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!! Posted by dylan12
Hi Dylan
Welcome to the forum, welcome to team David (the best team with the best players) and good luck with this whole competition.
In Response to Re: OFFICIAL TOTAL PLAYER THREAD : Hi Dylan Welcome to the forum, welcome to team David (the best team with the best players) and good luck with this whole competition. Posted by phil12uk
Thanks Phil, yes very good players in the group and in the competition, looking forward to the experience, haven't been playing online that long so was great to get picked, going back to my roots this afternoon and hitting the live circuit in a tournament lol!! Good luck to you as well mate and im sure I will be talking more with you on the forum and on the tables!!
Hey Dylan, well done on getting picked, bet ur heart was racing in that last 5 mins of the show right? I was nominated on week 2 but didnt make it, it was boxing day when the show was aired, and having checked the forum at 3am when I got in, I knew before watching the repeat of the show that I wasnt selected. This time watching it live, wow was amazing, just the sort of buzz u get from actually playing poker, even bigger in fact.
Anyway Phil thats a gd question about the time periods...I hope my computer doesnt let me down, Im gunna have to play at least 2 tables at once, and sometimes my comp doesnt even allow me to do that.....10 sngs will take at least 4 hours wont it/ alongside hopefully going deep in the main event....Then theres the cash to get in, agh Im glad we're the third week and not the first - see how the others go.lol
The way I read it last night we are free to play all day everyday, but having read over it again, it looks like only the 12 hours of play spread across the 3 days.
Guna have to get some SNG practise in over the next week or so!
In Response to Re: OFFICIAL TOTAL PLAYER THREAD : 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? Posted by phil12uk
as i read it phil, you can only log in between 7pm and 11pm on 3 specified dates mon - wed, and then on the thursday the mentor will decide on the tp show who to drop. If however you are on a stt or tournament and it over runs past 11pm you can play out the game, you cannot continue to play cash outside of the allotted time. I think this is correct?? oh 1 more point, i believe you will have to multi table, as you will need 10 stt, so this means you will need to play at least 3 of these a night, plus the 8pm mtt and at least and hour of cash. I reckon it would be easier to concentrate on the 10 stt for two of the days and then 3 hours of cash on the other day, but what do i know lol
What happens if we play 3 tables of cash for 1 hour? Does this count as the 3 hours needed? Also, i'm struggling to guess how we can demonstrate good BRM if we have to sit at 50nl minimum with 500?
Hi everyone, I'm Michael Kane ("not a lot of people know that", I know :P) [AKA "Style 2737"]
This is my first post on any of the forums!
Congratulations to "Dohhhhhhh", "Keysersozi" and "Dylan12"
You must be buzzing right now!
I was a bit disappointed to get into David's top 10 and narrowly miss out on the top 3 but it was exciting to watch the show all the same. Good luck to all 18 players!
I wish I'd known about total player earlier as I've only started playing on sky again over the last couple of weeks and so the only show I could have possibly featured in was tonight's. Needless to say, the show is really exciting and a credit to the innovators at Sky as the clear hype surrounding it is due to the format of the competition. Compared to many of the other sponsorship deals available on other online sites (participation in qualification tournaments), this competition is far superior as the weekly format creates excitement for everyone involved! It is also ideal for identifying consistently good players which removes the luck which is inherent in an individual tournament.
How will the "wild card" concept Richard referred to work as I don't know much about it? Is it possible that any mentor could drop a player and replace him/her with any of the top 42 short-listed players? (i.e. top 10 players from the weekly episodes who have missed out. I appreciate that this number may be less than 42 as some players who ultimately got picked could have been in the top ten previously).
Additionally, I stress that I do not have sour grapes but I have to say that on the evidence I seen tonight I genuinely believe that David Tuckman made a mistake as I think I'm a better player than "Dylan12". Although I suppose 1 hand is not enough evidence to go on and maybe Dylan12 showed more promise than myself in his other selected hands.
As to the other 2 selections, I don't have any issues there though I don't necessarily feel that they are better than me.
Finally, I'd just like to commend Sky Poker and its excellent team. I've played on a few online sites and I'm glad I randomly found Sky poker on the TV just over a year ago. It is by far the best site I've played on! Further, I have also learned and improved my game considerably simply from listening to experienced players such as "Tikay" and James (Horton I think??) analyse hands. I would encourage any aspiring top player to watch channel 865, even just for 30 mins here and there. I have never been one to spend much time following professional poker players or watching poker on TV but Sky's coverage and team of analysts can undoubtedly enhance anyone's game.
I'd also like to add that I never realised how tight a playing community there was on sky poker. I only just looked at the forums and blogs last night. I am happy to be part of it and I hope I can contribute. I am really looking forward to the SPT Glasgow leg at the Alea which is an excellent casino and my usual venue for playing anyway. I hope to see some of you there in May and hopefully at Nottingham in September. I'm hoping to be doing post graduate study in New York next year but I'll come back for Nottingham if I make it, lol!
