a 1-10 scale is really subjective to what the 1 and 10 actually are. If we are talking in the grand sense of poker, every person who plays a hand, i would say a 9. If we are talking about 2p2? I would say a 7. If we are talking about winning solid cash game players on 2p2? Probably about a 5.

For some reason i love bbv/bbv4l, i dont really know why.

I dont really have a least favorite thing, everything here is pretty good. I guess the censor is pretty random for an interweb forum but its w/e.

I would wish for infinite riches, that i will find the right/hawt woman, and that life will be very happy from here on out. (not that it hasnt been before, just to make sure thats clear.)

Biggest pot won came recently funny enough.

Poker Stars $1.00/$2.00 No Limit Hold'em - 8 players
The Official 2+2 Hand Converter Powered By DeucesCracked.com

SB: $143.80
BB: $142.90
UTG: $188.00
UTG+1: $818.70
Hero (MP1): $363.70
MP2: $479.00
CO: $112.00
BTN: $223.15

Pre Flop: Hero is MP1 with 3 3
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to $6, Hero calls $6, 5 folds

Flop: ($15.00) Q 3 Q (2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $8, UTG+1 calls $8

Turn: ($31.00) 7 (2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $20, UTG+1 calls $20

River: ($71.00) 5 (2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $70, UTG+1 raises to $140, Hero raises to $329.70 all in, UTG+1 calls $189.70



As for lost, when i had my first huge upswing at FR i remember my BR getting to 6kish and i felt on top of the world, went to some HU table playing 2/4 and took a pot off the guy, we both had 600$ stacks and i got it all in with TP and i think he had an overpair and took the 1.2k pot (lolaments).

I had a 15 buyin downswing at 200 into 100 following my upswing and withdrawal, which crushed me back in br amount.

Best poker quality is an interesting one. I would say what i think im best at is probably aggression, i end up getting aggressive in the right spots a lot and manage to take a lot of pots down. I am also fairly decent at reading hands and i think i can apply that pretty well into my aggression.

I am a fish for making river calls. I usually make at least one or two hero calls a session, sometimes im right, sometimes wrong, but i pretty much know im going to do it. I wish i could get out of this but sometimes i just pick up a read and just cant let it go.

I am a machine for hands, i would say ive averaged around 100k hands a month since septamber, with a smaller november and a goliath december (probably 175kish i would imagine.)

For some reason, 6 max makes me play very poorly so i try to avoid it. I somewhat wish that is where i would play, but for some reason whenever i try i end up getting destroyed. Mixture of bad luck and bad play i suppose, but i really should stick to FR. In Full Ring you can play less hands and be quite profitable, and its noticably less variance.

I use the standard setup. BUT i think its really important to use several different things during hands.

1) ATT to steal, if your opponent is doing this a ton, 3 bet him back somewhat more then normal to keep him off your blinds and pick up some free moneys.

2) Fold to Flop bet. This number is HUUUUGGGEEEE. I think this gets underated. Your opponent cant have a hand every time. If he is folding to 3/26 flop bets your TP should be hitting the felt just about every time imo.

3) River AF. If your opponents AF on the river is like 25, you should call quite light on the river.

Of course you should be using more then that but those are the main ones imo.

I find i play pretty good on 12 tables, but my play doesnt really get much worse when i add in a bunch more. I DONT play only a few tables well, i get to itchy to play and get bored ; /.

I want to make 100k this year, thats my goal and nothing else will do. If i make it I will be really really excited.

Hate to be vague here but i play whenever i fancy playing or I have the time to, which is usually just about always lol.

Do you play Live much? If so at what levels, and what do you think the differences are?

I currently play NL50 online and NL300 live, and the games live are much softer.

What do you do (online) when you are card dead and keep getting steamed roles on all your preflop raises and cbets?

I guess the thing i really like about poker, is the ability to make a ton of money very quickly. I love just the thought of the social mobility that it offers. It doesnt matter where you come from, what your past is, any of that. All that matters is you have the money and the ability to play. I think a lot of that aspect is lost nowadays, not many people really manage to make it for themselves without getting fairly lucky (not that they dont work hard, i dont want this argument lol).

Least? Obviously the bad beats/coolers. There are some hands that just get so ridiculous it makes you want to laugh. I had a KK vs 99 on K99 flop at 200 nl the other day and it just makes you wonder why.

