This thread is for discussion of the games on PokerStars and the players that play in them. There are two rules:

1. There will be no linking 2+2 screen names/real names to poker site screen names with out permission.

2. While discussing the play of certain players is ok, abuse is not. There should nothing derogatory at all linked to certain screen names. This includes "idiot" "moron" ect. Keep it to factual analysis of how the person plays and what adjustments you think should be made.

Enjoy!

First in ladies.

You all know I am ysscky on Stars.

Fire away at me, SN is obvious at PS 1/2-3/6 at present.

<---ThGuruman

Ghostwriterx on stars

chezlaw. Be gentle.

chez

mostly play at fulltilt now, but my stars name is atcart

jw what the highest winrate you have for someone over a big sample for someone at these stakes in this games for any dataminers out there

my stars name is wutank ... i am not that creative with my names.Same goes with my nick for Kate`s playground.

WuBJJ on stars, trying to learn limit.

Great - glad this thing got started.

I'm looking through my stats, and the people to who/whom I've lost the most money/have given my the most problems are:

(1) sunbeam100 - this person has taken a TON of money from me, but the name doesn't even ring a bell, for some reason...

(2) TeeJayOrTJ - guess I didn't know he was 2+2 before I tried tangling with him - well, I certainly remember him wrecking my [censored] up - ugh

(3) silverlion99 - I don't feel like this guy is THAT good, but he's taken me for a good chunk of change. silver, if you're out there, you may be better than I know...

(4) Kid Canepa - this guy totally wrecked me the couple times I've played him. I'm not sure if it was a fluke, but the experience was horrible...

(5) dbeckham7467 - dude is in about 10 games at once on stars. he hasn't taken THAT much from me, but he definitely makes me uncomfortable if he's on my left.

(6) balvenie - dude loves to three-bet, and plays his hands VERY aggressively. I don't like playing with this mofo.

(7) sweetessence - seems solid - only way I'll play this mofo is if he's on my left and there are idiots in the game...

(8) marchinvest2 - I generally try to avoid any games in which this multi-tabler is found - it ain't easy...

That's it for now - I may have more names to add later...

-Brass

lol ty brass for getting some discussion started. i don't think i have anything on any of the previous 2+2ers, but i have a bit on some of the guys you mentioned:

marchinvest, dbeckham = seem to be good from the few hundred hands i've played with them

some others that i see playing often:

jbarnes49222--pretty sure he is a 2+2er (not sure who), but over 600 hands he's 23/10, which is strange

GMHawkeye--seems pretty decent

jnfpoker--2+2er, started a thread last week asking for opinions. A few people noticed he could be pretty spewy, which i have noticed too. I think he's pretty good if he can control his tilt (i'm assuming the spewy hands were tilt).

Lurker here, I agree Kid Canepa is very good, avoid at all costs.

Marchinvest is very solid.

Dbeckham is usually good but today saw him tilting after terrible luck against donkies. Sounds like my spewing when the same happens to me.

Chez,
I'm sure you know your vpip/pfr #'s aren't as high as a lot of the other reg's. If you don't mind sharing, to what extent has this affected your swings, tilt (or lack thereof)?

I never used to tilt at all but recently I've been very bad (under control again now I hope). I don't think the tilt is related to my vip/pfr but its sure been responsible for a downwards 'swing'

Its tough to compare swings with styles I don't play but arent they simply related to win rates, so if I'm a 1BB/100 winner (which I used to be ) then I swing much the same as a 30/20 1 BB/100 winner?

chez

chez,

care to share your vpip/pfr so i know what's considered "tight" these days?

Vent:

I hate when people play mor than 5 tables @ 5/10.

reason:
There's often only 5-15 tables at one time. I hate playing with the same boring predictable TAG's who I barely profit off of over and over again. Makes for an uninteresting game. Poker is not only about making money believe it or not I also play for fun.
Here's a tip, stop being a pussy, learn how to play better poker and move up stakes.

21/16 and I've loosened up a bit

cardlogs32 seems very decent and I notice he is 21/16 as well.

chez

ok, at about 24/17 even i'm beginning to feel like a nit these days .

What limit is this? 21/16 is very tight. If it's like 5/10, I'd have serious doubts about that being a winning style. Certainly not optimal IMO.

DullSetSound, don't play any more

i think i remember you. did you have a chick in your avatar?

yep. blue hair

Limits 3/6 to 10/20, mainly 5/10
I believe you're wrong about it not being a winning style but right about it not being optimal.

I'm trying to loosen up but if that fails I'll dedicate the rest of the year to being tilt free and proving you wrong

chez

Well I guess I shouldn't say it's a losing style. You can win with it. Most of the people with those type stats in my big FT database, 1.5m hands, are losing and over all the group has a loss rate of .5BB/100.