Does anyone know how to make your avatar a cartoon version of yourself? Is this possible as I think I've seen a few people such as "Dohhhhhhh" with this?
Anyway, Good luck to all and I'll see you at the tables! Better get back to the studying now!
Well done to the last three picks, I spoke to Dohh I think a couple of weeks ago and said he would give it everything, so well done for making it mate.
Bit of a TP mtt warm up this afternoon alongside Charlie (flashflush) and I managed to win the 3pm tourney. Nice to get the winning feel back Posted by phil12uk
Yeah well played in that Phil, it really looks like the Total Player candidates are showing what they can do, with last weeks primo being HU between 2 Total players, and now myself and Phil playing 2 seperate tourneys and winning them both.
In Response to Re: OFFICIAL TOTAL PLAYER THREAD : Yeah well played in that Phil, it really looks like the Total Player candidates are showing what they can do, with last weeks primo being HU between 2 Total players, and now myself and Phil playing 2 seperate tourneys and winning them both. phil12uk 138000 1 £103.50 + 30 League Points alwaysawin 0 2 £69 + 26 League Points Martel_79 0 3 £48.30 + 22 League Points penso69 0 4 £34.50 + 18 League Points anjie1970 0 5 £27.60 + 14 League Points enigma73 0 6 £24.15 + 10 League Points sleekz 0 7 £20.70 + 8 League Points scotty1616 0 8 £17.25 + 6 League Points FlashFlush 102000 1 £76.50 + 30 League Points trundle 0 2 £51 + 26 League Points jazyred 0 3 £35.70 + 22 League Points DRWHO2U 0 4 £25.50 + 18 League Points Moose600 0 5 £20.40 + 14 League Points FrankYH 0 6 £17.85 + 10 League Points Aaaces3 0 7 £15.30 + 8 League Points xFordy 0 8 £12.75 + 6 League Points Posted by FlashFlush
I'm just back from Derbyshire I had to go home after last night's Show - & I'm doing PTP tonight.
If you don't mind, I'll pick up on ALL the questions tomorrow (Monday)morning.
There are a few incorrect assumptions on the Thread, probably/possibly because my wording of the Boot Camp Format may not have been clear enough - I had to do it after the Show, & it was late.
Hi all. I'm just back from Derbyshire I had to go home after last night's Show - & I'm doing PTP tonight. If you don't mind, I'll pick up on ALL the questions tomorrow (Monday)morning. There are a few incorrect assumptions on the Thread, probably/possibly because my wording of the Boot Camp Format may not have been clear enough - I had to do it after the Show, & it was late. I'll clear all these up in the morning. Thanks. Posted by Tikay10
No problem BOB .. eeerrrr sorry TK !! Now whatever made me call you BOB Bob I mean Tony ??
Hi, Just had quick read through the thread, thanks for everyone’s kind words and well done to the other players selected. Also cheers for everyone who stuck up for me in all of that controversy!
I am a bit disappointed with the bankroll challenge. I was hoping that we would get to play each other rather than just getting on the grind. Is it possible to set up a total player cash table, SNG table where only the players selected can play, one for each mentor? enter all of us into the same MTT's?
Would I be able to issue a challenge to play anyone in the competition (1st person to accept) heads up £.25/.50 and £11 HU SNGS until one of us looses their total player £500 roll? Therefor getting eliminated. I want to get straight into this with a good start or die on my feet. I’m useless at HU SNGS and my heads up cash isn’t great against good players but I find diving in to be the best way to learn and progress. In my opinion 2 months isn’t long enough to prove “Longterm profitability” so I would prefer to get the cards in the air and let variance be. Ok it wont be durrr vs. isildur but hopefully it would be fun to watch! lol
Or am I completely missing the point? Will we get to compete in the later stages? Even if this can’t happen I am looking forward to getting on the grind and working on my game, especially hand analysis with Matt and the players selected. I have never really done any hand analysis so hopefully this can improve my game. I will also try and post more on the forum if I’m welcome, I still owe a huge debt to you for all the great support I got in Vegas.
