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 Monday, 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 Monday? and the voice from in the well shouts back: Because on Monday, it’s your day in the well.

Had a few requests for me to do one. uNLFR, fire away!

Oh yeah, no "it's not monday, discuss" posts!

lifetime garf (as allways )?

Cliff notes on your poker career thus far?

It's not monday fwiw.



But why dont people edit it and put in the right day?

1. Poker story.

2. Does being a musician help you get the girls?

Here's the story with tl;dr cliffnotes at the bottom.

My earliest memory of playing poker for money was my freshman year of college. Me and 3 or 4 friends would get together once a week and play $.05/$.10 poker, whatever crazy ass game the dealer wanted. I like the games with wild cards the best because it was fun constantly having big hands. Whenever we'd play NLHE, I was pretty intimidated by not knowing what to bet and the thought of losing your whole stack on one hand.

Fast forward about a year. I'm playing in local bar tournaments quite regularly, which, at $15 - $25 per entry and having only the top 3 get paid, gets really expensive. I had only played a little online at that time - bought my first poker book "Play Poker Like the Pros" and got one of those free deposit deals on Party Poker, and proceeded to slowly lose money playing limit poker. But I was reading everything I could afford/get my hands on. This was still before I discovered "flat mode" on 2+2. I play live at the casino sometimes, $1/$2 NL because it's the lowest stakes they offer. I have a few big wins, a few big losses, but mostly, I suck at poker despite thinking I am a good player.

I moved from Michigan to Minnesota in December of 2006. Luckily, the restaurant I got a job at hosted a free poker tournament every week, with cash prizes to the top two. So that filled my live poker itch. I started playing free money tables on Full Tilt. I entered in every nightly freeroll I had time to play in. I cashed in one for $2, but lost it pretty quickly. Eventually, I cashed in a PPA Drive freeroll that had a ridiculously easy payout structure, landing myself a whopping $5 (cue foreshadowing music). I took my entire bankroll to 10NL just to see how much I could make off it. Over the next couple days, I had fun seeing just how far I could go, eventually QUADRUPLING MY ENTIRE ROLL to $20! I decided to make better use/less risk of my money by playing $1 SNGs. I studied SNG strategy from FTR, and eventually, my $5 turned into ~$120. I decided to make the switch to cash games because apparently there was more money in it (so I had read). I ONE TABLED 10NL for a while, playing 100 hands per session. Eventually, I bought a poker tracker for Mac and 3-tabled, grinding my roll up to $400+

I took multiple shots at 25NL, the fourth time being the one that stuck. I managed to get my roll up to $800 with no major downswings, just playing straight ABC poker. Then it happened. I had my first "big" downswing. But on top of that, I was spewing all over the place. I lost over half my bankroll. My $800 turned into $300 in less than 30 days. My dreams of turning $5 into thousands and thousands was almost shattered. I dropped down to 10NL (ugh...again) and moved my roll over to Stars. I focused on not spewing and playing solid poker, and eventually got my roll back up and running, moved back to 25NL, and hit $1k bankroll for the first time.

It was around this time that I got approached for a staking deal by Split. Obviously I jumped all over it. I'm currently playing on FT, still with my $1k on Stars waiting. My goal is to be playing and beating 100NL by the end of the year. I'm still playing 25NL, building my roll, and have plans to shot take 50NL again by the end of the month/beginning of november. I currently 12-table, and over 60k+ have beaten 25NL consistently for 5 - 6 PTBB/100.

tl;dr
- live poker = lol
- phil hellmuth's book is not work it
- i run good with $5
- I turn $5 into $1k
- 100NL here I come!

copy paste + lazy

Not when I go to school where everyone plays guitar and only 20% of the students are female. FWIW, playing acoustic guitar for girls = automatic action.

I'm reminded of the Family Guy episode where Stewie remarks about what "douchebags did to the guitar". This made me lol hard, but I, in no way, think I vi ii V7 is a douchebag.


BTW, where did your handle come from? I still laugh at someone referring to you as "HIV" in the uNL draft.

lol yeah I remember reading the chatlog. The roman numerals refer to diatonic (within the key) chords. I = one, vi = six, ii = two, V7 = five. The small/big means whether they are a major chord or minor chord. The 7 on the V means it's a dominant chord. "I vi ii V7" is a common progression, not only in jazz, but in a lot of contemporary pop tunes.

edit: I was big into jazz when I made this SN. Now I'm kinda sick of it, tbh.

-Biggest hand (doesn't necessarily have to be $$$-wise) to date?

-I've always wondered why someone who had a roll would take a staking deal. Why did you jump all over it?

- Is there a specific piece of poker advice or quote that has stuck with you or provided an epiphany?

-Fav. adult beverage?

Flopped a royal flush twice. Biggest pot was for ~$150, flopped a set of 4s on a steal.

Stake came with coaching/sweat sessions from Split. I saw this as an opportunity to really refine my game at 25 where the risk was relatively low, before making the jump to 50. I've really tweaked a lot of things, and I feel much more confident in knowing what I'm doing.

Have a plan preflop. Know what you want to accomplish and where/how you will make profit in the hand. Think about different likely scenarios, and if you will better extract value as a bluff (ie, take the initiative) or by getting direct value. But for god sakes...have a plan!

Honestly I'm not much of a drinker. I don't like hard liquor, I'm more of a beer guy though.

since you started playing full tilt presumably before you knew about rakeback did you make another account for rakeback. i was thinking of doing this but am afraid my money will get jacked

life goals past college?

fav pornstar(s)?

fav videogame(s)?

do you, or do you not, know about the bird?

Nope I haven't. I was always worried that it might look suspicious.

Write songs for other people. Play my own stuff locally. Write scores for film. Teach music in some way.

Not really sure I have a favorite, but I'll say I'm always down for some non-asian girl on girl action. =P Nothing against asians, I've just never been all that attracted to them.

Final Fantasy X really broke me into the FF series. 12 was a bitch and I never fully finished it. But X was really awesome. I also played Soul Calibur 2 (mostly arcade) for quite a while. It's a really in depth game, and to really get good at it takes some serious commitment to one character. I spent a lot of time getting my game decent with Taki.

do not

plans for getting to 100nl by the end of the year?

You seem to think about the game well enough to do well there, but how do you plan on getting to 100nl in two months, when your not even at 50nl now?