So, these are the Eighteen Picks this far. I don't think anyone could have predicted these 18, & I think the "balance" from the different categories is spot on. Everyone had a chance, & these 18 have earned their selection, without a question of doubt.
boylebag
cottlad
dantb10
dohhhhhhh
dylan12
gliterbabe
flashflush
jakally
keysersoze6
lJAMESl
nutter5932
penguin7
phil12uk
pokerbcity
pryce6
sharksbite
sparce
yippeeyappee
I wish every single one of them everything they deserve. Tears & happiness, pain & pleasure, victory & defeat, all lie ahead.
I will be Posting the Format for the "Total Player Bootcamp" very shortly.
First, a note to the eighteen players.
Confirmation e-Mails have already gone out to all 6 of Ed Gidden's picks. Just as well, as they have to "start work" on Monday!
The confirmation e-mails for Team Tuck & Team Matt will be sent out on TUESDAY. Their BootCamps will not be until the two weeks following, so time is not quite so critical.
Next up, The Format for Total Player Bootcamp. Please note, due to the "character limit per Post" on this Forum, I'll have to divide it into 4 or 5 seperate Posts.
All 18 Mentor Picks should read the Format carefully. If you are in any doubt about anything, please ask. I'll be Offline most of Sunday, but if nobody else from TP picks up the Questions, I will reply to them on Sunday night or Monday morning.
I will be Posting the Format for the "Total Player Bootcamp" very shortly. First, a note to the eighteen players. Confirmation e-Mails have already gone out to all 6 of Ed Gidden's picks. Just as well, as they have to "start work" on Monday! The confirmation e-mails for Team Tuck & Team Matt will be sent out on TUESDAY. Their BootCamps will not be until the two weeks following, so time is not quite so critical. Next up, The Format for Total Player Bootcamp. Please note, due to the "character limit per Post" on this Forum, I'll have to divide it into 4 or 5 seperate Posts. All 18 Mentor Picks should read the Format carefully. If you are in any doubt about anything, please ask. I'll be Offline most of Sunday, but if nobody else from TP picks up the Questions, I will reply to them on Sunday night or Monday morning. Posted by Tikay10
Thank you TK,
IM IN THE GYM AT THE MOMENT WITH COTTLAD,DANTB10,GLITERBABE,PENGUIN7,PRYCE6,YIPPEEYAPPEE
We are all in training for bootcamp , Monday at 7pm, it'll be tough.
"Each of the mentor’s 6 team members will be assigned a unique Total Player Sky Poker account with a bankroll of £500 and asked to play a combination of Cash, Sit & Go’s and MTT’s between 7pm and 11pm during a specific 3 day period (Monday to Wednesday) as detailed below. Each Mentor will then analyse his team’s play in this period and subsequently make the decision to drop 3 or more of their team members live on the Mentor’s respective Saturday night show.Each Total Player team member must play the following in their respective time slots across their 3 day period:At least 10 Sit & Go’s at £11+
At least 3 hours of cash table play at £0.25/0.50+ The 8pm Tournament on each of the 3 nights (They will be bought into each tournament, this will not be deducted from their bankroll) Tournament’s and Sit & Go’s played during the time slots must commence before 11pm but can conclude after. The Sit & Go and Cash table requirements can be completed in one night’s session or spread across the 3 days, however, participation in the 8pm tournaments is mandatory. Each team’s mentor will be online during the specific 3 day period: We will provide an msn account for each mentor to their Total Player candidates so that play and strategy can be discussed freely and in a timely manner. Although the above are the minimum requirements for each player, bankroll permitting they can also play as much as they wish at any limits in their allotted periods. It is the player’s responsibility to manage their bankroll of £500, there will be no reload during the Boot Camp Period. Should a player be unsuccessful in their progression to “Bootcamp Phase 2” player any winnings accumulated over their starting balance of £500 will be credited to their personal account within 72 hours: Should they be successful and progress to the next stage of the competition their Total Player account shall be frozen and accumulated funds shall remain in place......."
"......The decision on which players are dropped from each team is at the sole discretion of the respective mentors but will be strongly influenced by a number of factors such as:
Bankroll Management
Longterm Profitability – based on the player’s poker ability displayed in the 3 day period, not necessarily on pure profit and loss in this period.
The ability to adapt their play across all 3 disciplines (Cash, Sit & Go, MTT)
Hand analysis – Each Total Player can submit specific hands to their mentor for review, the Mentor’s will also be picking hands themselves. Candidate’s deadline for hand IDs will be: Ed’s Team: 12pm Thursday 28th January. Matt’s Team: 12pm Thursday 4th February. David’s Team: 12pm Thursday 11th February. Any hands submitted by candidates after their specific deadline will not be submitted to the mentor.
Personal development – The mentor will identify specific areas for each Total Player candidate which he believes require development prior to bootcamp, the Mentor will be looking for evidence that the candidate has developed his game accordingly....."
