Forgive me for being cynical...

[TightEnd]

good man

ta 

[Heid]

Tighty,
Be careful out there, see if Tony has some mint cake Oh and make sure you have a coat on Are your pants clean? What if you get in an acccident?!

As for everyone else, I will be doing some deep breathing, and I want you all to join in

Ohhmmmm!

Heid
xx

[TightEnd]

Tighty,
Be careful out there, see if Tony has some mint cake Oh and make sure you have a coat on Are your pants clean? What if you get in an acccident?!

sorry, this is over my head, please explain

[Nem]

there is NO apprenticeship to the game. I've been playing 5 years and am still slogging it out in the sub-£50 comps.

Adam...have you ever stopped to wonder WHY it is you're still playing in the sub £50 comps? Do you WANT to play in the £100-£500 comps? Whats stopping you?

I always wondered if you took a player of B+ - A ability (if we assume that Daniel N is A+ and Simon Young is D) and gave him a year playing on the professional tour fully funded would that player make a profit or not?

Well for the majority of us its life itself that prevents us from playing in these bigger comps. For those lucky enough to be funded by various on-line sites you'd think that they'd play better than us that play in the $10-$50 tournaments...but they don't! Why is that?

I believe that the turn of a card can have life changing effects on all of us. Ask Harry D how he felt about being knocked out of the WSOP 2004 on the turn of a card. From being one card away from a possible $5M he had to settle for a miserable $147k (miserable in his mind).

To be a consistent winner in poker you have to analyse every single hand you play and play it the best way you can whether it be call, fold or raise. For 99% of us its an impossibility but thats not to say we shouldn't keep on trying.

I, myself, am probably around the 80-85% mark in correct decision making but the poker gods would have us believe thats not good enough...and it isn't.

Jaysus Mark,

You just love winding people up, think b4 you type

Thanks

[SuffolkPunch]

Hello all, sorry if have offended the chap who started this thread by entering the EPT without years of experience behind me! I grinned to myself because I have read his book so I've had a good teacher! I can understand his point, but the idea of writing the column in The Sun Online(www.thesun.co.uk) is to bring poker to a wider audience, which must be good for all of us.

It's not a case of a newbie giving all you more experienced players a bad name. So I've only been playing six months? What difference does it make - we all want to enjoy the game no matter the level of our experience.

Of course it would be nice to win money (I cashed #1,500 last week) but let's have a good time too.

Good luck

Simon Young
The Sun

[AdamM]

nice, welcome aboard simon.

UKpoker is a new member and far from represents the feelings of Blonde poker members

Good luck mate,

[action man]

this is by no means a dig at tight end, and i know i haven't contributed much to the forum, but how much more do we have to endure of mr ukpoker, i wonder what your response will be when he has a sly dig at you mate. He's only been on the forum a few days and imo is trying his level best to get under the skin of every blondeite, I thought the main point of this forum was to be honest!
   best regards
             rich

[Nem]

A very quick response to my email Simon

Thanks

[Heid]

As to the statement I have highlighted...I am just stepping outside the tent now, and I may be some time


thanks

Off in Antarctic to calm down?

Take some Kendall Mint Cake?

Wear nice pants in case you are run down and have dirty pants on?

Ohhhmmmmmm!

[TightEnd]

Good stuff Simon!

Welcome to Blonde

Please come back and tell us how you get on, good luck


(and I, er, hope you are not as dead money as I made you sound!!!   )


Oh, and don't spend too much time a) worrying about offending the original poster  or b) reading his books


How long have you been aware of us here at Blonde?

[Nem]

this is by no means a dig at tight end, and i know i haven't contributed much to the forum, but how much more do we have to endure of mr ukpoker, i wonder what your response will be when he has a sly dig at you mate. He's only been on the forum a few days and imo is trying his level best to get under the skin of every blondeite, I thought the main point of this forum was to be honest!
   best regards
             rich

Peace

[Mark S.]

Reply to Adam,

Once again I think you've missed ENTIRELY the point of my post!

Reply to Simon,

Nothing against you sir...you're just one lucky guy!

[AdamM]

no, action man, TightEnd's right

just because UKPoker is being an ass, that's no excuse for me to lose my cool. If I have a problem with him I'll take it up with him directly and also through the moderators.

No flaming here, even when deserved

[Nem]

Here, here

[RED-DOG]

Quick response by Mr punch, and he didn't forget to bring his spam

My spidey senses are tingling