Hi, Just had quick read through the thread, thanks for everyone’s kind words and well done to the other players selected. Also cheers for everyone who stuck up for me in all of that controversy! I am a bit disappointed with the bankroll challenge. I was hoping that we would get to play each other rather than just getting on the grind. Is it possible to set up a total player cash table, SNG table where only the players selected can play, one for each mentor? enter all of us into the same MTT's? Would I be able to issue a challenge to play anyone in the competition (1st person to accept) heads up £.25/.50 and £11 HU SNGS until one of us looses their total player £500 roll? Therefor getting eliminated. I want to get straight into this with a good start or die on my feet. I’m useless at HU SNGS and my heads up cash isn’t great against good players but I find diving in to be the best way to learn and progress. In my opinion 2 months isn’t long enough to prove “Longterm profitability” so I would prefer to get the cards in the air and let variance be. Ok it wont be durrr vs. isildur but hopefully it would be fun to watch! lol Or am I completely missing the point? Will we get to compete in the later stages? Even if this can’t happen I am looking forward to getting on the grind and working on my game, especially hand analysis with Matt and the players selected. I have never really done any hand analysis so hopefully this can improve my game. I will also try and post more on the forum if I’m welcome, I still owe a huge debt to you for all the great support I got in Vegas. Will Posted by pokerbcity
Good to hear from u m8.
From what I can gather, and i may be wrong, ed's team get to use their bankroll for the next 3 evenings, matt's the week after and david's the week after that. Therefore, the only people who could take u up on ur challenge - even if allowed - would be the people in ur team as no one else has access to their TP accounts during that time.
Tikay will clear all confusion up tomorrow so we'll have to wait and see what the challenge entails.
In Response to Re: OFFICIAL TOTAL PLAYER THREAD : Good to hear from u m8. From what I can gather, and i may be wrong, ed's team get to use their bankroll for the next 3 evenings, matt's the week after and david's the week after that. Therefore, the only people who could take u up on ur challenge - even if allowed - would be the people in ur team as no one else has access to their TP accounts during that time. Tikay will clear all confusion up tomorrow so we'll have to wait and see what the challenge entails. Good luck with the whole competition, Phil Posted by phil12uk
Correctamondo. I would advise waiting until then OR reading the Boot Camp Format I Posted last night carefully, & interpreting it as you see fit.
I can't reply properly right now, as I'm PTP-ing, sorry.
Alternatively, "Picks" should contact their Mentor.
WOW !!! Ive been away for the weekend working in Paris, deliberately having a poker break in the hope I will be fresh for this weeks events. Just read the email with the details and the thread and it certainly sounds like fun. Its after midnight now and Ive just got back and Im bound to have loads of questions tomorrow. Good luck to the final three picks ,in particular to Dylan who I was chatting to during a tourny last week. WD M8! And all the best to the other five of Eds picks over the next three days, I hope all of us can play some great poker and enjoy the challenge. Tony
Hi all, especially the Mentor Picks. I hope you all had a good weekend.
Before I pick up on the questions, I just want to advise all the TP Picks that their Accounts have all been set up now, & I believe you will have been advised of your Account Log-In Details. All the Accounts have £500 in them.
Team Ed start first - tonight, tomorrow, & Wednesday - so here are Ed's Team confirmed Screen-Names.
TP_Cottlad
TP_Dantb
TP_Penguin
TP_GliterB
TP_YippeeY
TP_Pryce6
All 6 of tham have been entered in tonight's 8pm Bounty Hunter, tomorrow night's Open, & will be entered in Wednesday's Double Stack once it goes up in the Lobby. These entry fees will NOT be deducted from their Bankroll.
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Hey Dylan, well done on getting picked, bet ur heart was racing in that last 5 mins of the show right? I was nominated on week 2 but didnt make it, it was boxing day when the show was aired, and having checked the forum at 3am when I got in, I knew before watching the repeat of the show that I wasnt selected. This time watching it live, wow was amazing, just the sort of buzz u get from actually playing poker, even bigger in fact.
Anyway Phil thats a gd question about the time periods...I hope my computer doesnt let me down, Im gunna have to play at least 2 tables at once, and sometimes my comp doesnt even allow me to do that.....10 sngs will take at least 4 hours wont it/ alongside hopefully going deep in the main event....Then theres the cash to get in, agh Im glad we're the third week and not the first - see how the others go.lol
The way I read it last night we are free to play all day everyday, but having read over it again, it looks like only the 12 hours of play spread across the 3 days.
Guna have to get some SNG practise in over the next week or so!
DOHH
Also, i'm struggling to guess how we can demonstrate good BRM if we have to sit at 50nl minimum with 500?
Looking forward to the challenge.... gla
Hi everyone, I'm Michael Kane ("not a lot of people know that", I know :P) [AKA "Style 2737"]
This is my first post on any of the forums!
Congratulations to "Dohhhhhhh", "Keysersozi" and "Dylan12"
You must be buzzing right now!
I was a bit disappointed to get into David's top 10 and narrowly miss out on the top 3 but it was exciting to watch the show all the same. Good luck to all 18 players!
I wish I'd known about total player earlier as I've only started playing on sky again over the last couple of weeks and so the only show I could have possibly featured in was tonight's. Needless to say, the show is really exciting and a credit to the innovators at Sky as the clear hype surrounding it is due to the format of the competition. Compared to many of the other sponsorship deals available on other online sites (participation in qualification tournaments), this competition is far superior as the weekly format creates excitement for everyone involved! It is also ideal for identifying consistently good players which removes the luck which is inherent in an individual tournament.
