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Anyone having problems tonight. I have signed up, but getting an error message. Unable to connect to the table.

Im at my table but no hands been played yet...

Still no luck.  ;frustrated;

Same here

Sky are doing poker?  I hadn't heard :D

You would of thought someone would post up about it.....

Just rang customer service and its a known problem tonight. Just have to hope that when it comes back up that i have some chips left.

It's ok i am in, relax everybody.  :)up

the way it is going i wish i hadn't bothered.  ;whistle;

Same strucure?


;whistle;

I thought the idea was to have presenters who understood the game.

These 2 are clueless, judging from the analysis of the last hand.

You watching a repeat of last night's?

:dontask:

nice turn 8 last night dan ;)

Some of the play i have come accross is quite bizarre, now on 2630 chips.

wow fast structure..

All skill...  ;whistle;

:)

twice that FREDTHENEW busted me on river

ul dude,

ill get him for u... or ill bust out soon... the 2nd one probs.

shit he got u too then!!!

What a muppet, checking down suited jock and a player raises with a bluff post turn. 
 ;frustrated;

i was praying for one of my 6 outs... nm never had any hands all tournie.. gl indestructable

Cheers I had a pair of 8's and thought a good chance to make some chips, but had to fold after his raise with a queen and king on the board.
Trouble is that Fred is making such weird moves. He has just shipped a load of chips going all in with 3-4. Sod's law i will call him and he will have aces.

Was doin pretty well. Got called with a big bluff on river, don't believe he called :( Hopefully be on TV in a min..

What a joke. I make raise with pocket eights and Zulu called (lord knows why) with
 2s  Jh
there is a 2 on the flop and i bet and again he calls, well he has a pair
turn
 Jd
River
 2c

Cost me a lot of chips.

I should be thankful has has just called my all in move with a bluff and doubled me up.  ;D ::)

On what channel can one find the sky poker thing please

846

Made the money and out in 22nd.
I had
 8c 8d
And raised 3 x blinds.
Burnley Joe Re-raised all in and I called.
He shows
 Th Ahrt
a coin flip but I am marginally ahead until an ace comes on the flop.
a couple of familiar names still in including Dingdell.

AA and a walk  ;grr;

At least i'm still in.

2/6 final table.

wish me luck.

My pocket pairs didn't hold up on the last few hands.

Out in 3rd, £263.50. Happy with that, but I shud have won ;)

Nice one Rich.

 :redcard:

Just watched it back on TV and they cut out 11 hands, the bit where I work my way up to the chip lead. Probably had to cut me due to the late start.

They show the 99 losing to K7 of course. 120k pot, if only.

I didn't play, but watched the start of the 'replay'.  Jeez, those presenters were so bad and annoying. 

Talk about dumbing-down, this incident really annoyed me:

They were discussing one of Charles Ingram's hands, and happen to laugh at a player on his table called 'amibluffing'.  As they're discussing it, they announce that there's been a bounty.  They finish discussing the hand, then announce that the bounty went to amibluffing.  They then ask the camera, "who do you think has been knocked out?".  They drag the whole scene out, "is it Charles?, Is it his wife? or is it [other bloke]?". 

We know whose table amibluffing is on, WE SAW HIM 30 SECONDS AGO YOU IDIOTS!!!!!

Bring back TK!

Still not as bad as the A-T-A-T board, with players holding A5 and A7 and the guy talking about the flush draw coming on the river.

They reviewd one of my hands last night and as I suffered a terrible bed beat - my queens against A 10 the presenter shouted "terrific bad beat" - thanks a lot!

Haha!  I forgot about that one.  That was the very first hand IIRC.

And the 'expert' was a pro, right?

No, wrong actually!

To be fair to Jason, I don't think he's ever claimed to be a Poker Pro. Here's what the Sky Website says about him......

Jason Barrasford

Jason is one of Britain's leading tipsters on horse and dog racing, as well as having a passion for poker. His first job in Television was for Gobarkingmad, some would say appropriately, and has since worked on many shows including Sky Vegas Live, Talk Sport TV and William Hill TV. All shows with a gambling edge and Jason wholeheartedly agrees with the essayist Charles Lamb that ' Man is a gaming animal '. His interest in Poker was realised about 5 years ago and accelerated at an alarming rate. His highlight on the table thus far is bluffing Xuyen ' Bad Girl' (Pot Limit World Champ 2004 ) Pham twice on the bounce with 7 2 and having the temerity to show his cards!

I think it's fair game to "knock" those who appear on TV, it goes with the territory. But if a guy "reads" the odd hand wrong, well, to err is human, & I think most of us have made worse mistakes in our time.

Keep the feedback coming guys, good & bad, it's exactly what is needed.

I'm not trying to knock the guy personally, but I do think it 'dumbs down' the show if at least one of the main presenters isn't a poker player.  Last nights show had 5 people in the studio, the two main guys, Charles and Diana Ingram and a guest pro who barely spoke a word in the time I was watching.

It made a huge difference compared to the one I watched on Friday with Carlo presenting.

A good point Sheriff, & I believe it's been noted.

My bad.  Apologies.

Point taken, but I think Sherriff Fatman summed it up perfectly.

This has not put me off the show,  I have signed up and will play in one of these soon.  I realise there will be mistakes made and lessons learnt, but I'm glad the feedback is being noted.

Thanks MAF.

Feedback noted? Well one of tonight's Guests finished 18th in the WSOP Main Event at his first attempt, (so HE can play a bit) & is a blonde.

Can anyone name him?

Gary Jones?

but I do think it 'dumbs down' the show if at least one of the main presenters isn't a poker player

We are on dodgy ground here Sheriff. Would you class me as a poker player? Careful, now...... ;nemesis;

Nope. Not as good looking as Gary.

