why is it there are far to many straight draws on this site theres 1 every other hand its awful game play????? Posted by hulk24
Sorry Hulk, I don't really understand your question.
Could you elaborate, please?
FWIW, every flop, on every onlline poker site on earth, & every B & M poker game, has a straight draw, albeit often only a runner-runner-straight draw. Every "turn" has a straight-draw, too.
Sky Poker use exactly the same poker rules as everyone else.
PS - Geeky factoid # 1.
For a straight to complete, either a 5 or a 10 HAS to be involved.
Geeky Factoid # 2.
The best bluff I ever saw was in the WSOP $10,000 Omaha Bracelet Event. Geezer had a starting hand of 10-10-10-10, which is just about as bad a starting hand as it is possible to have. The Board came A-K-Q-J-7, & our Hero therefore KNEW nobody could have the obvious nut straight here. So he played it mega-slow, & then check-raised, & took it down. Because he knew, 100%, nobody could call.
There are 4 other Hi-Lo articles in the same series, too - see "Strategy Articles" on the lower left hand side of the Page I have linked you to.
Above all.....
1) Do NOT enter pots unless you think you have some semblance of a chance to win BOTH Pots.
2) Remember that hands like (which include) A-K & A-Q, which are almost "premium" in Hold Em, are pretty useless in any form of Omaha.
3) Even Aces - A-A-x-x single-suited are not much cop in any form of Omaha UNLESS you can get it heads up pre, & even then are not much of a favourite against 4 random cards. A-A-9-3 single suited is only EVEN Money in regular Omaha - barely favourite - against, say, 7-8-9-10 Double-Suited. (51% v 49% in fact, so a "flip"). I am referring to what might be known as "bad aces" - say, A-A-9-3 single suited, as opposed to "good Aces", (A-A-9-3 Double Suited) where in the same hand, the odds would now become 60%-40%. So even the difference between "good" & "bad" Aces is massive in Omaha.
4) Forget EVERYTHING you know about hand-rankings from Hold Em if you wish to play Omaha regular, or Omaha Hi-Lo, profitably. If you try to transfer hand-rankings & starting hand criteria from Hold Em to Omaha you will lose all your money. And fast. They are totally different games, (as different as Rugby League & Rugby Union) & the necessary skillset does not easily transfer across.
In Response to Re: Ask Tikay? : Yes Michael - see the article HERE There are 4 other Hi-Lo articles in the same series, too - see "Strategy Articles" on the lower left hand side of the Page I have linked you to. Above all..... 1) Do NOT enter pots unless you think you have some semblance of a chance to win BOTH Pots. 2) Remember that hands like (which include) A-K & A-Q, which are almost "premium" in Hold Em, are pretty useless in any form of Omaha. 3) Even Aces - A-A-x-x single-suited are not much cop in any form of Omaha UNLESS you can get it heads up pre, & even then are not much of a favourite against 4 random cards. A-A-9-3 single suited is only EVEN Money in regular Omaha - barely favourite - against, say, 7-8-9-10 Double-Suited. (51% v 49% in fact, so a "flip"). I am referring to what might be known as "bad aces" - say, A-A-9-3 single suited, as opposed to "good Aces", (A-A-9-3 Double Suited) where in the same hand, the odds would now become 60%-40%. So even the difference between "good" & "bad" Aces is massive in Omaha. 4) Forget EVERYTHING you know about hand-rankings from Hold Em if you wish to play Omaha regular, or Omaha Hi-Lo, profitably. If you try to transfer hand-rankings & starting hand criteria from Hold Em to Omaha you will lose all your money. And fast. They are totally different games, (as different as Rugby League & Rugby Union) & the necessary skillset does not easily transfer across. Posted by Tikay10
Thanks Tony for answering so quickly have just had a quick look at the link there's quite a bit of info to take in so i will study it more over the weekend as for the month of June i will be playing more of hi-lo cash tables very much appreciate the info above
In Response to Re: Ask Tikay? : Thanks Tony for answering so quickly have just had a quick look at the link there's quite a bit of info to take in so i will study it more over the weekend as for the month of June i will be playing more of hi-lo cash tables very much appreciate the info above many thanks michael Posted by DTWBANDIT
You are most welcome Michael.
