Two Plus Two Publishing LLC Two Plus Two Publishing LLC
 

Go Back   Two Plus Two Poker Forums > No Limit Hold'em > High Stakes PL/NL

High Stakes PL/NL Discussions about high stakes pot-limit and no-limit hold'em (10-20 and up)

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 12-24-2007, 09:04 PM   #1
Pooh-Bah
 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: HBIC
Posts: 4,455
The Well: Jman28 (revisisted)

Quote:
A stranger is being shown around a village that he has just become part of. He is shown a well and his guide says "On any day except Saturday, you can shout any question down that well and you'll be told the answer."

The man seems pretty impressed, and so he shouts down: Why not on Saturday? and the voice from in the well shouts back: Because on Saturday, it’s your day in the well.
I owe too much to 2p2 to not have gone into the well. Seems like a good time for giving back, it being the holidays and all.

Also, all of my roommates and other friends are away celebrating x-mas with family and I have nothing to do other than sit here and be Jewish.

Well thought out questions will be met with well thought out responses.

Last edited by g-p; 12-26-2008 at 02:28 AM.
Jman28 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-24-2007, 09:05 PM   #2
Carpal \'Tunnel
 
Ansky's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: .
Posts: 16,075
Re: The Well: Jman28

I know this is supposed to be about you, but what do you think of my game in our time played together?
Ansky is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-24-2007, 09:09 PM   #3
old hand
 
lwrunner103's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Look how high I'm jumping from
Posts: 1,860
Re: The Well: Jman28

Total hands played this year?
Amount won this year?
Average hours per day spent playing?
What are your goals for 2008?
lwrunner103 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-24-2007, 09:11 PM   #4
grinder
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: a dolphin, doing flips and s***
Posts: 653
Re: The Well: Jman28

Nice, I've always respected your play. What path did you take to get to where you are and how did you start out? i.e. did you grind up from the low limits and how long did that take you.

Also what do you feel was your toughest limit to beat as you were moving up and why.
straightaway is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-24-2007, 09:17 PM   #5
Carpal \'Tunnel
 
jfish's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 11,121
Re: The Well: Jman28

ive never played with you i dont think, but ive always respected you a bunch.

list some of your poker "epiphanies" that you have had over the past several years. what do you think your best strengths are as a player? your weaknesses?
jfish is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-24-2007, 09:19 PM   #6
g-p
Carpal \'Tunnel
 
g-p's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: 11
Posts: 6,305
Re: The Well: Jman28

sickest bluff youve made in last 6 months? sickest call?
g-p is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-24-2007, 09:21 PM   #7
old hand
 
markuisis's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 1,456
Re: The Well: Jman28

Assume an unknown TAG villain opens from the CO, folded to you in the BB with KhQh - standard 3bet? Assume you cold call, flop comes 7h 5h Js - merits of bet/3betting flop? Do you c/raise flop? Assume you c/raise - do you jam any turn?

Simple situation but I just wanted to address the logic behind 3betting a hand like KQ or AJ pre-flop against a normal TAG without history - is playing a big pot OOP against a normal TAG's 3bet calling range going to be profitable with these hands? (not implying it isn't necessarily) As for flop - doesn't c/raising and jamming turn if he flats let him play his top pair or overpair hands perfectly against you? Whereas bet/3betting isn't great since he will likely be commited with any hand that raises your donk unless he's bluffing or messing around with mid pair or something. Thanks.
markuisis is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-24-2007, 09:23 PM   #8
old hand
 
andy099's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 1,542
Re: The Well: Jman28

is it true u called down 3 streets with k high once? did he show u a full house?
andy099 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-24-2007, 09:27 PM   #9
Carpal \'Tunnel
 
KRANTZ's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: sing-along blogging
Posts: 6,571
Re: The Well: Jman28

1. Describe me as a player, but in a poem.

2. Why did you seek out coaching with Tommy Angelo, and what was it like?

3. What do you think you do better (in poker) than anyone in the world?
KRANTZ is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-24-2007, 09:32 PM   #10
adept
 
Post2Learn's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 1,051
Re: The Well: Jman28

Can you tell me a bit about Urindanger's and Genius28's game (without giving away too much obviously)? I've always been curious about these two. Can you talk about the other nosebleed reg's games as well, but I'm most curious about the aforementioned Uri and G28.

