WSOP 2016 Thread, brought to you by Staker

[pokerpops]

Really like the concept and anything that gets Tighty back onboard is obv a good thing.

Struggling with a strategy for identifying horses, can"t stick a pin in a non-existent list

Anyone got any hints and tips?

[TightEnd]

So the WSOP is underway

731 players in event 1 the casino employees, this compares to 688 last year

23 players remain and it was a pleasant surprise to see a Union Jack in the list of chip counts

Kerryjane Craigie, who is the Manager of the London Hippodrome card-room, sitting 2nd overnight and in the hunt for the $75,000 first prize. Nothing like starting the series with a bang, hopefully

For Staker, our action gets underway today with ColossusII with six starting flights and in some quarters expectations of up to 30,000 players

Of course for an event of this size, a staking strategy is a bit different to many other events.

Looking at the leaderboard, players have so far chosen 70 players. Haystack, meet needle.

http://www.staker.co.uk/leaderboard.asp?t=&e=10


In terms of hints and tips it will be a bit easier for the weekend stud event, with 100-150 runners tops at $10,000 buy in and a pretty defined player pool. I"ll run through some of the possible runners and riders tomorrow

It"s GUKPT Walsall this week too and there is a leaderboard running there. Whilst not as straightforward as a $10k stud to work out who is playing, we can at least go to past GUKPT results, rule out those we know are in vegas, and choose accordingly. A GUKPT will have a fairly constant pool of players supplemented by local qualifiers.

[Des]

Not clear about the Facebook bit.

Why does  it want to access my friend list?

Is it going to generate posts on my FB or send messages to my FB friends?

Can I take part without giving permission to access my friend list?

Standard Facebook login app, John.  We don"t want it to be invasive at all - so it should not be automatically sharing anything with your friends.  If it is please shout.  We do not receive any information on your friends - just your name and email address.  You have the option within the game to share stuff with your friends, which is probably where the friends list comes in.  But that is completely optional for us all.

[TightEnd]

A reminder that for the first of the WSOP Staker events, which starts tonight (Event 2 Colossus II ) your stakes need to be placed before 9pm UK time tonight.

After that you can stake for future events on the list, but not Colossus

[Des]

Really like the concept and anything that gets Tighty back onboard is obv a good thing.

Struggling with a strategy for identifying horses, can"t stick a pin in a non-existent list

Anyone got any hints and tips?

I"m favouring the methodical approach, David.

So, for event #3 $10,000 Stud Championship.

I"m using the "Study the Stats" link on the Staker homepage to go to the Hendon Mob rankings page.

Scrolling down brings me to all of the WSOP stats that I could ever hope to see.

I"m immediately going to do a search on the WSOP Stud rankings to see who has shown form over the years.  I might pick 3 or 4 of those guys - lowering the percentage for older players, maybe increasing it for newer players (perhaps more likely to be there as their achievements are more likely to have been recent - definitely not a science though!). 

Then I"ll click through to the WSOP 2015 results and search for Stud.

I"ll go through the 2015 $10k Stud Championship result in detail.  I"ll probably pick 3 or 4 of those guys and take a decent percentage of each.

I might then go through the results of the 2 or 3 other Stud events that happened in that series at lower buy ins.

I"m generally looking for names I"m vaguely familar with, suggesting they are regulars and stud players and more likely to be back.

Ultimately, none of these guys are guaranteed to show.  Hell they might walk into the venue with $10k in their pocket and be accosted by someone they owe money to, or just go off and play something differerent.  That"s one of the very human things about poker - you just can"t predict what will happen!

When one of your guys turns up on a live update or as an end of day chipleader - it"s quite a buzz though!

Best of luck with the series.

[LombBomb]

What is the cut-off point for GUKPT Walsall selections to be made?

[Des]

What is the cut-off point for GUKPT Walsall selections to be made?

9pm on the opening day of play, Tom.  

[Ssssmokin]

Quote I"m using the "Study the Stats" link on the Staker homepage to go to the Hendon Mob rankings page.

Scrolling down brings me to all of the WSOP stats that I could ever hope to see. unquote

I"m on the Staker home page but can"t for the life of me see a Study The Stats Link  

[Curlarge]

How can I see whom I"ve picked, cos I"ve obv forgotten already

[Des]

Quote I"m using the "Study the Stats" link on the Staker homepage to go to the Hendon Mob rankings page.

Scrolling down brings me to all of the WSOP stats that I could ever hope to see. unquote

I"m on the Staker home page but can"t for the life of me see a Study The Stats Link  

Look at the first post in this thread Charlie, and that"s where that Study banner should be.  If you don"t see it, then refresh your cache and take another look.  Scroll down, etc.  If you still don"t see it, let me know what browser you"re using etc.  Also, check whether you have an ads blocker switched on somewhere.

[Des]

How can I see whom I"ve picked, cos I"ve obv forgotten already

Click the "Staking Record" option on the menu, Rich.  That will show you all of your live stakes.  You can cancel them before the event closes for entry at 9pm also.

[Ssssmokin]

Quote I"m using the "Study the Stats" link on the Staker homepage to go to the Hendon Mob rankings page.

Scrolling down brings me to all of the WSOP stats that I could ever hope to see. unquote

I"m on the Staker home page but can"t for the life of me see a Study The Stats Link  

Look at the first post in this thread Charlie, and that"s where that Study banner should be.  If you don"t see it, then refresh your cache and take another look.  Scroll down, etc.  If you still don"t see it, let me know what browser you"re using etc.  Also, check whether you have an ads blocker switched on somewhere.

Cheers, cleared cache and all working as it should.

[MintTrav]

Not clear about the Facebook bit.

Why does  it want to access my friend list?

Is it going to generate posts on my FB or send messages to my FB friends?

Can I take part without giving permission to access my friend list?

Standard Facebook login app, John.  We don"t want it to be invasive at all - so it should not be automatically sharing anything with your friends.  If it is please shout.  We do not receive any information on your friends - just your name and email address.  You have the option within the game to share stuff with your friends, which is probably where the friends list comes in.  But that is completely optional for us all.

Thanks Des.

[Curlarge]

How can I see whom I"ve picked, cos I"ve obv forgotten already

Click the "Staking Record" option on the menu, Rich.  That will show you all of your live stakes.  You can cancel them before the event closes for entry at 9pm also.

ty sir

[Des]

Staker entry to WSOP event #2 Colossus will close in just under 15m.  We"re carrying over £500k in fantasy stakes as we approach the first event!