Hi All, 

Firstly Great meeting some of you today. What a great group, I'm really hoping to learn a lot from this experience! 
I caught up with Nik for 5 mins during the break today and we both felt the topic I raised following on from my "ask a pro" convo with Nik, didnt get the attention it deserved on the White board. We would be really keen to hear what the groups thoughts are on Nik's Leveraging theory detailed below. 

I asked about MTT strategy and in particular the stage in the tournament as you approach the final table.

At this stage the blinds and antes are huge and are coming around faster as tables break and become more short handed leading up to the final.
 
Imo the hardest spot here is for the medium stacks, decisons and bet sizing seem a lot harder and I was keen to hear back from a tournament specialist about what strategies they employ at this stage in the tournament to give them the best shot at not only making the final, but doing so with enough chips to give them a decent shot at a Top 3 spot.

Even though grading is over, Im still up for doing some sweat sessions, etc if anyone is up for it.  Thought they were a really good way to improve.  If ne1 wants to do 1 then fire me an email on ricemartin719@yahoo.co.uk or PM me here and Il PM my number and we can get it sorted!!

Just out of interest, is this group section always going to be available for former graders or will it be shut down soon after the grading ?

Greetings Graders.

A decision is being made next week.

Anybody who is promoted to a higher Belt will be promoted after that decision has been made.

If you have raked since the end of the Grading, then we'll recalculate those points in accordance to your new Belt.

***SKYPE SESSIONS FINAL REMINDER***

So far I have got through half the group, can the those of you who have not got hold of me, plz PM your mobile/skype details.

Many Thanks!

Nik.

NEW THREAD - Graders Last Longer vs Neil and Nik

£10 in the pot, last longer takes it all (and gets the drinks in lol) as long as they outlast Neil & Nik, if not then the longest lasting of N&N get to chose the Charity of their choice to receive the grader's Tenners

Me , Mike C , Ermyas ..... add names here please

 Hi guys,

 I encouraged a few people to sign up to The Mulligan last night and I played on the site a little myself.

 By the time I started things seemed alright, but there was definitely an iPoker wide problem with disconnections.

 Queries to Black Belt relating to the poker client and the playing of the game are passed to Boyles, who run our cage and customer services pertaining to poker.

 I wrote to them about the problems last night and this was their reply:

 Please be aware Playtech experienced some server issues last night 2010-03-16 between the hours of 22:25 and 23:10 GMT. Playtech Tech dept have now advised that the issues have been resolved and an investigation is under way to discover the route cause of the problem.

If you have any players that were affected between the times above, please feel free to get them email our support team and we will have iPoker advise on refunds where appropriate for them. 

 The best way to get in touch is to click on the icon at the right of the cashiers cage and message 24 hr support.

 Thanks.

nc

lol nice to see sharktrap is still available to bash up for anyone that needs to replace some lost funds. he just folded aces face up whilst typing FUFUFU a lot, shame i couldnt click the auto muck quick enough to show the lack of anything meaningful in my hand or we could have had ignition again lol.

woot thats my hours done........time to kick my feet up have a beer and go on a little spin up :P

Hi guys,

 Just a quick reminder that we have a Mulligan and a Donkament this week even though there is no league game.

 I probably won't play, I'm totally snowed under with London Live related emails and stuff to deal with in order to catch up all the things I neglected in the run up to London live. If I sit down and start chatting it's so hard to do lots of work too.

 We have got nine registered though and we be good to get a dozen or more.

 I may play the donkament if I get enough done. There are only for in so far and it needs ten to happen.

 Hopefully some more people will sign up.

 We'll be announcing exciting details of next week's new league very soon.

 nc

Does anyone know how will be informed of blue belt selection/non-selection and if the 24th is definately the confirmed date?