 card game, where it is (imo) a lot easier to turn a profit. It amazes me that more don't try the 4 card game, as NLH is so tough these days, but each to their own I guess, I prefer playing something that even I can beat, or nearly so.
In Response to Re: Can an old dog learn new tricks? : Thanks Dave. I don't play NLH these days, but I will join you for your next PLO/PLO8 Sunday Evening Jobbie. The kids play NLH too well, & I find it quite hard to make any money, so I've switched almost 100% to the 4 card game, where it is (imo) a lot easier to turn a profit. It amazes me that more don't try the 4 card game, as NLH is so tough these days, but each to their own I guess, I prefer playing something that even I can beat, or nearly so. Posted by Tikay10
Great Mate!! Solarcarro Dave & Mark Cenachav are running a Monthly PLO League for FOPS too, be great if you in!
Had a great session last night, & it was lovely to see all the regular faces. Won't mention them all as I'll forget some & get in trouble, but must make special mention of Cornwall Bloke, aka FCHD, who has done such a great job with the Vegas WSOP Updates. Amazingly, I managed 30 Games, so the traffic was much better than I had expected, though not many @ £5.50, & none @ £11, but still, given World Cup Football was on Telly, I thought that was remarkably good. I had a good "first-half", made a nice bit of profit & won 9 from 15, but I fell to bits for the rest of the session, & ended up with a score of P 30, W 16, L14. Unforch, I lost 6 out of 9 @ £5.50, so that skewed the figures baddddddddddly. Have to say, really enjoyed it, & will have another bash tonight & tomorrow, but will have to swerve Friday & Saturday, as I have to see a young lady about a dog. Think I ought to be able to manage 20 poker nights in July, & if so, 500 Games is quite achievable. 500 Games profitably, not so sure..... Posted by Tikay10
With all your experience TK, I;d wager that you could teach a young dog some pretty good old tricks!
In Response to Re: Can an old dog learn new tricks? : With all your experience TK, I;d wager that you could teach a young dog some pretty good old tricks! Posted by tsarina
Welcome back Mr T. Brilliant news that you loved Vegas, impossible not to of course! Not meaning to derail your thread thingummy, just popping in to welcome you back and to say cheerio. After considering it for a few weeks now, I've decided to pack it in. It doesn't feel right calling myself an old dog, but this old bird can't learn new tricks and for a while I've struggled with how the game is being played these days. Rather than play and being bewildered at what's happening, It's time to retire from the PLO8 game methinks. So cheerio everyone, have fun, for 99.99% of the time it's been a pure delight playing with the PLO8 mob, for the most part, a fantastic crowd. A pleasure to have 'met' you all. For any Holdem players who have yet to play the PLO8 game, I strongly recommend you give it a go. When things go wrong it can be painfully frustrating, but when things go right, it's a joy. Incredibly hard to describe unless you play the game, but doing the right thing, at the right time, win or lose, is often appreciated and acknowledged by others at the table. Most play it because they love the game and love seeing it played well, even when on the bum end of it and losing! Yep, a strange bunch, but a wonderfully brilliant strange bunch. Run good, enjoy it and I may see some of you on the holdem tables when I get bored. Karen ps. Anyone want a twiglet? Posted by Macacgirl1
So sad u feel that way macacgirl .hope u still have the odd game and come and say hello as others have said it will be weird loading up tables without you being there been great playing you and trying too learn from you and you have always been one of the first too offer help too people that reg for the wrong games. and you will definitely be missed good luck in all you do. all the best churchy
Thanks chaps, but I am most certainly a non-plo8er from now on. As fun and as great as the game is, for me, 90% of the time, it's simply been a much needed pastime whilst stuck behind a desk for hours on end. Some people play minesweeper, I played PLO8! There's absolutely no complaints or moans from me, nothing wrong with sky, nothing wrong with plo8ers, nothing wrong with the beautiful game, the time is just right. I'm not disappearing, before moving to warmer climes next year, I'll play the odd NLH DYM, the odd DTD thingummy and I've also 17000 poker points to try and use in freerolls! I need to learn NLH again as I've already found a weekly live game for next year when we move! Priority #1! This is the last message here from me, we need to hear about trains, concrete, vegas, meat pies and TKs new job in Vegas as an Alec Guinness impersonator.
