ss asked for it...so lets do it...

I'm 18, live near Stuttgart (Germany) - im playing this for a living, play poker for little over 2 Years now - im a huge Sports Fan (US-Sports, Soccer). No clue what specific thing to say about my beside, just ask and hf.



flame away guys

try to answer everything as quickly as possible. no nazi jokes plz. ty

US sports teams...

fave baseball
fave football
fave basketball

do you play any sports

poker game plan? move up schedule or are you just floating along...

are you think about stakes or staying on your own...

give it to me straight...what are my leaks...do I have any strengths?

what can you say about acky?

If you moved to the US, what city would you pick and why?

What was the biggest breakthrough strategy wise that changed your game and helped you to decide to play for a living.

Are all German girls really as hot as they are on American TV?

Poker history? What made you decide to turn pro?

lol no

up for a last longer at ept dortmund karl?

what kind of schedule do you play? is it tough because most of the good mtts start in the middle of the night in Europe?

any thoughts on my game from the brief time we played together deep in that one mtt? i feel like i should have shoved your opens more...

Wowow a Hot Karl well!!!

Do you ever have your confidence slip when you have a longer than usual string of non-cashes and none of your plays seem to work?

What tips/tricks do you use to get back on track if any?

How many pairs of lederhosen do you own?

1) best tip/instruction/etc. anybody's ever given you about poker?
2) same q, but for life?

What is your opinion on this:

http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/...l/article.html ?

St. Louis Cardinals, Colts, Timberwolves

i played tennis for 5 years, and soccer for like 3 years, but im too old for that stuff now

meh, mostly not...it depends on my motviation and how i feel.

well, i think getting staked for bigger events is always a thing i would consider - but for the normal stuff - no.

leaks: i think you still should pick more spots to open your game up late, and not trying to be nitty, but i think this has improved a lot as well.

strength: you have a great knowledge about the game, and play very well overall, making the right decision, don't spewing your stack away, or doing anything dumb

i like a acky a lot. great guy. very good player.

I think New York would be perfect for me. I think it's a great city, and living there, going to Las Vegas for few month during the Big Events would be perfect. I don't think i'd enjoy living in Vegas, cause i def would be playing to much, and my life would be a complete mess.

i mean, i'd say this forum helped me a lot to fix my few leaks that i still had, i got a lot of great advice here, when i still played some hands miserably bad, and w/ that i think my game has gotten a lot better.

well, overall a lot of German girls are really meh i think. there are some decent - but most meh, i'd prefer the US girls tbh.

i started of with 25cent (a friend send me that in late 06). i was superexcited to finally play for real money (i played .1/.2 FL) and i lost that moneyz quickly, after being up 1$. I was so disappointed at that time, cause i already considered myself an awesome player.

then i depositted 10$ couple times, and blew that, after that i figured that this ain't gonna work, so i put more online, and tried to play donkaments. before i got to a final table, i busted out 10th times, which was brutal.

than, in like feb. 2007, i made a final table in a 5.50, busting shaun ****ing deeb on the bubble w/ my 10's vs. AJ (he hit his J on the flop, i hit my 10 on the river)...but i ended getting 7th for like 150$ bucks or something. so it wasn't great, but i was excited to see that im able to make final tables.

continued to play Donkaments, than in late march, i won a 11$ for 4.4k, and after that i really did good - and good more confident w/ my play, focusing on playing poker, and seeing that i could make $$$ w/ it etc.

well...i really didn't care about school ever...and after i saw that i could make more money w/ playing poker, and focusing on that stuff, i quit school. first my parents weren't ok w/ my idea, but after couple of month, and seeing that i do well, they were fine, and didn't try to force me into doing something normal again. (which im happy about) - i mean, yeah if it wouldn't work, i have no safety to get back into something normal, but honestly, it's fine, taking such a risk, to do the thing i really enjoy doing and knowing that im getting way more money, than if i would, if i'd continue to go to school, study later etc.

i prolly could write more about it...but i think it's tl;dr anyway

yeah, why not. i mean, anyways, send me a PM with your AIM/ICQ or something.

meh, i have a very weird sleeping schedule, i often sleep more through the days, and play at night, cause the are so many good tourneys at night, or starting late. normally don't play that much through the days, mostly starting at like 6pm-9pm and depending on how i run/how motivated i am i'll play like 10-15 hours, or sometimes like 5 only.

well, when we played together, i thought u might played a little tight overall, and missed a few spots to open it up more, but beside, you played very well.

meh, i think, if im not running good, that doesn't affect my play, or the way i play, if i think that im not playing my best game, im gonna stop playing, but normally i think im very confident in my play, while i play. i wouldn't be playing, if i would do anything different, cause of recent bad luck or something like that.

just be confident in your game, as much as you run bad, get over it. as hard as it tilts you, and as hard as you might flame/bitch about it, as long as your seeing that u didn't do the wrong plays, just continue playing, and the results will come. if you feel, you didn't play your best, take a break for a couple of days, and come back after.

