I am really just getting into my game though I have been on the site for 18 months or more. I seem to be able to hold my own and win often, but then seem to lose it again which suggests consistency is an issue. What is the best way to get some close analysis and coaching of my game and what is the best way to gather meaningful data to help analysis?
I am really just getting into my game though I have been on the site for 18 months or more. I seem to be able to hold my own and win often, but then seem to lose it again which suggests consistency is an issue. What is the best way to get some close analysis and coaching of my game and what is the best way to gather meaningful data to help analysis? Posted by bi6web666
I would suggest copying and pasting hands you are unsure about into "The Poker Clinic", you will get some great replies.
Heads up Tikay.......there's plaudits coming your way!!
Hi Tikay,
I'm new to the site and indeed the game. I came across the Sky Poker channel a couple of weeks ago and understanding your logical explanations, i became interested in learning to play. I'd played before for play money online some years ago but had no idea of the importance of position etc and found it very unedifying. I lost interest. The easy manner and friendly but informative presentation from yourself, Trevor, Richard(well sometimes!) and the rest of the team rekindled my interest. I registered on the site on 30th june, researched the internet for recommended starter manuals and was lucky to source two in a second hand bookshop for a few quid to go with my 'Playing texas hold 'em online' paperback. So with these and the skypoker clinics, lessons and winners journey progs i started to get a feel for the game. In fact, you could say i was hooked. Maybe as a retired(i'm 52 but enough is enough!) mathematics teacher, i've always enjoyed probablity, statistics and logic which is a foundation stone of the game.
So i summoned the corage to play....thoroughly enjoying it. I bought into Survivor on tuesday for £4 and managed to get through to the final on saturday finishing 12th/19 but reaching the final provided so much experience and insight. ......but more was to come.....
I'd joined a casino in Liverpool in january but hadn't been. However, i found that they put on live multi-table tournaments during the week. So last night i went to play in my first ever live tournament. It was even televised online for one feature table with chipped cards so you could see the hands.
Armed with a list of of bullet points headed by words such as discipline and ended with the word, patience, in capital letters combined with a strategy for shifting gears thro' the quartiles, i sat down. Three hands in the first hour was maybe a little too tight but i wanted to ease my way into it and feel confident in what was going on. My third hand played, TT, enabled me to maintain an average stack at the first break where i got the add-on. First target achieved......
Now get past half way. This i'd managed just as i was moved to the feature table. Lights, cameras, action! I sat down putting my jacket over the back of the chair. Had anyone seen my little poker book stuffed in my inside pocket? Hope not. I'd managed to get a text off to Sue and she, with great aplomb surfed the internet, found the site and start watching me playing!! Blinds got bigger and i was a little hesitant so got down to 10 BB's and looked for my spot to shove. Got two callers to my all-in and tripled up. Above average stack now. I felt more confident and more zoned though not having the exact figure of the pot size did aggravate when i was working out pot odds as compared to direct odds. In fact, Tikay, one chap at an earlier table had said that i wasn't allowed to ask. Was he right? The dealer said the rule had been changed now and that i could but to only ask three times in the evening as it hinders speed of play. For a big decision its essential to know, isn't it?
On another occasion, a chap on my left raised all-in and was folded all the way around. I asked for the pot size in order to calculate the pot odds. He got irritated telling me how i should just put it in as it was only £10k. I felt pressurised but refused to budge or be rushed. What could i have done about that situation. I did complain to the pit boss at the interval who was very good and said he'd keep an eye on the situation. By the way i folded my hand but busted him after the break with QQ.......very satisfying!! Maybe they should stack in separate piles of coloured chips thus making it easier to count for players.
Sue was seeing my hands on the screen and later told me that she was screaming "NO! DON'T BET FOR CHRIST'S SAKE!" at her laptop when someone the pot had a better hand. No, i know it's not as straightforward as that. After all,
"The bet is sacrisanct in poker"
another of your sayings, i believe! It really must have been **** for her. Bless!!
Well i did suck out twice, oncewith an Ace on the river to give me a Run T-A using my Q as my opps two pair AK's and J's. As you say though, 'if you're going to do well in a tournament then you're going to have to race a couple of times'. FOn another occasion, flopping JT7 rainbow with 89 suited in my hand after an opening raise in early position to disguise my hand was particularly satisfying as it was a technique expressly mentioned and suggested in the book i've been studying about using suited connectors. Anyway he bet all-in with a low stack and lost.
We got down to the bubble and i smiled to myself as i'd been watching you and Rich that very day talking about the bubble and playing aggressively so i took your advice and went for the win! I bust the player on the bubble and become the chip leader dominating my opponents stacks.
