SKY £7K offline live - saturday

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So who did win the event?

Carl Chrilly, from Spondon, in Derbyshire, (£2,000), with Dave Fifield, of Hanworth, in 2nd, (£,1000), Tom Larham in 3rd, (£750), Matt Wilson from Leeds in 4th (£600), Daniel Filer from Bristol in 5th for £600, & Jamie Fortherrgill of the Swindon Massive in 6th for £400. I think Rookie was a very unlucky 8th.

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I too would like to add my thanks and appreciation for this weekends tournament,
again it was a great event.

We met some very nice people, and reacquainted ourselves with others.

The sky staff as always were very friendly and helpful,  and presenters and pro's were a delight to meet.

As for Tikay, what can I say, he is such a nice person and I think a good reason why Sky is becomming so successful. A great ambassador for poker.

So I would like to say a big thankyou and can't wait for the next one.

Michelle: have sent you a pm let me know if you get it.

Terry

Thank you for the two gifts Terry - the lovely gold tiepin, & the silver Cowboy Hat!

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This was truly a fantastic day - even though I had a horrendous journey to get there, it was so totally worth it.

Echo'ing the other comments, in my very inexperienced opinion, I thought the tournament was run really well.  The venue was superb and the staff and dealers were great (I must thank Wayne, table one's dealer at this stage for continuinely prompting me without getting the arse, which he really couldhave lol).

This was my 2nd live game, the first being a quarter of the size of this one.   I was a nervous wreck to say the least. I had not eaten all day, I was rushed getting there, I knocked over my coffee, I folded my big blind (don't ask!) and I nearly fainted (even though I was chugging red bull and shoving choclate down my gob in a vain attempt to get the sugar levels back up.  I thoroughly loved it though, but felt so ill that I decided to push even though I knew the lovely Rachel (aka MRSH probably had me beaten .... I have to admitI just wanted to get out of it by that stage as my tummy was crunching so hard I was in pain by this stage (I know, what a complete novice tit hahahahahahahaha).    I found the nerves was more to do with not really knowing the rules and feeling like a tit because of it.  Online play takes care of not\knowing the rules properly and I have vowed now that it was a very good lesson to learn, granted one I probably should have got under mybelf BEFORE playing live lol.    It was silly things like trying to raise odd amounts, my cards being over the line slightly, my chips being too close to the 'absent guys' chips on my right, leaving the table (cos I was going to faint) just before my blind .... all of which were pointed out to me firmly but nicely by the dealer (and consequently all of which added to my already nervous state he he.

Anyhoo's, I then stuffed my face with the enormous burger that was dished up, had a great laugh with MRH and MRSH, smoked 4 fags in concession then jumped straight into a £20 SNG which I took down WOOHOO. £100 quid does nicely for your nerves.  I found the SNG a very different experience as the table was talking the whole time, there was fantastic banter (Jimi at Sky, luv ya to bits and thanks for dealing in that game).  I then bubbled on a £10 SNG and even felt brave enoough to offer to deal in that one which funnily enough wasn't taken up on hahahahahahahaha  BUT I have to say by that stage I really did feel loads more confident and can't wait to get more live hours under my belt.

The only 'minor' thing that would have been beneficial is if the sky 'suits' had name bades on saying that they were the suits as I would have liked to have spoken about leagues, forums and other things and also wanted tthe opportunity to say hi, congrats on a great day/site etc etc.

Was great to cuddle TK again (and again and again, how many cuddles did we get lol)      Met Terry and Colin (great wedding piccies) but can't believe I missed other blondes, I am in a dream world most of the time though, and my eyesight is crap so those teeny tiny labels didn't help!

Oh, and Rookie, wd on final table, very unlucky on that hand.

Mich/x

In fact, Michelle, the Sky Suits - indeed everyoine - DID have nice big name Badges. Incredibly, the bag containing them was stolen on Friday Night, & those tinsy winsy jobbies were a last minute get-out-of-trouble attempt which were hastily cobbled together on Saturday morning.

Sorry about that.

Hope you got home OK on Saturday night, & well done on winning that SNG - you looked well pleased about that, & rightly so.

[RioRodent]

So who did win the event?

Carl Chrilly, from Spondon, in Derbyshire, (£2,000), with Dave Fifield, of Hanworth, in 2nd, (£,1000), Tom Larham in 3rd, (£750), Matt Wilson from Leeds in 4th (£600), Daniel Filer from Bristol in 5th for £600, & Jamie Fortherrgill of the Swindon Massive in 6th for £400. I think Rookie was a very unlucky 8th.

Extract from my blog....