Last edited by Post2Learn; 12-24-2007 at 09:38 PM.
Post2Learn is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-24-2007, 09:33 PM   #11
old hand
 
Hurley's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 1,367
Re: The Well: Jman28

Is this OMGclayaiken or that mod in NVG?
Hurley is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-24-2007, 09:35 PM   #12
old hand
 
Christophers's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Manchester, UK
Posts: 1,512
Re: The Well: Jman28

OK, I never ask questions in these and I'm not sure how much you'll be willing to reveal, but I'll try anyway:

1. Which of your regular opponents do you find the toughest/have the most respect for?

2. Any chance of seeing some PT screenshots for the year? I'm not so much interested in $ won but in things like WWSF, W@SD, aggression and so on. Maybe one filtered for 5-6 handed and one for HU?

3. PokerEV game analysis graph? :X

4. Everyone always asks this, but what do you think are the biggest differences between the really good nosebleed players and your average 25/50 regular? Is it just small details?

5. Make some more CR vids!

I'll think of some better ones later.
Christophers is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-24-2007, 09:36 PM   #13
adept
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 903
Re: The Well: Jman28

Mr Galfond,

Love watching you play and i would love to see a few more CR videos from you.

My Q is how do you decide optimal bluffing frequency, i read your "gbucks" article and im trying to employ a few of the concepts into (50nl and 200/500nl live ) my game but i just wondered how you decicde how often you are gonna bluff particular opponents? I tend to bluff a lot of rocks using a game theoretic style, ( betting pot sized 33% air, 67 % nuts) and at the mo got mixed results, tend to get looked up real light - which can be good )

So my question is, what are your river bluffing ranges (im assuming ~0% to ~45%), how do you decide how often an opponent is bluffable and how do you ensure your bluff/nuts ratio is randomized against tough opposition to make you inexploitable?

Last edited by Tanky; 12-24-2007 at 09:43 PM.
Tanky is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-24-2007, 09:41 PM   #14
old hand
 
the_dal_kid's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: holding two nutblockers... preflop!
Posts: 1,336
Re: The Well: Jman28

TOP PRIORITY QUESTIONS:

- Do you agree with the idea that 1 or 2 tabling higher stakes will help your growth as a player better than multi-tabling medium/lower stakes?
- What dictates your decision to quit/go on with any given session?

LOW PRIORITY QUESTIONS BUT I'D STILL LIKE AN ANSWER:
- Why "OMGClayAiken"?
- Why did you check top pair to Eli Elezra after you raised on a KQx board with 2 hearts, this one has been driving me mad since I bet out 10000% in these situations because so many worser hands are calling and giving free cards seems bad.
- Can you make another CR video?
the_dal_kid is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-24-2007, 09:43 PM   #15
old hand
 
Fabian's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Sweden
Posts: 1,845
Re: The Well: Jman28

Thanks for doing this. I have a pretty boring one but I'm still curious. I'll think of something better later

If you were to 4-table 0.5/1 6max (mostly seeking out full tables, so no HU etc) on full tilt or stars for 10k hands, what do you imagine your stats would look like? vpip/pfr, maybe WWSF and aggression numbers or something if you have an opinion on those. Your goal is to maximize your winrate, maybe you're doing a propbet of some kind. Does the answer change significantly if you change it to 0.10/0.25? To 3/6?

Thanks.
Fabian is offline   Reply With Quote

Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 02:04 PM.


Powered by vBulletin®
Copyright ©2000 - 2010, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.2.0 ©2008, Crawlability, Inc.
Copyright © 2009, Two Plus Two Interactive
 
Message Boards and Forums Directory