Zero. **** Bayern.

how did u get started as baller? full bio imo, ty

or did u just run good at the beggining playing above ur roll?

well, overall, its probably the same way i go about both.

that no matter how hard it is, that im always trying to the best to be successful in the things i do, never give up, stay determined to succeed the things, i care about no matter what. i think, thats the same w/ poker. almost everything is accomplishable if you just try hard enough, and don't give up, and just try and try again. and if i do something, or care about something i'll do everything thats needed in order to be succcessful, and accomplish the things i want to, and often it has worked out well for me, eventho it isn't easy often.


tl;dr, lol - i don't care.

most of bio is above i think.

i ran well, but i didn't play any crazy stuff. but i just ran above expectation i think

pls teach me how to become a sick lag...and how the heck do you know more about american sports than 99.9% of american sports fans?

did you randomly pick your favorite sports teams? I see nothing in common with these teams you've picked?!

Ich will wie Karl sein

(1) you have spoken in the past about often lacking motivation to play poker, do you think you are pretty much over this?, if so how did you overcome it?

(2) where to you see yourself in 5 years, both in terms of life and poker?

(3) since this is a strategy forum, i will ask a strategy question, what is the single biggest leak you see in most competent small/mid stakes tourney players?

I will post more later when i think of them

wtf

i don't know...do the Americans really have no clue about it?

i became a Cardinals Fan in 2003, watching a Game on German Pay TV, i had no clue about Baseball, but the way the Cardinals played just impressed me so much. Than i found out more about the sport, and i stuck w/ the Cardinals, i just liked the way they played and i really liked the team.

Kevin Garnett was my Hero in the NBA, when i really started watching the NBA, then i got the chance to watch them playing in the Playoffs - the year Kevin won his MVP Title, and the effort they put up that year, + i was so impressed by it, eventho we lost in 6 Games to the Lakers, it was just sweet the way they played and i really liked the attitude of the team.

Bascilly the Same w/ the Colts. Its just the way the teams play, i really think when i didn't know much about the Sports, getting interested in it, having a chance to watch it - the way the teams played, just impressed me. The attitude, the way they played, the effort. I don't ''randomly'' picked teams - i think for me its all about the attitude, the determination, the way Teams play. And all of the ''Teams'' im a fan off, impressed me when i first got a chance to watch them.

(1.) yeah, i think the lack of motivation is pretty much over, i just feel like winning the tourneys in Oct./Nov. + going to Sydney was a really nice, and having so much fun there, and being able to enjoy all the stuff, really got me back to a point, where i saw that it's really worth putting in a lot of time.

(2.) life: being a father, getting married, having my own family would be a awesome thing for me.
poker: still doing well online, traveling more around the circuit, playing a lot of live poker, and doing well in this as well.

(3.) i think, most ppl play have a lot of leaks in late game, and really don't try to play for the win, and care to much about making the money/final table, and don't adjust the way, they should play late in tourneys.

hey...i was like the most skilled tennis player ever...i met boris becker, when i was like 6, cuz a good german tennis player and coach (carl uwe steeb) got married, and becker was there as well...and he said, like that im the sickest baller ever, when i met him.

i just didn't want to scare some guy like roger or nadal...knowing that im much better than they are...

Do you still with your parents?

Are you investing your winnings? Are you prepared for the inevitable periods of running below expectation?

Do you think I'm burning EV by playing almost exclusively turbo SNG's that are loaded with regs? Since I work and only have a few hours/day during the week and weekends I don't usually have time/patience for long tourneys.

Any noticeable leaks in my game (besides when Kx > AQ on Ayy flop)?

Does your hat have three corners?

Which online player(s) do you hope to emulate?

To thinking players, what is your typical late-game image?

If you could give three pieces of advice for general late game play what would they be?

Thats all i have. Most of my questions have already been asked, so all i want to say on the subject is congratualtions for how well everything has gone for you so far, and all the best in the future.

you have had sick success in cash games...why would you not be playing them a lot more?

Karl, is buying my money worth it?

If you liked Kevin Garnett so much, why aren't you a Celtics fan? Is it because you'd have to change your screen name?

When you say you're pro, what does that mean in relation to your future? 1yr from now? 5yrs from now? 10 yrs from now?

Yes, i do.

Well, since i still live w/ my parents, i don't need to use my money for some ABC stuff, and can save the most of it. Yeah, im def 100% prepared for bad periods.

Meh, your a good tourney player, so u should put in more volume w/ that also. But i mean, i don't play a lot of 12/180s, but even with the regs, they are still beatable.

i like your game. don't see any leaks, that i'd noticed while seeing you play.

wat.

well, im very impressed in the way Ansky plays. Eventho he doesn't play a lot of MTT's, i really think, it's the Online Player im most impressed by.

well, i think my ''LateGame Play'' always depend's on which players i play, and what kind off table i have.

1. try to take adv. of the ppl. who don't have a clue how to play late game, adjust to it.
2. always play for the win, don't be scared cause of something
3. crush souls

Thanks.

meh. i love playing donkaments.

it is.

cause a ''player'' isn't = team. yeah, there are always players on a team, i like more than others. but overall, it's still the team, that impresses me. KG is and always will be my favourite player, and im happy that he got his ring, eventho it wasn't in minnesota.

well...i don't know, how the future will go...it depends on a lot of things, but i hope, i can improve, get better, and accomplish the things i want to. im def not anywhere near the ''top'', of what i am able to accomplish, so i just hope everything goes well

ok what is Plan B from Bruno's SN???

Where has El_Dusto gone?

Tell us one cool thing about the Australia trip...

who is your favorite HS player to watch/learn from?