Then it all went Pete Tong!! Very next hand all fold to me in the SB (1500)... the BB has just 1500 more chips, for a total of 4500... I have 6c8c and put him all-in... he calls with 93o. I catch an 8 on the flop, he finds a 9 on the turn... he now has 9000 chips. Next hand it folds to me on the button, I only have 84o but figure that the SB wont want to put his newly won 9k in the middle without a real hand, the BB hasn't played a hand since I've been at the table... so I raise it up to 10k! :-) Matey pushes the rest of his 9k in, the BB folds... my 84o, even with it's triple-gutshot straight draw and two flush draws, was no match for the pocket tens... he now has 21k!!!

Matey Boy in question was Dave Fifield, who ended up 2nd for £1000!!! Nice comeback that man.

[Apothecary]

I too would like to add my thanks and appreciation for this weekends tournament,
again it was a great event.

We met some very nice people, and reacquainted ourselves with others.

The sky staff as always were very friendly and helpful,  and presenters and pro's were a delight to meet.

As for Tikay, what can I say, he is such a nice person and I think a good reason why Sky is becomming so successful. A great ambassador for poker.

So I would like to say a big thankyou and can't wait for the next one.

Michelle: have sent you a pm let me know if you get it.

Terry

Thank you for the two gifts Terry - the lovely gold tiepin, & the silver Cowboy Hat!

you are very welcome,
however, thinking about the gifts maybe it should have been a bracelet. lol, and I hope you wear the hat at next years wsop lol, I want a photo posted on blonde.haha with you on a horse, and your team riding possie lol 
take care

Terry

[HOLDorFOLD]

This was truly a fantastic day - even though I had a horrendous journey to get there, it was so totally worth it.

Echo'ing the other comments, in my very inexperienced opinion, I thought the tournament was run really well.  The venue was superb and the staff and dealers were great (I must thank Wayne, table one's dealer at this stage for continuinely prompting me without getting the arse, which he really couldhave lol).

This was my 2nd live game, the first being a quarter of the size of this one.   I was a nervous wreck to say the least. I had not eaten all day, I was rushed getting there, I knocked over my coffee, I folded my big blind (don't ask!) and I nearly fainted (even though I was chugging red bull and shoving choclate down my gob in a vain attempt to get the sugar levels back up.  I thoroughly loved it though, but felt so ill that I decided to push even though I knew the lovely Rachel (aka MRSH probably had me beaten .... I have to admitI just wanted to get out of it by that stage as my tummy was crunching so hard I was in pain by this stage (I know, what a complete novice tit hahahahahahahaha).    I found the nerves was more to do with not really knowing the rules and feeling like a tit because of it.  Online play takes care of not\knowing the rules properly and I have vowed now that it was a very good lesson to learn, granted one I probably should have got under mybelf BEFORE playing live lol.    It was silly things like trying to raise odd amounts, my cards being over the line slightly, my chips being too close to the 'absent guys' chips on my right, leaving the table (cos I was going to faint) just before my blind .... all of which were pointed out to me firmly but nicely by the dealer (and consequently all of which added to my already nervous state he he.

Anyhoo's, I then stuffed my face with the enormous burger that was dished up, had a great laugh with MRH and MRSH, smoked 4 fags in concession then jumped straight into a £20 SNG which I took down WOOHOO. £100 quid does nicely for your nerves.  I found the SNG a very different experience as the table was talking the whole time, there was fantastic banter (Jimi at Sky, luv ya to bits and thanks for dealing in that game).  I then bubbled on a £10 SNG and even felt brave enoough to offer to deal in that one which funnily enough wasn't taken up on hahahahahahahaha  BUT I have to say by that stage I really did feel loads more confident and can't wait to get more live hours under my belt.

The only 'minor' thing that would have been beneficial is if the sky 'suits' had name bades on saying that they were the suits as I would have liked to have spoken about leagues, forums and other things and also wanted tthe opportunity to say hi, congrats on a great day/site etc etc.

Was great to cuddle TK again (and again and again, how many cuddles did we get lol)      Met Terry and Colin (great wedding piccies) but can't believe I missed other blondes, I am in a dream world most of the time though, and my eyesight is crap so those teeny tiny labels didn't help!

Oh, and Rookie, wd on final table, very unlucky on that hand.

Mich/x

In fact, Michelle, the Sky Suits - indeed everyoine - DID have nice big name Badges. Incredibly, the bag containing them was stolen on Friday Night, & those tinsy winsy jobbies were a last minute get-out-of-trouble attempt which were hastily cobbled together on Saturday morning.

Sorry about that.