So, in the money. Target achieved. I played heads up aggressively always raising but refusing to call all-in bets until i felt happy. Your right it really is a different facet of the game. Maybe it's purest form too. Time was on my side .The blinds were big (6000/12000) and whittling my opponent, Paul's stack away. The rest is history when he went all in with high cards to my JJ. ...... ......FIRST PLACE and £255 in my pocket. Was i dreaming?
Pul and i had a friendly drink and a chat at the bar to talk over outr thoughts about the game. When i'd told him how new i was. to the game.....he didn't believe me and thought i was joshing. Finally he did accept my version and we had a good laugh about it.
It gave me a real buzz Tikay and i can't thank you and the team enough. I hope that Trevor isn't too downhearted seeing his beloved Arsenal breaking up(Walcott next to go now, isn't he?) and one day i look forward to meeting you all, maybe on the Sky Poker tour to thank you for adding another hobby string to my bow along with golf, photography painting and the spanish guitar(now that DOES need some serious work!!)
Thanks for taking the time out to read this. I hope you enjoyed Vegas. I enjoyed your blog. Sue and i are planning a trip touring California and Hawaii for october lasting three weeks. Vegas is on the itinery for a couple of days so i may just find myself at the Bellagio for a afternoon MTT just for the fun of it as its on my Bucket List now!!! You never know, I may be staying!!!!
How come the flops on here are so dodgy. How can you go all in firstly with kings then with aces within five hands of each other and lose both times.Answer that mr tikay.
How come the flops on here are so dodgy. How can you go all in firstly with kings then with aces within five hands of each other and lose both times.Answer that mr tikay. Posted by russ137
How come the flops on here are so dodgy. How can you go all in firstly with kings then with aces within five hands of each other and lose both times.Answer that mr tikay. Posted by russ137
Hi Tikay do you have a poker leauge for players who cant afford the a lot i play live poker 2times a week in a leauge for £5 with 5000 chips would be good do u have any think like that on here cos if u do i will play. cos theres no way i can get into the top 10 in cash or your mtt or any other so about the spelling im not a bad player i can hold my own and in live games ive won a lot but i not to bad on here
How come the flops on here are so dodgy. How can you go all in firstly with kings then with aces within five hands of each other and lose both times.Answer that mr tikay. Posted by russ137
its not just here even in life game its the same and in cash i had AA and the other peson had KK i didnt he add it the flop come down Ak2 on the turn k and the river 9 that was for £700 and the other hand it was only to hands later i got KKs and the big blind got AAs and the flop was Akk the turn was 7 and the river was an A and that was for £1100 so its not just on this site lol
I play in a weekly game at my local and the standard is getting better - but recently as people have starting 3, 4 and 5 betting the bet sizes have become an issue.
We're good as far as - - a call must match the size of the big blind, the first raise must be the size of the big blind plus a minimum raise of the size of the big blind, - but what comes next? and what if someone can't make the correct size of the bet? and if he can't, do the following players just have to call his bet or do they have to make up the full amount that the bet should have been???
If you can make any sense of that and can give me some pointers it would be much appreciated
hi I play in a weekly game at my local and the standard is getting better - but recently as people have starting 3, 4 and 5 betting the bet sizes have become an issue. We're good as far as - - a call must match the size of the big blind, the first raise must be the size of the big blind plus a minimum raise of the size of the big blind, - but what comes next? and what if someone can't make the correct size of the bet? and if he can't, do the following players just have to call his bet or do they have to make up the full amount that the bet should have been??? If you can make any sense of that and can give me some pointers it would be much appreciated cheers Posted by _tboy823_
if you are the first 1 to rais the bet must be dubble the big bllnd and the after that you can rais what ever you want 4instance say the blinds are 50 / 100 and you rais it 200 i ca rerais it to 300 or even 1000 it dose'nt matter and say if you only have 750 u can call but evey1 els must call the 1000 and thats how you get a side pot and the same in cash unles the player with the lest amount of chips gose all in then 4 that bet you can only call his bet and not rais till the flop comes down. i hop you can under stand what i have said lol
withdrew money 2 weeks ago never won a hand since just gone out 2 aa all in beat off 9 4 why does this happen after u withdraw money read the community not just me players say after withdraw nose dive why
Thanks Tikay. Have done as you suggested, just a bit of a biff when doing this blog stuff. Sorry for the late reply, as I have been away graffting for a bit. Please give me any feed back on the apple ipad business if possible.
I joined sky poker a few nights back now and think its great, some very good players here too and I enjoy watching on the tele very much. I do have a question though....
