i have a simple question, why is there tornys like take on tikay when ur never in them Posted by ice83
I think that's (largely) a very fair question, but we need to be honest with each other, & "never in them" is, to use a technical term, a fib.
My records are not complete, but I believe I have played in over 70% of all Take-on-tikay's since they begun, though since I went to Vegas in mid-June, & returned home mid-July, it is correct to say, not many at all. "Never" is incorrect though.
But that inaccuracy aside, you do make a fair point, & I apologise.
T-o-T began 1 night a week, & grew to 4 nights per week, Mon, Tues, Weds & Friday, though I recently asked that the Tuesday version - at £11, the most expensive - be ceased as & from last week, & it has, so it currently plays out on three nights.
It's likely that we will review these three nights very shortly, & if I cannot commit to playing them, I will ask that they be re-badged to exclude any reference to me. I have additional responsibilities within Sky Poker these days, so it's just not possible for me to play the majority of them any more.
I am pretty sure they will be replaced by "identi-kit" Tourneys, but without reference to my name.
Welcome to the Sky Poker Community, by the way, as I note this is your first Post.
I'm tinkering with the idea of buying in direct to the SPT Grand Final, which would be my first live event. I've been playing on the site in mixture of cash, s&g, and tournaments. Any tips as a potential newcomer to a live event?
Thanks
PS. Almost forgot, my girlfriend would love to meet you (that's not the reason for travelling to Nottingham :-)).
Hi Tikay I'm tinkering with the idea of buying in direct to the SPT Grand Final, which would be my first live event. I've been playing on the site in mixture of cash, s&g, and tournaments. Any tips as a potential newcomer to a live event? Thanks PS. Almost forgot, my girlfriend would love to meet you (that's not the reason for travelling to Nottingham :-)). Posted by laucal
Any tips? Sure - come along, & I'll give you a 5 minute "crash course" in live Poker, what to do, what not to do, etc. Hopefully, there will also be a little "Masterclass" for those that have never played Live.
It does not occur to many Online players that the dynamics &, to a degree, rules, of Live Poker are VERY different to Online poker, & they make complete fools of themselves when they debut live, so well done you for acknowledging that a few tips would not go amiss.
Talking of amiss, it would be lovely to meet your girlfriend.
sorry to bother you as i know your busy but i just wanted to ask you a quick one.a good while ago i won a free primo entry via a live show with rich and trev (end of june i believe) and has email from sky dan b telling me to let him know when i wanted it, i emailed and requested if i could play this sunday but not sure f message was received or in fact these prizes have some sort of time limit...i am off on holiday next friday for 3 weeks os would love to play it this sunday,cash and have a few more dollars to waste, please let me know if i am able to claim it for this week
how are the cards sorted because i do suffer bad beats EVERY TIME!!! Posted by thekipster
Try this
I think this is "selective memory" at work. You do not "lose all-ins every hand", but you remember the ones you do, & not those you don't.
If you actually think about it, the way the cards are shuffled & dealt - be it good or bad would not affect whether you repeatedly won or lost.
In Live Poker, if someone gets the same hand twice running, I often hear players say "oi, the cards are not being shuffled properly, I had the same cards 2 hands running". It fails to occur to them, I would surmise, that if the cards were NOT shuffled, they would NEVER get the same cards 2 hands running - it would be impossible, as the Button moves every hand.....
I do hope your luck soon improves, but it's best to look at how we play the game, & learn to understand variance, rather than blame the dealer, or Sky Poker, in my opinion.
how are the cards sorted because i do suffer bad beats EVERY TIME!!! Posted by thekipster
have you tried posting some of your bad beat hands in the poker clinic section of the forum where you can get some advice on how certain hands could have been played differently could be worth a try.
Are people still moaning about bad beats. I have noticed the players that seem to always be moaning about it are the supper tight agressive players that sit there dont play a hand for an hour then shove allin with jacks , queens ect. simple maths the more all your chips are in the middle the more bad beats you will take
how is it possible to avoid idiots like this and i feel i play well and get beat by terrible players every time. please review the hand listed and state why or how those players were even involved.
how is it possible to avoid idiots like this and i feel i play well and get beat by terrible players every time. please review the hand listed and state why or how those players were even involved. the hand id is 407374874 just shocked how bad players really can be Posted by rumsey
Hi rumsey
I am afraid tikay, like us cannot see other players Hand Histories, I would suggest you copy, and paste the hand to The Poker Clinic", just to see if you played the hand the best you could, you usually get very good answers, I would say, it is their money, they may play as they wish
In Response to Re: Ask Tikay? : Hi rumsey I am afraid tikay, like us cannot see other players Hand Histories, I would suggest you copy, and paste the hand to The Poker Clinic", just to see if you played the hand the best you could, you usually get very good answers, I would say, it is their money, they may play as they wish Posted by acebarry10
would just like to ask how you fix your cards on here i would like to set up my own site but not sure how to rig the deals and please do not tell me its not rigged i had AA and was called and beat by 5-7 ofcourse they caught the straight then had AA in tourny went allin was called with 10-j and yes they caught the straight too
would just like to ask how you fix your cards on here i would like to set up my own site but not sure how to rig the deals and please do not tell me its not rigged i had AA and was called and beat by 5-7 ofcourse they caught the straight then had AA in tourny went allin was called with 10-j and yes they caught the straight too Posted by thecovkid
Hi
I have copied and pasted a comment from tikay earlier in this thread:I'm sorry to see you have had a few outdraws, but nobody is exempt from them, they are part of poker, & we just need to learn to accept that the MORE bad calls people make against us, the more we will win. Simple!
