Well, hello. I feel like I have been away for ages. Looking forward to cosying up on the sofa tonight alongside the shadow of his former self, slim, trim with a jacket that's slightly too big...Mr Tikay.
Hope you all enjoyed your bank holidays recently, and you are also enjoying 'summer'!! Should we be building an ark!? If the rain carries on this way, we might need to!
Which leads me to ask, if you did have to board the metaphorical ark, what 2 things would you take with you!? Poker chips and a deck!??
Also, your run down of tonight's main event..
7pm-8pm Live cash coming straight from our MasterCash tables, you coud be on them..listen out for table numbers at the start of the show!
8pm-9pm Ask the Expert..an hour of Tikay's advice giving. IF you have any questions for him, let us have 'em! Also hand IDs...
9pm-10pm Sky Poker School looks at playing the bubble in DYM's. How do you play it? Sit tight and wait for glory, or make some moves to steal the glory?!
10pm-11pm Chat Box...topics to be posted later, feel free to offer up your opinions on anything we discuss tonight.
11pm-midnight MasterCash following live action from our MC tables.
Please as always offer up any hand IDs on here, or by email, for analysis tonight... always from a tv table though.
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Hope you've got your seat for Blackpool, looking forward to catching up with many of you there 
A xx
Comments
Well if they wont let you go to Vegas i'll take you on the Ark!
2nd thing i would take is a Sat Nav to get us there!
Have a good show.
Mick
+1 to this
He seems to get beat up a bit when he sits on the cash tables with the likes of durrrr and ivey etc etc but then again who wouldnt ? but as far as tournaments go his results are outstanding and without doubt something that any poker player throughout the world would aspire to achieve.
Love watching him aswell cos always a good laugh when he starts steaming
What 2 things would I take on the arc. No.1 would have to be my Fiance, and No.2 would have to be a pair of ear plugs (see No. 1).
Bye for now,
Eamonn.
have a wonderful show tonight.
2 things i would take on the ark are.
1-i would make sure the_don90 was on the ark
2-i cant decide between my phone and my laptop
those 3 things i cant live without.
thank you
LOL_I_CALL aka Mel
Have a good show tonight. would you mind looking at my thread in poker clinic called"scotty77 told me to...." as it refers to a pertinent question for DYM bubbles referring to a Bubble Factor value which allows you to get the true tournament pot odds for calling an all-in shove by an opponent.
The bubble factor is defined as the ratio of the cost of losing compared to the cost of winning so cn never be more than one which it is in cash games.
For true Tournament odds you divide the pot odds by this bubble factor value which stems from the ICM.
However this value would surely vary from a 50-30-20 sitngo to a dym.
So my qestion is what value BF do you use in a dym?
PS two things for the ark....
Tea bags
My camera( after kids and girlfriend obviously so i'm not taking them. Another will be along in 2 mins!!)
My two things for the ark would be:
1. A lifebelt. I've got two left feet and would be sure to fall overboard at some point.
2. Tikay. It would be nice to have someone on board who remembered what roads were.
Have a great show.
Will try & apologise, assuming I remember, on tonight's Show. If Anna reminds me, I will.
1. A compass - need to know where im going.
2. Lots of supplies. we need to eat now dont we
Have a good show! Wouldn't the Ark have many decks? ;-)) Great blog BTW!
I'd have to take Las Vegas & a clean pair of socks.
With regards to DYM bubble I find it depends! I've seen some loose all-ins on tables where you wouldn't expect to see it & some amazing tight play on the bubble of a 30p DYM. (Are they gone for good BTW?) I'm hoping to pick up some tips tonite.
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Two items for the ark? I'd take a speedboat and a fishing rod.