Sky Poker - A Law Unto Themselves !!
 

So why did I (bennydip2) get banned form the SkyPoker forum..o:D
Well after making a call today, with several rumours as to why it happened, and nobody at headquarters in Feltham wanting to give a straight answer, other than the ban is for 6 months and will then be reconsidered. ?? :'D So thats life then as others have found in the past..
However it would appear that I was on a final warning when I posted this in a thread when others had posted concern about some people playing on two accounts ...
Read the post and then ask yourself, what site uses 6 seater tables, has no down-loadable site, has only UK players, people working for SkyPoker having not one but two accounts,
(No other poker network allows it's employees to bet or play poker on it's own site) The company has a TV studio where hands can be seen as they happen to be broadcast live withing seconds of the event having happened .:eek!:

So is there any wonder players should be aware and feel insecure :cool:

Here's the post that got me banned ....

....."What's the truth about partnerships"?
I guess the reason I feel so passionately about this is because many otherwise sophisticated players don't fully grasp the threat that poker partnerships pose. For those who don't quite understand what we're talking about here, this is it. Poker is supposed to be a game where each opponent plays purely in his own self-interest. If that doesn't happen, then massive and wholly unethical advantages go to those who violate this tacit agreement.

How do you go about taking advantage of opponents by playing with a partner?
Good question, and not one I'm going to answer. I think we'd be surprised, if we dissected the workings of most everyday partnerships, to find just how inept they really are. In live games they probably raise each other sometimes when folding is correct and fold sometimes when raising is correct. Fine. We're guessing that these teams are not all made up of nuclear physicists. So what? Some, I'm betting are composed of very bright people. But the sad part is that even the most inept teams (if any exist) - teams that do nothing more than secretly signal each other and then play only the best hand among the team - can eat through your bankroll like moths amongst your t-shirts.

However, teams online are a completely different kettle of fish, or in this case sharks. Their favourite haunts are the six seater cash games, using laptops from the same room or using 'skype'or mobile phones, messenger , even some use the chat box at the table in some sort of code (jeez)


Public casinos today, run by honorable management, are the safest places for poker. Often, teams of cheats will simply avoid casinos governed by strong management with strong surveillance and knowledgeable players.

We need to give casinos whatever weapons they require to target partnerships without management fearing repercussions. You can go years to prison for robbing a shop or store of £100 and there's virtually no penalty for conspiring to rob poker opponents of thousands or millions !

The biggest problem today lays with the Online Card Rooms .. Security is good in most cases, however they rely in the main on customers contacting them with suspicion's before they act !! Beware !!
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So, heres my question... Would you want to risk large amounts of cash there ? 8-P
Small moneys maybe for fun, but as the old saying goes .. "Buyer Beware"

Good luck to all who play there but until the site gets a down loadable network , or, stops it's employees who happen to work in the TV studios from having poker accounts along with multi- account players on the site, it's a risk tooooo far ...
I'll still have a small investment in the short hand MMT's :'D
But Cash games......... That'll be a No then .. 3:-)

Bennythedip2

oyi oyi Ladbrokes
 

Well as I said to you earlier me ol mate.. I'm having a leisurely night in on the poker 8-P ....and at the 4th break in the $1000 gtd (283 runners..30 to get payed on Ladbrokes) im sitting in a cosy 3rd with 39 left .. looks like a late start for me in the morning then ...still only 11.45 :'D ...commmmm-onnn:loveme:

Why do I do this to myself
 

So another break (12.45) level 16 .. 21 left :scribe: ...and who's the big chippie .. mwahhh :loveme: 271,307 o:D 2nd has 203,292 ..3rd has 95,903 .....I might be phoning in sick tomorrow .. this could be a 4.00am finish :gh: nooooooooo:D

Final Table ..starting (sigh) 1.35 am
 

:loveme: chippie at the start with 499,000



1.53 down to last Four... still chippie 577,000 nearly half the chips in play ... oyi oyi !!

The Winner IS ????
 

o:D BENNY .. close even stacks in the heads up...all the chips went in with Opo having AJ me having AK ... no miracle cards here on Ladbrokes :cool: .......... Flop turn and river all rags :loveme:.. finish time 2.20 am







Ty Ty girls xxx8-P

N1 Benny :clap::clap::clap:

Nice one Benny :clap::clap::clap:

That Team Viewer really works eh benny o:D
Well done :clap:

Thank You Guys
 

'Phew', feel knackered now after having that late one, however obviously worth it .... I didn't realise it was a re-buy event when I entered, until I was on 7500 chips, so no re-buys or add-on ...

My best play or hand was the easiest, when I had 'As Js' out of position half way around the table, someone had made a 3xBB raise under the gun, I flat called the raise ...all passed .. Flop comes Ks Qs 3d ... he bets out 3BB ... I call .... Turn came Ad .... he bets again half the pot ..... so me to act .. Allin for another 18k .. He calls, he's pot committed with only 7k left ... He shows .. Ah Jh ... .. We have the same hand except I have the flush draw, he has no outs, other than a split pot ... the river comes .10s 8-P Oyi Oyi , Royal Flush !!!!! ..
(chat box me) "Send It, gg wp unlk" !! ..

The Guarantee, was well over the 1000 ..nearly 1500, so the pick up was 405 euro ... ... That'll do nicely for Herbie's next 'nap' :eek!:

Again 'Thanks' guys ..
A quick 30min shut-eye, before we fall down now :hippy:

So Tonight Tuesday
 

After a power nap of 3hours:eek!: o:D I'm in the 7 card stud (re-buy) on Ladbrokes, and at the first break , were 3rd of 16 , from 29 starters.. .. What I cant believe is the women on my tables :loveme: jeez ..Do I NOT want to be moved off this table .........:flowers:

7 card stud tourney ..
 

Final table, and ... :loveme: chip leader with 34k :cool:

Result and Winner ..
 

:cool: BENNY :loveme::D:king: I love you Ladbrokes .. anther 72 euros for the old boy :eek!: medic .....

Let's hope they don't do a promo with a horse share as a prize 8-P:eek!:

lol
 

They wouldn't dare mate :loveme:

So it's Wednesday and the the big one !!
 

Ladbrokes ..20.000 guarantee (re-buy 25)
At the first break were comfortably sitting with 9000 including just the Add-On .. Lets hope it's another late one...o:D

Oh Well ..
 

Early bath for me then ...(o)< ................:'D

Sky Poker .. Now it's happened !!
 

You'll love this one ..."bennydip2" account closed" !! Their reason :cool:

For me putting the first post in this thread on OUR forum (not theirs) .. SkyPoker have had my accounts closed ?


Full story to follow ..:eek!:

Read the original post again ..:news:

If your account was suspended then you wouldn't have been allowed to post anything on their site! It would also have been far more damaging to them if you had done it on their site.

Probably for the best anyway, you can concentrate on Laddies and Bet365 now.

No the original post was on their site ..this got me forum banned there..then I posted the first post in this thread here including that post which was there ..:h?: ..Hence the suspended account and now after inquiry which "allegedly" included Tony Kendall's complaint,( Who incidentally still has TWO accounts there) :eek!:.. I get totally banned on all Sky Poker and Sky Bet sites .. (You gotta love there ethics )8-P