text: The televised tables are listed under a separate tab in the table browser, which means that you won't have to worry about becoming a Sky Poker TV star unless you really want to. The stakes at the televised tables range from £0,05 / £0,10 to £5 / £10, which means that most of the coverage is focused on low and medium stakes play.
  As mentioned above, Sky Poker TV also reports on all the tournament action going on at the site, especially when it comes to The Open ( £22 buy-in, £6,000 guaranteed ), Primo ( £55 buy-in, £12,500 guaranteed ), Double Stack ( £22 buy-in, £6,000 guaranteed ) and Sky Sports Bounty Hunter ( £33 buy-in ). Finally, it's worth mentioning that tournament coverage often features additional input from high profile players. Some of the guests who have been invited to the Sky Poker studio to cover the action include Luke Schwartz, Neil Channing, Ian Frazer and World Poker Tour champion McLean Karr.
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  All in all, Sky Poker compares extremely well with other single-country sites, but as expected the traffic and tournament prize pools simply can't match the networks that operate on the global market. The software runs very smoothly and is perfectly reliable, which makes for a satisfying and safe gaming experience. The Sky Poker TV coverage definitely will neither make nor break your game, but it's a surprisingly entertaining addition to an already expertly designed poker site. If you're looking for a small network that is well suited for casual play and you don't care about high stakes action all that much, Sky Poker is definitely going to fit the bill.
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  With over 30 million people, the Kurds are the largest minority group in the Middle East without a homeland. The region was carved up by the victorious imperial powers following World War One and end of the Ottoman Empire.
  Despite repeated promises of independence the Kurdish people were divided between Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran.
  Today, Kurds in Northern Iraq have gained regional autonomy from Baghdad, while in Syria the free Kurdish cantons of Rojava form the frontline against ISIS.
  The world’s media turned its attention to the Kurds in 2014 when ISIS attacked the town of Sinjar in northern Iraq, home to a religious minority known as the Yazidis. 50,000 Yazidis were forced to flee ethnic cleansing, taking shelter in the neighbouring mountains where they were besieged by ISIS fighters.
  While western air forces dropped aid it was the YPG/YPJ and allied Kurdish fighters who broke the siege, saving thousands of lives. Along with the battle of Kobane, lifting the siege of Sinjar was the start of the fightback against ISIS.
  While Kurds live throughout the country, it is the southeastern regions which form part of the historic Kurdish homeland. This includes the major cities of Diyarbakir and Van, as well as the oilfields around the city of Batman. These cities have been targeted for persecution by Turkish President Erdogan since 2015.
  In Syria, the Kurdish-controlled democratic society of Rojava is compromised of the three northern cantons of Afrin, Jazira and Euphrates.
  While the Kurdish society of Rojava achieved autonomy in 2012, a different form of autonomy has existed in Iraq since the early 1990s. Under the regime of Saddam Hussein, the Kurds were targeted for massacre, culminating in the Halabja chemical attack which murdered at least 5,000 people in 1988.
  Following the end of the Gulf War, a no-fly zone was established over Iraqi Kurdistan, leading to the formation of the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG), based in Erbil.
  The KRG has political autonomy, with its own parliamentary elections and armed forces; however, it remains part of Iraq and has a very different political outlook on independence compared to the Kurdish movement in Rojava and Turkey.
  In Iran, the mountainous areas of the North West form the most easterly part of the Kurdish regions. The Kurds are subject to brutal repression from the theocratic regime in Tehran.
  Decades of repression since 1918 have resulted in Kurdish communities emigrating to make their home across Western Europe.
  In Germany, home to the largest Kurdish population in Europe, the authorities have launched an undemocratic crackdown on any symbols of the freedom movement as the German government allies with Turkish President Erdogan.
  In contrast, in Sweden, six MPs with Kurdish heritage were elected in the 2018 General Election. In the UK, Kurdish communities are a thriving part of London, Edinburgh and Portsmouth.
  
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