"As with last year (see previous Post), it was a big Champions League night, & once again it impacted numbers somewhat as always. Just flesh wounds really though, & whilst nights like that are bad for Online Poker, they are great for Sports Betting, so SB&G end up with a net gain. What a business they have built up.
Having said that, the current run-rate is much much higher than last year generally speaking, & last night's Main at £5,220 was a lovely 28% up on last year's £4,080. Surprisingly, Summit only made a dead £4,000 last night, some 12% down y-o-y.
@AlexaAJtook the Main. Big winner here but I don't think we've ever spoke, met or exchanged Posts, so I never know what to say really. Had a decent night though, apart from 1st in the Main, was 3rd in a £500 BH, 3rd in a £300 Rebuy, 5th in 9 @ 9, & won seats via Satellites at first & only time of asking to both Main & Summit. Currently sits 3rd in the Sharky 2023 Profit Leaderboard for Sky, & has a stunning 76% ROI at an ABI of £21. Proper numbers them.
@Elliott888took the Mini. Not too many mentions, but did win a Predator Main in September of last year, & has won a sprinkling of 7 @ 7's & Reloads. In 4th was @snoxx11 who is a little like @AlexaAJ in that I don't know anything about him, but he seems to be in great form, & was 3rd in 9 @ 9 having won it the previous night. Best scores lifetime are two Summit wins, a month apart in 2018.
Summit always takes a bit of winning & it was the unheralded @Fulcher who did best last night. Been here 14 years but very low volume, & seems to spend equal time on both Cash & MTT's. No previous mentions except when 8th in the Major two weeks ago, since when he went AWOL until last night. Was a typically high class Summit FT. 2nd was @GoldNug22 who won a UKOPS HR in the recent series & only seems to play £110 events. 3rd was @FeelGroggy who you know all about, with @wineli4th, the very much in-form @LFCChris86 5th & in 6th the gnarly Welsh veteran @Dewi-cool who made a very good attempt at winning it two weeks on the bounce. For the 2nd week running Dewi did it the hard way too, first up winning a £5.20 sat, then winning the £24 sat. So both weeks he got in for £5.20. Good to see him playing here a little more regularly. Used to play a bit Live, best result being 9th in the 2015 UKPC at DTD for £15,000+ & he was (maybe still is) a regular at most of the APAT events.
There was another hot FT, when the top three in Quickdraw were @destinycod@FeelGroggy &, rather incongruously, @ctbnof all people. Bet that was a fun threesome, & the Table Chat almost suggests that @ctbnis a @destinycod fanboy, which is a little irksome as I thought he admired me more than anyone ever.
I seem to have waffled on a bit this morning, so maybe I should leave it at that."
Full results but just a brief write-up as I've had technical issues all day today & it was 6pm before I was able to get started on this.
MTT numbers a bit patchy again, with 4 misses (Mini, Mega, Turbo & MidEx) which totted up to £580, which has been par for the course most nights recently.
A fascinating FT in the Main with many of the players currently in form, perhaps none more than the winner - @ChipDiddy0 - who then went on to win Sheriff too, meaning the two biggest 1st prizes of the night (including Bountys) both went his way. In addition to last night's haul, recent successes includes wins in Turbo, Mega (twice) & Summit. Saturday's Sharpshooter runner-up @Woebegone repeated it last night & so was runner-up in a Main twice in 3 nights. In 3rd was @MakeItStop who was runner-up in Saturday's 9 @ 9. @mainspring was 4th as well as 6th in the Rebuy BH. He won both Reload & Rebuy BH on Saturday, & was 2nd in Friday's Avenger Mini. Very much one for players in form by the look of it.
@Suitnboot (not to be confused with @suitnboots) took the Mini. The interesting finalist here was @frankson8 who is a NKOTB & I believe is getting coaching to accelerate his learning. New to the game but keen as mustard, in addition to 4th in the Mini, he was 3rd in 7 & 7, & in back-to-back £150 Bounty Hunters he was 1st & 3rd.
The Rebuy BH went to @rubydu who used to interact with the TV Show many years ago, at least 10 years back, he was a lorry driver involved in Traffic Management as I recall. Can't find any mentions of him in the last decade so it's good to know he's still here.
@ScottyKaye began December by winning the 19.18 PLO8, a week ago he won the £800 BH & last night he eclipsed 7 @ 7.
@chirpy007 has been here 6 months & played very little but broke his duck last night by taking down the £800 BH.
Despite being modestly rated by Sharky @fr4nkie was 2nd in 9 @ 9 four nights ago, took a few days off then returned to go a spot better last night. 2nd was a very good player indeed in @snoxx11 who had some really big wins in 2012, 2014, 2015 & 2018 including two Summits.
@Samyboy17 has been knocking on the door in Reload, which is the only MTT he plays & at last got his rewards with the win last night.
There was another big SPT Semi with @destinycod getting his 4th seat (that's the max he can win) as well as a first seat for @Tonyzya, with £264 in loose change going to @alistair06.
Sorry it's a bit on the brief side, I had to rush through. As you can probably tell...
Tonight (& tomorrow actually) sees a wonderful slate of CL & Champo fixtures, so bargain hunters might well be rewarded with a few sizeable dollops of overlay. Help yourself.