Hope you got home OK on Saturday night, & well done on winning that SNG - you looked well pleased about that, & rightly so.

Oh you're kidding me hahahahahahahahaha  who on EARTH would want to steal a bag of name tags 

I do indeed then take it all back, I am prepared to grovel, I can grovel very well, I have got the art of crawling backwards whilst deep bowing off to a tee now (tight pvc suit optional for this performance) lol

[suzanne]

I made the final table (for one hand!!), finishing 10th... rookie was still in with a reasonable ammount of chips, I'm not sure if any of the others were blondes.

I was supposed to play in this but was let down by my babysitter, my mate took my place instead (aussie lady called Robyn 50ish) she rang to tell me how she got on and im sure she said a bloke took her out when she pushed with QQ and he made the final table but went out 10th 

Did she say what hand this bloke had?   

To be honest, I don't recall knocking out any 'aussie lady'... they're normally really loud, right? 

This one certainly is! Friend of Matt Dale's, goes with the territory I assume. Like Matt, really nice, really loud.......

Ooohhhhhhhhhh you will be in trouble if she sees this Tony (email on the way ;-) Shes not loud at all!! Just likes to put her point of view across :-) In fact she couldnt praise you enough saying you were the perfect host and went out of your way to get some SNGs going even tho the casino was against due to chips or something??

Rio she did say that you had AA and even spiked an A on the board so no bad beat story, she went out 80ish so early on ish.

Phil thank you for looking after her in the lift, I know she is VERY nervous about getting in them and avoids them if possible. Lovely lovely lady who i have not known for very long but loves her poker and like me strives to become a better player.

Im gutted I missed this especially as it was so close to where I live :-(

Maybe next time ...

Sounds like you all had a GREAT time

[RioRodent]

Rio she did say that you had AA and even spiked an A on the board so no bad beat story, she went out 80ish so early on ish.

Then I'm still not convinced it was me?? I don't recall having pocket Aces all day?

[Snatiramas]

For all you skypoker players there are a couple of clips from the day on you tube

Notice cameo appearance from fat bloke

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q79eVDyHxDU

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Oh you're kidding me hahahahahahahahaha  who on EARTH would want to steal a bag of name tags 

They were in a rucksack which was stolen in a club on Friday night. Panic!

[tikay]

I made the final table (for one hand!!), finishing 10th... rookie was still in with a reasonable ammount of chips, I'm not sure if any of the others were blondes.

I was supposed to play in this but was let down by my babysitter, my mate took my place instead (aussie lady called Robyn 50ish) she rang to tell me how she got on and im sure she said a bloke took her out when she pushed with QQ and he made the final table but went out 10th 

Did she say what hand this bloke had?   

To be honest, I don't recall knocking out any 'aussie lady'... they're normally really loud, right? 

This one certainly is! Friend of Matt Dale's, goes with the territory I assume. Like Matt, really nice, really loud.......

Ooohhhhhhhhhh you will be in trouble if she sees this Tony (email on the way ;-) Shes not loud at all!! Just likes to put her point of view across :-) In fact she couldnt praise you enough saying you were the perfect host and went out of your way to get some SNGs going even tho the casino was against due to chips or something??


Rio she did say that you had AA and even spiked an A on the board so no bad beat story, she went out 80ish so early on ish.

Phil thank you for looking after her in the lift, I know she is VERY nervous about getting in them and avoids them if possible. Lovely lovely lady who i have not known for very long but loves her poker and like me strives to become a better player.

Im gutted I missed this especially as it was so close to where I live :-(

Maybe next time ...

Sounds like you all had a GREAT time

Antipodean is, by definition, loud, as is "friend of Matt Dale".......

We did have a few little problems sertting up the SNG's. No chips, no dealers, just minor issues like that.

But we got there in the end, & ran about 20. And to be honest, I think the players had more fun in the SNG's than anything else! Just £5, £10 & one or two at £20, (no reg fees), real "fun" poker, as it should be.

[Indestructable]

For all you skypoker players there are a couple of clips from the day on you tube

Notice cameo appearance from fat bloke

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q79eVDyHxDU

Wish i hadn't clicked on this link. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R95w8YsXlS8&mode=related&search=

[scottbufc]

Just another question, who were the 2/3 photorgaphers working for, they bascally snapped all night long!?

[TEX FITZ]

Just another question, who were the 2/3 photorgaphers working for, they bascally snapped all night long!?

crimewatch 

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Just another question, who were the 2/3 photorgaphers working for, they bascally snapped all night long!?

Sky Poker & Peppercom, who are Sky Pokers PR peeps.