"Avenger Main & Mini both missed, though only by the tinsiest of margins. Even so, at £7,960 (ignoring guarantee) for the Main it was 11% up y-o-y. The guarantee last year was £6,000, compared to £8,000 now.
Similar story in BWBH, £6,000 v £4,500, so a very handsome 33% y-o-y improvement.
It's really been quite a surprise to me how consistently the MTT numbers are up y-o-y. Why are they doing so well? No idea, but I'm not arguing.
On Thursday @funkybunch finished the night with a flourish, 2nd in 9 @ 9 & 3rd in MidEx, but last night was even better as he won Avenger Main taking home £1,460. Runner-up was @tastysnackwho also ran 3rd in the 6pm £500 BH.
Our man @HAYSIEtook the Mini, & it was the 2nd time he's won Avenger Mini. What a pain he must be to share a table with, thanks to his FOLD button not working.
@bigfatfish who has won the Major twice this year, added a BWBH win to his increasingly impressive CV. It's only 3 weeks since he last won the Major, & he now sits 3rd in the 2023 Sky Poker leaderboard on Sharkscope, behind only @Natnug & @loolollol.
2nd in BWBH was @NChanning, who probably played it whilst watching a repeat of his favourite TV programme, Question Time.
Scattered overlay again last night, continuing the post-UKOPs hangover. At £611 it was almost identical to Wednesday, however England were live on TV last night so there's the makings of a legit excuse there.
Hitman Main winner was @Swog who is laying claim you be Sky Poker's most improved MTT-er, & might even be in the argument for best MTT-er. He's opened up his Sharkscope, & for those with a keen interest in these things, go take a look at his profit graph. When you've played some 7,000+ MTT's over a 13 year period, it's very very difficult indeed to get a profit graph to suddenly rise so steeply as his has. He does very well indeed on other sites too, ditto the "Live" arena. It's particularly pleasing to me that he accepts bad beats as part of the game & does not bellyache about them. No adult should, of course, but plenty do. He played exactly one MTT on Sky Poker last night - the Main - & won it.
2nd was @braggars12 and prior to last night his last 5 results have all been in 9 @ 9 - 1 win & 5 FT's, so that was a big step up for Braggar Bloke. 3rd was @IVIystical aka Sam who only plays occassionally these days - he & Pippa have a very young child - but produces some remarkable results when he does. In 4th was @Chalky666who we met at SPT Brighton last year & I notice he qualified for this year's renewal last night. He's an absolute dead-ringer for the odious Sam Ryder who you may recall was a Eurovision one-hit wonder. Every report these days seems to include @PAPABURG and he was at it again last night, 5th in the Main & 6th in Mega. 6th went to @stonecrows, playing just his 3rd MTT this month, in fact he's taken 10 years to play just 165 MTT's so not exactly high volume. Good result for him though, and his 2nd decent score inside a week as he min-cashed Sunday's £40,000 UKOPS Main.
The Mini went to the wonderfully-aliased @AFFMAHEED and it comes just a week after he was runner-up in the Rebuy BH. Has some very decent form in the book, and his best two results were 1st in an Avenger Main 2 months ago, & 2nd, also in an Avenger Main, back in 2021. As Minis go, it was a tough Final as evidenced by @loololollo 2nd @FlynTimber 4th & @ILIKE2FISH 5th.
@GFKIJKLLhas been MIA for 2 or 3 nights but returned with a vengeance last night to wrap up a splendid hat-trick of wins - Mega, Turbo & a £300 Turbo BH. In 2023 he was the 5th most profitable MTT-er on Sky Poker according to Sharky, & he currently holds the same position this year.
@Drewett continues to rack up results and Sharky now rate him 91. Only played 5 MTT's here last night but managed a win in the Rebuy BH & 5th in Quickdraw.
The £800 BH fell to @craigyb22 who has some decent scores in the book from 8 or 9 years ago, and, more recently, last month he won a Marksman Main for a personal best.
@urabanhust won Reload, which caused me an arched eyebrow, as he's a Rebuy BH specialist, having won it no less than 5 times this year.
Two years ago @woop99 won a Sheriff since when we've barely seen him, but he was on the mark last night by taking MidEx down.
Good to see the SPT Brighton Semi run again, & in addition to @Chalky666(already mentioned) @PBKR booked his seat. Last time I shared tables with him at an SPT it all ended rather badly for one of us...
Am hopeful traffic will be a little better tonight, there is some "Nations League" football on TV, but none of the matches hold any interest for most of us.*
*Except the matches involving Scotland (v Croatia) & Northern Ireland (v Belarus) obviously...
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"Avenger Main & Mini both missed, though only by the tinsiest of margins. Even so, at £7,960 (ignoring guarantee) for the Main it was 11% up y-o-y. The guarantee last year was £6,000, compared to £8,000 now.
