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Is Goliath Your First big Live Tournament?

If so this might help…

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The Goliath is a great opportunity for a low stakes or recreational player to experience a huge live multi-day event with a massive prize-pool for just £100+£25 buyin. In 2017 there were 6,385 entries and a first prize of £85,760. Many see the Goliath as their once a year World Championship and the must play event of the year!

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With 750 seats guaranteed this year on grosvenorpoker.com, here are some pointers for players looking to qualify and dip their toes in their first big poker event.

I am often asked about playing live, particularly beginners ask what tips I can share to help make their first live event a success. Often this will be from players that have qualified online, and sitting in front of their PC is the total of their poker experience so far.

Here is my top ten for your first big live tournament :

1. It’s the same game

You know the rules, you know what hands are good and which flops fit. You won your satellite, you know what you are doing so don’t worry, it’s still the same game. Play your own game.

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2 . OK, it’s the same game but it’s different

You are using physical chips and cards. Make sure you protect your hand, particularly if you are in seat 1 or 10 (next to the dealer). You can keep a hand on them on use a chip or card guard (luckily in 2019 the coveted Goliath chip protectors are back so keep an eye out for them).

3. Make sure your opponent can’t see your cards

Don’t hold them right up in front of you and be especially careful if you are in the middle seats, opposite the dealer, as your neighbour can easily see your cards if you aren’t careful.

4. Make your intentions clear

The handling and use of chips is something new and different to playing online. If you want to raise then say ‘raise’. It’s fine to announce the amount of your bet to make it clear. Be careful of ‘string bets’ – you must put all the chips that you are betting in at the same time and not bit by bit. Always speak your intentions if you are unsure.

5. Forget about what you have seen on TV

Poker on TV is heavily edited to show the big pots and often is just the later stages or final table of the event. The big ‘all-in’ moves you see are extremely rare in the early stages of a tournament.

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6. Pay attention, even when not in pots

You may see players using iPads or phones and even watching movies whilst at the table. Apart from slowing the game down, they may miss vital information that can be used profitably later.

7. Headphones are not a great idea, you might miss something important

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I have seen players miss a raise and ‘call’ in error due to headphones.

8. If you aren’t sure about something, ask the dealer

If you can’t see how much the bet is or how much a player has in front of them at the other end of the table then ask him, they are there to help you.

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9. Don’t berate other players, even if they get lucky!

Everyone gets outdrawn sometimes.

10. Take your time, relax and think about the best decisions you can make.

Lastly and maybe the most important thing I can say is: Have Fun!

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The great Goliath Poker Tournament is fast approaching, and if you’re coming to play in one of the highlights of the UK poker calendar for the first time, you’re probably wondering what to expect.

A couple of people on Twitter have asked what it’s like. The only way I can describe it is as close to playing in the World Series of Poker without leaving these shores. It’s even more like the WSOP than the World Series of Poker Europe was when it was held in London, and I made two final tables there!

The venue is perfect.

Coventry’s G Casino is sumptuous, the nicest casino I’ve been in in the UK. It’s nothing like your local G, with palm trees, waterfalls and a small lake! It’s massive too, loads of room to chill out away from the tables, or get involved in the cash action when the tournaments haven’t gone to plan!

It’s a great festival, with a fantastic range of side events, from 4/5/6 Omaha to Blind Man’s Bluff (great fun, I chopped it last year!), team events to the first ever 50/50, just like the hugely successful 25/25 series, but twice as big!

However, the WSOP feel comes from playing in the Goliath itself.

The main conference room is akin to the Amazon Room at the Rio in Vegas, tables as far as the eye can see, people everywhere, and the gentle noise of riffled chips filling the air like the chirping crickets of the African plains.

I’ve never seen so many floor people, answering questions and directing players to their tables, and the tournament runs smoother than you could ever dream, with more than a thousand players all involved on just one of the day ones at times.

Players come from all over the UK and beyond to take on Goliath – I had one of a group of Norwegians who’d flown in for the week on my table – and the atmosphere, at least on the first day, is one of a fun, social occasion.

As you might expect with over 3000 players, not everyone is a world beater, but that’s not what Goliath is about. Even the most advanced poker player will have his skills tested , trying to work out where they stand and what their opponent is doing, and it’s a great game.

Where else can you turn a £120 buy-in into over £62,000, like last year’s winner Ryan Foster did?

Unlike other poker festivals, there’s plenty to do away from the tables, and a real feeling of fun. Last year there was a ‘fastest lap’ competition as you took on your pals on the remote control car course, a golf simulator with longest drive and nearest the pin contests, human roulette, entertainment in Lady G’s bar, and loads more…the magician even managed to make the Tower levitate!

The bar is bouncing every night as the players get together to tell their bad beat stories or prepare for the next day, jumping into the cash games and celebrating or commiserating in equal measure.

This year there’s the added promotion of Dave v Goliath, announced this week by Grosvenor.

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A dozen players named Dave, David, Daffyd, Davidson or any variations will get the chance of coaching from me or one of the other Grosvenor pros, Joe Beevers and Ellie Biessek, before going on to take on Goliath.

You can bet there will be some friendly rivalry between me, Joe and Ellie as to how our ‘graduates’ do after boot camp, just another reason to get to Coventry for the full week of Goliath, starting August 8 with the first of the six day ones! Good luck everyone who will be playing.

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