I've only been playing poker for 4 or five months.I've played in a few freeroll mtt's and recently finnished 106th out of 10500 entrants before that I was regularly finnishing in the top 1000.I won't be a big money player as funds are limited,but I want to play proper poker but don't want to be out of my depth,are there novice tables on Sky Poker and is there anything else I could do or read to improve my game.I watch Sky 865 regularly and it's been very helpfull if not at times confusing,however that might be down to my lack of understanding.Thankyou Dave Head(BUBSEY13)
I have a simple question for you, or is it. Hang on a minuit i think we need to look in depth at this and maybe the only way to answer is to say you either agree or dissagree and i am sure there will be many on both sides.
Well its all about my findings since I started playing poker. O and i had better point out that I only started playing poker last November, October time. Some will of course have started the old LOL now but Im not stupid like I look like I am with this ear phrazoligy n my disgustin biker ways. Ha HA LOL got u all back. But seriously I helped teach my oldest son A level maths and Physics, he is now an accountant and a very accomplished poker player in casinos.
I will make some points, 1) Some of the very good advice given out by the presenters on sky simply does not work at the small blind levels where i play. I wonder how many new players go broke like I did but never come back. I only came back because Sky E-mailed me with a very attractive looking promo.
I am thinking of two things here in particular, aggression and if u have less than 10 big blinds. I have found aggression is the quickest way to go broke at small blind levels. Even if u start with rockets the chances are u will get to many callers. Somone gets lucky because there are so many of them n rivers u far to often for this to work.
I also see how aggression works brilliantly when there is more at stake. This important fact was never made clear to me when it needed to be, when i was a foolish begineer watching sky poker on the TV.
Now if u have less than 10 big blinds you are told that u are in bad trouble n there is very little hope so first sine of reasonable hole cards throw the lot in. This is a load of rubbish n in this case i think it is still a load of old rubbish even in big time land. I recently on another site came back from less than 1 big blind mid way threw a tourny to hit the final table out of over 900 starters. O K so i got lucky. But the point is I was skint I needed to make the cash to get me in the next one. It is easy with only 3 or 4 big blinds to sit tight and by just picking of the occasional hand go much deeper into a tourny. Also the longer u stay in the more usefull information u are picking up which is vital for the new player.
Ive got a few more points to make but this is goin on a bit so they can wait. And i am fully aware I might be talking a load of ....... because i am very new.
A quick one would be make some tables only availiable to very new players.
I must say though when I started on Sky mid November I very quickly doubled my first deposit and thort I was a poker god. Inevitably i crashed and burned big style. But if I had not come back to sky I would never have had the privilige and fun of meeting a rite nice bunch of people and i can say that so far this is the only one i have played on that seem fair.
However by coming back I discovered that some very nice very good players had droped down from higher ground to where I was n picked me off n smashed me n....
Ok im ok Im ok....... Now I learnin fast n ive now got more money in my account than I ever deposited so something is going my way 4 a change. So to those who smashed me up I thank u for giving me a goal to aim at. Im coming no doubt about it Im coming n when I get there I will attempt to give out a **** good thrashing. See u soon when I will prob get smashed again but at least I have a dream.
In closing I have a complaint to make bout Rich Orford. Now Ive had a rubbish life n bin quite ill recently, undiagnosed diabetes for years n years n a damaged heart. I only say this cus its relivant to what has happened. Im 49 so im not to old but im no youngster either, more a shy retirering type, a recluse would be more accurate. I was watchin Rich on TV n he was bangin on bout he was going to be at Luton by midnight n how he wanted somone to keep a model there called kitty. Well im a bit inqi well first thing i do next mornin is bang on the comp google images and the name, omg ffs. I must av passed out or somthin cus I woke up in the foetal position on my livinroom floor with my thum in my mouth. Not good 4 a 49 year old.
Thats not the worst of it though the images were still on the comp n my sons n a few others had been in n out omg.
Did this really happen ? only you can decide.
