MICHAEL "BEPPE" GRECO - GUKPT WINNER. !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[snoopy1239]

Hey Michael, how about an update on your poker career at the mo? What tourneys have you been playing? whats planned for the next few months?

Am goin thru a lean spell at the mo but i know its just a matter of time b4 I win another big event. Im looking 4ward to ept in Barcelona and also the London ept and the wsop in London. Some great events coming up so watch this space.

Do you think your previous wins have affected your current dry spell at all? Are you, perhaps, not concentrating like you should or making too many bluffs?

[Indestructable]

Well played tonight, 3rd place in the Sky Open. The third highest guest in the studio so far.

 

[OatFedGoat]

Well played tonight, 3rd place in the Sky Open. The third highest guest in the studio so far.

 

 

Who has come higher? Feel sorry for the person who cme 2nd as he is always forgotten now.

Well played Michael, good comeback from being so low and trebling up quickly to 18k at one stage.

[Indestructable]

Rick Dacey from Poker Player Mag came 2nd. He had a horrible bad beat when heads up, something like losing with pocket kings to 10-6 off suit.

[vinni]

Michael the dry spell will come to an end soon .

they say cream always rises to the top.

[SEXYFISH]

Hey Michael, how about an update on your poker career at the mo? What tourneys have you been playing? whats planned for the next few months?

Am goin thru a lean spell at the mo but i know its just a matter of time b4 I win another big event. Im looking 4ward to ept in Barcelona and also the London ept and the wsop in London. Some great events coming up so watch this space.

Do you think your previous wins have affected your current dry spell at all? Are you, perhaps, not concentrating like you should or making too many bluffs?

As I,m not really a card rack and dont tend to get many big starting hands I have to use my bluffing skills more than I would like. Timing is everything in poker and at the mo I am running into big hands and trying to stael a pot when someone has the stone cold nuts. I think also that when you win a big event your expectations of yourself and expectations from other people are seriously enhanced so naturally i am dissapointed like many when I dont do well in a tournament. I know it will change i just hope its sooner rather than later.

[SEXYFISH]

Well played tonight, 3rd place in the Sky Open. The third highest guest in the studio so far.

 

Thanks. Its always so hard to do well in those events cos they really are fundamentally a crap shoot and not much poker can be played. Obviously I,m dissapointed not to win but am very happy in my showing considering I never saw a big pair until after the first five minutes.

[SEXYFISH]

Well played tonight, 3rd place in the Sky Open. The third highest guest in the studio so far.

 

 

Who has come higher? Feel sorry for the person who cme 2nd as he is always forgotten now.

Well played Michael, good comeback from being so low and trebling up quickly to 18k at one stage.

Thank you. It really was the worst of crapshoots but I,m well chuffed to do so well.

[SEXYFISH]

Michael the dry spell will come to an end soon .

they say cream always rises to the top.

Thanks Vin. Appreciate it mate. Hopefully the cream will rise to the top. I,m due another big win and at least I know now I can win a big tournament and keep my cool in the process. But of course if lady luck isnt with you then you have no chance. I really do think that poker is 75% luck. Anyone can win on the right day but you do need to lay down big hands when called for.

[CrestOfaWave]

The more I play the more I realise luck is involved. When you play against the good players online I have several examples of luck absolutely crippling me.

Example Deep in MTT 40 runners left ... out of 320 or so top 30 get paid. I am in SB with    - Button raises x3 - I push back x3 he pushes all in
I call, he flips    - flop comes 2 hearts river heart. sigh...

I can rattle off dozens of other examples of this type of play includin pushing x 4 pot preflop then x 4 pot on flop playing  on a    board for a guy to stay in hand in Sunday
Million with  only for him to hit a  on the river. Again only 300-400 spots from Money in a 7k runner tournament.

Knowing who can let go an outfloped hand is very hard to gauge on the internet as people will even hang on to hands like on a  board and
chase in the hope of filling up to a fh.

Skill is certainly a factor with position being a critical element,  but LUCK is what you need too. Just ask TheVoid as he pushed whilst behind vs Ka$ino to take down the largest ever online  tournament.

[CrestOfaWave]

ps - in the GUKPT how many times did u actually get lucky while putting in behind?
For my 4th place finish at Bolton I remember two all ins where I had a weaker holding
out flopping my opponent    vs  mid tournament around level 7. (Flopped 2 10's vs Mick Fletcher from memory)
Also mid tournament level 9ish vs  against Paul Higgins.

Without those moments would never have made televised table.

[s.tahcker]

you need luck. But the less that you rely on it the more you win.