Great stuff by Ed to keep us posted last night, & ditto by all the guys in TP. And they get to do it all again tonight, & tomorrow!
Three weeks of this is going to be awesome. And then it will get even better, & tougher.........
I think I answered all the questions yesterday up to mid-afternoon, before I had to move on to other things, & then get my firefighting gear out, so if I missed any, just put up a reminder, please.
Cheers guys for updating the forum, just to add all 3 have been very modest, Shaun cottlad had a really good start, £75 up on the cash tables cashed in 3/5 dyms and 2nd in a regulat sit,n,go Tony aka penguin is patience personified, thats why hes so consistent, he came good with some stt finishes and Dantb10, he took the beats like the consumate pro and he had some shockers, he kept his composure and steadyed the bankroll with a 2nd place finish in his last mtt. Im a proud mentor, good night and see you all tommorow. Posted by EdGiddins
And it shows. And you have some Team, there.
Keep it going, & good luck to you & your crew tonight.
Yes that sure was a tough night ! Im certainly no cash specialist and the action there was quite hot. Those stars do shine a bit too brightly ! Sometimes when you are really giving it your best the cards never quite fall right ! I was saved by a few good sit and goes, and go into tomorrow with my bankroll no bigger but still there, knowing I will need a good result in a tourny over the next two nights and absolutely determined to acheive one. Posted by penguin7
And I hope you do achieve one. But don't get over-fixated on that bankroll. It's important tio try & maximise it, but it's not everything, & I imagine your Mentor will be looking much wider. It's a key component to success, but only a component, if that makes sense.
There was some debate on here last night (no, not THAT debate....) speculating on a different method of selecting the Total Player.
I am not privy to what the TP Management might or might not do. But it does not take much working out to realise that they wil NOT be changng the method of finally choosing who will be the Sky Poker Total Player. The Total Player will be selected by the Sky Poker Players.
There was also some debate, with several comments, that it might have been better if the Mentor Picks had to do battle with each other during TP, in a sort of "Battle of the Picks". I have no idea what the next Phase of TP involves, but at no stage has it been stated by anyone at Sky Poker that it will or will not happen. So to suggest it is not on the agenda was a mite premature. The Mentor Pick will know what I'm saying. Ignore last night's negative speculation as to methodology, just wait & see.
Good Luck to all the TP players tonight, I won't be able to be on the rail tonight cheering you on cos Im playing in a Live tournament for a change - will be a bit rusty going back now i've been playing online so much lol!! Good luck and best wishes to you all
Many thanks for the railers and best wishes for all the TP's. It's much needed I can assure you and very much appreciated... Nearly ready for round two, 4 hrs of concentration and grind is needed now, just praying I have better luck than I did last night!!!!!!!
AgiPakaran
Small blind
£0.25
£0.25
£40.32
Villain
Big blind
£0.50
£0.75
£22.64
Your hole cards
Q
Q
TP_GliterB
Raise
£2.50
£3.25
£93.02
three4tea
Fold
WildDog
Fold
offshoot
Fold
AgiPakaran
Fold
Villain
Call
£2.00
£5.25
£20.64
Flop
7
J
7
Villain
Bet
£2.50
£7.75
£18.14
TP_GliterB
Raise
£10.19
£17.94
£82.83
Villain
Call
£7.69
£25.63
£10.45
Turn
8
Villain
Bet
£5.50
£31.13
£4.95
TP_GliterB
Raise
£11.00
£42.13
£71.83
Villain
All-in
£4.95
£47.08
£0.00
TP_GliterB
Unmatched bet
£0.55
£46.53
£72.38
Villain
Show
K
J
TP_GliterB
Show
Q
Q
River
K
Villain
Win
Two Pairs, Kings and Jacks
£44.73
£44.73
SILSTAR
Small blind
25.00
25.00
2665.00
Villain
Big blind
50.00
75.00
1770.00
Your hole cards
K
K
elvis85
Call
50.00
125.00
2135.00
slayerfan
Fold
TP_GliterB
Raise
200.00
325.00
1635.00
buster1
Fold
SILSTAR
Fold
Villain
All-in
1770.00
2095.00
0.00
elvis85
Fold
TP_GliterB
Call
1620.00
3715.00
15.00
Villain
Show
K
A
TP_GliterB
Show
K
K
Flop
A
8
3
Turn
2
River
Q
Villain
Win
Pair of Aces
3715.00
3715.00
stalks
Small blind
10.00
10.00
1990.00
SolidStan1
Big blind
20.00
30.00
1980.00
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K
K
Villain
Call
20.00
50.00
1980.00
GRABBER71
Fold
TP_GliterB
Raise
120.00
170.00
1880.00
suttle27
Fold
stalks
Fold
SolidStan1
Fold
Villain
Call
100.00
270.00
1880.00
Flop
J
4
2
Villain
Bet
202.50
472.50
1677.50
TP_GliterB
Raise
560.00
1032.50
1320.00
Villain
All-in
1677.50
2710.00
0.00
TP_GliterB
All-in
1320.00
4030.00
0.00
Villain
Show
Q
10
TP_GliterB
Show
K
K
Turn
Q
River
10
Villain
Win
Two Pairs, Queens and 10s
4030.00
4030.00
Those were 3 examples of what I was up against, please please please no more of that tonight!!!!!
