Sky City Holdem Championships

[lion heart]

id have a crack at either depending on the time/date...... full tilt is a far better sire than pokers stars tho

[JK]

id have a crack at either depending on the time/date...... full tilt is a far better sire than pokers stars tho

I've not really played Tilt mate, can you tell me why you think it's better than Stars (legitimate question, not having a go)

[centreman]

Forgot to mention i was on the same table as Curly Seal, wasnt game enough to ask about the lucy's light thing though

Mickey don't think theres any real prob there, was all sorted out and Still operating as a bookie. I'm sure its the yearly balance that counts not a one off. I knoe he spends many weekends over at crown playing, along as goin to tournaments in Vegas and Macau.

More to the point who won the battle??????????

[lion heart]

id have a crack at either depending on the time/date...... full tilt is a far better sire than pokers stars tho

I've not really played Tilt mate, can you tell me why you think it's better than Stars (legitimate question, not having a go)

Full tilt has better layout,playing options, promotions etc etc and i seem to win far more on FT than Poker stars. It feels more "real" but seriously i think the 2 sites are poles apart.

Full Tilt = A.F.L

Poker Stars = country footy

[JK]

Cheers for that mate, I might take a look in the next few days, and transfer some of my bankroll over if I like it.

[Dutchy]

Played a qualifier for Million Dollar tourney tonight, 370 players top 3 get free entry....I finished 4th

refer screen shot below....went all in on QQ guy called me with A4....out comes 666...so Im full...then the dagger, the Ace on the turn....FFS!!!

first time ive got on the final table of a big MTT so happy with that

[chiefy]

everyone be aware of card shark steve(bluey) matson in the big one!

[mickey]

Cheers for that mate, I might take a look in the next few days, and transfer some of my bankroll over if I like it.

Anyone looking to sign up to Full Tilt just follow the link in my sig

Full Tilt have a good deposit bonus at the moment where you get a 100% reload, takes a while to clear though depending on the levels that you want to play. Also depending on the limits played, it might be worth while looking at a rakeback deal of some sort.

Centreman, there was a heap from Crown over for the series, would be great to get over there for a weekend to play in a poker room that has more poker tables than SkyCity has tables of all sorts combined. And I lasted a lot longer than Mr. Seal

RE stars vs tilt
All depends on what sort of game you are looking for, Stars has a wider spread of micro limit tables. Both cash games and SnG's. Tilt has some bette promos regarding FPP ( Frequent Player Points). In the end it all comes down to personal choice on the site that you find that you like, but sites like Pacific and 888 are well known to have 'softer' cash games, but usually are in Euros

[jackpot jim]

Bad luck Dutchy.

I've just got home from the casino from playing in the $300 'Last chance' satellite tourny and YES YES YES i WON a $3,000 ticket into the big one.
Finished top 7 of a field of 80 starters.

Been listed to play on Thursday so by then there will already be a fair % of starters already eliminated on Wednesday b4 i even toss in my 1st chip.

Well done DODDY on winning his ticket into the big one as well.

[Westsider]

LOL @ Stars being county footy... way off the mark.

I'll post up my thoughts later.

[mickey]

I tend to agree westsider, the start tourny lobby is much much better IMO, where on tilt the spread of tournys i think is better with more bounty tournys etc.

At the end of the day it just comes down to personal preference like most things in life.

If stars is country footy is hate to think what some of the european sites are classed as... maybe the AFL in the USA maybe

[jackpot jim]

Bad luck Dutchy.

I've just got home from the casino from playing in the $300 'Last chance' satellite tourny and YES YES YES i WON a $3,000 ticket into the big one.
Finished top 7 of a field of 80 starters.

Been listed to play on Thursday so by then there will already be a fair % of starters already eliminated on Wednesday b4 i even toss in my 1st chip.

Got Eliminated after about 8 1/2 hrs play. Great experience playing against some top pros and wasn't as intimidating as i thought it would be. Finished about mid field from a total of 218 starters.
Prizemoney
1st $170,000
2nd $110,000
3rd $70,000
down to 18th about $6,000

[Dutchy]

just had my best result ever, made the last 4 of a online tourney, was 3rd in chip count but we were all pretty close, ended up doing a deal to split the remaining pool $2500US so I won $600US, about $900AUD

Ive done a fair bit of work on my game over the last few weeks, hopefully this is the start of making this damn game profitable!!!

[mickey]

What do you usually play online dutchy?? Cash or tourny's?

If you havent already, it would pay to get your hands on a few books with different stratergies and ways of playing, can be a great help to start winning and playing better.

[Dutchy]

yeah play mainly sit n go's at Party poker, keeping full records of everything I do, Im trying to teach myself before I go to the books and guides...reading them will hopefully round off my skills

I go in the tourneys if I have the time

have played the cash games a bit, can be good can be bad, esp the no limit ones!

[mickey]

ha i know the feeling about the cash games. Made just over 100 in half an hour during the week, then didnt see a hand worth playing for the next 2 days and when i did always got rivered or just had a brain explosion and played terribly.

On Stars, they are running a comp where you add up points from blocks of 20 SnG's and the weekly leaders share in cash, might be worth looking at if you run pretty good with the SnG.

[JK]

Im on a run of BB's at the moment at the PokerStars SnG's .. No point whinging as we all get em, just have to ride it out.

I've increased my last deposit about 8 fold thus far so not upset, but would like the Poker Gods to realign lol.

Congrats JJ and Dutchy on your recent achievements.

BTW - Dutchy, I have about half a dozen books if ever you wanna borrow any just sing out.

[Dutchy]

yeah went for a look at Borders the other day for books and was suprised how many there are!

any you guys would recommend?

[JK]

yeah went for a look at Borders the other day for books and was suprised how many there are!

any you guys would recommend?

You're probably past this stage now, but I'd think Harringtons Vol 1 & 2 are the best place for anyone to start, from there you just read different pro's books and appreciate their styles as you refine your own (thats my take on it anyway).

I've got the two above (+ a Slansky, Full Tilt and Helmuth's Tells) so Im happy to get them to you if you want.

[mickey]

I have a couple by Phil Hellmuth and 1 by Mike Sexton. The 1 i am reading ATM is Lets Play Poker by Lee Nelson. They are all pretty good and varied with their thoughts on the way to play poker. The Lee Nelson 1 is mainly based on SnG poker and his way of beating them, all the way from freeplay to $100 single table SnG.