Bigsmak Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Why were you not responding to the abuse in the sky poker chatbox yesterday Mr Lafferty? Don't look a the chat that often.. What level was it? Made about ?190 yesterday in a few hours... Woot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Merse Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 Just played hilarious hand on sky poker there. 25/50p blinds. Shorty shoves all in for ?2.25. Guy calls it, I call with A7 spades. Go to the flop. Flop 2 spades. Guy checks I check, turn the nut flush. He checks I check. River blank. He shoves for ?35 with NOTHING. Beautiful, was worried about how I was going to get paid off as well!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Merse Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 Don't look a the chat that often.. What level was it? Made about ?190 yesterday in a few hours... Woot 25/50p. U were sitting like a short stacked fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsmak Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 25/50p. U were sitting like a short stacked fish. Prob cause I had lost all my cash! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droid Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 been up to the circus a few times. few of my mates go there on a regular basis to play the cash games anyone played against an asian guy with big teeth and funky hair? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Statto Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 If you could play 2 6-seater sit'n'go's against any 5 pro's -one table against pro's you'd like to play and the other against one's you wouldn't- who would it be? I'd like to play, Phil Helmuth Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson Devilfish Annette Obrestad Daniel Negreanu Players I wouldn't like to go up against are; Tom Dwan Gus Hanson Mike Matusow Chris Moneymaker Greg Raymer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonieref Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 I'd like to play: Daniel Negreanu Tom Dwan Allen Cunningham Phil Hellmuth Shannon Elizabeth not play: Jamie Gold Sam Farha Gus Hansen Patrick Antonious Antonio Esfandiari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 I don't think you'd ever not want to play against any pro, so i'll go for two tables i would want to play. Legends and new generation. Brunson Cloutier Chan Hellmuth Chip Reese RIP Ivey Antonius Negreanau Hansen Cunningham People I wouldnt want to play purely because i cant stand them: Tom Dwan- punchable face.lol Jamie Gold-cant stand the way he talks down at people Matusow-sometimes funny, but still annoying Tony G- see link J Tilly(just a pair of tits, worste poker wannabe ever) Heres tilly pretending to be a poker player and failing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN6wAHTWeEA The other guy might have been a donkey, but how much would you want to batter tony g if he did this to you? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EprGnEjm2oE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sexton Hardcastle Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 If you could play 2 6-seater sit'n'go's against any 5 pro's -one table against pro's you'd like to play and the other against one's you wouldn't- who would it be? I'd like to play, Phil Helmuth Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson Devilfish Annette Obrestad Daniel Negreanu Players I wouldn't like to go up against are; Tom Dwan Gus Hanson Mike Matusow Chris Moneymaker Greg Raymer Did you see the million dollar cash game on sky sports the other night? Ferguson as tight as ever folding AQ etc and fianlly gets the bullets. Of course Helmuth raises with **** and Ivy calls with pocket 3's. Helmuth folds a re raise and Ivy seems priced in. Of course Ivy hits his set and after a nice flop for aces Ferguson goes all in and looses. Pretty brutal for a player who only plays decent hands. Tom Dwan is a stroker tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Merse Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 I don't think you'd ever not want to play against any pro, so i'll go for two tables i would want to play. Legends and new generation. Brunson Cloutier Chan Hellmuth Chip Reese RIP Ivey Antonius Negreanau Hansen Cunningham People I wouldnt want to play purely because i cant stand them: Tom Dwan- punchable face.lol Jamie Gold-cant stand the way he talks down at people Matusow-sometimes funny, but still annoying Tony G- see link J Tilly(just a pair of tits, worste poker wannabe ever) Heres tilly pretending to be a poker player and failing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN6wAHTWeEA The other guy might have been a donkey, but how much would you want to batter tony g if he did this to you? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EprGnEjm2oE Tony G is an absolute dick, and AWFUL at poker. Properly bad. He has to chuck chips in for races as he can't win besides getting lucky. I'd like to play: Negreanu Helmuth Durrr Doyle Ivey That would be like an impossible match to win! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Payton Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 (edited) Phil Laak Daniel Negreanu Antonio Esfandiari John Juanda Doyle Brunson If any of the above couldn't make it, Vanessa Rousso would get a late call up so she could sit there and look nice! Can I have Shana Hiatt to host the show? Edited March 19, 2009 by Andy Grant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Statto Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Did you see the million dollar cash game on sky sports the other night? Ferguson as tight as ever folding AQ etc and fianlly gets the bullets. Of course Helmuth raises with **** and Ivy calls with pocket 3's. Helmuth folds a re raise and Ivy seems priced in. Of course Ivy hits his set and after a nice flop for aces Ferguson goes all in and looses. Pretty brutal for a player who only plays decent hands. Tom Dwan is a stroker tho. I think I seen that, nothing he could have done, Chris Ferguson is a great player and the way he thinks about tournament strategies is very similar to me (or rather the way I think about strategies