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bigal36903bigal36903 Member Posts: 1,011
edited February 2012 in Poker Chat

has the standards really improved on sky poker ?

from what i have seen over the last few days, players have not got better,  but..  there seem to be alot of new players playing out of their depth and winning .


it is either that or they are rubbish. don't know the value of a hand pre.  can not see what the board is showing them or the possibilities of what hand you might have..

now, yes people have improved their games and learnt what is a good hand and bad and can see more than that 2-10 suited in their hand..


be honest and reply to the main question..


has the standard of play got better on sky poker ?

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  • Lambert180Lambert180 Member Posts: 12,197
    edited February 2012
    Standards have definitely improved.

    There may be just as many bad players as there used to be but that's cos there are constantly new players coming to the site and everyone starts somewhere. I know personally my game has massively improved in the last 18 months if only to the point where I know I have a hobby for life because I will never need to deposit again.
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  • bigal36903bigal36903 Member Posts: 1,011
    edited February 2012
    bump
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  • rancidrancid Member Posts: 5,947
    edited February 2012
    If you play MTT's you will see bad players actully do well )
    Players that have been playing badly for years can win large MTT's :S

    Nature of the beast

    I think overall the standard is still the same, apart from a small minority who have improved and so obviosuly now reep the rewards

    Nature of poker that the majority will be "bad" players
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  • GlenelgGlenelg Member Posts: 6,627
    edited February 2012

    Not sure if it's a "reason" for the increase bad play/players or not, BUT I noticed over the last 2/3 weeks the New Player Freerolls on a Tuesday night have about 1000-1200 runners!  It could be that there are just more new players on the site and with the increase in games played the % of people hitting runner/runner increases?

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  • ACEGOONERACEGOONER Member Posts: 1,435
    edited February 2012
    At the top end of cash and im talking about 100 nl and above, there are lots of competant regs and a few world class players. Anything below that and the standard is generally worse than other sites. 

    I dont consider myself a reg at nl40/50, but I dont feel uncomfortable playing at this level on sky because other players make fundamental mistakes which are exploitable. On stars I wont play cash, because as soon as you get to a meaningful level you have regs on every table. 

    MTTs on sky again are soft, generally the cash players prevail in the deepstacks and theres a reason for that. I havent played a meaningful amount of me's on sky because they finish way too late for us working folk. 


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  • DOHHHHHHHDOHHHHHHH Member Posts: 17,929
    edited February 2012
    In Response to Re: standards:
    At the top end of cash and im talking about 100 nl and above, there are lots of competant regs and a few world class players. Anything below that and the standard is generally worse than other sites.  I dont consider myself a reg at nl40/50, but I dont feel uncomfortable playing at this level on sky because other players make fundamental mistakes which are exploitable. On stars I wont play cash, because as soon as you get to a meaningful level you have regs on every table.  MTTs on sky again are soft, generally the cash players prevail in the deepstacks and theres a reason for that. I havent played a meaningful amount of me's on sky because they finish way too late for us working folk. 
    Posted by ACEGOONER
    Ha, brags!

    HU sngs were quite tough last night.

    On Friday night they were easy.

    "Different nights, for different needs"

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  • missbankermissbanker Member Posts: 3
    edited February 2012
    sky needs improving big style things happen on here all the time tht dnt happen often on other sites how many times it brings 4 cards for a str8 flush etc. just wouldnt happen sitting at tables simple
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  • FlyingDaggFlyingDagg Member Posts: 4,146
    edited February 2012
    In Response to Re: standards:
    sky needs improving big style things happen on here all the time tht dnt happen often on other sites how many times it brings 4 cards for a str8 flush etc. just wouldnt happen sitting at tables simple
    Posted by missbanker
    Well I've had one I think in 12 months of playing here. Is that too many?
    BTW the thread is about the standard of players and your post isn't.
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  • Dudeskin8Dudeskin8 Member Posts: 6,228
    edited February 2012
    I hope the standard has got worse and continues to get worse, thinking any other way is just crazy lol
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  • cgoldiecgoldie Member Posts: 234
    edited February 2012
    In Response to Re: standards:
    sky needs improving big style things happen on here all the time tht dnt happen often on other sites how many times it brings 4 cards for a str8 flush etc. just wouldnt happen sitting at tables simple
    Posted by missbanker
    Yeah I don't see how this happens so often. I have never seen this on other sites or live. Perhaps occasionally 2 or even 3 of the same suit but never 4. I keep losing with AA on here as well somehow, almost 1/5 of the time and I just can't understand why. I am defienetly going to contact the appropriate authorities about this. However although I think it is rigged and is therefore stealing from me I am going to continue to play anyway.
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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 173,780
    edited February 2012
    In Response to Re: standards:
    In Response to Re: standards : Yeah I don't see how this happens so often. I have never seen this on other sites or live. Perhaps occasionally 2 or even 3 of the same suit but never 4. I keep losing with AA on here as well somehow, almost 1/5 of the time and I just can't understand why. I am defienetly going to contact the appropriate authorities about this. However although I think it is rigged and is therefore stealing from me I am going to continue to play anyway.
    Posted by cgoldie
    Oh my oh my......

