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What is a Boku you might ask? A 50 multitabling crushing machine. Obviously anyone who dwells in the forums or a reg knows who he is. But for those who don't, here's a couple of links to his accomplishments.

http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/2009/b...ay-037910.html

http://www.poker-prop.net/news/boku8...-bet-1641.html

I was playing the $3.50 18 mans and 45 mans when it dawned on me there was a guy with a one piece image at all my tables. On closer inspection I realised it was none other than Boku. He's playing 50-60 tables right now at the $3.50 stakes so go check him out. Anyone know if he's doing another prop bet? Anyway's it good to see the legend come out of retirement

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10-03-2012 , 09:17 AM

28renton

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Yes! It's about time! I'll never forget when he hit runner runner quad jacks to beat a flopped set of kings during his second challenge.

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10-03-2012 , 09:17 AM

elbuennico

lol wtf?

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A freak and very weird dude imo

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10-03-2012 , 09:25 AM

run_better

centurion

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boku challenge 3?

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10-03-2012 , 09:29 AM

PlayerMVP

grinder

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Hes been on and off the tables for a while now. Looks like hes 50-60 tabling the $3 MTSNGs atm though.

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10-03-2012 , 09:31 AM

entim

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OP, you should have no problem beating boku87... he made quite a living pushing
all-in on the small blind on 50 tables at a time back in '09, but he has no poker skill, his edge is redundant and he will not (edit: does not) beat any reasonable stakes at poker

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10-03-2012 , 09:45 AM

GreatRockingBeatle

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Originally Posted by entim

He did make some less than optimal plays like shoving J4s on the bubble and unnecessary squeezes but to say he has no poker skills is just idiotic. His game is based on volume and given enough time he crushes any stakes.

Last edited by SGT RJ; 10-03-2012 at 11:03 AM.

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10-03-2012 , 09:57 AM

jaxtraw

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Originally Posted by GreatRockingBeatle

Agree Boku has a lot of skills, and he understood what worked optimally at the level he was playing given the amount of tables he was playing.

If he is just going to mass grind I have little doubt he will be successful playing the hypers at the higher levels, as there is little postflop or early level play,fitting his formulaic approach perfectly.

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10-03-2012 , 10:59 AM

Mecastyles

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hes so bad

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10-03-2012 , 11:25 AM

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sheeprustler

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Originally Posted by jaxtraw

Agree Boku has a lot of skills, and he understood what worked optimally at the level he was playing given the amount of tables he was playing.

If he is just going to mass grind I have little doubt he will be successful playing the hypers at the higher levels, as there is little postflop or early level play,fitting his formulaic approach perfectly.

Never seen him play but if the comments in this thread are correct how is failing at ICM in one format going to translate to success at higher stakes in another?

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10-03-2012 , 11:55 AM

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Judas1337

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More awesome prob bets, online poker needs it!

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10-03-2012 , 12:19 PM

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unta8

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Originally Posted by Judas1337

More awesome prob bets, online poker needs it!

Prob bets is problem

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10-03-2012 , 12:27 PM

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coolnout

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i heard he was a robot in real life. he disappeared for a while because he had to get his batteries recharged. confirm / deny?

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10-03-2012 , 12:45 PM

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Mecastyles

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Originally Posted by sheeprustler

Never seen him play but if the comments in this thread are correct how is failing at ICM in one format going to translate to success at higher stakes in another?

dont feed the jaxtroll

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10-03-2012 , 12:50 PM

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iosys

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Would be interesting to see how he does, since people claim the games were so soft back then and I'll be rooting for him. Would be cool to see him blog his progress like he did back then as the links show.

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10-03-2012 , 12:52 PM

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samcx

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Originally Posted by PlayerMVP

Looks like hes 50-60 tabling the $3 MTSNGs atm though.

As you do.

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10-03-2012 , 01:08 PM

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leconnaisseur

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rakeback reg without VIP status = tough months ahead.

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10-03-2012 , 01:15 PM

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jaxtraw

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Originally Posted by sheeprustler

Never seen him play but if the comments in this thread are correct how is failing at ICM in one format going to translate to success at higher stakes in another?

Ofc there will be bad plays just on the sheer number of hands he plays in a given session, but to take isolated incidents and generalize he does not know ICM seems a bit of stretch. The kid pulled off some pretty spectacular bets that were not won by luck, just the ability to know ICM and mass table.

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10-03-2012 , 01:16 PM

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jaxtraw

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Originally Posted by Mecastyles

dont feed the jaxtroll

Wipe the sand out of your vag already.

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10-03-2012 , 01:36 PM

#20

useless

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he's up to 64, he must have found tables ninja.

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10-03-2012 , 01:46 PM

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DaycareInferno

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its been a really long time since i played any sngs, but anyone that can play that many tables of anything and profit in any way is pretty skilled imo, even if its not exactly poker skill.

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10-03-2012 , 02:32 PM

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Pinkish

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Anyone that can make 10k in 14 days not including rakeback/bonus at micro/low level MTSNG's is a god in my book.

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10-03-2012 , 02:37 PM

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bully666

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That was back in the days. His current results show ~2000 games since september 22 and almost no profit.

Or maybe im wrong.

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10-03-2012 , 02:38 PM

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striiing

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least i'm better looking than him {not by much}

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10-03-2012 , 02:39 PM

#25

PlayerMVP

grinder

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Originally Posted by samcx

As you do.

Not sure how comparable 3r 180s to 3r 45 and 18mans are but yup.

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