Thank you also for the PM you sent me drawing attention to your Forum Post. I replied to that, too.
why does no one post on my posts and my account has been hacked for a £100. no help from sky, no help from the communicaty. NOTHING. SO COULD YOU HELP ME???
Tikay ... How do you manage to get proficient at all the games in Dealers Choice. I was just wondering rather then actually intending to dip my toe Keep Smiling HAL_9000 Posted by HAL_9000
Hi HAL,
In short, you don't.
The games you are not good at, or don't like, you can "sit-out" from.
When playing DC, I prefer to avoid Irish, Pineapple, Paduki, & especially Hold Em, so when someone selects any of those, I just say to the Dealer "deal me out please".
Given the choice, I only play Omaha High, Omaha Hi-Lo, Super-Stud, Stud, Hi-Lo Stud, & Lowball.
Tikay, does sky take a rake from winnings on MTT holdem tournaments. Of late my balance does not appear to reflect my total winnings from tournaments. Kind regards Posted by gingerlama
Hi gingerllama,
No - there are NO deductions from Tournament winnings. A "registration fee" is taken in advance, & that's it, nothing else.
If you have a genuine Account Query, probably best to speak to Customer Care.
To check your winnings (or "losings"!), click "My Account" at the top left of the page, & all your "ins & outs" are clearly displayed there.
Delighted to hear you have been winning - nice one, keep it up.
What is your oppinion of adding a multi table tournament double your money to sky poker. I think it would give players new to the game a chance to get involved in multi table tournaments with a realistic chance to get in the money and give them more confidence. Do you think its worth asking the rest of the players if they would like or dislike this idea.
In Response to Re: Ask Tikay? : Hi Tabby, This season's Sky Poker Tour has already been to Manchester, it was Leg One, & as next season's plans have yet to be fina lisedI don't know when it will next return to Manchester. The Grand Final will be held in Nottingham in September, though, which is only an hour South, so maybe we will see you there. Posted by Tikay10
Tikay can you put a good word in for blackpool for next year lol - i'd love a close one - I'm a Morecambe Bay boy so wouldn't even need a hotel for that one
In Response to Re: Ask Tikay? : Tikay can you put a good word in for blackpool for next year lol - i'd love a close one - I'm a Morecambe Bay boy so wouldn't even need a hotel for that one Posted by ACESOVER8s
In Response to Re: Ask Tikay? : Hi HAL, In short, you don't. The games you are not good at, or don't like, you can "sit-out" from. When playing DC, I prefer to avoid Irish, Pineapple, Paduki, & especially Hold Em, so when someone selects any of those, I just say to the Dealer "deal me out please". Given the choice, I only play Omaha High, Omaha Hi-Lo, Super-Stud, Stud, Hi-Lo Stud, & Lowball. Posted by Tikay10
Cheers Boss
I notice a healthy "dislike" for Holdem creeping in now that OHL is on the Sky scene
A Forum regular, who Posts a lot of advice - good advice, to - in the "Poker Clinic", asked a question on here, then removed it, as they felt I was a little too busy to reply, & it was a complex question. But I remembered the question, & answered some of it privately via PM.
The gist of the question was this.
By giving good advice in "The Poker Clinic", are they giving away the secrets of their own game, & therefore decreasing their ability to make a profit, & if so, should they cease giving poker advice?
I replied, & with factual stats to back it up, that the chances of that happening were very remote indeed. I proved, mathematically, that the chances were 1 in several thousand of anyone who shares a Table with him/her of even seeing the replies, in fact.
But there was also another angle to this.
Helping others to improve themselves is surely one of THE great joys in life. "It's good to give", nothing is more satisfying, surely? We were all hopeless when we began at poker, some of us still are, in fact, but we remember with gratitude & affection those who helped us in our early days, do we not?
Heres a story, 100% true, which demonstrates my view.
I have a hero in business life, a man by the name of Warren Buffett, & I have every book ever written about him, & there are many.