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"As with last year (see previous Post), it was a big Champions League night, & once again it impacted numbers somewhat as always. Just flesh wounds really though, & whilst nights like that are bad for Online Poker, they are great for Sports Betting, so SB&G end up with a net gain. What a business they have built up.
Having said that, the current run-rate is much much higher than last year generally speaking, & last night's Main at £5,220 was a lovely 28% up on last year's £4,080. Surprisingly, Summit only made a dead £4,000 last night, some 12% down y-o-y.
@AlexaAJ took the Main. Big winner here but I don't think we've ever spoke, met or exchanged Posts, so I never know what to say really. Had a decent night though, apart from 1st in the Main, was 3rd in a £500 BH, 3rd in a £300 Rebuy, 5th in 9 @ 9, & won seats via Satellites at first & only time of asking to both Main & Summit. Currently sits 3rd in the Sharky 2023 Profit Leaderboard for Sky, & has a stunning 76% ROI at an ABI of £21. Proper numbers them.
@Elliott888 took the Mini. Not too many mentions, but did win a Predator Main in September of last year, & has won a sprinkling of 7 @ 7's & Reloads. In 4th was @snoxx11 who is a little like @AlexaAJ in that I don't know anything about him, but he seems to be in great form, & was 3rd in 9 @ 9 having won it the previous night. Best scores lifetime are two Summit wins, a month apart in 2018.
Summit always takes a bit of winning & it was the unheralded @Fulcher who did best last night. Been here 14 years but very low volume, & seems to spend equal time on both Cash & MTT's. No previous mentions except when 8th in the Major two weeks ago, since when he went AWOL until last night. Was a typically high class Summit FT. 2nd was @GoldNug22 who won a UKOPS HR in the recent series & only seems to play £110 events. 3rd was @FeelGroggy who you know all about, with @wineli 4th, the very much in-form @LFCChris86 5th & in 6th the gnarly Welsh veteran @Dewi-cool who made a very good attempt at winning it two weeks on the bounce. For the 2nd week running Dewi did it the hard way too, first up winning a £5.20 sat, then winning the £24 sat. So both weeks he got in for £5.20. Good to see him playing here a little more regularly. Used to play a bit Live, best result being 9th in the 2015 UKPC at DTD for £15,000+ & he was (maybe still is) a regular at most of the APAT events.
There was another hot FT, when the top three in Quickdraw were @destinycod @FeelGroggy &, rather incongruously, @ctbn of all people. Bet that was a fun threesome, & the Table Chat almost suggests that @ctbn is a @destinycod fanboy, which is a little irksome as I thought he admired me more than anyone ever.
I seem to have waffled on a bit this morning, so maybe I should leave it at that."
Good evening.
Full results but just a brief write-up as I've had technical issues all day today & it was 6pm before I was able to get started on this.
MTT numbers a bit patchy again, with 4 misses (Mini, Mega, Turbo & MidEx) which totted up to £580, which has been par for the course most nights recently.
A fascinating FT in the Main with many of the players currently in form, perhaps none more than the winner - @ChipDiddy0 - who then went on to win Sheriff too, meaning the two biggest 1st prizes of the night (including Bountys) both went his way. In addition to last night's haul, recent successes includes wins in Turbo, Mega (twice) & Summit. Saturday's Sharpshooter runner-up @Woebegone repeated it last night & so was runner-up in a Main twice in 3 nights. In 3rd was @MakeItStop who was runner-up in Saturday's 9 @ 9. @mainspring was 4th as well as 6th in the Rebuy BH. He won both Reload & Rebuy BH on Saturday, & was 2nd in Friday's Avenger Mini. Very much one for players in form by the look of it.
@Suitnboot (not to be confused with @suitnboots) took the Mini. The interesting finalist here was @frankson8 who is a NKOTB & I believe is getting coaching to accelerate his learning. New to the game but keen as mustard, in addition to 4th in the Mini, he was 3rd in 7 & 7, & in back-to-back £150 Bounty Hunters he was 1st & 3rd.
The Rebuy BH went to @rubydu who used to interact with the TV Show many years ago, at least 10 years back, he was a lorry driver involved in Traffic Management as I recall. Can't find any mentions of him in the last decade so it's good to know he's still here.
@ScottyKaye began December by winning the 19.18 PLO8, a week ago he won the £800 BH & last night he eclipsed 7 @ 7.
@chirpy007 has been here 6 months & played very little but broke his duck last night by taking down the £800 BH.
Despite being modestly rated by Sharky @fr4nkie was 2nd in 9 @ 9 four nights ago, took a few days off then returned to go a spot better last night. 2nd was a very good player indeed in @snoxx11 who had some really big wins in 2012, 2014, 2015 & 2018 including two Summits.
@Samyboy17 has been knocking on the door in Reload, which is the only MTT he plays & at last got his rewards with the win last night.
There was another big SPT Semi with @destinycod getting his 4th seat (that's the max he can win) as well as a first seat for @Tonyzya, with £264 in loose change going to @alistair06.
Sorry it's a bit on the brief side, I had to rush through. As you can probably tell...
Tonight (& tomorrow actually) sees a wonderful slate of CL & Champo fixtures, so bargain hunters might well be rewarded with a few sizeable dollops of overlay. Help yourself.
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