We must not, however, allow ourselves to be seduced by selective or short-term memory - of course bad calls hit from time to time, but in most cases (mathematical fact) if we go in with the best hand, & WE PLAY IT PROPERLY, we will win over the longer term.
An oddity of poker, which I've never even begun to understand, is why some poker players berate bad plays, or bad players. Surely they'd do the opposite, loigically?
I have enboldened two sections of your question, where you seem to suggest it is Sky Poker's fault. Well the cards just come as they are dealt, or virtually shuffled by the RNG. If we start blaming Online Sites, or, in Live Poker, the Dealer, for outdraws, well I think there is a disconnect in our thinking.
In Response to Re: Ask Tikay? : Hi I have copied and pasted a comment from tikay earlier in this thread: I'm sorry to see you have had a few outdraws, but nobody is exempt from them, they are part of poker, & we just need to learn to accept that the MORE bad calls people make against us, the more we will win. Simple! We must not, however, allow ourselves to be seduced by selective or short-term memory - of course bad calls hit from time to time, but in most cases (mathematical fact) if we go in with the best hand, & WE PLAY IT PROPERLY, we will win over the longer term. An oddity of poker, which I've never even begun to understand, is why some poker players berate bad plays, or bad players. Surely they'd do the opposite, loigically? I have enboldened two sections of your question, where you seem to suggest it is Sky Poker's fault. Well the cards just come as they are dealt, or virtually shuffled by the RNG. If we start blaming Online Sites, or, in Live Poker, the Dealer, for outdraws, well I think there is a disconnect in our thinking. Posted by acebarry10
i understand the bad beat ratio but i also understand that the rake payes your wages so the more money put in the pot the more rake you take that is simple maths to and you encourage bad play and reward it so the bad players keep playing bad thinking they can win and in most casses on here they do so so i raise 4x 5x the blind and still get called but the bad player still calls and is rewarded so the outcome is a max rake hand for sky surely you should discourage bad play
hello sir sorry to bother you as i know your busy but i just wanted to ask you a quick one.a good while ago i won a free primo entry via a live show with rich and trev (end of june i believe) and has email from sky dan b telling me to let him know when i wanted it, i emailed and requested if i could play this sunday but not sure f message was received or in fact these prizes have some sort of time limit...i am off on holiday next friday for 3 weeks os would love to play it this sunday,cash and have a few more dollars to waste, please let me know if i am able to claim it for this week kind regards roy Posted by jesusdog22
Yo Roy,
Sorry, but I have only just seen this, & it is too late for me to action it in time for tonight, & Producer Dan is on holiday this weekend I'm afraid.
In these cases, it's best to contact Customer Care a few days in advance.
There is no "time-limit" to these things, so you can look forward to your prize when you return from your jollies. Hope the holiday goes well! Also, the note below is NOT connected to this instance, it's just a coincidence, but it seemed a good time to mention it.
GENERAL NOTE TO COMPETITION ENTRANTS & WINNERS
In future, ALL Tournament Entries offered via the Show on Ch 865, & this Community, will be DATE SPECIFIC. In other words, Prize Entries will be for a specific Tourney on a specific evening, & will NOT be transferable to alternative dates, so please read details BEFORE Entering.Thank youuuuuuuuuuuu
how are the cards sorted because i do suffer bad beats EVERY TIME!!! Posted by thekipster
Oh no you don't......
(Feel free to reply "oh yes I do".......)
Sir, I suggest you are exaggarating just a tinsy winsy bit. We ALL suffer so-called "bad-beats". Accepting & understanding that is key to enjoying poker.
If you really think you DO suffer bad beats "every time", feel free to post the Hand Histories of the last 10 hands you have lost. If all 10 are bad beats, & you played them correctrly, or even reasonably well, I will give you a FREE Entry to Tuesday's "Thews @ Ten".
Comments
My records are not complete, but I believe I have played in over 70% of all Take-on-tikay's since they begun, though since I went to Vegas in mid-June, & returned home mid-July, it is correct to say, not many at all. "Never" is incorrect though.
But that inaccuracy aside, you do make a fair point, & I apologise.
T-o-T began 1 night a week, & grew to 4 nights per week, Mon, Tues, Weds & Friday, though I recently asked that the Tuesday version - at £11, the most expensive - be ceased as & from last week, & it has, so it currently plays out on three nights.