If player A goes all in on the turn and is then called by player B , player A then flips his cards over thinking its a show down but player C is still to act.
Now, player C already has the flush but player A has a nut flush when the river was turned. Whats the rules in general for a player revealing their hand before the action has finished ?
Quick question, I've just played the £50gtd freeroll (tournament no.4818990) and I'd just like to say I find the rebuy and addon feature a joke.
To play the freeroll you have to buyin with 'poker points' as your site says this is a promotion, however any rebuy or addon is not added onto the £50guaranteed freeroll pot, unless it exceeds the £50 mark?
I feel this is unacceptable, for example, in this tournament there were 106 (rebuys and addons inclusive), but only £3 was added to the pot, not the £53 I felt should of been... Therefore Sky is having its pot paid for by players who rebuy/addon, and as above I thought poker points were a promotion!!!!!!!! If you addon at the break which I did (under the impression the money would be added to the pot), and do not rebuy, hence putting 50p into Skys £50 guaranteed pot, you have to finish at least 10th to gain your money back!!!!!!
Your thoughts on this from you and your team would be gratefully appreciated! This is not to do with the money, as I was playing for a bit of 'fun', however I feel all players are being cheated by not explaining the rebuy/addon is not added to the pot...
A favour if possible please master, Caesars sell a shaving foam called Gilchrist & Soames, it is the best in the world and i forgot to buy some while there, i have tried on line but no luck. If you do find yourself over there and remember you will be my hero.
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Heads up Tikay.......there's plaudits coming your way!!
Hi Tikay,
I'm new to the site and indeed the game. I came across the Sky Poker channel a couple of weeks ago and understanding your logical explanations, i became interested in learning to play. I'd played before for play money online some years ago but had no idea of the importance of position etc and found it very unedifying. I lost interest. The easy manner and friendly but informative presentation from yourself, Trevor, Richard(well sometimes!) and the rest of the team rekindled my interest. I registered on the site on 30th june, researched the internet for recommended starter manuals and was lucky to source two in a second hand bookshop for a few quid to go with my 'Playing texas hold 'em online' paperback. So with these and the skypoker clinics, lessons and winners journey progs i started to get a feel for the game. In fact, you could say i was hooked. Maybe as a retired(i'm 52 but enough is enough!) mathematics teacher, i've always enjoyed probablity, statistics and logic which is a foundation stone of the game.
So i summoned the corage to play....thoroughly enjoying it. I bought into Survivor on tuesday for £4 and managed to get through to the final on saturday finishing 12th/19 but reaching the final provided so much experience and insight. ......but more was to come.....
I'd joined a casino in Liverpool in january but hadn't been. However, i found that they put on live multi-table tournaments during the week. So last night i went to play in my first ever live tournament. It was even televised online for one feature table with chipped cards so you could see the hands.
Armed with a list of of bullet points headed by words such as discipline and ended with the word, patience, in capital letters combined with a strategy for shifting gears thro' the quartiles, i sat down. Three hands in the first hour was maybe a little too tight but i wanted to ease my way into it and feel confident in what was going on. My third hand played, TT, enabled me to maintain an average stack at the first break where i got the add-on. First target achieved......
Now get past half way. This i'd managed just as i was moved to the feature table. Lights, cameras, action! I sat down putting my jacket over the back of the chair. Had anyone seen my little poker book stuffed in my inside pocket? Hope not. I'd managed to get a text off to Sue and she, with great aplomb surfed the internet, found the site and start watching me playing!! Blinds got bigger and i was a little hesitant so got down to 10 BB's and looked for my spot to shove. Got two callers to my all-in and tripled up. Above average stack now. I felt more confident and more zoned though not having the exact figure of the pot size did aggravate when i was working out pot odds as compared to direct odds. In fact, Tikay, one chap at an earlier table had said that i wasn't allowed to ask. Was he right? The dealer said the rule had been changed now and that i could but to only ask three times in the evening as it hinders speed of play. For a big decision its essential to know, isn't it?
On another occasion, a chap on my left raised all-in and was folded all the way around. I asked for the pot size in order to calculate the pot odds. He got irritated telling me how i should just put it in as it was only £10k. I felt pressurised but refused to budge or be rushed. What could i have done about that situation. I did complain to the pit boss at the interval who was very good and said he'd keep an eye on the situation. By the way i folded my hand but busted him after the break with QQ.......very satisfying!! Maybe they should stack in separate piles of coloured chips thus making it easier to count for players.