Team Tuck. TP_Nutter TP_PhilUk TP_Jakally TP_Dohhhhh* TP_Keysesz* TP_Dylan12*Bootcamp Period: (7pm – 11pm each night)Monday 8th Feb - 8pm Tournament is the £5500 Bounty Hunter Tuesday 9th Feb - 8pm Tournament is the £4000 Open Wednesday 10th Feb - 8pm Tournament is the £4000 Double StackDave’s Team results announced on Saturday 13th February
n Response to Re: OFFICIAL TOTAL PLAYER THREAD : Thank you TK, IM IN THE GYM AT THE MOMENT WITH COTTLAD,DANTB10,GLITERBABE,PENGUIN7,PRYCE6,YIPPEEYAPPEE We are all in training for bootcamp , Monday at 7pm, it'll be tough. Posted by EdGiddins
Ooooh this sounds very exciting. Congrats to all 3 picks last night and good luck to everyone still in. This sounds challenging, hard but ultimately very reqarding and a great chance for me to prove myself.
Congratulations to all who have made it through, I for one am going to have a hard time making a decision on who to vote for as the mentors have picked some excellent players.
Well done to the selections last night, another 3 strong players in the mix good luck all! I have a few questions regarding bootcamp. The Bankroll challenge sounds very exciting....so does this mean during these 3 evenings our mentors will be watching and discussing strategy with all 6 of his picks, and then have to make a judgement based on our play in that time alone? and does total profit in this time count as a factor to whether he drops a player? Also there was talk that in one of the shows, (I think it was Matts last show) that if another player "crushes" one of the TP picks during the bankroll challenge, or if any of the picks are dropped, others will have a chance to take their place. Is this correct or do I have that wrong:) and if this is the case would this BR challenge stage then continue for another week with new TP picks from that team. Am I making any sense here lol, I dont think even I know! Anyway I for one cant wait for Team Matts challenge to begin next week, and good luck to Team Ed this week.
Well done to the selections last night, another 3 strong players in the mix good luck all! I have a few questions regarding bootcamp. The Bankroll challenge sounds very exciting....so does this mean during these 3 evenings our mentors will be watching and discussing strategy with all 6 of his picks, and then have to make a judgement based on our play in that time alone? and does total profit in this time count as a factor to whether he drops a player? Also there was talk that in one of the shows, (I think it was Matts last show) that if another player "crushes" one of the TP picks during the bankroll challenge, or if any of the picks are dropped, others will have a chance to take their place. Is this correct or do I have that wrong:) and if this is the case would this BR challenge stage then continue for another week with new TP picks from that team. Am I making any sense here lol, I dont think even I know! Anyway I for one cant wait for Team Matts challenge to begin next week, and good luck to Team Ed this week. Posted by Sharksbite
In additon to this question, is the bankroll challenge purely during the specified times or can players sit and build up this roll at all times as players with jobs would obv have less time than those who already do this for a living?
Hi guys, this is my first post on sky poker whoop whoop!! Thanks to Dave for making me one of his three picks in Total Player last night, im a still a bit shocked!! Im looking forward to the challenge, will be a great experience!! Good luck to the other 17 picked as well!! Chow for now!, Dylan!!
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So, these are the Eighteen Picks this far. I don't think anyone could have predicted these 18, & I think the "balance" from the different categories is spot on. Everyone had a chance, & these 18 have earned their selection, without a question of doubt.
boylebag
cottlad
dantb10
dohhhhhhh
dylan12
gliterbabe
flashflush
jakally
keysersoze6
lJAMESl
nutter5932
penguin7
phil12uk
pokerbcity
pryce6
sharksbite
sparce
yippeeyappee
I wish every single one of them everything they deserve. Tears & happiness, pain & pleasure, victory & defeat, all lie ahead.
It will be character building.
I will be Posting the Format for the "Total Player Bootcamp" very shortly.
First, a note to the eighteen players.
Confirmation e-Mails have already gone out to all 6 of Ed Gidden's picks. Just as well, as they have to "start work" on Monday!
The confirmation e-mails for Team Tuck & Team Matt will be sent out on TUESDAY. Their BootCamps will not be until the two weeks following, so time is not quite so critical.
Next up, The Format for Total Player Bootcamp. Please note, due to the "character limit per Post" on this Forum, I'll have to divide it into 4 or 5 seperate Posts.
All 18 Mentor Picks should read the Format carefully. If you are in any doubt about anything, please ask. I'll be Offline most of Sunday, but if nobody else from TP picks up the Questions, I will reply to them on Sunday night or Monday morning.
IM IN THE GYM AT THE MOMENT WITH COTTLAD,DANTB10,GLITERBABE,PENGUIN7,PRYCE6,YIPPEEYAPPEE
We are all in training for bootcamp , Monday at 7pm, it'll be tough.