Google or wiki him, he's probably America's richest man, or nearly so. He's a very odd man, too, very morally upright, very "humane" as to how he makes money. At the last count, he was worth £42 BILLION. He has children, but instead of leaving the cash to them, he has bequeathed almost every cent to The Gates Foundation, a most worthy Charity run by Bill Gates, he of Microsoft, & Bill's wife, Melinda.
He made his money by following certain investment principles. No matter what the current vogue, no matter how out of touch they claimed he was (he's over 80 now), he stuck to his guns, did it HIS way, & achieved quite astounding returns. For him, AND his Clients. In poker, the equivelant would be Tom Dwan, or whoever, who seems unbeatably good.
But here's the thing. Lots of people wondered how he did it, what was the secret, & he developed a following, people "coat-tailing" him, trying to find his secret.
So he told them how he does it. Everything, he held nothing back. He spends THREE DAYS A WEEK doing this, & has even set up a Classroom **** Conference Centre in the little town he lives in. (Which, by the way, is called "Omaha"). The "students" arrive by the bus-load, two sessions per day, & after the seminars, he takes them all to dinner. At his expense. He does not charge a cent for any of this, it's all 100% free.
Asked why, he just says "what is it to make money & succeed, if I cannot have the pleasure & satisfaction of helping others do the same? I may die rich, but I'd rather die knowing I helped a few along the way. And I like to be liked - surely, most of us do, don't we?".
And how did he become so clever, how did he learn to do what he does so well? Simple. Another guy taught him, exactly as he teaches others. (The other guy was called Ben Graham).
Who are we to argue with Warren Buffett, & Ben Graham, who has made, personally, more money for himself, & millions of others, than any living American, despite telling everyone how he does it?
So that's my answer. Give a little, it does no harm, & lots of good.
In Response to Re: Ask Tikay? : Cheers Boss I notice a healthy "dislike" for Holdem creeping in now that OHL is on the Sky scene Keep Smiling HAL_9000 Posted by HAL_9000
Good question! But the reply will have to wait until tomorrow, I'm afraid, as I am off out now.
Comments
Could you elaborate, please?
FWIW, every flop, on every onlline poker site on earth, & every B & M poker game, has a straight draw, albeit often only a runner-runner-straight draw. Every "turn" has a straight-draw, too.
Sky Poker use exactly the same poker rules as everyone else.
PS - Geeky factoid # 1.
For a straight to complete, either a 5 or a 10 HAS to be involved.
Geeky Factoid # 2.
The best bluff I ever saw was in the WSOP $10,000 Omaha Bracelet Event. Geezer had a starting hand of 10-10-10-10, which is just about as bad a starting hand as it is possible to have. The Board came A-K-Q-J-7, & our Hero therefore KNEW nobody could have the obvious nut straight here. So he played it mega-slow, & then check-raised, & took it down. Because he knew, 100%, nobody could call.
hi tikay have been playing 2p/4p hi-lo do you have any tips or strategy for starting hands?? dtw
There are 4 other Hi-Lo articles in the same series, too - see "Strategy Articles" on the lower left hand side of the Page I have linked you to.
Above all.....
1) Do NOT enter pots unless you think you have some semblance of a chance to win BOTH Pots.
2) Remember that hands like (which include) A-K & A-Q, which are almost "premium" in Hold Em, are pretty useless in any form of Omaha.
3) Even Aces - A-A-x-x single-suited are not much cop in any form of Omaha UNLESS you can get it heads up pre, & even then are not much of a favourite against 4 random cards. A-A-9-3 single suited is only EVEN Money in regular Omaha - barely favourite - against, say, 7-8-9-10 Double-Suited. (51% v 49% in fact, so a "flip"). I am referring to what might be known as "bad aces" - say, A-A-9-3 single suited, as opposed to "good Aces", (A-A-9-3 Double Suited) where in the same hand, the odds would now become 60%-40%. So even the difference between "good" & "bad" Aces is massive in Omaha.
4) Forget EVERYTHING you know about hand-rankings from Hold Em if you wish to play Omaha regular, or Omaha Hi-Lo, profitably. If you try to transfer hand-rankings & starting hand criteria from Hold Em to Omaha you will lose all your money. And fast. They are totally different games, (as different as Rugby League & Rugby Union) & the necessary skillset does not easily transfer across.
many thanks michael
Thank you also for the PM you sent me drawing attention to your Forum Post. I replied to that, too.
no help from sky, no help from the communicaty.
