Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Letter from Doke (with help for players concerning the Irish Eyes site move).

 
I have been ticking along online (last Friday I won the main nightly tournament on French Stars for almost 10k). I have been lookingforward to the relaunch when I (and you) will be able to play on a number of different rooms through an Irish Eyes account. I will give some pointers on the juiciest games in forthcoming Letters. Also below I have outlined how the system works and a couple of the issues that are confusing a some players.

Since the last letter, I played EMOP Dublin. I was hoping to get a good run in this again this year but it wasn't to be. At least I had the consolation of seeing two of my close friends Daragh Davey and Padraig "Smidge" O'Neill make the final table. Both qualified through Irish Eyes satellites so it was especially pleasing when Smidge went all the way.

At dinner in Clontarf Castle after Smidge had gotten headsup, there was a bit of discussion among what we jokingly refer to as "the Firm" as to what Smidge's strategy should be now he was headsup against an unpredictable recreational player. While we usually focus on specifics of how to play hands, this was one of those occasions where the overall strategy had to be carefully considered.

Smidge had a chiplead of over 3 to 1, his opponent had less than 20 big blinds, and the general consensus was to try to grind him down even further using smallball before getting it in preflop. Against a more experienced opponent the plan would have been to get it in sooner rather than later, but the last thing Smidge wanted to do was let his opponent flip his way to the title.

There is a little confusion on how the new Irish Eyes multi-network system works.

The first thing to think about is that Irish Eyes have no access to your password, either on the old network or on the new network.  This is for security reasons. So, when the site moved, a new temporary password had to be sent to all players. This was done via an email sent to the registered email address on each account. If you did not receive this email it could be because your account was originally set up with a different email (so the password email would have gone there), or the email may have gone into your spam or junk email folder.

Check the spam/junk folder or if you know you set up the account originally with a different email address, and you cannot now access that email account, send an email to support@irisheyespoker.com asking them to change your email address and get the system to resend the temporary password to the updated address.

From the email, click on the link and you will be taken to a webpage and asked to fill in your username. (If you cannot remember your username email support@irisheyespoker.com and they will help you). Once this is done another email will be sent to you with a temporary password to access the website.

Get the new password and log in to your account at the website. Once you have logged into the new website (which you should do before you try to log into any poker client), the system will ask you to update you personal information and change your password to your own choosing.

The next step is to log into the poker client you want to play on. Assuming you have downloaded the poker software, then the first time you log in the poker client will see from your username and the fact you are coming onto the network through Irish Eyes, that you need to be asked for a nickname that will be used instead of your username on the network. You can choose a nickname or try using your existing username, and the poker network will check to see if it is available. If it is, then it will accept that name.

All of the new products use your Irish Eyes username to log in. So once you have logged into each poker client once, when you go back to the network you still log in with your Irish Eyes username (not your nickname that you set up). The network recognises your username and then signs you in under your nickname. So you do not have to remember each nickname. Your nickname is what will be shown on the poker tables when you play.

If you log into your account on the Irish Eyes Poker website, and then click on the ID icon of the 'little man' on the top right hand side of the page, a drop down menu will appear and all of your ID usernames on the sites will be shown. But remember, these are your usernames not your nicknames as you log into the poker clients and other products each time with your username.

To have funds available on the poker network or other product you want to play or bet on, you need to transer funds to the relevant product through your cashier, which is on the website. Log in, or click on the cashier button on any of the poker clients, and you will see your balances on the different sites.

There is an easy 'transfer' function at the top right hand side of the page where you can just move funds between any of the products. Once funds are in the correct account, you can play on that network or product.

There will be a few teething problems, (one effecting logging in through Internet Explorer for instance), and Irish Eyes tell me they are working on these right now to get them resolved asap.

I am also told that the system of allowing players to deposit and withdraw through the network of Irish Eyes affiliated clubs will be be back in operation. Ask your local club if they are affiliated and offer this service.

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Good luck at the tables - unless I'm at the same table :)

Doke

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