    Too good, Sir, too good.
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  • EyemanEyeman Member Posts: 1,039
    edited February 2012
    The standard has improved, I used to win occasionally. Maybe I got worse.... yes, this seems more likely.
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  • devonfish5devonfish5 Member Posts: 4,291
    edited February 2012
    has the standards really improved on sky poker?
    if 62% are saying yes....
    well then it has.
    i think in every game or sport even,the bar is always being raised by the best
    players,and it,s then up to the "mear mortals"to try and follow.
    poker is no diferent,you get out what you put in!
    if you can learn from your mistakes,
    are prepared to put in a little or better still alot of time and effort
    almost anyone will improve.
    how much....that,s down to you.

    devon
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  • bigal36903bigal36903 Member Posts: 1,011
    edited February 2012
    i asked this question because i have improved my game but still alot of bad play..

    @ missbanker.. we are not saying anything about the boards that come. just the standard of play..


    even i have learnt to take my loses and wins as they come..

    sky is a good site for the games and community
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  • SpikeladSpikelad Member Posts: 406
    edited February 2012
    Yeah I don't see how this happens so often. I have never seen this on other sites or live. Perhaps occasionally 2 or even 3 of the same suit but never 4. I keep losing with AA on here as well somehow, almost 1/5 of the time and I just can't understand why. I am defienetly going to contact the appropriate authorities about this. However although I think it is rigged and is therefore stealing from me I am going to continue to play anyway.

    Goldie you have got to be posting this as sarcasm,it made me laugh anyway.Although we have strayed off topic here if you play enough live poker you will see all of the above happening.
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  • wayne1958wayne1958 Member Posts: 263
    edited February 2012
    any1 see c-4 last week poker stars i think? b-h, the guy had pocket jacks allin and floped a jack and then riverd a jack 4 quads, 
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  • cleaverjimcleaverjim Member Posts: 1,070
    edited February 2012
    The play on here is like any other on line site,Yes you get ludicros play and you get excellent play so i think its impossible to debate about it.

    We want bad players dont we?

    In the forum DTD 3x tournaments total of £5.50 you see all sides of the game but id say 75% of it is good play.
     
    LETS EAT THOSE FISH!
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  • SLAVERFiSHSLAVERFiSH Member Posts: 66
    edited February 2012
    Ive been around here for about a year or so and I definately thing the standard is improving on Sky.  I personally think the standard is higher on here than on Stars.

    Like many others ive got my own little BR Challenge going on on both sites and I find it much easier to build my BR on Stars.

    I put it down to the community on here. It takes experience to become a top player but with the TV Channel and Forums a novice who is keen to learn can soon rack up the knowledge to mix it up.
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  • penguin7penguin7 Member Posts: 1,095
    edited February 2012
    Over 5 years the standard has gone up a lot. Back then a competent player would not have to worry about variance in tournaments. Playing standard ABC and relying on others to make mistakes was enough.

    Now there are many more good players around, and a lot of guys who have the game to beat an ABC player.

    But there are always new players coming to the site and so we have a wide range of ability.

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  • EvilPinguEvilPingu Member Posts: 3,462
    edited February 2012
    Compared to the standard that I remember when I was sat up on schoolnights, watching the Open with Michelle Orpe and Norman Pace, the standard has definitely improved :)
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