TOTAL PLAYER BOOTCAMP FORMAT
"Each of the mentor’s 6 team members will be assigned a unique Total Player Sky Poker account with a bankroll of £500 and asked to play a combination of Cash, Sit & Go’s and MTT’s between 7pm and 11pm during a specific 3 day period (Monday to Wednesday) as detailed below. Each Mentor will then analyse his team’s play in this period and subsequently make the decision to drop 3 or more of their team members live on the Mentor’s respective Saturday night show. Each Total Player team member must play the following in their respective time slots across their 3 day period: At least 10 Sit & Go’s at £11+
At least 3 hours of cash table play at £0.25/0.50+
The 8pm Tournament on each of the 3 nights (They will be bought into each tournament, this will not be deducted from their bankroll)
Tournament’s and Sit & Go’s played during the time slots must commence before 11pm but can conclude after.
The Sit & Go and Cash table requirements can be completed in one night’s session or spread across the 3 days, however, participation in the 8pm tournaments is mandatory.
Each team’s mentor will be online during the specific 3 day period: We will provide an msn account for each mentor to their Total Player candidates so that play and strategy can be discussed freely and in a timely manner.
Although the above are the minimum requirements for each player, bankroll permitting they can also play as much as they wish at any limits in their allotted periods.
It is the player’s responsibility to manage their bankroll of £500, there will be no reload during the Boot Camp Period.
Should a player be unsuccessful in their progression to “Bootcamp Phase 2” player any winnings accumulated over their starting balance of £500 will be credited to their personal account within 72 hours: Should they be successful and progress to the next stage of the competition their Total Player account shall be frozen and accumulated funds shall remain in place......."
MORE TO FOLLOW
Contd......
"......The decision on which players are dropped from each team is at the sole discretion of the respective mentors but will be strongly influenced by a number of factors such as:
Bankroll Management
Longterm Profitability – based on the player’s poker ability displayed in the 3 day period, not necessarily on pure profit and loss in this period.
The ability to adapt their play across all 3 disciplines (Cash, Sit & Go, MTT)
Hand analysis – Each Total Player can submit specific hands to their mentor for review, the Mentor’s will also be picking hands themselves. Candidate’s deadline for hand IDs will be:
Ed’s Team: 12pm Thursday 28th January.
Matt’s Team: 12pm Thursday 4th February.
David’s Team: 12pm Thursday 11th February.
Any hands submitted by candidates after their specific deadline will not be submitted to the mentor.
Personal development – The mentor will identify specific areas for each Total Player candidate which he believes require development prior to bootcamp, the Mentor will be looking for evidence that the candidate has developed his game accordingly....."
MORE TO FOLLOW
Contd.....
Each player will have a special TP Account. Please note, their Player Alias MAY be slightly different to their normal alias, due to character limits.
Ed’s Team
TP_Cottlad
TP_Dantb
TP_Penguin
TP_GliterB
TP_YipeeyY
TP_Pryce6
Bootcamp Period: (7pm – 11pm each night)
Monday 25th Jan – 8pm Tournament is the £5500 Bounty Hunter
Tuesday 26th Jan - 8pm Tournament is the £4000 Open
Wednesday 27th Jan - 8pm Tournament is the £4000 Double Stack
Ed’s Team results announced on Saturday 30th January
More.....
Contd.....
Matt’s Team
TP_Sbite
TP_Pokerbc
TP_BoyleB
TP_FlashF
TP_Sparce
TP_lJAMESl
Bootcamp Period: (7pm – 11pm each night)
Monday 1st Feb - 8pm Tournament is the £5500 Bounty Hunter
Tuesday 2nd Feb - 8pm Tournament is the £4000 Open
Wednesday 3rd Feb - 8pm Tournament is the £4000 Double Stack
Matt’s Team results announced on Saturday 6th February
More....
Contd.....
Team Tuck.
TP_Nutter
TP_PhilUk
TP_Jakally
TP_Dohhhhh*
TP_Keysesz*
TP_Dylan12* Bootcamp Period: (7pm – 11pm each night) Monday 8th Feb - 8pm Tournament is the £5500 Bounty Hunter
Tuesday 9th Feb - 8pm Tournament is the £4000 Open
Wednesday 10th Feb - 8pm Tournament is the £4000 Double Stack Dave’s Team results announced on Saturday 13th February
* Exact TP Aliases subject to confirmation.
Let the mind games begin.
Tikay can you elaborate on the "wild card feature" of phase 1. And if a mentor drops a player, is that person then replaced by somebody else?
Browndog
Also there was talk that in one of the shows, (I think it was Matts last show) that if another player "crushes" one of the TP picks during the bankroll challenge, or if any of the picks are dropped, others will have a chance to take their place. Is this correct or do I have that wrong:) and if this is the case would this BR challenge stage then continue for another week with new TP picks from that team.
Am I making any sense here lol, I dont think even I know!
Anyway I for one cant wait for Team Matts challenge to begin next week, and good luck to Team Ed this week.