Finnally TK and im serious now never ever give out my real name n if u ever want me in the studio u will have 2 provide a mask n call me Kendo Bonny Saki. Bye
Hi tikay im travelling to vegas at the beginning of july on hol i was just wondering where the best place is to play low to medium stakes cash/tourny hold'em poker?? any suggestions?? neil
TK can you look at Doh's thread in strategy section please... its at the top you should find it ok... these sort of spots i struggle in so much... obviously a check raise is often very strong but it could be a check raise bluff or a check raise semi bluff. So i would call the flop and re evaluate on the turn. On the turn he fires again but he is doing this regardless of his hand after check raising the flop so i think a call is fine here to... on the river... i think if villain fires here then its unlikely to be a bluff and so i would fold if my hand does not improve on the river to a 3rd barrel... however doh got 2 pair on the river so i think that's a call in this situation... your thoughts would be much appreciated.
hi tikay just to say had great weekend at luton,went out very early,but nevermind! your crew even grabbed me for an interview for my name is......,just wondering was there any freebies handed out as we never see anything,also i see a few people with skypoker to put on your cards dont spose i can have one of those can i and maybe t-shirt,hat or something.as i hate going in front of camera,but then thought why not,anyway had great time was sat next to sharksbite both fri and then sat tourny so thats prob why i never lasted long!! cheers anyway your doing good job
Hi tikay, you da man. Here's a couple o queeries for you. 1) What is the longest winning streak someone has had on Double Your Money games 2) What is your favourite starting hand in Omaha 3) Not taking into account payments from presenting gigs and the like but just from playing cards are you in profit through poker? Cheers.
hi tikay i was wondering are you still inviting the 12k bounty hunter victor back to defend thier crown or as that finished? or has that never happened and ive just been imagining that for the past couple of months lol. hope your feeling better from the other night.
Hi tikay, you da man. Here's a couple o queeries for you. 1) What is the longest winning streak someone has had on Double Your Money games 2) What is your favourite starting hand in Omaha 3) Not taking into account payments from presenting gigs and the like but just from playing cards are you in profit through poker? Cheers. Posted by Darntootin
I won 10 in a row couple of weeks back, i was wondering the same thing about DYM winning streaks.
Hi Tikay, i was just wondering if there could be more televised analysis of DYM Sit n Go tournys because at the min it's primarily big MTT's and cash games that are shown?
I will try & get up to date with the questions today, also the PM's. I had one PM on Sunday - a VERY long & complex one, containing a whole range of questions - & I got a complaint this morning that I had yet to answer it. Please bear with me, I'll try to do as many of the PM's today as I can.
I will try & get up to date with the questions today, also the PM's. I had one PM on Sunday - a VERY long & complex one, containing a whole range of questions - & I got a complaint this morning that I had yet to answer it. Please bear with me, I'll try to do as many of the PM's today as I can. Posted by Tikay10
People asking for help and opinion and then complaining? A man of less moral fibre than yourself Tikay may want to reply to that with some outlandish advice that would do the culprit no good lol
Hi Tikay, i was just wondering if there could be more televised analysis of DYM Sit n Go tournys because at the min it's primarily big MTT's and cash games that are shown? cheers, kiewoods Posted by kiewoods
Hi Kiewoods,
Really, that's one for the Producers of the TV Shows. I'll pass it on to them, & you can also ask them yourself by using THIS Board.
If we think this through, the likely reasons that DYM's are not featured much become clear.
They are 6 seat SNG's, with THREE players all winning exactly the same amount. So there is no 1st, 2nd, or 3rd as such. You either get top three & double up, or not.
In essence, DYM's are all about what happens when there are 4 players left. Before that, they are pretty standard, & after that, there is no more "proper" play, as the top three all get the same, so play becomes meaningless & most shove blind once it's down to 3.
So I don't think, overall, they would make compelling, or even very interesting, viewing for the core audience.
