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« Reply #30 on: October 19, 2013, 03:02:14 PM »

Smoking at the tables

12 players to the table

Getting told off for check raising, or going all in with less than ten bigs

Getting told off, or even overruled, for refusing a deal

Letting any old mug off the street deal cash games

Moving the short stack

5,000 chips in £500 comps, and that being 'deep'

Most of this still happens at Naps in Sheffield

I have heard alot of people say someone told them off for check raising.

But I must say it has never happened to me and I've never been at a table where it happened.

Worst thing about the old days?

You had be dealt in on the first hand of the tournament or you were dq'ed.

I remember that happening at the Vic to a lad from Norway who was over with a mate of mine.

He had been asked to go and buy some suitable shoes by the front of house, came back just after the tournament had kicked off (literally minutes) and they gave him his buyin back...
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« Reply #31 on: October 19, 2013, 03:05:08 PM »

Being able to win.
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« Reply #32 on: October 19, 2013, 03:19:06 PM »

Yeah it was Chicken Joe, his Brother is Shah Koumi.
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« Reply #33 on: October 19, 2013, 03:28:52 PM »

Smoking at the tables

12 players to the table

Getting told off for check raising, or going all in with less than ten bigs

Getting told off, or even overruled, for refusing a deal

Letting any old mug off the street deal cash games

Moving the short stack

5,000 chips in £500 comps, and that being 'deep'

Most of this still happens at Naps in Sheffield

I have heard alot of people say someone told them off for check raising.

But I must say it has never happened to me and I've never been at a table where it happened.

Worst thing about the old days?

You had be dealt in on the first hand of the tournament or you were dq'ed.

I remember that happening at the Vic to a lad from Norway who was over with a mate of mine.

He had been asked to go and buy some suitable shoes by the front of house, came back just after the tournament had kicked off (literally minutes) and they gave him his buyin back...

There was someone at the old Luton that missed the start because he went to the toilet, after buying in.
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« Reply #34 on: October 19, 2013, 03:40:57 PM »

Smoking at the tables

12 players to the table

Getting told off for check raising, or going all in with less than ten bigs

Getting told off, or even overruled, for refusing a deal

Letting any old mug off the street deal cash games

Moving the short stack

5,000 chips in £500 comps, and that being 'deep'

Most of this still happens at Naps in Sheffield

I have heard alot of people say someone told them off for check raising.

But I must say it has never happened to me and I've never been at a table where it happened.

Worst thing about the old days?

You had be dealt in on the first hand of the tournament or you were dq'ed.

I remember that happening at the Vic to a lad from Norway who was over with a mate of mine.

He had been asked to go and buy some suitable shoes by the front of house, came back just after the tournament had kicked off (literally minutes) and they gave him his buyin back...

There was someone at the old Luton that missed the start because he went to the toilet, after buying in.

Haha, this was a £1500 comp back in 2006, and he had flown over from Norway specifically to play this comp.
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« Reply #35 on: October 19, 2013, 03:41:02 PM »

Smoking at the tables

12 players to the table

Getting told off for check raising, or going all in with less than ten bigs

Getting told off, or even overruled, for refusing a deal

Letting any old mug off the street deal cash games

Moving the short stack

5,000 chips in £500 comps, and that being 'deep'

Most of this still happens at Naps in Sheffield

All of the above + crammed in like sardines

Shefield Naps was a busy place for  festivals , tournaments and cash with many a "face" frequenting the premises

However late 2005 they decided it would be a good idea that "you couldn't register for tournies unless you were on the premises"   Genius !

That meant players had no way of knowing runner numbers etc which actually created a chicken and egg scenario as non local players refused to travel , consequently the numbers quickly dwindled and Naps would either start 1-2 hours late or actually cancel certain events ....also there was no late reg avaliable

That was the start of the end for the big festivals  and its just £20 rebuys I believe now... Im a Sheffielder and like a lot of others have not been back since.
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« Reply #36 on: October 19, 2013, 04:35:13 PM »

How did you put up with all this crap? Then again seeing some of the faces at GUKPTLuton this week I guess it was part of the fun for them.