Good luck again to COTT, DAN, PRYCE, PENGUIN and YIPPEE.....
I was following all night last night, its enthralling stuff, especially as a few of the guys r higher stakes players, makes it have the FA cup feel to it, seeing some of the guys I play week in week out at NL 50 trying to slay the giants!
I was shattered last night, having been playing all night the night before, so although it was interesting, I was struggling to focus properly! Gonna have a few beers tonight, play the TKO and the main event again, and continue to watch u guys play.
I particuarly hope the guys who ran bad/struggled last night come into their own, I know Dan had a rough ride with the cards, but his commitment and determintation to do well cant be questioned, entering small tournys just before 11 to get max time and max opportunity to impress. I hope the cards go your way tonight mate.
Also Pryce, as one of the lesser known players, I hope u do well sir, and we avoid eachother in the main event tonight! lol was unfortunate last night, n busting with ak V aq on a big night for u must be hard to take.
A word for Penguin7, who is mainly a tourny player right? This stage of the comp is gonna be hard for him, as anyone can bust 3 Main events within the first hour having played perfect poker, so I think he has the toughest draw of everyone. Cash players cud run KK into AA first hand, bust, then spend 3 hours smashing the cash to bits. So I really hope u run gud tonight m8.
GB, CL and YY, all seem to have had good nights last night, best of luck to u guys I hope ur enjoying it!
Ooops. from Ed's summary last night I assumed ud had a good night overall, but reading the HH's there, which were posted as I was typing....It cud and should, have gone alot better!!
That time again!! I was following all night last night, its enthralling stuff, especially as a few of the guys r higher stakes players, makes it have the FA cup feel to it, seeing some of the guys I play week in week out at NL 50 trying to slay the giants! I was shattered last night, having been playing all night the night before, so although it was interesting, I was struggling to focus properly! Gonna have a few beers tonight, play the TKO and the main event again, and continue to watch u guys play. I particuarly hope the guys who ran bad/struggled last night come into their own, I know Dan had a rough ride with the cards, but his commitment and determintation to do well cant be questioned, entering small tournys just before 11 to get max time and max opportunity to impress. I hope the cards go your way tonight mate. Also Pryce, as one of the lesser known players, I hope u do well sir, and we avoid eachother in the main event tonight! lol was unfortunate last night, n busting with ak V aq on a big night for u must be hard to take. A word for Penguin7, who is mainly a tourny player right? This stage of the comp is gonna be hard for him, as anyone can bust 3 Main events within the first hour having played perfect poker, so I think he has the toughest draw of everyone. Cash players cud run KK into AA first hand, bust, then spend 3 hours smashing the cash to bits. So I really hope u run gud tonight m8. GB, CL and YY, all seem to have had good nights last night, best of luck to u guys I hope ur enjoying it! Im definately gonna enjoy tonight! DOHH Posted by DOHHHHHHH
Smart lad, that Dan. Totally within the Rule & the spirit of them. Good thinking Dan.
In the overall scheme of things, I'd think a Mentor would say in cases like you had last night, "it matters not that you got sucked out, I'm only interested in how you played the hand, & how the beat affected you". Nobody can be "marked down" for beats like that imo.
Contd..... Matt’s Team TP_Sbite TP_Pokerbc TP_BoyleB TP_FlashF TP_Sparce TP_lJAMESl Bootcamp Period: (7pm – 11pm each night) Monday 1 st Feb - 8pm Tournament is the £5500 Bounty Hunter Tuesday 2 nd Feb - 8pm Tournament is the £4000 Open Wednesday 3 rd Feb - 8pm Tournament is the £4000 Double Stack Matt’s Team results announced on Saturday 6 th February More.... Posted by Tikay10
Hi all - just a quick announcement to TEAM MATT:
Sadly Wednesday 3rd is no longer a date I can be live online with my team due to a family funeral that afternoon/evening, so for that night I will be Deputising TK to keep an eye on my space cadets and report back on their progress. (Many thanks Tony!)