What would be interesting is some discussion of "optimal play" when 4 handed, & I'll certainly make the Producers aware of your interest.
hi tikay i was wondering are you still inviting the 12k bounty hunter victor back to defend thier crown or as that finished? or has that never happened and ive just been imagining that for the past couple of months lol. hope your feeling better from the other night. cheers rosjim1 Posted by rosjim1
Hi rosjim.
The feature was called, if I recall correctly, "Defend Your Crown" (DYC), & it was not a figment of your imagination, I remember it well. But I've not done a Thursday Showfor some time, (but I will be this Thursday!) so "I don't know" is the short answer. I'll find out, & get back to you when I know - hopefully today.
Thank you for enquiring as to my health. I just have a touch of flu - "man-flu", which, as you know, is extremely unpleasant, in fact far worse, I would imagine, than childbirth or a headache. I am reasonably optimistic that I may yet survive.
In Response to Re: Ask Tikay? : Hi rosjim. The feature was called, if I recall correctly, "Defend Your Crown" (DYC), & it was not a figment of your imagination, I remember it well. But I've not done a Thursday Showfor some time, (but I will be this Thursday!) so "I don't know" is the short answer. I'll find out, & get back to you when I know - hopefully today. Thank you for enquiring as to my health. I just have a touch of flu - "man-flu", which, as you know, is extremely unpleasant, in fact far worse, I would imagine, than childbirth or a headache. I am reasonably optimistic that I may yet survive. Posted by Tikay10
I have now e-Mailed Suit-City about this, & should get a reply very shortly.
In Response to Re: Ask Tikay? : Hi Kiewoods, Really, that's one for the Producers of the TV Shows. I'll pass it on to them, & you can also ask them yourself by using THIS Board. If we think this through, the likely reasons that DYM's are not featured much become clear. They are 6 seat SNG's, with THREE players all winning exactly the same amount. So there is no 1st, 2nd, or 3rd as such. You either get top three & double up, or not. In essence, DYM's are all about what happens when there are 4 players left. Before that, they are pretty standard, & after that, there is no more "proper" play, as the top three all get the same, so play becomes meaningless & most shove blind once it's down to 3. So I don't think, overall, they would make compelling, or even very interesting, viewing for the core audience. What would be interesting is some discussion of "optimal play" when 4 handed, & I'll certainly make the Producers aware of your interest. Posted by Tikay10
yeh to be honest i agree with what you're saying, just wanted to get on the tele and bring a bit of fame into my life really! lol. thanks for getting back to me,
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Hi Bubsey, organist, I'll reply to you both in the morning, as I'm a bit busy tonight, & I want to reply properly.
Thanks.
Hello TK.
I have a simple question for you, or is it. Hang on a minuit i think we need to look in depth at this and maybe the only way to answer is to say you either agree or dissagree and i am sure there will be many on both sides.
Well its all about my findings since I started playing poker. O and i had better point out that I only started playing poker last November, October time. Some will of course have started the old LOL now but Im not stupid like I look like I am with this ear phrazoligy n my disgustin biker ways. Ha HA LOL got u all back. But seriously I helped teach my oldest son A level maths and Physics, he is now an accountant and a very accomplished poker player in casinos.
I will make some points, 1) Some of the very good advice given out by the presenters on sky simply does not work at the small blind levels where i play. I wonder how many new players go broke like I did but never come back. I only came back because Sky E-mailed me with a very attractive looking promo.
I am thinking of two things here in particular, aggression and if u have less than 10 big blinds.
I have found aggression is the quickest way to go broke at small blind levels. Even if u start with rockets the chances are u will get to many callers. Somone gets lucky because there are so many of them n rivers u far to often for this to work.
I also see how aggression works brilliantly when there is more at stake. This important fact was never made clear to me when it needed to be, when i was a foolish begineer watching sky poker on the TV.
