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AMRN:
Dear John

I"m worried about how to beat boredom during those long live poker afternoons. I was watching the Damon Hill lookalike on my left at the ECOAP last weekend, and he seemed to have a desire to lean back and balance chips on his forehead, but clearly got it very wrong. Do you have any thoughts on how to improve the tilted forehead chip stack balance for future weekends?

Thanks

Bored of Worcestershire

Chipaccrual:
Dear John,

I help run live poker events and at a recent team event, the winners left a lot to be desired.  I"m concerned that if the powers that be realise the quality of players that seem to be able to win one of these events, it could have a huge impact on the game of poker for the future.

It is a game of skill, but on this evidence the doubters will strengthen their case as to it all being about luck.

What should I do ?

Yours,

Concerned of Dorset

MintTrav:

--- Quote from: Fatcatstu on August 31, 2012, 08:00:42 AM ---
Dear John,

What started as a few people making a brief visit to yarm for a quiet game of poker has turned into most of APAT turning up for a triple birthday weekend piss up in October.

I am worried that we are going to break Yarm.

Any advice on how to keep things civil and organised?

Yours,

Worried in Stockton

X

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Dear Worried

I understand that the legendary England football manager Steve McClaren is from just outside Yarm. He is remembered for converting a ramshackle bunch of down-and-outs into the finest football team ever to represent England, so I suggest that you enlist his considerable man-management skills to assist in marshalling your visitors. If that doesn"t work, getting him to entertain them with anecdotes from the glory days of 2007 is guaranteed to moderate their tendency for exhuberance.

Good Luck.

John

MintTrav:

--- Quote from: Chipaccrual on August 31, 2012, 12:35:49 PM ---
Dear John,

I help run live poker events and at a recent team event, the winners left a lot to be desired.  I"m concerned that if the powers that be realise the quality of players that seem to be able to win one of these events, it could have a huge impact on the game of poker for the future.

It is a game of skill, but on this evidence the doubters will strengthen their case as to it all being about luck.

What should I do ?

Yours,

Concerned of Dorset

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Dear Concerned

In order to demonstrate that poker is a game of skill rather than luck, you just need to point to some of the winners of previous tournaments, such as Steve Redfern, Brian Yates and Stuart Ward. What better evidence could there be?

John

MintTrav:
Idiot! Just played a satellite for the WCOOP $200 + $15 Triple Stud tomorrow night. 63 players - 3 seats, with a bit of cash for 4th.

I was playing some other games at the same time on two sites and didn"t notice either of two quite important things; namely that a) we were on the final table and b) I was chip-leader. I just carried on playing as normal as if there were lots of players still in, which I thought there were. I would have slowed down and probably eased into one of the seats if I had been paying enough attention. Triple Stud (and it"s individual elements) and 2-7 are my main things online these days. Rarely play Holdem or Omaha online now unless there is a particular reason, though I do play NLHE live several nights a week. Anyway, I didn"t slow down, got involved in a couple of dodgy situations and went out. Stupid iriot, as Benny Hill used to say.

I"ll have another go at satelliting in. This is the main tournament I want to play, so I might buy in anyway if it comes to it. Might even look for staking.

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