Similar story in BWBH, £6,000 v £4,500, so a very handsome 33% y-o-y improvement.
It's really been quite a surprise to me how consistently the MTT numbers are up y-o-y. Why are they doing so well? No idea, but I'm not arguing.
On Thursday @funkybunch finished the night with a flourish, 2nd in 9 @ 9 & 3rd in MidEx, but last night was even better as he won Avenger Main taking home £1,460. Runner-up was @tastysnack who also ran 3rd in the 6pm £500 BH.
Our man @HAYSIE took the Mini, & it was the 2nd time he's won Avenger Mini. What a pain he must be to share a table with, thanks to his FOLD button not working.
@bigfatfish who has won the Major twice this year, added a BWBH win to his increasingly impressive CV. It's only 3 weeks since he last won the Major, & he now sits 3rd in the 2023 Sky Poker leaderboard on Sharkscope, behind only @Natnug & @loolollol.
2nd in BWBH was @NChanning, who probably played it whilst watching a repeat of his favourite TV programme, Question Time.
That's it for today."
Scattered overlay again last night, continuing the post-UKOPs hangover. At £611 it was almost identical to Wednesday, however England were live on TV last night so there's the makings of a legit excuse there.
Hitman Main winner was @Swog who is laying claim you be Sky Poker's most improved MTT-er, & might even be in the argument for best MTT-er. He's opened up his Sharkscope, & for those with a keen interest in these things, go take a look at his profit graph. When you've played some 7,000+ MTT's over a 13 year period, it's very very difficult indeed to get a profit graph to suddenly rise so steeply as his has. He does very well indeed on other sites too, ditto the "Live" arena. It's particularly pleasing to me that he accepts bad beats as part of the game & does not bellyache about them. No adult should, of course, but plenty do. He played exactly one MTT on Sky Poker last night - the Main - & won it.
2nd was @braggars12 and prior to last night his last 5 results have all been in 9 @ 9 - 1 win & 5 FT's, so that was a big step up for Braggar Bloke. 3rd was @IVIystical aka Sam who only plays occassionally these days - he & Pippa have a very young child - but produces some remarkable results when he does. In 4th was @Chalky666 who we met at SPT Brighton last year & I notice he qualified for this year's renewal last night. He's an absolute dead-ringer for the odious Sam Ryder who you may recall was a Eurovision one-hit wonder. Every report these days seems to include @PAPABURG and he was at it again last night, 5th in the Main & 6th in Mega. 6th went to @stonecrows, playing just his 3rd MTT this month, in fact he's taken 10 years to play just 165 MTT's so not exactly high volume. Good result for him though, and his 2nd decent score inside a week as he min-cashed Sunday's £40,000 UKOPS Main.
The Mini went to the wonderfully-aliased @AFFMAHEED and it comes just a week after he was runner-up in the Rebuy BH. Has some very decent form in the book, and his best two results were 1st in an Avenger Main 2 months ago, & 2nd, also in an Avenger Main, back in 2021. As Minis go, it was a tough Final as evidenced by @loololollo 2nd @FlynTimber 4th & @ILIKE2FISH 5th.
@GFKIJKLL has been MIA for 2 or 3 nights but returned with a vengeance last night to wrap up a splendid hat-trick of wins - Mega, Turbo & a £300 Turbo BH. In 2023 he was the 5th most profitable MTT-er on Sky Poker according to Sharky, & he currently holds the same position this year.
@Drewett continues to rack up results and Sharky now rate him 91. Only played 5 MTT's here last night but managed a win in the Rebuy BH & 5th in Quickdraw.
The £800 BH fell to @craigyb22 who has some decent scores in the book from 8 or 9 years ago, and, more recently, last month he won a Marksman Main for a personal best.
@urabanhust won Reload, which caused me an arched eyebrow, as he's a Rebuy BH specialist, having won it no less than 5 times this year.
Two years ago @woop99 won a Sheriff since when we've barely seen him, but he was on the mark last night by taking MidEx down.
Good to see the SPT Brighton Semi run again, & in addition to @Chalky666 (already mentioned) @PBKR booked his seat. Last time I shared tables with him at an SPT it all ended rather badly for one of us...
Am hopeful traffic will be a little better tonight, there is some "Nations League" football on TV, but none of the matches hold any interest for most of us.*
*Except the matches involving Scotland (v Croatia) & Northern Ireland (v Belarus) obviously...
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Thanks for the mention @Tikay10! Twice in a week, there must be something in the Cumbrian Water. Have high fived Paddy McGuinness and cashed twice!
In fact I had AQ suited hearts and you had AQ Suited Diamonds
We both had the nuts straight on turn (and both had the royal flush draw as you say)!
Couldn’t believe that, the diamond landed of course.
I was a little heartbroken I have to say.