F.A. cup final weekend & although I dont support either team, I watched for the 1st time in 20 years, meant i didnt play as much poker as would have liked but at least it was a profitable day.
I look at the likes of Dazzler & Devonfish the volume of games they put in. I am definatley going with the tortoise approach to increase my bankroll :-)
only played 4 x £2.225 Dym's yesterday but won them all, also managed to win £0.35 in a freeroll so pretty good.
Also played the deep stack afternoon tourney again, which although I normally only play sng's I have found it to be great fun (not the losing) & the banter in the chatbox has really helped me feel at home on Sky. thanks again to thedon90 for organising it & I really hope it becomes a regular event here.
House to myself yesterday so I could settle down & enjoy a day's poker, all seems good till I lose 4 out of the 1st 5 games.
Playing dym's is like a game of snakes & ladders I just wish this tortoise was better at climbing ladders than riding on the back of snakes.
Gave myself a good talking too ( well there was no-one else here) & this seemed to do the trick, & cashed in the next 10/10 as well as qualify for monday's survivor.
Yesterday was a very sad day for the Sky poker community, with the loss of Acebarry10. I didnt have the pleasure of making his acquaintance or playing him on the poker tables, however I had heard Tikay mention him with great affection & he was obviously a truly nice man & cornerstone of the community. Somehow playing poker seemed secondary on such a day.
I don't know whether Barry had a favourite tournament that could be renamed in his honour, or should the afternoon league get the go ahead then it could be known as the ABM , AceBarry Memorial League.
On a personal note it was one of those days where staying +ve was very tough.
Huge congratulations to yidette9 who took down the DTD event last night.
Well done Lorraine you thoroughly deserved it as one of the nicest people I have met during my short term here. :-) :-)
Another up & down day playing the dym's (No thats wrong way round down & up )
Am now starting to build up notes on various players & even the one's its best to avoid. :-)
Has anyone got any thoughts as to when the most profitable (if that's the right word ) time is to be playing the dym's, specifically the £2.25 level ?
Looking forward tonight to playing the deepstack tourney organised by GregHogg in memory of acebarry10, hopefully it attracts a huge number of runners.
Last couple of days I have been trying the DYM laddering challenge & kept coming unstuck at the £2.25 level, which hurt as i had built the bankroll up quite nicely playing the Dym's at that level. Have now just won the £5.50 level 6 which takes the bankroll to £71.05.
What on earth do I do now?? would love to take the next level on but that is now a huge chunk of the roll, or do i be conservative ( a coward ) & stick to playing the £2.25 as I had promised myself till i got over £100 + . Knowing that this is the last level at which failure would mean an overall loss, do I take the money and run??
Ok woggie has been woogie for 2 weeks playing on sky poker, & the biggest difference is everyone is British!!
This may sound like an obvious statement, but it makes Sky poker a much harder site to play on than an international site, playing a 6 max sng you could guarantee that 3 of the other players would be donks/fishes/clowns/muppits or even when i started fronks (french donks). In other words if the line on your fishing rod was strong enough, cashing was fairly easy.
To the French playing poker was secondary, they just loved their avatar to make as much noise as possible & rejoicing in the misfortune of other players. To everyone's dismay the French government decided that they could only play on French poker sites, therefore a lot of easy money was removed from the tables.
When it comes to the Greeks, you can see why the Greek economy is in desperate trouble if it is run by their poker players, to your average Greek any rag ace is a monster hand & they can hardly conceal the delight at any pocket pair, with great cheers & laughing out loud.
The Australians are like a nation divided , the men & the women. The Aussie male treats poker as an ego trip & once they are in a pot they never let go regardless of their holding. Aussie women on the other hand are a joy to play, quiet unassuming & always apologising for the actions of Aussie males & therefore refusing to bet unless they have the stone cold nuts.
The Dutch are very much a nation of gamblers and seem to take no notice of odds at all, or the possibility that other players in the hand may have something better & there seems to be a glitch in the Dutch software which turns any call/raise into "all in"
The Germans are very much as you would expect, the minimum of fuss & risk taking so if in a pot with a German & he bets, you fold.
The other main obvious difference between Sky & the 3D poker site is a lot of recreational players who basically enjoy pressing buttons, as a result there are a lot more tells available including that a players cards are face down to himself & others are able to see when a player has to remind himself of his own cards, as the avatar will also take a quick look.
Sky is also a much faster site, which therefore results in there being fewer comments in the chat box, basically nh or ty, whereas you would think with the other that you had dropped in on some International dating agency.
I am really enjoying my time on sky poker, however, my fishing rod misses the action on the other site.
Last night just proved what a game of extremes poker can be, from miserable dejection to jubilant elation in a couple of hours. A little longer than it took on sunday going the other way round as a Man Utd fan.
Played Dym's during the day at my usual tortoise pace, up a bit down a bit usual stuff. Then in my inbox i got a call to arms from the captain, Hitman_RV, to play in last nights forum DTD, having built my roll up from the starting £10 this would be my 1st chance to represent Team Hit Squad.