is similar to him). I don't like Tom Dwan, he is everything I don't like in a poker player, too loose, gets involved with poor hands, he's the type of player that knocks you out of a tourney with a J5 and call it a good hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonieref Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 I think I seen that, nothing he could have done, Chris Ferguson is a great player and the way he thinks about tournament strategies is very similar to me (or rather the way I think about strategies is similar to him). I don't like Tom Dwan, he is everything I don't like in a poker player, too loose, gets involved with poor hands, he's the type of player that knocks you out of a tourney with a J5 and call it a good hand. I get where your coming from regarding players getting involved with marginal holdings and then knocking you out of tournaments. The key difference with Dwan is he is an awesome poker player with fantastic reading abilities so it really does not matter what hand he has as he feels he can quickly work out his opponents holding and act accordingly. Dwan is on a level we can't comprehend and to us it just looks fishy but trust me it's not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In Absentia Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 My Dream table would be Phil Helmuth Mike Matusow Phil Lack Vanessa Rousso Doyle Brunson My Worst would be Phil Helmuth - I think he would get on your tits after a while Tony G Jamie Gold Joe Hachem Sam Farha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Merse Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 Worst table: Tony G Eli Elezra Sam Farha Jamie Gold Gabe Kaplan The thought of playing that makes me feel ill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Merse Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 I get where your coming from regarding players getting involved with marginal holdings and then knocking you out of tournaments. The key difference with Dwan is he is an awesome poker player with fantastic reading abilities so it really does not matter what hand he has as he feels he can quickly work out his opponents holding and act accordingly. Dwan is on a level we can't comprehend and to us it just looks fishy but trust me it's not. Agreed. It may look fishy but he knows exactly what hes doing. He plays great and will rarely call in a showdown with the worst hand. Seen a hand on high stakes poker which was crazy. He had QT in a multi way pot which came down: T22. Greenstein had AA and led out, Tom Dwan re-raised with QT! Behind him was Peter Eastgate who had 24 who flat called and the AA flat called also. Dwan managed to get AA and trip 2's to fold on the turn with a monster bet. Incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaka_22 Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 That arrogant tosser John. Bit gothy...sits pretty deep in the cash games and thinks hes the man... Welsh John haha, had a feeling it might of been him. Thinks he's the dugs baws at poker..... mind you, he makes a living out of poker so he can't be too bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaka_22 Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Dream table for me would be: Hellmuth Dwan Ivey Matusow Negreanu and for the record, I love Tony G, I think he's hilarious! BRING ON THE RUSSIANS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Merse Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 Welsh John haha, had a feeling it might of been him. Thinks he's the dugs baws at poker..... mind you, he makes a living out of poker so he can't be too bad. Nah he's obviously decent. But I've put him in his place a few times now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simo Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Agreed. It may look fishy but he knows exactly what hes doing. He plays great and will rarely call in a showdown with the worst hand. Seen a hand on high stakes poker which was crazy. He had QT in a multi way pot which came down: T22. Greenstein had AA and led out, Tom Dwan re-raised with QT! Behind him was Peter Eastgate who had 24 who flat called and the AA flat called also. Dwan managed to get AA and trip 2's to fold on the turn with a monster bet. Incredible. Seen that, awesome play, best part is he knew exactley what he was doing and right after the hand they are all discussing it and he points at Eastgate and says that he folded the best hand and had a 2! Dwan appeared to win a small fortune in sidebets from Brunson and the others as well who bet that Eastgate didnt have a 2 in his hand! crazy stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Wiseau Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Seen that, awesome play, best part is he knew exactley what he was doing and right after the hand they are all discussing it and he points at Eastgate and says that he folded the best hand and had a 2! Dwan appeared to win a small fortune in sidebets from Brunson and the others as well who bet that Eastgate didnt have a 2 in his hand! crazy stuff! I'm a big fan of Dwan as well. His reputation means he can usually get paid big time if he gets a monster hand, as well. Saw something to that on one of the late night poker games, can't remember if it was the Party Poker Premier or the Channel 5 all night cash game. Hand got to the flop after a bit of action, whoever it was (think it may have been Hellmuth) was way behind Roland de Wolfe heads up, looked at the pot and said to him, "You've got King Queen, off suit" and made a huge lay down. De Wolfe had King Queen off suit. Unreal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Macaroons Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 on final table just now ..Poker stars $30k rebuy 837 runners 9 left...im 8th with 320 000 chips...1st $5K chip leader 850K chips, it started midday! MON THEN! