Online Poker. Times they are a changing !

[Pkrplaya]

So who's Angel?

lol. Well done. I really went off poker a while ago. Only played a few games in the past year. Apart from the 1 or 2 outers hitting on the river everytime against me I think it's because I was playing for the money, rather than playing for the fun like I used to. Spending hours playing only to get knocked out by some muppet, was getting right on my nerves. I prefered to put my entry fee on a horse and in 2 or 3 minutes know if I'd won or not
Then I decided to play freerolls and really low buy in games trying to build up my bankroll. That went quite well for a while until I got bored playing for 4 hours to win a pound and ended up buying into games with all my (small) bankroll and getting knocked out by the 2 outer again lol
Maybe i'll try again when I have more cash.

[Tony2005]

Good point there Marcus....


I very rarely play now mainly because it really fks me off to sit in front of the pc for 4 hours to get mugged by an idiot....


Like you said ...put it on a horse or one of my tips and you know you have lost before they even go into the stalls....

[bennythedip2]

You guys are so right and like many other online players who get disillusioned.
Oh I put 'Skypoker Guests' because both a few players and others who we wont mention do like to pop over here to see want were up to

There are five or six maybe more different kinds of categories and styles of playing within online poker, which goes back to what I wanted to say at the start of this thread, " Online Poker" "The times they are a changing" !!

1 ...MTT's for people who play mainly big field events for a top prize ..

2 ...STT's 6-10 seated game, first 2 or 3 getting paid ..

3... Mutie-Tabling Cash players (3 up to 20 tables ) This is where some people try and some do make a living from the game. However it's not the game I know or for that matter want to play, and in my mind, it's not poker. It's certainly a game of sorts, if that's what turns people on but how dull and boring is that, it's not the poker I know ...

4 ...Cash Tables Single table games for players who in the main look for a profit, but also possibly playing with Internet friends with the chat ..

5 ...Recreational, Players who just want a game , when it suits them for fun.

6 ... 30 -50 STT's (or small MTT's ) Now for me this is the game of the future..
When I found these games on Bet365 I fell in love with them straight away.

Ladbrokes also do six seater 18 players and Ten seater 20 players but the payouts although good only pay three.
What I personally like about the 30 and 50's on Bet365 is they pay deeper, on 30 they pay top Five, and on 50 they pay top Ten.

Skypoker ... They are so far down the road of 'self indulgence' they cant see the wood from the trees .. They even sent ME a online survey, asking my opinion on how to make their Points structure better, I told them to start by looking at the backlog of points in players accounts and get those sorted before asking me what they should do ...!!

So here's the reason for the average "Joe" or "Sally" to play these games.
Your probably not in a game with the likes of TOP Pro players .. The games take on average just less than an hour for the 30 seater (9 min blind levels) and maybe one and a half hours for the 50 seater (10 min blind levels).. Plus the BIG thing for me with 10 seater games is they tend not to be a 'crapshoot', there's enough time to get a decent game, without it taking up your day.
I tried to explain this to the management at Skypoker but the 'click' within the management there are adamant their way is best for the company, what I'm saying is this game is Value for the likes of you and me.....THE CUSTOMER ..

Good luck in whatever games you choose , but the main thing is to enjoy what your doing, and right now although I'll always prefere to play Live tournaments, for me this kind of Online poker has got me back enjoying the Online game again ...

Good Luck All ....Benny ..

These guys new how to play, the good old days ..ehh

[bennythedip2]

The 30 seat "Angel" strikes again on Bet365 This makes it 3 small STT wins on the $5 thirty seat games where top 5 get paid in the last 7 days...Winner $64 (£41) ..
For a one and half hour game, these 10 seaters are value without the crap-shoot