How will the "wild card" concept Richard referred to work as I don't know much about it? Is it possible that any mentor could drop a player and replace him/her with any of the top 42 short-listed players? (i.e. top 10 players from the weekly episodes who have missed out. I appreciate that this number may be less than 42 as some players who ultimately got picked could have been in the top ten previously).
Additionally, I stress that I do not have sour grapes but I have to say that on the evidence I seen tonight I genuinely believe that David Tuckman made a mistake as I think I'm a better player than "Dylan12". Although I suppose 1 hand is not enough evidence to go on and maybe Dylan12 showed more promise than myself in his other selected hands.
As to the other 2 selections, I don't have any issues there though I don't necessarily feel that they are better than me.
Finally, I'd just like to commend Sky Poker and its excellent team. I've played on a few online sites and I'm glad I randomly found Sky poker on the TV just over a year ago. It is by far the best site I've played on!
Further, I have also learned and improved my game considerably simply from listening to experienced players such as "Tikay" and James (Horton I think??) analyse hands. I would encourage any aspiring top player to watch channel 865, even just for 30 mins here and there. I have never been one to spend much time following professional poker players or watching poker on TV but Sky's coverage and team of analysts can undoubtedly enhance anyone's game.
I'd also like to add that I never realised how tight a playing community there was on sky poker. I only just looked at the forums and blogs last night. I am happy to be part of it and I hope I can contribute. I am really looking forward to the SPT Glasgow leg at the Alea which is an excellent casino and my usual venue for playing anyway. I hope to see some of you there in May and hopefully at Nottingham in September. I'm hoping to be doing post graduate study in New York next year but I'll come back for Nottingham if I make it, lol!
Does anyone know how to make your avatar a cartoon version of yourself? Is this possible as I think I've seen a few people such as "Dohhhhhhh" with this?
Anyway, Good luck to all and I'll see you at the tables! Better get back to the studying now!
Sorry for rambling on so much!!!!
Michael
Hi all.
I'm just back from Derbyshire I had to go home after last night's Show - & I'm doing PTP tonight.
If you don't mind, I'll pick up on ALL the questions tomorrow (Monday)morning.
There are a few incorrect assumptions on the Thread, probably/possibly because my wording of the Boot Camp Format may not have been clear enough - I had to do it after the Show, & it was late.
I'll clear all these up in the morning.
Thanks.
I am a bit disappointed with the bankroll challenge. I was hoping that we would get to play each other rather than just getting on the grind. Is it possible to set up a total player cash table, SNG table where only the players selected can play, one for each mentor? enter all of us into the same MTT's?
Would I be able to issue a challenge to play anyone in the competition (1st person to accept) heads up £.25/.50 and £11 HU SNGS until one of us looses their total player £500 roll? Therefor getting eliminated. I want to get straight into this with a good start or die on my feet. I’m useless at HU SNGS and my heads up cash isn’t great against good players but I find diving in to be the best way to learn and progress. In my opinion 2 months isn’t long enough to prove “Longterm profitability” so I would prefer to get the cards in the air and let variance be. Ok it wont be durrr vs. isildur but hopefully it would be fun to watch! lol
Or am I completely missing the point? Will we get to compete in the later stages? Even if this can’t happen I am looking forward to getting on the grind and working on my game, especially hand analysis with Matt and the players selected. I have never really done any hand analysis so hopefully this can improve my game. I will also try and post more on the forum if I’m welcome, I still owe a huge debt to you for all the great support I got in Vegas.
Will
I can't reply properly right now, as I'm PTP-ing, sorry.
Alternatively, "Picks" should contact their Mentor.
Good luck to the final three picks ,in particular to Dylan who I was chatting to during a tourny last week. WD M8!
And all the best to the other five of Eds picks over the next three days, I hope all of us can play some great poker and enjoy the challenge.
Tony
Hi all, especially the Mentor Picks. I hope you all had a good weekend.
Before I pick up on the questions, I just want to advise all the TP Picks that their Accounts have all been set up now, & I believe you will have been advised of your Account Log-In Details. All the Accounts have £500 in them.
Team Ed start first - tonight, tomorrow, & Wednesday - so here are Ed's Team confirmed Screen-Names.
TP_Cottlad
TP_Dantb
TP_Penguin
TP_GliterB
TP_YippeeY
TP_Pryce6
All 6 of tham have been entered in tonight's 8pm Bounty Hunter, tomorrow night's Open, & will be entered in Wednesday's Double Stack once it goes up in the Lobby. These entry fees will NOT be deducted from their Bankroll.