So get home from work (got off early so I could get home and play some plo8 with the gang) and what do I find........ BOMBSHELL. Maca I beg you to reconsider, you have been fantastic to me and many others on the tables and to think you will not be playing again is horrible. I must,and will, respect your decision but hope you may reconsider at some later date. If not please know I am greatfull for all your help and the funny bits you added to our games. Nick
Just wanted to ask for opinions, tonight I just stopped playing because I was playing really badly, do not know why maybe a little tired but making sloppy mistakes. Should you stop or just keep playing and try and get through the rough patch? thanks Nick
Just wanted to ask for opinions, tonight I just stopped playing because I was playing really badly, do not know why maybe a little tired but making sloppy mistakes. Should you stop or just keep playing and try and get through the rough patch? thanks Nick Posted by pompeynic
Morning Nick.
You did EXACTLY the right thing.
Sometimes we do play bad, or sub-par, but it's just lazy to blame variance, bad calls by others, the software, or whatever, when in truth we sometimes just need to self-examine, & realise we have nobody to blame but ourselves. It's oh so easy to blame other factors for our own failings.
Well played you, very few are prepared to admit they are just playing poorly.
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Brilliant news that you loved Vegas, impossible not to of course!
Not meaning to derail your thread thingummy, just popping in to welcome you back and to say cheerio.
After considering it for a few weeks now, I've decided to pack it in. It doesn't feel right calling myself an old dog, but this old bird can't learn new tricks and for a while I've struggled with how the game is being played these days. Rather than play and being bewildered at what's happening, It's time to retire from the PLO8 game methinks.
So cheerio everyone, have fun, for 99.99% of the time it's been a pure delight playing with the PLO8 mob, for the most part, a fantastic crowd. A pleasure to have 'met' you all. For any Holdem players who have yet to play the PLO8 game, I strongly recommend you give it a go. When things go wrong it can be painfully frustrating, but when things go right, it's a joy. Incredibly hard to describe unless you play the game, but doing the right thing, at the right time, win or lose, is often appreciated and acknowledged by others at the table. Most play it because they love the game and love seeing it played well, even when on the bum end of it and losing! Yep, a strange bunch, but a wonderfully brilliant strange bunch.
Run good, enjoy it and I may see some of you on the holdem tables when I get bored.
Karen
ps. Anyone want a twiglet?
Dont go Karen please!
Shipmates stick together.
Oh and i'll have a twiglet please :-))
That's terrible news for Team PLO8, you are furniture here, but really, if you are not fully enjoying it, you've made the right decision.
You make some good points, too, especially as to PLO8 players being stoic as to defeat & victory, & taking beats in their stride. There seem to be very few bad losers in PLO8, the exceptions are so rare we remember them. (There was one last night, lol). So yes, a strange bunch, but wonderfully strange, they are my kind of people, & PLO8 has no place for bad losers.
You have been an absolute credit to Sky Poker, & poker generally, playing the game in exactly the right spirit. You'll be much missed, you really will.
I did see your question, but, well, when in Vegas, it's all go, & the Blogs took me 4 hours apiece, so I did not get round to replying to the kind comments.
The hotel rooms question? Well there are said to be 125,000 hotel rooms in Vegas, so I guess about 340 years?
Glad to hear you plan to do a little Challenge to freshen up your game, feel free to use this Thread to do Updates, I need the company.
Well I tried a few new plays last night, & they worked incredibly well, as I only lost about £20 on the night......
Sounds Great time!!
If you not tired, lol.....& free...
How about THIS TONIGHT!!
In Lobby NOW!!!
The 'FOSP' League Holdem Tournament!!!!