I think what we all need to understand is the difficulty the shows producers must have in finding guests for a show which is on every night.

they have absolutely no idea how people will react when the cameras are on them, and im sure for the first few weeks it will be very much a trial and error system while they find a database of who they will and who they wont be inviting back.

Even auditioning people would be no good, as they cant recreate the pressure of being on the spot and instantly being able to talk on something thats just happened live on air.

So i think patience is the key, and with this being a soft launch, they will wait until they are 100% confident in their product before the well oiled and mega funded Sky publicity machine get to work in promoting the show.

Suck up

He doesn't need to - he's already going on it, and on a 'Helen episode' too!

Kev described it as a "tikay episode", he claims never to have heard of this Helen chappie.

I do love the irony though of having Carlo fronting a programme where the players have only 15 seconds to act!

He's trying to lull her into a false sense of security so that there's no advanced restraining order in place.

BPO isn't 15 seconds to act!!   thats the speed poker

No, but the Skypoker one is.

I know, have already sent e-mail to security to put the double locks on Ruperts pie cupboard  ;nemesis;

he means sky poker

Oops - beat em to it Sherriff!

LOL not a chance .... Im just covering my back in case i make a hash of it ;)

trying to take the pressure off for your show Kev?  ::)

Come on, somebody must have a clue.....

Conor Tate?

Cupcake?

Bad Google  ;smackedbottom; ;smackedbottom; Bad!!!

 rotflmfao

I thought the idea of the TV programme was to get outgoing, gregarious characters who could talk a bit in order to entertain the viewer, not shy, retiring types who go into their shell at every opportunity.

Well John did finish 18th, but shy & retiring rotflmfao

I think I have it now - Julian Thew.

:D  I just hope whatever he chooses to wear tonight doesn't make the cameras go all funny

or my stomach  ;pokergods;

We have our winner, Cupcake, aka John McGrane.

 ;mrslime; ;goodluck; John  ;yippee; ;yippee;

Trust Andrew to have an angle. Yup, John is shy & retiring. When he's asleep.

We spoke today, he's as nervous as a kitten. I told him last week I'd try & be at the studio to look after him, but it was not do-able in the end.

He'll be OK I think.

I am currently preparing the Guest List for March, which I then pass to Sky for their consideration & final selection, so if you think you are up to it, & live reasonably local to London, e-mail me at "Tony.Kendall@bskyb.com".

EDIT - e-Mail addy corrected!

You got a nice mention on Sunday, Dewi........

Sheep Breeder indeed :redcard:

I never said any such thing. It was Kara.

I'll give her one as well

I meant :redcard:

thats not the cupcake I know lol  and definately not at walsall or glasgow ;) 

That was bloody hilarious.  Pure genius from the old fella.

Cymru am Byth Dewi Sant. Just remember that. We will have our day!!!

Not against Scotland you didn't.... ;whistle;

I said we will have our day! We are saving it for september!!!! It gives us better betting odds if we dont do well in the 6 nations. So obvious!

I gave my Sky e-addy earlier in this thread - incorrectly, sorry.

It should have read...."Tony.Kendall@bskyb.com"

My apologies.

Did someone mention the chance to be on the telly?
 ;whistle;

I don't think they'll be able to stretch to the kind of fee you telly superstars demand...

Cupcake (John McGrane) is on Sky Poker now, sat next to Eric Bristow, with Jonny Gould as the Presenter.

Get in John!

Unlucky Eric.

Jonny Gould rules, excellent presenter!! ;applause;

TexFitz always does well. WD Tex, keep it up!

Yes Johnny Gould is the tops, great presnting,so professional/

Maybe if they can gat him on with the old fella......it'll be like old times.

They would have to change everything to black and white though to keep it realsitic!

The ultimate Pro, really.

I don't think they'll be able to stretch to the kind of fee you telly superstars demand...
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I might even dust off my Tuxedo at no extra cost.  :)up

Sooner than you think, & not just on "The Open", fingers crossed.

For that, I'll get the Plum Jacket out.

Hey you know i think you look good in a suit!

I know, I know......

playin on erics celeb SnG

still hanging in 22nd

Out in 25th with  Ahrt Qs vs  Jh Jd, cashed on my second attempt. structure seems pretty fast, I think the 6 handed adds alot though.

gone in 21st was pushing with junk and eventually got looked up  ;smackedbottom;

Took eric's table down for £22.50. Pays me for wed/thur open

 ;karabiner;

Nice one Tex, you seem to do well on Sky, always on the telly!

I never realized i was that good looking. :D

Thanks to all at Sky poker and of course Tony  :kiss: for a nice evening. Really looked after by all the crew (very impressive and all so professional). Myself and Eric just took the urine out of each other all night, he was even barracking the fabulous presenters off air !!!.

My only criticism was being unable to wear a suitable flowery shirt ( they try-ed to fob me off with some silly excuse about some green backround thing, but i never noticed it !!!!.) Until they get this slight oversight corrected i see no future in this show. ;danafish;

I feel a great pleasure in being one of the first guests so early in this shows lifespan and with Mr Tony Kendall presenting and looking after the necessary bits behind the scenes, I'm sure this show will have a wonderfull future.

John.

I hope you reraised with your 7 3?

You came across well.  A green shirt would have been excellent, all we'd have been able to see is your head!

Just one question though.  What are the similarities between being a cabbie and playing poker...?  :dontask:

I'm not surprised they banned those shirts of yours John, they are truly horrendous.

I thought you did just great son. Smiled a lot, gave the Presenters plenty of bounce, projected your voice, & faled to win the comp. Perfect!

Glad you enjoyed it.