Sue was seeing my hands on the screen and later told me that she was screaming "NO! DON'T BET FOR CHRIST'S SAKE!" at her laptop when someone the pot had a better hand. No, i know it's not as straightforward as that. After all,
"The bet is sacrisanct in poker"
another of your sayings, i believe! It really must have been **** for her. Bless!!
Well i did suck out twice, oncewith an Ace on the river to give me a Run T-A using my Q as my opps two pair AK's and J's. As you say though, 'if you're going to do well in a tournament then you're going to have to race a couple of times'.
FOn another occasion, flopping JT7 rainbow with 89 suited in my hand after an opening raise in early position to disguise my hand was particularly satisfying as it was a technique expressly mentioned and suggested in the book i've been studying about using suited connectors. Anyway he bet all-in with a low stack and lost.
We got down to the bubble and i smiled to myself as i'd been watching you and Rich that very day talking about the bubble and playing aggressively so i took your advice and went for the win! I bust the player on the bubble and become the chip leader dominating my opponents stacks.
So, in the money. Target achieved. I played heads up aggressively always raising but refusing to call all-in bets until i felt happy. Your right it really is a different facet of the game. Maybe it's purest form too. Time was on my side .The blinds were big (6000/12000) and whittling my opponent, Paul's stack away. The rest is history when he went all in with high cards to my JJ. ......
......FIRST PLACE and £255 in my pocket. Was i dreaming?
Pul and i had a friendly drink and a chat at the bar to talk over outr thoughts about the game. When i'd told him how new i was. to the game.....he didn't believe me and thought i was joshing. Finally he did accept my version and we had a good laugh about it.
It gave me a real buzz Tikay and i can't thank you and the team enough. I hope that Trevor isn't too downhearted seeing his beloved Arsenal breaking up(Walcott next to go now, isn't he?) and one day i look forward to meeting you all, maybe on the Sky Poker tour to thank you for adding another hobby string to my bow along with golf, photography painting and the spanish guitar(now that DOES need some serious work!!)
Thanks for taking the time out to read this. I hope you enjoyed Vegas. I enjoyed your blog. Sue and i are planning a trip touring California and Hawaii for october lasting three weeks. Vegas is on the itinery for a couple of days so i may just find myself at the Bellagio for a afternoon MTT just for the fun of it as its on my Bucket List now!!! You never know, I may be staying!!!!
cheers
Steve aka profman15
Fold Pre, Much safer!!
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I play in a weekly game at my local and the standard is getting better - but recently as people have starting 3, 4 and 5 betting the bet sizes have become an issue.
We're good as far as - - a call must match the size of the big blind, the first raise must be the size of the big blind plus a minimum raise of the size of the big blind, - but what comes next? and what if someone can't make the correct size of the bet? and if he can't, do the following players just have to call his bet or do they have to make up the full amount that the bet should have been???
If you can make any sense of that and can give me some pointers it would be much appreciated
cheers
I am sorry, but naming and shaming on the forum is a no, no.
Thanks Tikay.
Have done as you suggested, just a bit of a biff when doing this blog stuff.
Sorry for the late reply, as I have been away graffting for a bit.
Please give me any feed back on the apple ipad business if possible.
Big Deka.
Hi Tikay,
I joined sky poker a few nights back now and think its great, some very good players here too and I enjoy watching on the tele very much. I do have a question though....
If player A goes all in on the turn and is then called by player B , player A then flips his cards over thinking its a show down but player C is still to act.
Now, player C already has the flush but player A has a nut flush when the river was turned. Whats the rules in general for a player revealing their hand before the action has finished ?
Many thanks : )
Quick question, I've just played the £50gtd freeroll (tournament no.4818990) and I'd just like to say I find the rebuy and addon feature a joke.
To play the freeroll you have to buyin with 'poker points' as your site says this is a promotion, however any rebuy or addon is not added onto the £50guaranteed freeroll pot, unless it exceeds the £50 mark?
I feel this is unacceptable, for example, in this tournament there were 106 (rebuys and addons inclusive), but only £3 was added to the pot, not the £53 I felt should of been... Therefore Sky is having its pot paid for by players who rebuy/addon, and as above I thought poker points were a promotion!!!!!!!! If you addon at the break which I did (under the impression the money would be added to the pot), and do not rebuy, hence putting 50p into Skys £50 guaranteed pot, you have to finish at least 10th to gain your money back!!!!!!
Your thoughts on this from you and your team would be gratefully appreciated! This is not to do with the money, as I was playing for a bit of 'fun', however I feel all players are being cheated by not explaining the rebuy/addon is not added to the pot...
Cheers,
Gav
If you do find yourself over there and remember you will be my hero.
cheers
Ian