ALSO: I've only just seen that I had some PMs sent to the MBroughton account, and have only just worked out that while IE doesn't seem to work when it comes to replying, Firefox can, so huge apologies to anyone who sent me a message and received no reply, I'm now on the case! (Please don't think my ignoring you was me saying "Don't PM!")
That time again!! I was following all night last night, its enthralling stuff, especially as a few of the guys r higher stakes players, makes it have the FA cup feel to it, seeing some of the guys I play week in week out at NL 50 trying to slay the giants! I was shattered last night, having been playing all night the night before, so although it was interesting, I was struggling to focus properly! Gonna have a few beers tonight, play the TKO and the main event again, and continue to watch u guys play. I particuarly hope the guys who ran bad/struggled last night come into their own, I know Dan had a rough ride with the cards, but his commitment and determintation to do well cant be questioned, entering small tournys just before 11 to get max time and max opportunity to impress. I hope the cards go your way tonight mate. Also Pryce, as one of the lesser known players, I hope u do well sir, and we avoid eachother in the main event tonight! lol was unfortunate last night, n busting with ak V aq on a big night for u must be hard to take. A word for Penguin7, who is mainly a tourny player right? This stage of the comp is gonna be hard for him, as anyone can bust 3 Main events within the first hour having played perfect poker, so I think he has the toughest draw of everyone. Cash players cud run KK into AA first hand, bust, then spend 3 hours smashing the cash to bits. So I really hope u run gud tonight m8. GB, CL and YY, all seem to have had good nights last night, best of luck to u guys I hope ur enjoying it! Im definately gonna enjoy tonight! DOHH Posted by DOHHHHHHH
Thanks for kind comments DOHH. You are spot on, this format does make it a bit tough for me as I am mainly a tournament player. Basically I have two more chances to get a result in a big tourny, and it only takes one mistake or one bad beat ! But I have to be positive, even if I miss out, I have been playing a bit of cash lately and wont be afraid to sit down with the big boys if necessary. According to the rules I have over an hour of compulsory cash to go anyway. Although if I am looking for quick bankroll building by tomorrow night its more likely you will see me playing £50 dyms and regular sit and goes where I have a better record. So dont anybody write me off just yet ! Good luck with your own game Tony
In Response to Re: OFFICIAL TOTAL PLAYER THREAD : Hi all - just a quick announcement to TEAM MATT: Sadly Wednesday 3rd is no longer a date I can be live online with my team due to a family funeral that afternoon/evening, so for that night I will be Deputising TK to keep an eye on my space cadets and report back on their progress. (Many thanks Tony!) ALSO: I've only just seen that I had some PMs sent to the MBroughton account, and have only just worked out that while IE doesn't seem to work when it comes to replying, Firefox can, so huge apologies to anyone who sent me a message and received no reply, I'm now on the case! (Please don't think my ignoring you was me saying "Don't PM!") Cheers all Matt Posted by MBroughton
Hi Matt
Sorry to hear that, I saw your status on FB the other day so I understand why you have been a bit quiet. 90 all out is a great innings though, im sure she was very proud of her grandson ;-). Look forward to speaking to you soon and hope I can get some advice to improve my game.
In Response to Re: OFFICIAL TOTAL PLAYER THREAD : Hi all - just a quick announcement to TEAM MATT: Sadly Wednesday 3rd is no longer a date I can be live online with my team due to a family funeral that afternoon/evening, so for that night I will be Deputising TK to keep an eye on my space cadets and report back on their progress. (Many thanks Tony!) ALSO: I've only just seen that I had some PMs sent to the MBroughton account, and have only just worked out that while IE doesn't seem to work when it comes to replying, Firefox can, so huge apologies to anyone who sent me a message and received no reply, I'm now on the case! (Please don't think my ignoring you was me saying "Don't PM!") Cheers all Matt Posted by MBroughton
Hi Matt, very sorry to hear that. Im sure everyone in the team will be delighted to know Tikay will be keeping us in tow that evening. Best of Luck to all the guys tonight, was great fun railing last night, and really hope wayne runs better tonight, he deserves too.
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Morning all. Sleep well?
Today brings Day Two of the first Boot-Camp.
Great stuff by Ed to keep us posted last night, & ditto by all the guys in TP. And they get to do it all again tonight, & tomorrow!
Three weeks of this is going to be awesome. And then it will get even better, & tougher.........
I think I answered all the questions yesterday up to mid-afternoon, before I had to move on to other things, & then get my firefighting gear out, so if I missed any, just put up a reminder, please.