NOTHING. SO COULD YOU HELP ME???
In short, you don't.
The games you are not good at, or don't like, you can "sit-out" from.
When playing DC, I prefer to avoid Irish, Pineapple, Paduki, & especially Hold Em, so when someone selects any of those, I just say to the Dealer "deal me out please".
Given the choice, I only play Omaha High, Omaha Hi-Lo, Super-Stud, Stud, Hi-Lo Stud, & Lowball.
Kind regards
No - there are NO deductions from Tournament winnings. A "registration fee" is taken in advance, & that's it, nothing else.
If you have a genuine Account Query, probably best to speak to Customer Care.
To check your winnings (or "losings"!), click "My Account" at the top left of the page, & all your "ins & outs" are clearly displayed there.
Delighted to hear you have been winning - nice one, keep it up.
You need to google super6 password, I am sorry, but passwords for ouside tournys are never given out on the forum
Tikay can you put a good word in for blackpool for next year lol - i'd love a close one - I'm a Morecambe Bay boy so wouldn't even need a hotel for that one
If you mean the Birthday freeroll it is in red i this section of the forum.
+1 that would be awesome
A Forum regular, who Posts a lot of advice - good advice, to - in the "Poker Clinic", asked a question on here, then removed it, as they felt I was a little too busy to reply, & it was a complex question. But I remembered the question, & answered some of it privately via PM.
The gist of the question was this.
By giving good advice in "The Poker Clinic", are they giving away the secrets of their own game, & therefore decreasing their ability to make a profit, & if so, should they cease giving poker advice?
I replied, & with factual stats to back it up, that the chances of that happening were very remote indeed. I proved, mathematically, that the chances were 1 in several thousand of anyone who shares a Table with him/her of even seeing the replies, in fact.
But there was also another angle to this.
Helping others to improve themselves is surely one of THE great joys in life. "It's good to give", nothing is more satisfying, surely? We were all hopeless when we began at poker, some of us still are, in fact, but we remember with gratitude & affection those who helped us in our early days, do we not?
Heres a story, 100% true, which demonstrates my view.
I have a hero in business life, a man by the name of Warren Buffett, & I have every book ever written about him, & there are many.
Google or wiki him, he's probably America's richest man, or nearly so. He's a very odd man, too, very morally upright, very "humane" as to how he makes money. At the last count, he was worth £42 BILLION. He has children, but instead of leaving the cash to them, he has bequeathed almost every cent to The Gates Foundation, a most worthy Charity run by Bill Gates, he of Microsoft, & Bill's wife, Melinda.
He made his money by following certain investment principles. No matter what the current vogue, no matter how out of touch they claimed he was (he's over 80 now), he stuck to his guns, did it HIS way, & achieved quite astounding returns. For him, AND his Clients. In poker, the equivelant would be Tom Dwan, or whoever, who seems unbeatably good.
But here's the thing. Lots of people wondered how he did it, what was the secret, & he developed a following, people "coat-tailing" him, trying to find his secret.
So he told them how he does it. Everything, he held nothing back. He spends THREE DAYS A WEEK doing this, & has even set up a Classroom **** Conference Centre in the little town he lives in. (Which, by the way, is called "Omaha"). The "students" arrive by the bus-load, two sessions per day, & after the seminars, he takes them all to dinner. At his expense. He does not charge a cent for any of this, it's all 100% free.
Asked why, he just says "what is it to make money & succeed, if I cannot have the pleasure & satisfaction of helping others do the same? I may die rich, but I'd rather die knowing I helped a few along the way. And I like to be liked - surely, most of us do, don't we?".
And how did he become so clever, how did he learn to do what he does so well? Simple. Another guy taught him, exactly as he teaches others. (The other guy was called Ben Graham).
Who are we to argue with Warren Buffett, & Ben Graham, who has made, personally, more money for himself, & millions of others, than any living American, despite telling everyone how he does it?
So that's my answer. Give a little, it does no harm, & lots of good.
Don't let me forget, though!