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Who won what, Thursday June 25th
Tikay10
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Morning.
More great televised football, & another day of blazing sunshine, so there was only going to be one outcome last night.
4 of the 8 headline MTT's missed Guarantee (including Main & Mini), 2 fell over the line by 1 or 2 entries, & 2 did OK. So I guess it could have been worse, but not much. Remember, MTT's represent less than 20% of total margin, so it's likely that SNG's & the biggie, Cash, are all seeing similar swings & swongs.
It's worth putting some perspective on the numbers though - see the next post.
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We need to look from a wider perspective at the amazing journey Online Poker has had this year. In % terms, the rises & falls on Sky Poker in 2020 are probably broadly similar for all Online Poker Sites.
Online poker margin follows several cycles. Seasonal - winter is of course busy & summer quiet (in the Northern Hemisphere) - then there's a monthly cycle which revolves around the so-called "payday week".
So let's take a look at the last 6 months of the last Thursday in each month. To keep it simple, I'll just include Hitman Main & Hitman Mini, but they are fairly representative of traffic as a whole I would imagine.
January 30th;
Hitman Main £7,080
Hitman Mini £1,855
Combined total = £8,935
February 27th;
Hitman Main £7,050
Hitman Mini £1,750
Combined total = £8,800
March 26th;
Hitman Main £19,320
Hitman Mini £4,700
Combined total = £24,020
April 30th;
Hitman Main £19,400
Hitman Mini £4,315
Combined total = £23,715
May 28th;
Hitman Main £12,690
Hitman Mini £3,270
Combined total = £15,960
June 25th;
Hitman Main £8,000
Hitman Mini £2,500
Combined total = £10,500
Note that Hitman Main has ranged between £7,050 & £19,400. That's some range.
When we bear in mind that January is pretty much the peak month of the year, or nearly so, these numbers are crazy. Even now, mid-summer, a heatwave & great football on TV, the traffic is still busier than it was in January. In fact Guarantees are now higher than they were in January, though how long that will last is anyone's guess.
What a year 2020 is proving to be one way or another, good & bad.
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The last time the winner was mentioned on this Forum was back in 2017 when Aussie09 was running his Poker Super hero stuff. The winner is low profile, but with over 1,500 MTT's to his name here, he's a hardened Sky Poker veteran.
splashies ran 5th, while Palace Bloke, who has been under the radar since he won Sheriff on June 5th, squeezed onto the FT. Briefly.
@concrete90 126000 1 £214.60 + £104.14 Head Prizes 6
@luckme002 0 2 £127.60 + £68.22 Head Prizes 6
@ufud 0 3 £87 + £38.10 Head Prizes 4
@ally44 0 4 £63.80 + £9.84 Head Prizes 1
@splashies 0 5 £46.40 + £15 Head Prizes 2
@cpfc_2010 0 6 £40.60 + £15 Head Prizes 2
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broad06 has almost no history here, but got the lot last night after winning his seat in a £1.20 Frenzy, & spinning that up to ~£1,440. In doing so, he denied Lord Crush another Main Event win.
The real eye-opener was The Rt Hon NOSTRI, master of the snap put-down, in 4th. £33 is way above his normal buy-in but he booked his seat via a £7.20 satellite & went on to collect £562, which looks to me to be his best ever result here. Really pleased for him & I fancy there will be plenty more to come.
In 7th was FITBHITF. I can't behgn to imagine what those initials represent, anyone got any sugggestions?
@broad06 1325000 1 £1081.12 + £354.63 Head Prizes 12
@loololollo 0 2 £645.21 + £114.43 Head Prizes 3
@eddiesun26 0 3 £384.79 + £125.54 Head Prizes 7
@NOSTRI 0 4 £302.68 + £259.08 Head Prizes 11
@pjl1125 0 5 £257.60 + £193.73 Head Prizes 12
@AdRiAn_Laa 0 6 £215.74 + £79.59 Head Prizes 4
@FITBHITF 0 7 £174.28 + £56.17 Head Prizes 2
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rabbit pulled this one out of the hat, as well as 5th in an earlier BH.
Pleased to see Diggerman is still here, he's a mate of mine from back in the day when I played a lot of poker in South Wales.
@rabbit11 916000 1 £338.75 + £79.66 Head Prizes 13
@Pedro420 0 2 £189.70 + £20.77 Head Prizes 4
@fun 0 3 £111.92 + £30.62 Head Prizes 9
@equaliser 0 4 £88.75 + £37.74 Head Prizes 7
@Rkdm91 0 5 £74.53 + £33.08 Head Prizes 8
@xh558 0 6 £60.30 + £6.32 Head Prizes 2
@DiggerMan 0 7 £46.75 + £24.37 Head Prizes 9
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Never a surprise to see peiratis88 take a win, & he then went on to run 4th in Sheriff.
