Hi TK Me and the wife just been on a weeks break trecking around england, home tomorrow, but we are in Luton and just signed up with the G casino for the 8.30 £30 buy in holdem tonight with 4500 chips (whoopie) any tips playing here?. were not used to real table play just using it as a night out.
In Response to Re: Ask Tikay? : why not just giv everyone 2000 starting chips for a set price (£10-£20+ whatever your budgets are) and set blinds at 10 mins...with one rebuy and one add on for the first hour (for the same price), take a break after an hour for 20 mins or so, grab a tinny, sarnies,nibbles and a cigarette or 2, at the end divi up between top 3 players... prize money split (10 players @ £20=£200 ) £100 for 1st. £60 2nd and £40 3rd... the first out after the break becomes the dealer for the night. that should last the 3-4 hours you are aiming at and keep the game on a more informal basis, after all, you want it to be a good night all round without 'friends' losing their weeks wages. If it is a success you and your mates could take turns in hosting the evening... each one trying to out do the previous hosts spread (food and drink)..if that happens then maybe the host gets a free buy-in..but still has to by his re-buys and add-ons. hope this helps... good luck Posted by larry1959
Tikay, perhaps this should go in the clinic but wanting advice on specific MTT topic and have enjoyed your answers to other people.
I've recently won two MTT's, £5 and £11 entries but feel I have a major problem. It's when we get to the final table bubble I.E 3/4 handed. I quite often get to this stage but more often than not lose alot of chips/move down the positions. The blinds are usually very tough and i'm stuck between trying to run over the other players and protecting my stack in a shove poker environment.
Every hand you play is potentially for your tournament/majority of your stack and you can easily get through 50+ hands.
I know it's a difficult one and dependent on players but generally what's your perspective? Maybe i'll see you there tonight in TOT.
I'll try & catch up on this Thread tonight, or tomorrow. Been a bit waylaid the last few days, sorry.
And to DaveyDavey, well done last night in the TOTTY. I was just too tired to play it, I'm afraid, & I was still blogging, but the truth is, I plum forgot to enter it. My bad.
You playing tonight's TOTTY? If so, see you there!
How did you finish the £2500 double stack on WED Night Tikay.? You came onto my table but i got nabbed with trip 8s against my JJ,all in of course,always another day.
would you say its best to avoid any all in races in a tournament unless you are down to 10 big blinds as most off the time you are 50/50 with your whole tournament life at risk
finished 2nd twice in tournaments this week on sky poker, give me a solid tip for heads up play i want to turn these 2nd places into 1st's thanks kai Posted by KaiQom
More than any other position HU play comes down to 'feel' rather than technical ability.
There is a technical, mathematical side to it - but unlike most poker it's less to do with things like your outs and odds and more to do with things like the optimal bluffing frequency. As most people aren't going to keep a track of this then in practice it comes a lot more down to reading your opponent.
To improve your HU game I would suggest trying to improve your hand reading skills and people reading skills.
Hand reading: try to work out a range for your opponents based on their bet sizes and bet timing (and anything else you can pick up on) - any hands that go to showdown you can check how accurate you were.
People reading: try to work out "how" people play - look for signs of strength and weakness they give off.
These two elements will help improve your play at any stage of tournaments, but they are absolutely essential to HU play.
I have only been on this site for a few weeks so im keeping my stakes low,i have been in a few cash games and some sit n go's plus the usual freerolls but my fav ones are the headhunters..anyway the last 3/4 days i have been doing really badly,not my game style or approach but the cards im dealt,i know folk go on about the randomness of the dealer ect but one small stake headhunter i played in was shocking,i had so many 5,2 ..8,3 ..10,4 off i was thinking i was stuck in groundhog day,i can honestly say in around 8 to 10 levels i had 3 maybe 4 TRUE PLAYABLE HANDS ie K,Q...medium pair,,i even took note on what the outcome would have been had i played the poorer hands and 90% of them would have failed to hit or i would have been tagged as a bad player..i did total bluff's for a few hands just to mix it up but i feel you can only do this for so long before getting caught....so my question for you is this is there a way to play when hands you are dealt smell like a navvies sock?..as at a few points with the blinds going up i was getting close to getting blinded out without really playing any challenging hands...i have been playing poker for around 7 years but only over the last 2years have i been using the online sites,on this note may i say if i was in the casino i would be having a few diplomatic words with my dealer or the poker room manager with the hands i was recieving,i am a fairly good live player and can read folk fairly well plus my win/loss ratio is good,but to just sit tight and hope a semi-decent hand will come seems a bit like playing bingo...thanks owls777
hi tikay just wondered what time final table finished last year for stp final is there a chance everyone will be done to play the leauge stars tourney on sunday?
hi tikay just wondered what time final table finished last year for stp final is there a chance everyone will be done to play the leauge stars tourney on sunday? thanks rosjim Posted by rosjim1
Hi Rossy,
The finishing time is hard to predict, as we don't yet know the field size. The more runners, the later it may finish, & it is now looking like we will be north of 250 runners.
The structure is identical to the monthly (now fortnightly) DTD £300 Deepstack, which usually finishes at between 10pm & midnight, but that can vary too, as "business" is often agreed towards the end, which changes the play dynamic.
I will be very surprised indeed if it finishes before 10pm on the Sunday, & it may well run beyond midnight.
There is NO CHANCE of it finishing by 7pm or 8pm, no chance whatsoever.
whats it like to be bubblr boy, bubble boy Posted by johnboy741
Pretty good, actually. I bubble more than almost anyone I know, which can be viewed in a variety of ways. I'm going deep consistently, & that's exactly what my Tournament game plan is designed to do - keep going deep. As a result, I Bubble a lot, but I've never worried about that. Nobody who can afford to play poker can ever count themselves as unlucky.
hi tikay i was just wondering...because we no longer get taxed on betting, do proffesional poker players pay tax on there winnings? Posted by oneil10
Not in the UK, no.
