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Who remembers "the originals"?

BigBlusterBigBluster Member Posts: 1,075
edited January 2010 in Poker Chat
When I first started playing on Skypoker the site had just opened. A few of us logged on looking for a game, and it was like a deserted Wild West town. Tumbleweed was blowing through the site because there were so few of us here!

I think only about 8 of us logged on that first day. It's probably fair to call these "the originals". From memory there were:
Norman Hale (of Hale and Pace fame)
Bitesaund
Bigsteve42
Jakally
BigBluster (me)
Nutter5932
GeesBee

and a couple of others. I think we even pre-date TK and Orf!

If anyone remembers the old days, please put down your anecdotes. It's nice to reminisce now and again.
I'd also like to hear about other "originals" that I can't recall, and what has happened to some of those mentioned.

BB.


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  • cumminscummins Member Posts: 89
    edited January 2010
    I joined around april 07 (after i'd been playing on party poker with a play money account for around 4 years before I was legal to play in late 06) back in the days where the 9pm tourney was almost always the televised £11 open and started to fill out with max entries every night and primo was £55 once a month.. Velocity also had a lot more importance than it does now! Used to love tuning in to watch hells bells every night 9pm after the club! Enjoyed battling for the all important spot prizes given out through good play or sending in emails to try and win entry into the sunday showdowns!

    I wouldn't class myself as an original as it was only back in september 07 when I was hitting the tables of a lot more and seemed to be cashing like clockwork in the open for a few months.. usually getting k/o'd by the swiss on his way to winning them like clockwork!!! missing out on the final table finishing 7th-20th on countless attempts and picked up 2 nice primo cashes the highest being a 20th place for £280 back in december 07... (finishing 20th now doesnt have the same rewards! although lately I cant finish top 100 never mind in the cash!)

    One of the best nights in I had was on the night of Hatton vs Mayweather when sky run several MTT's where it was £5 and 1 in 3 cashed to be able to buy the fight via box office.. which they should do more often!! That was a good 15+ hour session! (poker, friends, drink, comedy dvd's and sport on tv, pizza and other takeaway food topped off by a good boxing contest on the box!... Highly recommended!)

    Don't get me wrong I like the fact sky has moved with the current trends with bounty hunter and made primo a weekly event and has introduced omaha, but it's not really my cup of tea.. as to me primo is losing it's special factor... and i'm not really a fan of bounty hunter!

    The best introduction by far has to be the SPUKT on it's 2nd season.. I didn't play as much as i'd liked to in 08/09 and missed out on the SPUKT events.. But enjoyed Manchester and hoping to make the journey upto Newcastle tomorrow.. weather permitting!!
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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 169,732
    edited January 2010

    I remember the originals!



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  • Hale72Hale72 Member Posts: 1,000
    edited January 2010
    In Response to Re: Who remembers "the originals"?:
    I remember the originals!
    Posted by Tikay10
    You also remember the birth of the NHS and rationing don't you TK?
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  • Hale72Hale72 Member Posts: 1,000
    edited January 2010
    But then again, you cant remember where you leave your teeth most days.
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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 169,732
    edited January 2010
    In Response to Re: Who remembers "the originals"?:
    In Response to Re: Who remembers "the originals"? : You also remember the birth of the NHS and rationing don't you TK?
    Posted by Hale72
    I remember food ratioining (eggs, butter, etc), & I well remember NHS Powdered Milk. I've still got some somewhere I think - it came in big white tins.
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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 169,732
    edited January 2010

    There you go. That tin would be about 12" tall.



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  • DAVEYZZDAVEYZZ Member Posts: 1,651
    edited January 2010
    i joined in the 2nd week and won the open at my 3rd attempt so it had me hooked from there!
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  • RICHORFORDRICHORFORD Member Posts: 5,571
    edited January 2010
    In Response to Who remembers "the originals"?:
    I think we even pre-date TK 
    Posted by BigBluster
    Nobody, but NOBODY pre-dates Tikay...
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  • RICHORFORDRICHORFORD Member Posts: 5,571
    edited January 2010
    Here's one for you- does anyone remember in the early days of the channel that whenever somebody in the studio got knocked out - sirens would blaze and lights would flash!

