"Numbers were "OK", though quite surprised to see the usually popular 9 @ 9 miss by around 10%. By contrast, the Main came in at £5,670, compared with £4,440 the same day last year, so a whopping 27% y-o-y increase. We are at that time of the year now where numbers do increase for seasonal reasons, but "proper" Champions League kicks in, & tonight both Arsenal & Man U are in action, so that's bound to have an impact. Same again tomorrow, with Man City, Newcastle & Celtic all involved in CL action. So it's all a bit ying & yang.
The Main went to @lukeoufc who I am going to assume is an Oxford United fan. Very much a Main Event devotee, he plays the Main almost every night, & never anything else, always 1-tabling. Has had some decent results too, was 5th in Gold Rush Main last Tuesday, & won a big Sharpshooter Main in 2022. 3rd was @FITBHITF with @newdaddy 5th & @loololollo 6th. For the 2nd time in 3 nights @craigcu12made the Final, 6th on Saturday, 4th last night. As he acknowledged on the Forum yesterday, when he comes back to Sky Poker he always does well, & feels more comfortable & confident.
@LittleGJ had another good night, firstly winning a Sunday Major seat in the Freeroll, then taking the Mini. He's mainly a DYM player (80% of his games are DYM's), & judging by Sharky a very good one, they credit him with an 8.2% ROI in DYM's & a 67% ROI in scheduled MTT's, both of which are over a decent sample size. 8.2% in DYM's is exceptional, so those are very good numbers indeed. Looks like he's very strict with Bankroll Management too.
9 @ 9 went to @funkybunch who has really been racking up the wins in the last few weeks, including a Gold Rush Main, Turbo & Quickdraw.
Reload winner @J_9 is not an alias I am familiar with, & Sharky was no help as he's blocked. Low volume but seems to have done OK in his 13 years here, & it looks like he's a PLO8 fan as he won the nightly 08 "Biggie" late last year & has made the FT several times.
@loololollo played a full session, & whilst he did not exactly fill his boots, he did, as usual, do OK. Won Turbo, 6th in the Main, 1st in a £500 BH, 6th in a £400 BH, 3rd in a £300 BH, won two seats to the Main via £7.20 sats, & made assorted other minor FT's. Sky should handicap him, like they do in horseracing, make him start with half the chips of everyone else.
For the 4th time by my reckoning, @Jeni82 won the Rebuy BH.
1st in Mega & 4th in the Elim Freeroll was a decent haul for @1267.
Considering his low volume, @Drewettdoes remarkably well, in the last couple of weeks he's won Turbo twice, Quickdraw, Mega, & last night added MidEx.
That's it for today. Great football tonight, can't wait."
MTT traffic was so-so, with the £10,000 Major making £11,400, but bits & bobs of overlay in the Mini, Mega, Reload, Turbo & MidEx.
The Major went to @purpleaki1for the 2nd time in recent months. Low volume but top-drawer & has an ABI of over £50. Don't know much about him as he's opted out on Sharky, but seems very useful. Runner-up @mnolan8317is more than handy too, was 13th in last Sunday's Major & won it just three weeks ago. The almost legendary @lJAMESl aka "Pretty Boy" was 5th, it's so good to still see him on here now & then, he's been a loyal friend to me for many years. The Notorious @gobbleoffwas FT Bubble Boy, with @NChanning in 8th. Later in the evening Neil entered Sheriff, finishing 6th but unfortunately going home empty-handed.
@pooochy won the £5k BH. Has a decent CV including a Marksman Main earlier this year, a UKOPS & a BWBH, plus an assortment of regular stuff.
The £1k Rebuy BH was taken by @Panda8 for which he collected £340, which is nice but a whole lot less than the £3,000 he collected for winning the Major exactly two weeks earlier.
One player who is in sensational form is @chippy102 who completed a rare hat trick last night. On Friday he won the £1k 19.10 BH, on Saturday he won the £500 BH at 18.00 & last night he won the 18.30 £800 BH, all this just a week after running 4th in Avenger Main.
There was another hat-trick of sorts as Reload & the 22.15 £300 BH both went to @mainspringwho also won a Major seat in Saturday's Freeroll too. He's as reliable as clockwork.
A couple of nights ago @Bawbaggio won MidEx but had to survive a much stiffer test to win last night's Turbo, the other finalists being @destinycod@StayOrGo@AlexaAJ@Panda8 & @Super_Oli. Sky Poker Final tables don't come much tougher than that.
That's about it for today. Good football on TV tonight & throughout the rest of this week, so poker numbers might be modest, but believe it or not, there's another International Break after that so traffic should rebound during that. Just as well, because apart from that, everything about International Breaks sucks so bad.
