In Response to Re: Ask Tikay? : Hi It is probably because tikay does not have anything to do with that side of poker, so is outside his remit Posted by acebarry10
He will get back to you, even if it is just to say he can't help........... You're floggin a ded horse though, they wont budge on the issue of rake, people pay it, so they do it. Posted by DOHHHHHHH
very true - it doesn't bother me too much - though it's amazing how few people realise there are different rake levels on sky (did a little survey whilst playing). hopefully i'll be a good enough player to get out of the 7.5% rake level soon! practice makes perfect! thanks guys
Hi guys whilst watching the sky poker tv shows i hear alot about the live events, just wonderng how you find out about them and what are the conditions to enter etc? may be a stupid question any help would be appreciated Alex Posted by crookz
Hi crookz
No question is a stupid question , you can find out about the Sky Poker Tour if you click right here, you need to satelite into them, the Leeds stas will be starting soon
tikay ace ten clubs b4 flop player goes all in i call put out 2 aces i go all in before flop put out ace queen hearts before flop go all in called 9 j i go out full house 4s queens hav 2 go out beat off queens 4s just goes on and on even phoned last week and complained had a run three bounty hunters 2 jaks out first hand 2queens out first hand trip queens out first hand played casinos b4 mates apro never seen a run like it he sat watched me all nite 2 weeks ago friday every hand beat never won all nite every card possible 2 beat me every hand he says not bad luck impossible wat do u think asked about it before told me i was just having a bad run gone on 4 weeks tho i am not saying i am a good player but i am nobodys fool cant even say give me the cards and i will winbecause just does not happen 4 me wat u think
It the very first hand of a bounty hunter tournament.
I am delt pocket aces in the small blind, there is a limper just before the button, I make it 80 (blinds are 10 and 20) the big blind calls and so does the limper the flop comes 3s Jd 3h, as i am to act first i make a pot sized bet and the big blind folds the limper flat calls.
The turn comes 8c i make another pot size bet of 720 and again limper calls river comes 4s i move all in and get called by a Q3suited,
Should i have just checked on turn and see wot the limper does or have i played this correctly, i have no reads on opponent as it first hand, Also i had just been playing in another tourney and in two hands had aces and kings cracked by worse hand so may have been still a little upset.
In Response to Re: Ask Tikay? : Hi crookz No question is a stupid question , you can find out about the Sky Poker Tour if you click right here , you need to satelite into them, the Leeds stas will be starting soon Posted by acebarry10
Ahhhhhh Baz, this is why it's EXCELLENT to have you back pal
It the very first hand of a bounty hunter tournament. I am delt pocket aces in the small blind, there is a limper just before the button, I make it 80 (blinds are 10 and 20) the big blind calls and so does the limper the flop comes 3s Jd 3h, as i am to act first i make a pot sized bet and the big blind folds the limper flat calls. The turn comes 8c i make another pot size bet of 720 and again limper calls river comes 4s i move all in and get called by a Q3suited, Should i have just checked on turn and see wot the limper does or have i played this correctly, i have no reads on opponent as it first hand, Also i had just been playing in another tourney and in two hands had aces and kings cracked by worse hand so may have been still a little upset. IS there anything different i could have done Posted by alan1506
Not much, really, just a cooler.
Once the flop comes "paired" there is always a chance someone has your Aces beat.
It's a peculiar call by Villain Pre-Flop, but he does his money 90%+ of the time calling with Q-3, so don't worry about it, it's just a setback, & you win the coup most of the time.
I think once he calls me twice, I slow down, & maybe get off the hand, but really, it's just a cooler.
Forget about it & move on. If you play enough poker, you will get Aces beat every night of the week. If you play them properly, though (& you did), you will end up nicely in profit on them.
Hi guys whilst watching the sky poker tv shows i hear alot about the live events, just wonderng how you find out about them and what are the conditions to enter etc? may be a stupid question any help would be appreciated Alex Posted by crookz
Hi crookz,
AceBarry has answered the question perfectly. The Qualifying Satellites for SPT Leeds will start at the beginning of April.
Hi Tikay, one technical question re the rake on sky poker. Why is it 7.5% on the lower limit tables and 5% when you play higher? i understand the need for rake (its a commercial business after all) but i dont see why lower stakes players are "punished" the most. it costs the same to "run the table" whether the stakes are 1p/2p or £5/£10. obviously the profit's a lot smaller but players have to start somewhere and if like me you enjoy playing heads up at lower stakes table that extra 2.5% can make a big difference over time. is it really necessary/moral to charge the people who can least afford it the most to play the same game? will be interested to hear your thoughts. thanks, Ian Posted by igfbobby1
Hi Bobby,
Firstly, apologies for missing the question originally, & thank you for being understanding about it. You'd be amazed at how upset some peeps get if I miss a question, or a greeting, but I'd never swerve it deliberately, & I just struggle to cope with everything, & I miss stuff sometimes.
Difficult question to answer, really.
A service provider can charge whatever they wish, as long as they do so openly, & Clients have the choice of accepting or not. It's how the free market works the world over.
An Online Poker Room proivides a basket of value (or not), not just Reg Fee & Rake, but a whole bunch of other stuff, too. All of these things need to be factored into any price equation comparision.
Put simply, it's a business model decision, & I'm not party to their thinking on "why", nor is it right for me to question it, it's their perfect right, just as long as they do it openly & transparently, & Clients have the option of accepting, or not, as they see fit. No two supermarkets change the same price for identical products, but the overall "basket" of prices represents the true competiveness.