It's likely that we will review these three nights very shortly, & if I cannot commit to playing them, I will ask that they be re-badged to exclude any reference to me. I have additional responsibilities within Sky Poker these days, so it's just not possible for me to play the majority of them any more.
I am pretty sure they will be replaced by "identi-kit" Tourneys, but without reference to my name.
Welcome to the Sky Poker Community, by the way, as I note this is your first Post.
Hi Tikay
I'm tinkering with the idea of buying in direct to the SPT Grand Final, which would be my first live event. I've been playing on the site in mixture of cash, s&g, and tournaments. Any tips as a potential newcomer to a live event?
Thanks
PS. Almost forgot, my girlfriend would love to meet you (that's not the reason for travelling to Nottingham :-)).
It does not occur to many Online players that the dynamics &, to a degree, rules, of Live Poker are VERY different to Online poker, & they make complete fools of themselves when they debut live, so well done you for acknowledging that a few tips would not go amiss.
Talking of amiss, it would be lovely to meet your girlfriend.
sorry to bother you as i know your busy but i just wanted to ask you a quick one.a good while ago i won a free primo entry via a live show with rich and trev (end of june i believe) and has email from sky dan b telling me to let him know when i wanted it, i emailed and requested if i could play this sunday but not sure f message was received or in fact these prizes have some sort of time limit...i am off on holiday next friday for 3 weeks os would love to play it this sunday,cash and have a few more dollars to waste, please let me know if i am able to claim it for this week
kind regards
roy
I think this is "selective memory" at work. You do not "lose all-ins every hand", but you remember the ones you do, & not those you don't.
If you actually think about it, the way the cards are shuffled & dealt - be it good or bad would not affect whether you repeatedly won or lost.
In Live Poker, if someone gets the same hand twice running, I often hear players say "oi, the cards are not being shuffled properly, I had the same cards 2 hands running". It fails to occur to them, I would surmise, that if the cards were NOT shuffled, they would NEVER get the same cards 2 hands running - it would be impossible, as the Button moves every hand.....
I do hope your luck soon improves, but it's best to look at how we play the game, & learn to understand variance, rather than blame the dealer, or Sky Poker, in my opinion.
Take care now.
I am afraid tikay, like us cannot see other players Hand Histories, I would suggest you copy, and paste the hand to The Poker Clinic", just to see if you played the hand the best you could, you usually get very good answers, I would say, it is their money, they may play as they wish
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geoffrey18WinTwo Pairs, Jacks and 5s£19.08 £19.08I have copied and pasted the hand to the poker clinic
would just like to ask how you fix your cards on here i would like to set up my own site but not sure how to rig the deals and please do not tell me its not rigged i had AA and was called and beat by 5-7 ofcourse they caught the straight then had AA in tourny went allin was called with 10-j and yes they caught the straight too
I have copied and pasted a comment from tikay earlier in this thread:I'm sorry to see you have had a few outdraws, but nobody is exempt from them, they are part of poker, & we just need to learn to accept that the MORE bad calls people make against us, the more we will win. Simple!
We must not, however, allow ourselves to be seduced by selective or short-term memory - of course bad calls hit from time to time, but in most cases (mathematical fact) if we go in with the best hand, & WE PLAY IT PROPERLY, we will win over the longer term.
An oddity of poker, which I've never even begun to understand, is why some poker players berate bad plays, or bad players. Surely they'd do the opposite, loigically?
I have enboldened two sections of your question, where you seem to suggest it is Sky Poker's fault. Well the cards just come as they are dealt, or virtually shuffled by the RNG. If we start blaming Online Sites, or, in Live Poker, the Dealer, for outdraws, well I think there is a disconnect in our thinking.
Sorry, but I have only just seen this, & it is too late for me to action it in time for tonight, & Producer Dan is on holiday this weekend I'm afraid.
In these cases, it's best to contact Customer Care a few days in advance.
There is no "time-limit" to these things, so you can look forward to your prize when you return from your jollies. Hope the holiday goes well! Also, the note below is NOT connected to this instance, it's just a coincidence, but it seemed a good time to mention it.
GENERAL NOTE TO COMPETITION ENTRANTS & WINNERS
In future, ALL Tournament Entries offered via the Show on Ch 865, & this Community, will be DATE SPECIFIC. In other words, Prize Entries will be for a specific Tourney on a specific evening, & will NOT be transferable to alternative dates, so please read details BEFORE Entering. Thank youuuuuuuuuuuu
(Feel free to reply "oh yes I do".......)
Sir, I suggest you are exaggarating just a tinsy winsy bit. We ALL suffer so-called "bad-beats". Accepting & understanding that is key to enjoying poker.
If you really think you DO suffer bad beats "every time", feel free to post the Hand Histories of the last 10 hands you have lost. If all 10 are bad beats, & you played them correctrly, or even reasonably well, I will give you a FREE Entry to Tuesday's "Thews @ Ten".