Def think that the £20 rebuys should return, they sound fun. Problem is that every single fish says they prefer a £30 bowl sigh 40k starting stacks which is so so bad for them. Also guess that with poker being run at so few venues there was less choice and people had to really commit to the £20 rebuy to make it worth going.
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« Reply #37 on: October 19, 2013, 05:10:21 PM »

Smoking at the tables

12 players to the table

Getting told off for check raising, or going all in with less than ten bigs

Getting told off, or even overruled, for refusing a deal

Letting any old mug off the street deal cash games

Moving the short stack

5,000 chips in £500 comps, and that being 'deep'

Most of this still happens at Naps in Sheffield

All of the above + crammed in like sardines

Shefield Naps was a busy place for  festivals , tournaments and cash with many a "face" frequenting the premises

However late 2005 they decided it would be a good idea that "you couldn't register for tournies unless you were on the premises"   Genius !

That meant players had no way of knowing runner numbers etc which actually created a chicken and egg scenario as non local players refused to travel , consequently the numbers quickly dwindled and Naps would either start 1-2 hours late or actually cancel certain events ....also there was no late reg avaliable

That was the start of the end for the big festivals  and its just £20 rebuys I believe now... Im a Sheffielder and like a lot of others have not been back since.

There used to be a £20+R on a Friday night I think it was, which was very popular which was capped at around 80 players.

It was so popular that some locals created a black-market by buying seats knowing it would sell out and then selling them on to travelling players at double the price+ who arrived after it was full. I think I once saw one sold for £80.
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« Reply #38 on: October 19, 2013, 11:28:07 PM »

The big cash game back in the day at Stoke where a guy used to bring his dog in and he'd lie there all night chilled as, eating cheese sandwhiches people gave him. I don't remeber this name but he was the first person i ever knew who actually understood things like pot odds, total revelation at the time.

Smoking at the tables was great.

£5 rebuys where people went all in every hand from the first hand until they got some chips to play with.

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« Reply #39 on: October 19, 2013, 11:34:26 PM »

The big cash game back in the day at Stoke where a guy used to bring his dog in and he'd lie there all night chilled as, eating cheese sandwhiches people gave him. I don't remeber this name but he was the first person i ever knew who actually understood things like pot odds, total revelation at the time.

Smoking at the tables was great.

£5 rebuys where people went all in every hand from the first hand until they got some chips to play with.



Haha, the local Gala in Bournemouth used to have a £10 rebuy on a Sunday night, and you got 500 chips to start Cheesy
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« Reply #40 on: October 19, 2013, 11:57:33 PM »

The big cash game back in the day at Stoke where a guy used to bring his dog in and he'd lie there all night chilled as, eating cheese sandwhiches people gave him. I don't remeber this name but he was the first person i ever knew who actually understood things like pot odds, total revelation at the time.

Smoking at the tables was great.

£5 rebuys where people went all in every hand from the first hand until they got some chips to play with.



Haha, the local Gala in Bournemouth used to have a £10 rebuy on a Sunday night, and you got 500 chips to start Cheesy


yep, was standard as far as i knew.
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« Reply #41 on: October 20, 2013, 12:03:09 AM »

Found out tonight that Broadway will be running some rebuy comps in their standard weekly schedule from November.

Should be interesting.
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« Reply #42 on: October 20, 2013, 01:03:00 AM »

I ran a £5 rebuy with 500 chips at Gala Brum, back in the day. Cardroom held 50 and used to plough through 45 rebuys a hand and that was pot limit Smiley
Had a £2k GTE used to make £3k.

Doubling the last bet for min raise, blinds flat and doubled every 20 minutes. Ewwwwwwwwww can't believe people played them lol
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« Reply #43 on: October 20, 2013, 01:04:10 AM »

I ran a £5 rebuy with 500 chips at Gala Brum, back in the day. Cardroom held 50 and used to plough through 45 rebuys a hand  Smiley
Had a £2k GTE used to make £3k.

I remember it well. Self deal, right?
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« Reply #44 on: October 20, 2013, 01:05:45 AM »

I ran a £5 rebuy with 500 chips at Gala Brum, back in the day. Cardroom held 50 and used to plough through 45 rebuys a hand  Smiley
Had a £2k GTE used to make £3k.

I remember it well. Self deal, right?

Absolutely unless we had a spare hanging around Smiley
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