@peiratis88 770000 1 £223.30 + £172.20 Head Prizes 9
@Fabraclass 0 2 £146.30 + £25.78 Head Prizes 2
@seikus 0 3 £90.47 + £51.56 Head Prizes 4
@mickjld 0 4 £73.15 + £31.51 Head Prizes 2
@hoban01 0 5 £59.67 + £15 Head Prizes 2
@wolvers17 0 6 £50.05 + £23.44 Head Prizes 2
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The recent run by stocks09 is extraordinary, this was his 4th headline MTT win in 5 nights, & they all came in different events - Quickdraw, Turbo, Midnight Express & now Sheriff. It's unlikely that any other player has ever done that in headline MTT's.
@stocks09 255000 1 £471.75 + £345.39 Head Prizes 7
@gac123 0 2 £280.50 + £192.48 Head Prizes 7
@harleymoo 0 3 £191.25 + £112.51 Head Prizes 5
@peiratis88 0 4 £140.25 0
@fishhhhh 0 5 £102 + £37.50 Head Prizes 2
@MattBates 0 6 £89.25 + £62.11 Head Prizes 2
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adventsm made a notable arrival in the Results Threads ahead of Ryan, with The Bates making it 2 FT's in a row.
@adventsm 315000 1 £390.35 + £361.42 Head Prizes 15
@scotty77 0 2 £232.10 + £25.31 Head Prizes 2
@Rob1234 0 3 £158.25 + £42.19 Head Prizes 3
@MattBates 0 4 £116.05 + £59.06 Head Prizes 5
@jordz16 0 5 £84.40 + £116.72 Head Prizes 8
@oro 0 6 £73.85 0
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ACE17E had his best score since winning Midnight Express back in January.
TheDart continues to hit the target, this is his 13th Results Thread mention this month.
@ACE17E 175000 1 £350 + £307.79 Head Prizes 7
@TheDart 0 2 £218.75 + £46.88 Head Prizes 2
@duncan1979 0 3 £131.25 + £65.63 Head Prizes 3
@libchijake 0 4 £96.25 + £121.88 Head Prizes 6
@wineli 0 5 £78.75 + £89.07 Head Prizes 4
@luckme002 0 6 £37.50 Head Prizes 1
£1,500 Midnight Express B/Hunter (£1,800)
miniman88 has been 2nd or 3rd no less than 5 times in June, so this win would have been very welcome, & he got the double up as Arsenal won as well.
@miniman88 270000 1 £256.50 + £117.39 Head Prizes 7
@toonjat66 0 2 £158.40 + £68.15 Head Prizes 6
@Poisonous 0 3 £98.10 + £46.09 Head Prizes 2
@Super_Oli 0 4 £79.20 0
@jedinemo 0 5 £66.15 + £89.30 Head Prizes 7
@Eagle1966 0 6 £55.80 + £19.22 Head Prizes 2
£1,250 Escalating Freeroll (406 entries)
These Escalating Freerolls have been very popular, but don't forget they end this Sunday.
@shane9632 1218000 1 £306.25
@maddie05 0 2 £171.88
@ACEAC 0 3 £105
@BOCK 0 4 £80
@DeadmanSk 0 5 £67.50
@Andymc1968 0 6 £55
@THE_FACE 0 7 £41.25
@TheDart 0 8 £27.50
@1ali1 0 9 £18.12
@MuzzaMan 0 10 £13.75
@8lade77 0 11 £13.75
@jackeyboy 0 12 £13.75
@denty765 0 13 £13.75
@boonawski9 0 14 £13.75
@BORN2BLFC 0 15 £13.75
@EdNo 0 16 £10
@Voltage 0 17 £10
@JingleMa 0 18 £10
@Washyboy99 0 19 £10
@Archie182 0 20 £10
@gazza1595 0 21 £6.25
@franymac1 0 22 £6.25
@mowgli11 0 23 £6.25
@jcrazar1 0 24 £6.25
@Jimbo001 0 25 £6.25
@Ferret17 0 26 £5
@Slimmish 0 27 £5
@clio2525 0 28 £5
@The_Laird 0 29 £5
@BadBeatGuy 0 30 £5
@Loloz03 0 31 £4.62
@claretma05 0 32 £4.62
@HitOnRiver 0 33 £4.62
@Dragonson 0 34 £4.62
@Dawber87 0 35 £4.62
@Toddster1 0 36 £4.38
@darryn1973 0 37 £4.38
@Fox111111 0 38 £4.38
@1066AVFC 0 39 £4.38
@rockerboy 0 40 £4.38
@garner909 0 41 £4.25
@Hogg79 0 42 £4.25
@__IRE__ 0 43 £4.25
@arkle 0 44 £4.25
@Queen_22 0 45 £4.25
@Puzzler 0 46 £4.25
@LAZLO1 0 47 £4.25
@bbMike 0 48 £4.25
@walesboy 0 49 £4.25
@bigsid 0 50 £4.25
@hazelwoo05 0 51 £4.12
@ecossestef 0 52 £4.12
@TrebleAAA 0 53 £4.12
@tsarina 0 54 £4.12
@sjl1973 0 55 £4.12
@JACKDAW 0 56 £4.12
@skyeguy08 0 57 £4.12
@Mollymol 0 58 £4.12
@jim1471 0 59 £4.12
@TidyTrax70 0 60 £4.12
@hawera 0 61 £4
@willis69 0 62 £4
@LmfaoAllin 0 63 £4
@gpc70 0 64 £4
@Smokie248 0 65 £4
@metz7 0 66 £4
