Black Belt Poker

[Royal Flush]

Yeh I would hate to be in Channing and Persuads shoes right now, i've been following the progress online and at the workshops and there are some really good candidates. I think there are 4 certains that will get one and then it will be betwen 12 people trying to get the other 4 spaces. It does seem like they will be no favouritism at all and the best all round players (meeting the 4 criteria specified) and best possible future rakers will be chosen. hearts will be broken that is all I am sure about.

personally I can't wait till the whole grading is over, its starting to put me on tilt and i'm not even doing it.

good luck to the 30 or so left...

What's it like being rich Sunny?

[gasman]

Yeh I would hate to be in Channing and Persuads shoes right now, i've been following the progress online and at the workshops and there are some really good candidates. I think there are 4 certains that will get one and then it will be betwen 12 people trying to get the other 4 spaces. It does seem like they will be no favouritism at all and the best all round players (meeting the 4 criteria specified) and best possible future rakers will be chosen. hearts will be broken that is all I am sure about.

personally I can't wait till the whole grading is over, its starting to put me on tilt and i'm not even doing it.

good luck to the 30 or so left...

What's it like being rich Sunny?

stretched mate, done it all in vegas

[Dubai]

No-one else find it incredible that over half the applicants (assuming the ones that pulled out, didnt pull out because they were getting the lot) have shown a LOSS, playing stakes where variance is low and putting huge amounts of volume in so that even if running bad they shouldnt be losing?

Id just put a straight line through each of their names, Alan Sugar style.

[action man]

i dont find it incredible at all. Its tough to have to play a certain number of hours/hands when your not in the mood, and the majority of the field's preference is for tournies.

[AndrewT]

No-one else find it incredible that over half the applicants (assuming the ones that pulled out, didnt pull out because they were getting the lot) have shown a LOSS, playing stakes where variance is low and putting huge amounts of volume in so that even if running bad they shouldnt be losing?

Id just put a straight line through each of their names, Alan Sugar style.

The Poker Apprentice with Dubai as Alan Sugar, and Channing and Persuad as Nick and Margaret, could just be the greatest show ever.

Someone Photoshop this plz.

[Dubai]

Yeah but just play on autopilot and dont lose?

I mean i know its not in Neils interest to make people think the profit is important anyway, for a few massively obvious reasons!

[action man]

on the photoshop now

[Royal Flush]

No-one else find it incredible that over half the applicants (assuming the ones that pulled out, didnt pull out because they were getting the lot) have shown a LOSS, playing stakes where variance is low and putting huge amounts of volume in so that even if running bad they shouldnt be losing?

Id just put a straight line through each of their names, Alan Sugar style.

You can't be that surprised with the starting list that so many lose surely?

[action man]

couldnt find suitable channing/persuad pics. maybe someone else can.

[Colchester Kev]

Fkin hell, was that pic of Dubai from "The slimfast years" ??

[dino1980]

No-one else find it incredible that over half the applicants (assuming the ones that pulled out, didnt pull out because they were getting the lot) have shown a LOSS, playing stakes where variance is low and putting huge amounts of volume in so that even if running bad they shouldnt be losing?

Id just put a straight line through each of their names, Alan Sugar style.

I'm currently in the winning half but have spent a few days in the red during this process and although i'm no Alex Rousso or Tom Sambrook, do we really know how long the 'long run' in poker is? It's been proven by those far brighter than me (they know about confidence levels (could be confidence intervals) and other techincal terms) that you really need to have a large sample size (larger than the sample of hands or sit and gos that most will put in over the month) to get a 95% accurate read about if you're really beating the game. Of course this begs the question is the grading a fair process? Well i guess that's why profit/loss is only one of the four criteria.

[Dubai]

Of course it might be unfair, and some people will feel they ran bad. But its business, and you got to be ruthless, you dont win, you dont get in.

Anyone fancy prop bet on the 8, or lay me odds on some people getting in? Obv not on public forum etc



"The only people making money passing are NFL quarterbacks, and Alan, I don't see a number on your back."

[GreekStein]

Of course it might be unfair, and some people will feel they ran bad. But its business, and you got to be ruthless, you dont win, you dont get in.

Anyone fancy prop bet on the 8, or lay me odds on some people getting in? Obv not on public forum etc



"The only people making money passing are NFL quarterbacks, and Alan, I don't see a number on your back."

I think whilst there were obviously a couple of players on that list that were never going to make a profit there's also a few players on there, who like Trigg said are playing different formats to what they are used to making their money at.

Dubai do u wanna pick 8 and I pick 8...most brown belts wins?

Alternatively I might lay you some prices on qualifiers though would rather have that one the other way round!

[Dubai]

i'l put 8 names up, some i wanna back to get in, some i dont. You can price up whether they get in, obv stakes upto u, and if prices good il pm u what ones i wanna back?

[GreekStein]

i'l put 8 names up, some i wanna back to get in, some i dont. You can price up whether they get in, obv stakes upto u, and if prices good il pm u what ones i wanna back?

Sounds good.

When I do my absolutes to you, you can stake me on plo cash. ok ty.