7.30pm, Weds July 2nd, £5.50.
5000 starting chips, 1 hour late reg, Blinds 12 mins
Here is Tournie lobby description!!
""" This is an 'Open' Tournament for ALL Sky Community, All are Welcome!!
Get In....[limited to 1000 runners, be quick, lol!!]A Monthly League will be run by The FOSP, Friends of Sky Poker Group.
...with added value Monthly Prizes from Sky Poker!!!
Enjoy!!"""
Me & PokerTrev are First to be registered...DOUBLE VALUE!!!!
GL ALL Enjoy!!
https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?action=go_tnmt_lobby&game_id=9560814&guid=481731be-f3a7-4723-81a1-642458b815e4
Also PS
Macagirl/TK we have a frienldy PLO/PLO8 [alternates weekly],FOSP tournie every Sunday 7.25pm £3.30
Password 'FOSP', you BOTH & ALL welcome!!
GL
Had a great session last night, & it was lovely to see all the regular faces. Won't mention them all as I'll forget some & get in trouble, but must make special mention of Cornwall Bloke, aka FCHD, who has done such a great job with the Vegas WSOP Updates.
Amazingly, I managed 30 Games, so the traffic was much better than I had expected, though not many @ £5.50, & none @ £11, but still, given World Cup Football was on Telly, I thought that was remarkably good.
I had a good "first-half", made a nice bit of profit & won 9 from 15, but I fell to bits for the rest of the session, & ended up with a score of P 30, W 16, L14. Unforch, I lost 6 out of 9 @ £5.50, so that skewed the figures baddddddddddly.
Have to say, really enjoyed it, & will have another bash tonight & tomorrow, but will have to swerve Friday & Saturday, as I have to see a young lady about a dog.
Think I ought to be able to manage 20 poker nights in July, & if so, 500 Games is quite achievable. 500 Games profitably, not so sure.....
I don't play NLH these days, but I will join you for your next PLO/PLO8 Sunday Evening Jobbie.
The kids play NLH too well, & I find it quite hard to make any money, so I've switched almost 100% to the 4 card game, where it is (imo) a lot easier to turn a profit. It amazes me that more don't try the 4 card game, as NLH is so tough these days, but each to their own I guess, I prefer playing something that even I can beat, or nearly so.
1st July Numbers & Stuff
Played 30
Won 16
Lost 14
£3.30, P 21, W 11, L 10
£5.50, P 9, W 3 L 6
Opening Balance - £1,294
Closing Balance = £1,269.20
Profirt Loss on Night - £24.80
Profit Loss on Month = £24.80
REWARD POINTS on night = 108
REWARD POINTS IN MONTH = 108
Solarcarro Dave & Mark Cenachav are running a Monthly PLO League for FOPS too, be great if you in!
again ALL WELCOME, sunday password is FOSP..
No Password needed tonight...JUST ENTER!!
There's absolutely no complaints or moans from me, nothing wrong with sky, nothing wrong with plo8ers, nothing wrong with the beautiful game, the time is just right.
I'm not disappearing, before moving to warmer climes next year, I'll play the odd NLH DYM, the odd DTD thingummy and I've also 17000 poker points to try and use in freerolls! I need to learn NLH again as I've already found a weekly live game for next year when we move! Priority #1!
This is the last message here from me, we need to hear about trains, concrete, vegas, meat pies and TKs new job in Vegas as an Alec Guinness impersonator.
Nick
Just wanted to ask for opinions, tonight I just stopped playing because I was playing really badly, do not know why maybe a little tired but making sloppy mistakes. Should you stop or just keep playing and try and get through the rough patch?
thanks
Nick
You did EXACTLY the right thing.
Sometimes we do play bad, or sub-par, but it's just lazy to blame variance, bad calls by others, the software, or whatever, when in truth we sometimes just need to self-examine, & realise we have nobody to blame but ourselves. It's oh so easy to blame other factors for our own failings.
Well played you, very few are prepared to admit they are just playing poorly.