Keith "The Camel" Hawkins: In the Well

[The Baron]

Are you going to sign up to the soccermanager.com blondepoker league?

[Tonji]

Cheers Keith, really enjoyed reading this thread.

C'MON THE Rs 

[Royal Flush]

What is your opinion on player/player staking for tournaments? Have you ever staked players for a long period of time?

Do you think you will play poker/sports bet for the rest of your 'working' life or do you think you will reach a point where you have no real need to make any more money?

What is the best advice you could give to me?

[Micko]

In ure opinion what is the best/ worst sport to trade on?

Any memorable lays or plays or big touches?

Last 1 Keith any advice for a novice looking to lay and trade more serious on betfair, Any books or sites be helpful.

Cheers,

GL in Vegas!

[The Camel]

One last one from me - Keith, when you sit down at the table at the start of a game, do you always behave in a standard way - I mean do you sit back and do some watchfull waiting (unless you get a big hand) to suss out the other players or do you bring a variety of approaches? I'm talking about playing with folk you probably don't know much about. Is it different when you do know the opponents?

thanks

Mad

Hi Mad,

I'm going to answer this question as though you are talking about tournaments.. I don't play much cash.

How I approach a new table is almost entirely down to how many chipsw I've gt in comparison with both the average in the tournament and the average on the new table.

If there are lots of young scandies, I will definitely have a smaller range of raising cards, but a wider range of reraising cards.

If I have lots of chips I will be very aggressive and also call alot of raises with marginal holdings as long as I'm in position.

If I am about average, I will sit back and wait for good spots.

If I'm below average, I'm going to aggressively look for a double up.. I never get anted away!

[The Camel]

Are you going to sign up to the soccermanager.com blondepoker league?

I have no clue what this is??

[The Camel]

What is your opinion on player/player staking for tournaments? Have you ever staked players for a long period of time?

Do you think you will play poker/sports bet for the rest of your 'working' life or do you think you will reach a point where you have no real need to make any more money?

What is the best advice you could give to me?

I only stake players if they fit all of these criteria.. (in order of importance) 1. I trust them. 2. I like them 3. I rate their game highly. I am sure staking is a profitable excerise for the right backer/backee partnership, while I haven't found the right players to go into long term staking arrangements, I have put alot of players in individual tournaments or bought pieces in big tournies.

I don't know. At the moment it suits me as I love being home and watching my little boy grow up. It's something lots of fathers miss out on. I'm very lucky. but, when he goes to school I might seek a new challenge.. I'm not sure what, but something might just pop up.

The best advice I could give you is quit taking me on at prop bets. You can't win!

[The Camel]

In ure opinion what is the best/ worst sport to trade on?

Any memorable lays or plays or big touches?

Last 1 Keith any advice for a novice looking to lay and trade more serious on betfair, Any books or sites be helpful.

Cheers,

GL in Vegas!

The absolute worst sport to trade on is horse racing, especially low quality racing. There are too many plots and non triers. If you don't have the right information it's very very tough to beat. And don't even think of betting in running on horses.. Some peeps have the racetech pictures which are upto 5 seconds in advance of the pictures from Racing UK or ATR. You might be betting on a horse who has already fallen!

The best sports to trade on are usually the ones you know the best.. For me it's NFL and Championship football. I devour huge amounts of information on both sports and if you are better prepared than the guys you are taking on, it can only be an edge. American football is a great sport to trade in running on betfair because the market usually massively overreacts to a score or a turnover. In a game where 50 points are expected, a touchdown is imprtant, but nowhere near as important as a goal in a football match. If you watch the betfair markets you wouldn't believe this!

I'm getting old.. so the list of memorable touiches is quite long... but I don't seem to have any of the money some of these provided me with: Duke of Monmouth in the Triumph Hurdle, Remittance Man in the Champion Chase, Stockport e/w at 150/1 in Div 3 of about 1984, France to win the Euro championships, Red Star Belgrade to win European Cup, St Louis to win the Superbowl, Nashwan to win the Guineas and Derby, Magnus Larsson to win Grand Slam cup..

God. How have I managed to spend all that???!?!?!?

I think the best way to start is to stick £20 in betfair and just try playing very small on sports you follow closely. Try and work out trading techniques that suit your temprement. Books won't help I doubt. You need to find your own niche.

[The Camel]

That's it I think.

Off to Vegas in the morning. Great questions and I've really enjoyed being in the well.

Thanks for all the kind comments and hopefully I can actually come home with some $$$$ for once!

[bobby1]

a brilliant read mate, thanks and good luck.

[action man]

all the best in vegas keith!

[Tractor]

Just read the whole thread, great read.
Good luck in Vegas.

[FuglyBaz]

Good luck in Vegas Keith. If you read any of this back then i have something to add. A good sport to bet on is darts! The bookies hardly ever get it spot on and there is easy money to be had.

[TheChipPrince]

Cheers Camel... NEXT!

[Junior Senior]

great read keith! - enjoyed it very much