Now if u have less than 10 big blinds you are told that u are in bad trouble n there is very little hope so first sine of reasonable hole cards throw the lot in. This is a load of rubbish n in this case i think it is still a load of old rubbish even in big time land. I recently on another site came back from less than 1 big blind mid way threw a tourny to hit the final table out of over 900 starters. O K so i got lucky. But the point is I was skint I needed to make the cash to get me in the next one. It is easy with only 3 or 4 big blinds to sit tight and by just picking of the occasional hand go much deeper into a tourny. Also the longer u stay in the more usefull information u are picking up which is vital for the new player.
Ive got a few more points to make but this is goin on a bit so they can wait. And i am fully aware I might be talking a load of ....... because i am very new.
A quick one would be make some tables only availiable to very new players.
I must say though when I started on Sky mid November I very quickly doubled my first deposit and thort I was a poker god. Inevitably i crashed and burned big style. But if I had not come back to sky I would never have had the privilige and fun of meeting a rite nice bunch of people and i can say that so far this is the only one i have played on that seem fair.
However by coming back I discovered that some very nice very good players had droped down from higher ground to where I was n picked me off n smashed me n....
Ok im ok Im ok....... Now I learnin fast n ive now got more money in my account than I ever deposited so something is going my way 4 a change. So to those who smashed me up I thank u for giving me a goal to aim at. Im coming no doubt about it Im coming n when I get there I will attempt to give out a **** good thrashing. See u soon when I will prob get smashed again but at least I have a dream.
In closing I have a complaint to make bout Rich Orford. Now Ive had a rubbish life n bin quite ill recently, undiagnosed diabetes for years n years n a damaged heart. I only say this cus its relivant to what has happened. Im 49 so im not to old but im no youngster either, more a shy retirering type, a recluse would be more accurate. I was watchin Rich on TV n he was bangin on bout he was going to be at Luton by midnight n how he wanted somone to keep a model there called kitty. Well im a bit inqi well first thing i do next mornin is bang on the comp google images and the name, omg ffs. I must av passed out or somthin cus I woke up in the foetal position on my livinroom floor with my thum in my mouth. Not good 4 a 49 year old.
Thats not the worst of it though the images were still on the comp n my sons n a few others had been in n out omg.
Did this really happen ? only you can decide.
Finnally TK and im serious now never ever give out my real name n if u ever want me in the studio u will have 2 provide a mask n call me Kendo Bonny Saki. Bye
neil
Hi ntg,
I'll be getting up to date on this Thread, & the outstanding questions, including yours, this afternoon, bear with me please.
I'll take a look in a bit Mr Blackfish Sir!
Be interesting to see what some of the TP-ers, past & present, make of it, too.
hope your feeling better from the other night.
cheers rosjim1
cheers, kiewoods
I will try & get up to date with the questions today, also the PM's. I had one PM on Sunday - a VERY long & complex one, containing a whole range of questions - & I got a complaint this morning that I had yet to answer it. Please bear with me, I'll try to do as many of the PM's today as I can.
Really, that's one for the Producers of the TV Shows. I'll pass it on to them, & you can also ask them yourself by using THIS Board.
If we think this through, the likely reasons that DYM's are not featured much become clear.
They are 6 seat SNG's, with THREE players all winning exactly the same amount. So there is no 1st, 2nd, or 3rd as such. You either get top three & double up, or not.
In essence, DYM's are all about what happens when there are 4 players left. Before that, they are pretty standard, & after that, there is no more "proper" play, as the top three all get the same, so play becomes meaningless & most shove blind once it's down to 3.
So I don't think, overall, they would make compelling, or even very interesting, viewing for the core audience.
What would be interesting is some discussion of "optimal play" when 4 handed, & I'll certainly make the Producers aware of your interest.
The feature was called, if I recall correctly, "Defend Your Crown" (DYC), & it was not a figment of your imagination, I remember it well. But I've not done a Thursday Showfor some time, (but I will be this Thursday!) so "I don't know" is the short answer. I'll find out, & get back to you when I know - hopefully today.
Thank you for enquiring as to my health. I just have a touch of flu - "man-flu", which, as you know, is extremely unpleasant, in fact far worse, I would imagine, than childbirth or a headache. I am reasonably optimistic that I may yet survive.
kiewoods