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Macaroons Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 8 left ...im 8th....and a bit adrift...min prize $675 lot a decent pot then folded everything for last 1/2 hour...on a break but will go for glory soon...100K chips left blinds 8k/16k 1.5k anti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Macaroons Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 pah out 8th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsmak Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Unlucky Era... still.. its a nice little bit of cash I'm going to play the Sky 00 tonight.... its only ?20 to enter.... Wish us luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Merse Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 Unlucky Era... still.. its a nice little bit of cash I'm going to play the Sky 00 tonight.... its only ?20 to enter.... Wish us luck. Hehehe. It is SO SO SO bad. Enjoy!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Statto Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 I get where your coming from regarding players getting involved with marginal holdings and then knocking you out of tournaments. The key difference with Dwan is he is an awesome poker player with fantastic reading abilities so it really does not matter what hand he has as he feels he can quickly work out his opponents holding and act accordingly. Dwan is on a level we can't comprehend and to us it just looks fishy but trust me it's not. He does seem like he is a player but as an opponent to him he must be impossible to read, does he have a hand, is he pushing you around, is he bluffing, does he know what you have? You cannot tell with him, I seen a hand with him against Phil Hellmuth, TD had K2 v PH has K5, TD flopped a 2, check check on the flop, check call on the turn, PH put a huge bluff bet on the river with King high, Tom Dwan was seriously considering calling a healthy proportion of his chips away with a pair of two's. He ended up folding but this does show he has guts to go with the pro's. After the hand Phil's like "if I had pocket Kings there, how well did I play that, check the flop, bet the turn and a huge bet on the river, huh how well did I play those Kings!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Merse Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 He does seem like he is a player but as an opponent to him he must be impossible to read, does he have a hand, is he pushing you around, is he bluffing, does he know what you have? You cannot tell with him, I seen a hand with him against Phil Hellmuth, TD had K2 v PH has K5, TD flopped a 2, check check on the flop, check call on the turn, PH put a huge bluff bet on the river with King high, Tom Dwan was seriously considering calling a healthy proportion of his chips away with a pair of two's. He ended up folding but this does show he has guts to go with the pro's. After the hand Phil's like "if I had pocket Kings there, how well did I play that, check the flop, bet the turn and a huge bet on the river, huh how well did I play those Kings!" I seen that before. He literally had the chips in his hand and was about to call and Helmuth went to turn over his cards, and because Helmuth so quickly went to turn his cards over Dwan thought he had something and folded. God, you've made me consider wasting ?22 on the 5-00 Bigsmak, urghhhh. I know its going to be a waste of money but hmmmm. Screw it. I'm in. PM your msn so we can keep up to date with how its going !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Statto Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Unlucky Era... still.. its a nice little bit of cash I'm going to play the Sky 00 tonight.... its only ?20 to enter.... Wish us luck. I played it last week, I doubled up on the first hand with trip 7's v 2 A's. The blinds go up so steeply, from about either 9.15 to 9.30 or 9.30 to 9.45 the blinds go from 100/200 to 400/800. I know they are resticted because it's on TV but it does become a lottery, you NEED hands or you need to make plays and hope your opponents don't have hands. Good luck. If you concentrate on using the first break as a milestone or goal to reach, I'm pretty sure the bubble is around the hour mark so if you reach that you'll hopefully get into the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Statto Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 I seen that before. He literally had the chips in his hand and was about to call and Helmuth went to turn over his cards, and because Helmuth so quickly went to turn his cards over Dwan thought he had something and folded. God, you've made me consider wasting ?22 on the 5-00 Bigsmak, urghhhh. I know its going to be a waste of money but hmmmm. Screw it. I'm in. PM your msn so we can keep up to date with how its going !! Ahhh, now you've made me want to think about entering, I'm going to play a bit of cash first, if I don't make ?20 I'll unregister. I've entered so it doesn't fill up but I don't know if I'm playing yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsmak Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Play in it... woooo I am loving the sky poker.. the standard is not as good as elsewhere you can say.. Even donks like me can make money here! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Statto Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Such a sick call and I'm out, blinds at 200/400, I have 2800 left, I push with Q5 of clubs in the SB, the BB has 4500 chips left and calls half his stack with 78 of diamonds and hits runner runner for the flush!!! I hate people that do that, they think I might be "at it" (which I was of course - but that's not the point) what are they actually beating? 