So I duly registered for all 3 deepstack events, ready to do battle, but wishing i had a bit more practice in deepstack tournaments than 4 days in the afternoon league. These fears would prove to be unfounded, however I wasnt quite prepared for what was to follow.
I had also qualified for monday's survivor from the previous day, so suddenly i found myself trying to multitable 3 tournaments at the same time (Easy for a lot of you i know ) All of a sudden each of the tables seemed to be pushing to the front demanding my attention, and the noises coming out of my speakers was like bleep central to me.
It wasn't long before 3 bad decisions later, 3 flips lost. The survivor one really hurt as I had enough chips to coast through & all I had to do was fold!!. I was by 8.10 looking at the lobby. Well there was no chance of me doing well in the DTD tonight I thought, not feeling too well with a blinding headache I seriously thought about calling it a night and de-reg from the Take on Tikay.
Feeling that I was a failure but one thing I have never been is a quitter decided why not play it for the experience & after all it was only 1 table. So with the only light in the room from my laptop & the speakers switched off Woogie went on a journey to Boogie Wonderland.
I apologise for not wishing players "good luck" in the chat box or joining in the banter but it was very difficult in the dark. As the evening progressed & this time I was winning the odd races I started to think oh well if I make the final 20 get in the money then I will get my money back & had some fun. The deeper you then go your sights alter & you take another peek at the payout structure, top 10 finish & i will have doubled my buy-in happy days :-)
A message then appeared in the chat box, congratulations you have made the "final table" Ok time to switch the light on, at this point I thought wonder how many people were now watching as all of a sudden names appeared from nowhere in the chat box. It's a shame that on the table information it doesn't tell you the number of observers.
At this point i was probably 3rd in chips & thinking don't blow it when all of a sudden I found myself all in with 2 other players, bad move I thought as the cards went over, by now with the light on I just typed "oops" in the chat box so i had no real idea what happened but all of a sudden there are 2 empty seats & I have a huge pile of chips. Some good cards followed & I found myself heads up with Engy. By now the adrenalin is really flowing, it doesnt matter what the time is & for a little while the headache is forgotten. An enjoyable heads up followed but Engy was short on chips & his attention was also on the FT in the mini. (Hope it went well m8)
Eventually the final race was run & Woogie was in Boogie Wonderland.
Thanks to all the railers who made it even more fun, to all the other players who never moaned once, if i put a bad beat on them & congratulations to all the other winners & those that cashed.
So i learned three valuable lessons in my poker life,
Nice post above Mike and very nice result last night in the TOTTY!
Not sure if you have ever used mini view yet but it is a god send when multi tabling. I always use it on a Monday DTD night plus I also have each lobby open (but minimised) so I can check on progress/stack sizes etc, if needed.
The banter/rail on reaching the final stages of these tournaments are something to behold on Sky.
I hope you manage to play again in these DTD games as it is basically a fun night for a fiver, plus sometimes an added bonus like above of some return!
Great post and very well done Mike for the win from a fellow squaddie. I was in the 3 last night with varying degree of success. Came seventh in one , was hoping for a final table spot but my A10 was beated by a A7 ! Other two: Straight beaten by a Full House on the river! sigh KK beaten by QQ - 3rd Queen came on the turn! sigh Keep the faith! Mike Posted by VespaPX
Cheers m8 & fellow squaddie, nice to know you liked the post, its appreciated.
Sounds like a tough but standard night for yourself dont you just hate the "Sky poker river"
Nice post above Mike and very nice result last night in the TOTTY! Not sure if you have ever used mini view yet but it is a god send when multi tabling. I always use it on a Monday DTD night plus I also have each lobby open (but minimised) so I can check on progress/stack sizes etc, if needed. The banter/rail on reaching the final stages of these tournaments are something to behold on Sky. I hope you manage to play again in these DTD games as it is basically a fun night for a fiver, plus sometimes an added bonus like above of some return! Well done again. Posted by MAXALLY
Thanks Maxally,
Not a very nice result, for me & my meagre bankroll it was brilliant lol.
I have used the mini view but there is no chat box on that option so I decided on the main option as there is more chat in tournies than your average sng. I think next time tho I will give your method a try.
And if i am not playing the FT again, I will join the fun in the chatbox.
As you know your way round sky m8, Is it possible for me to find out what happened in the hand that 3 of us went all in ?
Congratulations, that's an impressive win, the DTD games attract a tougher field than usual for the buy-in. It would take a long time to win that much playing DYMs, are you tempted to dabble in MTTs a bit more often now?
In Response to Re: POKER IN MY LIFE : Thanks Maxally, Not a very nice result, for me & my meagre bankroll it was brilliant lol. I have used the mini view but there is no chat box on that option so I decided on the main option as there is more chat in tournies than your average sng. I think next time tho I will give your method a try. And if i am not playing the FT again, I will join the fun in the chatbox. As you know your way round sky m8, Is it possible for me to find out what happened in the hand that 3 of us went all in ? Thanks again for your nice comments Mike Posted by Woogie8688
Yes. Go to 'my sky poker' tab above and click on hand history. A screen will then come up where you can search for your hands. Select 'holdem' in type of game, and 'tournaments' in format and hands from last 1 day. Then look for Take on Tikay hands and look at for a massive pot near the end. I hope this helps.