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"Numbers were "OK", though quite surprised to see the usually popular 9 @ 9 miss by around 10%. By contrast, the Main came in at £5,670, compared with £4,440 the same day last year, so a whopping 27% y-o-y increase. We are at that time of the year now where numbers do increase for seasonal reasons, but "proper" Champions League kicks in, & tonight both Arsenal & Man U are in action, so that's bound to have an impact. Same again tomorrow, with Man City, Newcastle & Celtic all involved in CL action. So it's all a bit ying & yang.
The Main went to @lukeoufc who I am going to assume is an Oxford United fan. Very much a Main Event devotee, he plays the Main almost every night, & never anything else, always 1-tabling. Has had some decent results too, was 5th in Gold Rush Main last Tuesday, & won a big Sharpshooter Main in 2022. 3rd was @FITBHITF with @newdaddy 5th & @loololollo 6th. For the 2nd time in 3 nights @craigcu12 made the Final, 6th on Saturday, 4th last night. As he acknowledged on the Forum yesterday, when he comes back to Sky Poker he always does well, & feels more comfortable & confident.
@LittleGJ had another good night, firstly winning a Sunday Major seat in the Freeroll, then taking the Mini. He's mainly a DYM player (80% of his games are DYM's), & judging by Sharky a very good one, they credit him with an 8.2% ROI in DYM's & a 67% ROI in scheduled MTT's, both of which are over a decent sample size. 8.2% in DYM's is exceptional, so those are very good numbers indeed. Looks like he's very strict with Bankroll Management too.
9 @ 9 went to @funkybunch who has really been racking up the wins in the last few weeks, including a Gold Rush Main, Turbo & Quickdraw.
Reload winner @J_9 is not an alias I am familiar with, & Sharky was no help as he's blocked. Low volume but seems to have done OK in his 13 years here, & it looks like he's a PLO8 fan as he won the nightly 08 "Biggie" late last year & has made the FT several times.
@loololollo played a full session, & whilst he did not exactly fill his boots, he did, as usual, do OK. Won Turbo, 6th in the Main, 1st in a £500 BH, 6th in a £400 BH, 3rd in a £300 BH, won two seats to the Main via £7.20 sats, & made assorted other minor FT's. Sky should handicap him, like they do in horseracing, make him start with half the chips of everyone else.
For the 4th time by my reckoning, @Jeni82 won the Rebuy BH.
1st in Mega & 4th in the Elim Freeroll was a decent haul for @1267.
Considering his low volume, @Drewett does remarkably well, in the last couple of weeks he's won Turbo twice, Quickdraw, Mega, & last night added MidEx.
That's it for today. Great football tonight, can't wait."
Afternoon.
MTT traffic was so-so, with the £10,000 Major making £11,400, but bits & bobs of overlay in the Mini, Mega, Reload, Turbo & MidEx.
The Major went to @purpleaki1 for the 2nd time in recent months. Low volume but top-drawer & has an ABI of over £50. Don't know much about him as he's opted out on Sharky, but seems very useful. Runner-up @mnolan8317 is more than handy too, was 13th in last Sunday's Major & won it just three weeks ago. The almost legendary @lJAMESl aka "Pretty Boy" was 5th, it's so good to still see him on here now & then, he's been a loyal friend to me for many years. The Notorious @gobbleoff was FT Bubble Boy, with @NChanning in 8th. Later in the evening Neil entered Sheriff, finishing 6th but unfortunately going home empty-handed.
The appropriately aliased @miniraise won the Mini, with @reeler 2nd & @rancid 3rd. @miniraise has won several Minis, but easily his biggest score was 2nd for £1,575 in a Stack Builder Freeroll in January. There were small cashes for @THETANK & @MAXALLY in 12th & 13th, & min cashes for @jawzindawz @gogogadget & @SilverRiz
@pooochy won the £5k BH. Has a decent CV including a Marksman Main earlier this year, a UKOPS & a BWBH, plus an assortment of regular stuff.
The £1k Rebuy BH was taken by @Panda8 for which he collected £340, which is nice but a whole lot less than the £3,000 he collected for winning the Major exactly two weeks earlier.
One player who is in sensational form is @chippy102 who completed a rare hat trick last night. On Friday he won the £1k 19.10 BH, on Saturday he won the £500 BH at 18.00 & last night he won the 18.30 £800 BH, all this just a week after running 4th in Avenger Main.
There was another hat-trick of sorts as Reload & the 22.15 £300 BH both went to @mainspring who also won a Major seat in Saturday's Freeroll too. He's as reliable as clockwork.
A couple of nights ago @Bawbaggio won MidEx but had to survive a much stiffer test to win last night's Turbo, the other finalists being @destinycod @StayOrGo @AlexaAJ @Panda8 & @Super_Oli. Sky Poker Final tables don't come much tougher than that.
That's about it for today. Good football on TV tonight & throughout the rest of this week, so poker numbers might be modest, but believe it or not, there's another International Break after that so traffic should rebound during that. Just as well, because apart from that, everything about International Breaks sucks so bad.
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