67? Half his stack, why can't people like that just give up their blind, instead of letting 9% of his stack go, he calls about 55% of his stack when he must realise he is probally going to be a 40/60 chance at best, he was actually 45/55 because I only had one over card to his connecters. Still, that proved my point from last week, half an hour in and 2/3rds of the field are short stacked, it's a total lottery. Unless I satellite in in future, I won't be in Thursday night's main event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Macaroons Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Unlucky Era... still.. its a nice little bit of cash I'm going to play the Sky 00 tonight.... its only ?20 to enter.... Wish us luck. cheers, made a couple of mistakes on final table..should really have finished higher (but then we all say that!) but its still a good result.....thats the biggest field ive made the final table in so im happy. was about to join you in the sky game...but got baby plonked on lap!, cant have it all the time i suppose !! lol good luck.....post your progress forra larf/some interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsmak Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 down to last 86, sitting next to D-Mcg on the table.. made the break at first try Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Macaroons Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 folk id love to play with Jesus doyle devilfish gus daniel folk that id hate to play with the eastenders guy fat lizard eyes the annoying gibbering loathsome Mikey any of the hanson mob the smug english guy that cashed 9 times in last WSOP (lost his name) the guy with specs thats always a pundit/commentator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Macaroons Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 down to last 86, sitting next to D-Mcg on the table.. made the break at first try good stuff....i pity the non KBers on your table Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Macaroons Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 should i tune in to sky poker on the box to watch you and d mcg carving it up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsmak Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 i;'m out 68th 99 vs kj and a J comes down dave still in and has made the money at 60 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicTs Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Anybody played on the new Billy Hills site ? Going to take a bit of getting use to but some seriously big prizemoney tourneys (if thats your thing). Everything is now in $ as well. Not sure if I like it yet but I'm sure it will grow on me ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Macaroons Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 clio kid on the box now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destruction Derby Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 channel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Statto Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 (edited) I seen that before. He literally had the chips in his hand and was about to call and Helmuth went to turn over his cards, and because Helmuth so quickly went to turn his cards over Dwan thought he had something and folded. God, you've made me consider wasting ?22 on the 5-00 Bigsmak, urghhhh. I know its going to be a waste of money but hmmmm. Screw it. I'm in. PM your msn so we can keep up to date with how its going !! Bet you're glad you entered now! I'm in a pokerstars $6.50 18 seater sit n go, I played 5 last night, top 4 paid, I finished 1st, 2nd, 1st, 6th and 3rd. $43.20 for 1st, $32.40 for 2nd $21.60 for 3rd and $10.80 for 4th. I'm up about ?75. I've just finished 3rd in the one I was playing there, that's another 10er added to the account Edited March 19, 2009 by Statto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Merse Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 clio kid on the box now Heh. I went out 48th I had 4k in blind and 5k behind, I called all in to a raise as committed. Had 43 suited and was against AJ, not the worst situation but he hit and I'm root toot!! ?45 for my efforts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Statto Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 I've just had a look at who's left, I'm going to say matty666, NIHIGHGUN and goonerjay will make the final table, I know matty666 is current chip leader but I've seen him do well a few times so I think he'll go far, NIHIGH and gooner are both good players as well. EDIT: they are all on the same table as well (table 5) 2nd EDIT: NIHIGH has just been moved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Macaroons Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 channel? he was only on for a hand (and he had folded) channel 865 on sky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destruction Derby Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 he was only on for a hand (and he had folded) channel 865 on sky Just starting out playing online so been looking at this thread with interest for ages, play house games mostly but thats more of a laugh so does not pay that well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Macaroons Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Heh. I went out 48th I had 4k in blind and 5k behind, I called all in to a raise as committed. Had 43 suited and was against AJ, not the worst situation but he hit and I'm root toot!! ?45 for my efforts! im now shot of baby.....u playing the cash tables...ive got sky account now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Merse Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 im now shot of baby.....u playing the cash tables...ive got sky account now Think I'm done for the night. Working these days I can't stay up late anymore!! Plus made about ?100 today so don't want to play more, lose and go in a bad mood before bed! Sky balance up to ?1,650. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Macaroons Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Just starting out playing online so been looking at this thread with interest for ages, play house games mostly but thats more of a laugh so does not pay that well. If I can give u any advice (from my perspective)....dont start off playing the cash games on the big sites (full of pros)...learn your trade playing cheap tourneys it will be a lot differant from your home games with mates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Payton Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 If I can give u any advice (from my perspective)....dont start off playing the cash games on the big sites (full of pros)...learn your trade playing cheap tourneys it will be a lot differant from your home games with mates Alternatively you could pay one of us for lessons. Can I suggest the person who won the last time we all played? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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