its been a while since our last well and i may as well do this before my transition to the darkside is complete. let us gogogo.

Have you eaten at Cafe Michael 2? I recommend it (This assumes I'm correct about the city in which you live).

Also: if you could only watch one for the rest of your life, cricket or baseball?

never heard of Cafe Michael 2 so that would be a no (Im in Adelaide)

Tough question, Ill probably get called un-australian for this. I do follow cricket but Im also into Marlins Baseball and have been since 2004. and cos i cant watch it whenever i want to I kinda want to. Cricket kinda gives me the ****s at the moment so Ill take door B and choose baseball even though that could be me making a poor long term choice. Im counting on that new stadium getting built and the fish not having fire sales every few years. I do like the details of baseball and that the little things matter.

If you like Thai food, then it's on the street downtown where the Mall is; I can't remember the name of the street offhand, but it was the best Thai I had in either NZ or Australia (although admittedly small sample size for Australia and as for NZ after so many really crappy experiences I just gave up trying to find anything decent).

Good answer on the baseball btw.

Ozi,

In the frontdoor/backdoor pics thread you kind of look like a redneck. Is that accurate?

not sure if thats a Q but anyways Im not a big Thai food fan. I think you mean
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rundle_Mall

its got a big set of shiny balls in the middle!

Absolutely not but i do have my moments of weakness. That pic was taken at sunset after getting back from my inlaws where i drank way too much beer and yagerbombs. The glow i have is the alcohol that my bloodstream wouldnt consume. Ill go and find a marginally better pic

btw the equivalent of a redneck in australian would be a bogan. google it.

edit: its harder than i thought to find a not terrible photo. its hard to find a pic of just me so here i am wearing a cheesy grin with my 2nd son at the train museum. He likes trains!

[QUOTE=OziBattler;7960137]not sure if thats a Q but anyways Im not a big Thai food fan. I think you mean
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rundle_Mall

Yeah that was the place but if you don't like Thai food I wouldn't bother.

Yes!

Clicked on limit forum by mistake ozi but seen this, a few questions-

How you get started in poker?

Biggest A-HA moment?

Limit/No Limit?

How important/beneficial do you think it is to change games? ie I play NL [sorry guys i cant play real poker lol] so do you recommend mixing it up with limit for a few days?

Have you every watched international rules?

1. I started in poker in 2004 after seeing a pokerstars add on tv whilst in ft lauderdale for an overseas work assignment. I played play money freerolls for a while and when i got home i tried my visa card to see if it would work. Stars took my $50. I donked around for a while in 1c/2c and 08 and got down to about $30. I emailed stars support and asked if there was any east way to withdraw cos i didnt want to use the methods they offered (I didnt have neteller then) and they send me a 2+2 link for a relavent thread. Thankyou stars. The rest as the say...is history.

2. Biggest A-Ha moment? Hard to say. There have been a few. learning to bet/fold was one. Simply getting a starting hand chart was another. there are more Im sure.
edit: actually session reviews were pretty great for my game too. In addition i teamed up with ghosts of the past (Str8fish aka DrMatt, HouseCalls, Nomadtla and Thrakkar) whereby basically we helped each other out with hand reviews and general discussion. Naturally the group outgrew itself but it was a great learning experience for all.
3. Im playing NL50 6max these days. I say play whatever you want. Poker can be a grind, if you want to play some limit then give it a go but start low and get used to the fact that in all but the juciest games all you can do is push small edges cos you cant go pot pot pot and stack a donk like in NL. Me, I tend to go and play nanostakes SNGs when im sick of cash games or if im not in a good mindset cos my edge there is large and if i lose then im not gunna lose much at all.

4. To call international rules the bastard son of Aussie rules would be an insult to bastard sons. they change the rules more than formula 1 to stop the aussies winning.

What attracts you to the darkside?
What is your job irl?
Do you still play limit at all?
Do you post strat anywhere?
Is moderating +EV for your pokers?
The beginners forum is improving since you started moderating there. CMAR is great but you add something to it.
What are your vital stats in NL?
Do they drink beer warm in Australia?
If I drink Australian beer will that make me cool?

Why the Marlins? As opposed to the Cubs, Dodgers, etc?

1. darkside...well, you know it started because you guys voted me to a DC membership and DC has alotta 6max NL vids so i figured it was a great chance to give it a go. Now, I find it less of a grind and less variance. Its also something still relatively new and more fun and in my case more profitable than 1/2 FR. Over 31k of NL25 6max i soulcrushed to the tune of 10.9BB/100. NL50 is proving a bit tougher though fwiw. Full ring also is a bit dried up in limit as you move up and for some reason i 6max limidonk caused me to tilt a fair bit.
2. Im an Engineer on Software projects.
3. havent played limit for serious since like april. maybe i will if i downswing badly at NL
4. I have a few posts at DC under the same name. I dont post anywhere else cos i just dont have the time.
5. Moderating can cost me table time but i do it mostly when i cant play anyway (I only play poker at night when the kids are zzzzz). but yes, its +EV for my poker.
6. ty regarding beginners. I think between me a CMAR and you regs we have made that place better than it might otherwise be
7. Im running at about 22/17/3.1 over 70k NL 6max.

+1 fyi


lol at this, im from ireland and would have to admit that you would kick our asses more if the game wasnt softened up as much. Although to be fair none of our players are pros, gaelic isnt a pro or semi pro sport and people who play it tend to just be brickies,joiners, accountants etc lol so considering that we arent that bad lol

1. no (unless your are an english expat)
2. it depends, ducy?