@mrpunctual 0 67 £4
@giesahaun 0 68 £4
@SR23 0 69 £4
@ElFlog 0 70 £4
@chicknMelt 0 71 £4
@pricey00 0 72 £4
@Fokus422 0 73 £4
@MynaFrett 0 74 £4
@LARSON7 0 75 £4
£1,000 Rewards Freeroll (993 entries)
@PMCKNIGHT 1986000 1 £100
@leighton06 0 2 £60
@3puttJim 0 3 £40
@Simonsaz 0 4 £30
@noviceplay 0 5 £30
@sadierose 0 6
Really pleased for @NOSTRI too
Never mind that, we are due a diary update from you.
Mr C. Good to see you here.
I'd have wanted 100/1, minimum.
It's both fascinating & crazy, isn't it?
I must say what a great job you did of the Betting Emporium Royal Ascot write ups. It's clear just from reading them that you love doing them. And you managed to keep it "fresh" over the course of 30 odd races, amazing stuff.
What time did you start each morning - 3am, or earlier?
I can't recall the exact line, but I really enjoyed the little throwaway gag about when you wore a mask to visit betting shops so you could lump on some good thing - BEFORE COVID was ever heard of.
Was a bit of a shock to hear Camel had a stroke, but he's busy saying his piece on Twitter again so fingers crossed he'll be OK.
Hope you & Anne are both well.
Thanks on the Ascot thing. It was totally exhausting and it's very hard to find new things to say when a lot of my method is fairly systematic. I get my paper delivered by a wholesale company who deal with betting shops and it looks like lots of shops aren't open so the guy shows up at 1.30am instead of 3am so I just got up at 2am every morning! Was flagging a bit by 9pm.
Spoke to The Camel the other day. He had a mild heart problem and when he was in hospital he fell out of bed. They think this was a small stroke caused by the stress of the situation. He sounds well and has recovered a fair bit.
We are fine...we're being much more cautious than average...barely been out since Cheltenham. I really missed my trip to Brighton for the SPT but nothing much has changed otherwise.
@NChanning
Yes, I read Pleno's views. He's clearly very very good at poker & a bright fella, but his views generally reflect what he & his high roller pals want from poker. At his level, there may very well be big problems ahead, they are all staking each other, being owners or members of stables, & eventually it's all going to end badly at the nosebleed levels imo. I read yesterday that the online WSOP this year will have 22 (TWENTY TWO) flights, & players can enter all 22 if they wish, at $5,000 a pop. If that's true, it's utterly ridiculous to stick the WSOP badge on it.
For recreationals, I'm very sure that poker will continue as normal. It's a great game loved with a passion by so many people.
And yes, I think Sky Poker judged it just right, they never went mad, never promoted any new stuff, & just adjusted guarantees in line with demand. Sky Poker is in safe hands & will be around for a very long time yet.
As to the general economic outlook, well that's got to be grim, but we are where we are & will just have to battle through.
Ascot write-ups? Yes, I was mindful that it's hard to keep it fresh when you have a system, but I think what helped was the mystery of the draw bias & why jockeys seemed to make such baffling decisions in so many of the races. That was all most odd.
You must be delighted Camel is on the mend, you two go back a very long way indeed.
One of our players - markycash - who you may have met in Vegas a few years back had a bad heart attack yesterday, but the good old NHS were superb as usual & it looks like he'll be fine. His do was a carbon copy of mine, which was over 3 years ago, & he's much younger, so I'm confident he'll be OK.
Take care Neil, xx to Anne & hope to see you soon.