Keep it going, & good luck to you & your crew tonight.
There was some debate on here last night (no, not THAT debate....) speculating on a different method of selecting the Total Player.
I am not privy to what the TP Management might or might not do. But it does not take much working out to realise that they wil NOT be changng the method of finally choosing who will be the Sky Poker Total Player. The Total Player will be selected by the Sky Poker Players.
There was also some debate, with several comments, that it might have been better if the Mentor Picks had to do battle with each other during TP, in a sort of "Battle of the Picks". I have no idea what the next Phase of TP involves, but at no stage has it been stated by anyone at Sky Poker that it will or will not happen. So to suggest it is not on the agenda was a mite premature. The Mentor Pick will know what I'm saying. Ignore last night's negative speculation as to methodology, just wait & see.
Good Luck to all the TP players tonight, I won't be able to be on the rail tonight cheering you on cos Im playing in a Live tournament for a change - will be a bit rusty going back now i've been playing online so much lol!! Good luck and best wishes to you all
Dylan
Many thanks for the railers and best wishes for all the TP's. It's much needed I can assure you and very much appreciated... Nearly ready for round two, 4 hrs of concentration and grind is needed now, just praying I have better luck than I did last night!!!!!!!
Those were 3 examples of what I was up against, please please please no more of that tonight!!!!!
Good luck again to COTT, DAN, PRYCE, PENGUIN and YIPPEE.....
That time again!!
I was following all night last night, its enthralling stuff, especially as a few of the guys r higher stakes players, makes it have the FA cup feel to it, seeing some of the guys I play week in week out at NL 50 trying to slay the giants!
I was shattered last night, having been playing all night the night before, so although it was interesting, I was struggling to focus properly! Gonna have a few beers tonight, play the TKO and the main event again, and continue to watch u guys play.
I particuarly hope the guys who ran bad/struggled last night come into their own, I know Dan had a rough ride with the cards, but his commitment and determintation to do well cant be questioned, entering small tournys just before 11 to get max time and max opportunity to impress. I hope the cards go your way tonight mate.
Also Pryce, as one of the lesser known players, I hope u do well sir, and we avoid eachother in the main event tonight! lol was unfortunate last night, n busting with ak V aq on a big night for u must be hard to take.
A word for Penguin7, who is mainly a tourny player right? This stage of the comp is gonna be hard for him, as anyone can bust 3 Main events within the first hour having played perfect poker, so I think he has the toughest draw of everyone. Cash players cud run KK into AA first hand, bust, then spend 3 hours smashing the cash to bits. So I really hope u run gud tonight m8.
GB, CL and YY, all seem to have had good nights last night, best of luck to u guys I hope ur enjoying it!
Im definately gonna enjoy tonight!
DOHH
Echoing Dylan, good luck to all of Crew Ed tonight.
We have TKO II at 7pm, but I'm sure that, like last night, many of the regulars will Rail the Picks, & I will certainly be along later, too.
The reports by the players, & Captain Ed, were great last night, so the more of them, the better.
Oh, & remember one thing. Enjoy the journey.
Ooops. from Ed's summary last night I assumed ud had a good night overall, but reading the HH's there, which were posted as I was typing....It cud and should, have gone alot better!!
Sorry m8y, Im sure u'll turn it round tonight!
GL, DOHH
Ouch Wayne - that was a bit of a cooler-night!
Hope it turns tonight man.
In the overall scheme of things, I'd think a Mentor would say in cases like you had last night, "it matters not that you got sucked out, I'm only interested in how you played the hand, & how the beat affected you". Nobody can be "marked down" for beats like that imo.
Sadly Wednesday 3rd is no longer a date I can be live online with my team due to a family funeral that afternoon/evening, so for that night I will be Deputising TK to keep an eye on my space cadets and report back on their progress. (Many thanks Tony!)
ALSO: I've only just seen that I had some PMs sent to the MBroughton account, and have only just worked out that while IE doesn't seem to work when it comes to replying, Firefox can, so huge apologies to anyone who sent me a message and received no reply, I'm now on the case! (Please don't think my ignoring you was me saying "Don't PM!")
Cheers all
Matt
Good luck with your own game
Tony
Sorry to hear that, I saw your status on FB the other day so I understand why you have been a bit quiet. 90 all out is a great innings though, im sure she was very proud of her grandson ;-). Look forward to speaking to you soon and hope I can get some advice to improve my game.
Best of Luck to all the guys tonight, was great fun railing last night, and really hope wayne runs better tonight, he deserves too.
Hope others are running a little better