AFAIC, I think you had AJ v KK v A10 and you binked a straight on the river. Those are the flips we need to win to go on and win tournaments. Also remember this hand the next time your KK gets cracked and it softens the tilt. Unfortunately, players never remember the 'good' flips but go off on one when they lose a 'bad' flip. As it was a DTD game, Mr KK man actually took it in his stride and said nh;gl in chat. (whilst playing volley football with his cat no doubt!, lol)
Ok woggie has been woogie for 2 weeks playing on sky poker, & the biggest difference is everyone is British!! This may sound like an obvious statement, but it makes Sky poker a much harder site to play on than an international site, playing a 6 max sng you could guarantee that 3 of the other players would be donks/fishes/clowns/muppits or even when i started fronks (french donks). In other words if the line on your fishing ro d was strong enough, cashing was fairly easy. To the French playing poker was secondary, they just loved their avatar to make as much noise as possible & rejoicing in the misfortune of other players. To everyone's dismay the French government decided that they could only play on French poker sites, therefore a lot of easy money was removed from the tables. When it comes to the Greeks, you can see why the Greek economy is in desperate trouble if it is run by their poker players, to your average Greek any rag ace is a monster hand & they can hardly conceal the delight at any pocket pair, with great cheers & laughing out loud. The Australians are like a nation divided , the men & the women. The A ussie male treats poker as an ego trip & once they are in a pot they never let go regardless o f their holding. Aussie women on the other hand are a joy to play, quiet unassuming & always apologising for the actions of Aussie males & therefore refusing to bet unless they have the stone cold nuts. The Dutch are very much a nation of gamblers and seem to take no notice of odds at all, or the possibility that other players in the hand may have something better & there seems to be a glitch in the Dutch software which turns any call/raise into "all in" The Germans are very much as you would expect, the minimum of fuss & risk taking so if in a pot with a German & he bets, you fold. The other main obvious difference between Sky & the 3D poker site is a lot of recreational players who basically enjoy pressing buttons, as a result there are a lot more tells available including that a players cards are face down to himself & others are able to see when a player has to remind himself of his own cards, as the avatar will also take a quick look. Sky is also a much faster site, which therefore results in there being fewer comments in the chat box, basically nh or ty, whereas you would think with the other that you had dropped in on some International dating agency. I am really enjoying my time on sky poker, however, my fishing rod misses the action on the other site. Posted by Woogie8688
A few sweeping generalisations but either way this post made me smile!!
Congratulations, that's an impressive win, the DTD games attract a tougher field than usual for the buy-in. It would take a long time to win that much playing DYMs, are you tempted to dabble in MTTs a bit more often now? Posted by GaryQQQ
Hi Gary, thanks for that
When i first started with the initial £10 the idea was to build up the roll playing dym's as time isnt an issue for me & less variance .
One of the things that 1st attracted me to Sky was the quality of play in the mtt's & that they were 6 seater, my game is not suited to 10 seater mtt's. So yes i hope to play more mtt's as the bankroll allows, given that I am a bankroll nit & to be honest have not enjoyed the added pressure of playing any game with more than 2% buy in at any one time.
The result last night means that i am happy playing mtt's or dym's with a buy in of less than £3.
I also know that 3 games at any one time is a no no lol so I reckon the strategy for a bit will be to play a dym & possible 2 table with an mtt if it appears to have the value.
In Response to Re: POKER IN MY LIFE : Yes. Go to 'my sky poker' tab above and click on hand history. A screen will then come up where you can search for your hands. Select 'holdem' in type of game, and 'tournaments' in format and hands from last 1 day. Then look for Take on Tikay hands and look at for a massive pot near the end. I hope this helps. AFAIC, I think you had AJ v KK v A10 and you binked a straight on the river. Those are the flips we need to win to go on and win tournaments. Also remember this hand the next time your KK gets cracked and it softens the tilt. Unfortunately, players never remember the 'good' flips but go off on one when they lose a 'bad' flip. As it was a DTD game, Mr KK man actually took it in his stride and said nh;gl in chat. (whilst playing volley football with his cat no doubt!, lol) Posted by MAXALLY
Thanks just found it, no wonder I typed oops!! it was also runner/runner to bink the straight.
My cat knows better than be anywhere near me when I am playing poker (only joking). Given personal issues am glad to say that a "Bad beat" at poker has never ranked very highly on my list of things to be upset about.
Poker is there to be enjoyed & last night was made even more enjoyable by the peoples reactions & comments in the chat box.
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I was in the 3 last night with varying degree of success.
Came seventh in one , was hoping for a final table spot but my A10 was beated by a A7 !
Other two:
Straight beaten by a Full House on the river! sigh
KK beaten by QQ - 3rd Queen came on the turn! sigh
Keep the faith!
Mike
Congratulations, that's an impressive win, the DTD games attract a tougher field than usual for the buy-in. It would take a long time to win that much playing DYMs, are you tempted to dabble in MTTs a bit more often now?