In several countries, including the US of A, yes, they are taxed on winnings in Live Poker. They are not taxed on Online winnings in the US of A because, effectively, Online Poker is outlawed in North America, & you cannot impose a legal tax on an illegal ctivity.
I have only been on this site for a few weeks so im keeping my stakes low,i have been in a few cash games and some sit n go's plus the usual freerolls but my fav ones are the headhunters..anyway the last 3/4 days i have been doing really badly,not my game style or approach but the cards im dealt,i know folk go on about the randomness of the dealer ect but one small stake headhunter i played in was shocking,i had so many 5,2 ..8,3 ..10,4 off i was thinking i was stuck in groundhog day,i can honestly say in around 8 to 10 levels i had 3 maybe 4 TRUE PLAYABLE HANDS ie K,Q...medium pair,,i even took note on what the outcome would have been had i played the poorer hands and 90% of them would have failed to hit or i would have been tagged as a bad player..i did total bluff's for a few hands just to mix it up but i feel you can only do this for so long before getting caught....so my question for you is this is there a way to play when hands you are dealt smell like a navvies sock?..as at a few points with the blinds going up i was getting close to getting blinded out without really playing any challenging hands...i have been playing poker for around 7 years but only over the last 2years have i been using the online sites,on this note may i say if i was in the casino i would be having a few diplomatic words with my dealer or the poker room manager with the hands i was recieving,i am a fairly good live player and can read folk fairly well plus my win/loss ratio is good,but to just sit tight and hope a semi-decent hand will come seems a bit like playing bingo...thanks owls777 Posted by owls777
Hi Mr Owl.
Sometimes, luck being what it is, we have to sit & endure long spells without playable hands. And that is where the real skill of poker comes into play. Players like Praz, Sam Trickett, Jake Cody, Lolufold, Scotty77 et al do not need playable hands - they find "spots", "positions", "situations".
In short, when you are not getting hands, you just have to dance a little.
Now, a question for you, given your name is "Owls".
Are you aware of the very specific method that the Burrowing Owl uses to feed? It's really quite extraordinary, & a very neat trick indeed. But not one that you or I would necessarily enjoy......
In light of the 35 suited saga, going on in the general chat, you say that "you don,t ever know of a self-exclusion being overturned"
My question is - What if your girlfriend or wife pressed it when you nipped to the toilet or to make a brew etc etc as she was getting miffed that you were playing to much poker and not giving her enough attention.
Would it still be a no-no from Sky?
Ps - Ive posted it on here as I didn,t want to bring the topic back to the top of the forum as I think that thread has now run its course
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Hi TK
Me and the wife just been on a weeks break trecking around england, home tomorrow, but we are in Luton and just signed up with the G casino for the 8.30 £30 buy in holdem tonight with 4500 chips (whoopie) any tips playing here?. were not used to real table play just using it as a night out.
Cheers
I've recently won two MTT's, £5 and £11 entries but feel I have a major problem. It's when we get to the final table bubble I.E 3/4 handed. I quite often get to this stage but more often than not lose alot of chips/move down the positions. The blinds are usually very tough and i'm stuck between trying to run over the other players and protecting my stack in a shove poker environment.
Every hand you play is potentially for your tournament/majority of your stack and you can easily get through 50+ hands.
I know it's a difficult one and dependent on players but generally what's your perspective? Maybe i'll see you there tonight in TOT.
2nd place for £115.
Chip leader HU
KK v 44 and a wheel comes on.
next hand
QQ v AA
out.
haha, good night though
I'll try & catch up on this Thread tonight, or tomorrow. Been a bit waylaid the last few days, sorry.
And to DaveyDavey, well done last night in the TOTTY. I was just too tired to play it, I'm afraid, & I was still blogging, but the truth is, I plum forgot to enter it. My bad.
You playing tonight's TOTTY? If so, see you there!
thanks rosjim
The finishing time is hard to predict, as we don't yet know the field size. The more runners, the later it may finish, & it is now looking like we will be north of 250 runners.
The structure is identical to the monthly (now fortnightly) DTD £300 Deepstack, which usually finishes at between 10pm & midnight, but that can vary too, as "business" is often agreed towards the end, which changes the play dynamic.
I will be very surprised indeed if it finishes before 10pm on the Sunday, & it may well run beyond midnight.
There is NO CHANCE of it finishing by 7pm or 8pm, no chance whatsoever.
In several countries, including the US of A, yes, they are taxed on winnings in Live Poker. They are not taxed on Online winnings in the US of A because, effectively, Online Poker is outlawed in North America, & you cannot impose a legal tax on an illegal ctivity.
Sometimes, luck being what it is, we have to sit & endure long spells without playable hands. And that is where the real skill of poker comes into play. Players like Praz, Sam Trickett, Jake Cody, Lolufold, Scotty77 et al do not need playable hands - they find "spots", "positions", "situations".
In short, when you are not getting hands, you just have to dance a little.
Now, a question for you, given your name is "Owls".
Are you aware of the very specific method that the Burrowing Owl uses to feed? It's really quite extraordinary, & a very neat trick indeed. But not one that you or I would necessarily enjoy......
In light of the 35 suited saga, going on in the general chat, you say that "you don,t ever know of a self-exclusion being overturned"
My question is - What if your girlfriend or wife pressed it when you nipped to the toilet or to make a brew etc etc as she was getting miffed that you were playing to much poker and not giving her enough attention.
Would it still be a no-no from Sky?
Ps - Ive posted it on here as I didn,t want to bring the topic back to the top of the forum as I think that thread has now run its course