"Necessary/moral"......
"necessary", both parties have a choice, but it's not "necessary" as such. It's a business, though, & that's a decision they choose to make, & they do so in full possession of the data which we must presume tells them that the price is, in the true sense, cost effective. If the price of a product ever gets out of line, the sales data soon shows it so, & it's adjusted accordingly. We can assume much from that.
"moral". I'm not sure where "moral" comes into it, with due respect, I'm srtruggling to see any moral issue.
Good question, & I apologise again for the delay in replying.
In Response to Re: Ask Tikay? : There is no definitive answer to that, it depends how you define "better". There is no real measurable way of defining the "best" poker player. Fortunately, it does not matter. Posted by Tikay10
Good afternoon,I have been nosey and watched the big stake tables a few times imo they are all better than me and are on equal amounts in the skill factor,Playing those stakes they are as good as each other imo.
Just a quick line to partially vent my frustration at what just happened in Double Your Money tournament. Down to the last four and one player, who shall remain nameless, was quite vocal in the chatbox about only wanting the ladies to win (last bloke standing here) and was continually folding blinds to the other female avatars...fair enough I went out of the sit and go in fourth to a fair hand beaten by said player, but at one stage the other two female avatars were down to less than a thousand chips with blinds at 200-400.
Simply pointing out that I thought this sort of thing was bad play and frowned upon. Similar to announcing your hand in the chat with players still to act type thing.
Right, calmed down now, and posted the right one with all the swearing taken out
Just a quick line to partially vent my frustration at what just happened in Double Your Money tournament. Down to the last four and one player, who shall remain nameless, was quite vocal in the chatbox about only wanting the ladies to win (last bloke standing here) and was continually folding blinds to the other female avatars...fair enough I went out of the sit and go in fourth to a fair hand beaten by said player, but at one stage the other two female avatars were down to less than a thousand chips with blinds at 200-400. Simply pointing out that I thought this sort of thing was bad play and frowned upon. Similar to announcing your hand in the chat with players still to act type thing. Right, calmed down now, and posted the right one with all the swearing taken out Posted by Jinx566
Hi Jinx
I think I would seriously consider contacting Customer Care and passing this onto them.
will you be playing the 300 deepstack at dtd in a couple of weeks tikay? ive never played it before but im playing well at the minute so might take my first shot at it in april.
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I would try Customer Care
whilst watching the sky poker tv shows i hear alot about the live events,
just wonderng how you find out about them and what are the conditions to enter etc?
may be a stupid question
any help would be appreciated
Alex
No question is a stupid question
I am delt pocket aces in the small blind, there is a limper just before the button, I make it 80 (blinds are 10 and 20) the big blind calls and so does the limper the flop comes 3s Jd 3h, as i am to act first i make a pot sized bet and the big blind folds the limper flat calls.
The turn comes 8c i make another pot size bet of 720 and again limper calls river comes 4s i move all in and get called by a Q3suited,
Should i have just checked on turn and see wot the limper does or have i played this correctly, i have no reads on opponent as it first hand, Also i had just been playing in another tourney and in two hands had aces and kings cracked by worse hand so may have been still a little upset.
IS there anything different i could have done
Ahhhhhh Baz, this is why it's EXCELLENT to have you back pal
xx
Once the flop comes "paired" there is always a chance someone has your Aces beat.
It's a peculiar call by Villain Pre-Flop, but he does his money 90%+ of the time calling with Q-3, so don't worry about it, it's just a setback, & you win the coup most of the time.
I think once he calls me twice, I slow down, & maybe get off the hand, but really, it's just a cooler.
Forget about it & move on. If you play enough poker, you will get Aces beat every night of the week. If you play them properly, though (& you did), you will end up nicely in profit on them.
There is no real measurable way of defining the "best" poker player. Fortunately, it does not matter.
AceBarry has answered the question perfectly. The Qualifying Satellites for SPT Leeds will start at the beginning of April.
Firstly, apologies for missing the question originally, & thank you for being understanding about it. You'd be amazed at how upset some peeps get if I miss a question, or a greeting, but I'd never swerve it deliberately, & I just struggle to cope with everything, & I miss stuff sometimes.
Difficult question to answer, really.
A service provider can charge whatever they wish, as long as they do so openly, & Clients have the choice of accepting or not. It's how the free market works the world over.
An Online Poker Room proivides a basket of value (or not), not just Reg Fee & Rake, but a whole bunch of other stuff, too. All of these things need to be factored into any price equation comparision.
Put simply, it's a business model decision, & I'm not party to their thinking on "why", nor is it right for me to question it, it's their perfect right, just as long as they do it openly & transparently, & Clients have the option of accepting, or not, as they see fit. No two supermarkets change the same price for identical products, but the overall "basket" of prices represents the true competiveness.
"Necessary/moral"......
"necessary", both parties have a choice, but it's not "necessary" as such. It's a business, though, & that's a decision they choose to make, & they do so in full possession of the data which we must presume tells them that the price is, in the true sense, cost effective. If the price of a product ever gets out of line, the sales data soon shows it so, & it's adjusted accordingly. We can assume much from that.
"moral". I'm not sure where "moral" comes into it, with due respect, I'm srtruggling to see any moral issue.
Good question, & I apologise again for the delay in replying.
Right, calmed down now, and posted the right one with all the swearing taken out
I think I would seriously consider contacting Customer Care and passing this onto them.