    Lol- the novelty of that soon wore off, let me tell you...
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  • KnackersYaKnackersYa Member Posts: 468
    edited January 2010
    In Response to Re: Who remembers "the originals"?:
    Here's one for you- does anyone remember in the early days of the channel that whenever somebody in the studio got knocked out - sirens would blaze and lights would flash! Lol- the novelty of that soon wore off, let me tell you...
    Posted by RICHORFORD
    I remember it well, really got on my boyboobs!!!
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  • tallboytallboy Member Posts: 375
    edited January 2010
    I also joined the 2nd week i remember myself and Don Logan locking horns a few times, the one player i remember most of all was Toonoo he or she just disappeared after dominating the 25p/50p cash tables for about 18 months.

    Anyone remember Jonny Gould? Think he was one of the first analysts on the show. Oh and Carlo CItrone with the permanent tan!
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  • jakallyjakally Member Posts: 421
    edited January 2010

    This thread will get me all tearful and emotional..............

    Started playing late Feb 07...........some old guy over at Blonde Poker mentioned SkyPoker one or twice (every day....)

    Some of the  players I remember from earlier on, al873kill, Sharksbite, Repossess, No Deal, OCDPOKER, SIMUK, Elnino, bogus1, cottlad.
    (My memories not great so some of these may have come a bit later on).

    Open used to get 300 - 350 players when I first played.
    Must've been easy then, cos even I managed to have a couple of decent tourney results ;o).



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  • big_mick12big_mick12 Member Posts: 210
    edited January 2010
    In Response to Re: Who remembers "the originals"?:
    This thread will get me all tearful and emotional.............. Started playing late Feb 07...........some old guy over at Blonde Poker mentioned SkyPoker one or twice (every day....) Some of the  players I remember from earlier on, al873kill, Sharksbite, Repossess, No Deal, OCDPOKER, SIMUK, Elnino, bogus1, cottlad. (My memories not great so some of these may have come a bit later on). Open used to get 300 - 350 players when I first played. Must've been easy then, cos even I managed to have a couple of decent tourney results ;o).
    Posted by jakally
    I wonder who that was?? lol cnt resist a cheeky plug
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  • NoseyBonkNoseyBonk Member Posts: 6,184
    edited January 2010
    In Response to Re: Who remembers "the originals"?:
    In Response to Who remembers "the originals"? : Nobody, but NOBODY pre-dates Tikay...
    Posted by RICHORFORD
    WOOSH! BREAKING NEWS: Rich in rare historical mistake shocker!

    What about Adam & Eve?
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  • TommyDTommyD Member Posts: 4,389
    edited January 2010
    I remember the Velocity updates had some funky music.
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  • MachkaMachka Member Posts: 4,627
    edited January 2010
    Adam and Eve are Tikays kids.  Don't ask, it's complicated.
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  • KnackersYaKnackersYa Member Posts: 468
    edited January 2010
    In Response to Re: Who remembers "the originals"?:
    Adam and Eve are Tikays kids.  Don't ask, it's complicated.
    Posted by Machka
    I alway thought that Tikay was sort of Godlike........
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  • QuietmanQuietman Member Posts: 286
    edited January 2010
    i logged in on day one, then used my opening points bonus to buy into first sunday open and finished 3rd (i think) for £800 ............. happy days
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  • darichdarich Member Posts: 969
    edited January 2010
    I remember the live show where Jacqui Degg and Peta Todd were the guests....

    Come to think of it, I'm sure I have that on sky plus somewhere ;-)
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  • BigBlusterBigBluster Member Posts: 1,075
    edited January 2010
    Nice to see some of the names mentioned...cottlad, quietman and others. Ahhhh, takes me back. And the flashing lights....

    Does anyone remember 'discomonkey' from the early days? If you go to sky 166 (they'll shoot me for this!) he's the analyst there. He was certainly no better than me and used to get his backside kicked by bitesaund who was the best MTT on the site at the time, and by a mile. But disco still got plucked out for a lucrative TV job. Good luck to him
    Wonder what bitesaund is up to now? I wouldn't mind crossing swords with him now that I'm somewhere in his league.


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