I really really like JTs, its really just a solid hand imo.

Im only 19 so there are not too many opportunities for me to play live. I don't really get too card dead because of how many tables i play. Sometimes we have sessions where **** hits the fan and things don't go well but hey, thats part of poker. Just keep playing your game and it will pass.

To be honest i wish i had the opportunity to play live more, but in NC i don't really. I don't know anything about playing live in the San Jose area but if anyone knows of anything and would like to play somewhere (if there is anywhere) then feel free to shoot me a message.

just my thought (not to derail) on the live vs online:
I've played a lot of live (10-15k I'm guessing) and I've noticed something about it. I normally play 25nl online and it is very similar to 200-300nl. when you sit 2/5nl live, it feels a bit like the 50nl online. I haven't played much 5/10nl live, but I'm guessing it's a bit like a solid 200 or 400nl game - everyone knows pretty well what they are doing.

How did your VPIP and PFR and so on change while moving from say 5NL to 100/200NL?
Can you really make plays on specific opponents while 24 tabling?
Goal for 2008?
I read your reply about fold to flop bet. Do you have color ranges set up for this one in PAHUD? If not, what would you set them to? (Say below 50 is calling station and above 90 is nit or something like that)

VPIP & PFR from the CO and Button?

WCGRider means?

Im going to answer more later, i feel somewhat tired and dont want to give bad advices imo.

biggest adjustments you think people need to make moving from 10NL to 25NL?

Same question from 50 to 100 and 100 to 200.

How much have you won this past year?

Relative, my VPIP went down a few points and my PFR raise went up. I think you need to do this to disguise your range and so people cant peg you on hands as easily. It went from 20/8 at 2nl, to 18/8 at 25, to 13/9, and then started going back up and i run roughly 15/12 at small stakes but more like 17/14 at 25 nl.

You can make plays 24 tablign, but its plays based off of numbers not notes on opponents. Def still play a solid game though. Some people cant play a lot of tables and get this notion that the people who do must just not be playing read based poker, totally not true.

My goal for 2008 is 100k and to move up to at least nl 600 but hopefully 1k.

I dont have colors set up, i just think about it. Use the board to go along with the numbers. For example, im more likely to believe someone who has a fold to flop bet % of 55 on a QT9 board, then someone who is 65 on a K55 board.

Dont have my other database here but from what ive played, 21/18 from the CO and 24/21 from the button.

WCGRider has a bit of history to it i suppose. When i started playing video games, i loved tournaments, so i made the name TournamentChamp. I played on that a lot, but then i decided to map hack (bad move imo). So they banned the account. From there i needed a 5 letter word, so i made TournamentRider. That became gay and too long, and i started to get pretty far into live events (made it to the world cyber games a couple years in a row), so thus WCG.

When i started poker, i had just qualified for an event and was like sure WCGRider, Imo.

Not thinking about adjustments you need to make.

No but seriously, game plays similar but there are just a few more short stacks imo. Just play your game and you should be good to go.

50 to 100 i dont know how qulaified i am to answer, but i would say that the caliber of the average player at nl 100 is a good amount higher. I think when you get to 100 you pretty much need to ditch limping pocket pairs and start raising with a wide range, and throw down some double barrels. Not as much at 50.

However, the play changes drastically from 100 to 200 IMO, the average 200 nl grinder is years better then 100 imo. They play back more, double barrel a lot more, Float A TON more, etc etc. My advice to you when you step up to nl 200, is that you really make sure you are prepared for it, and play a bit tight while you adjust. After a while you will get a feel for how everyone is playing.

I would say in 2007 i probably netted about 12k (rough guestimate), i took out moneys a lot so its difficult for me to say precisely, but this seems pretty close. (Prob made more then that at fr and lost it back in non fr games lolcopter)

Thoughts and stats on SmallFRYbigF. This guy's been 3-betting me a ton.

Dont have him in my db, if you play FTP i did 0 play there.

Do you ever shortstack?

What kind of tables do you pick out? Do you look for specific villains, or just at average saw-flop% and pot size?

Do you use any kind of table selecting software?

Do you also play pot limit? And if you do, any thoughts on the differences?

What kind of tables do you pick out? Do you look for specific villains, or just at average saw-flop% and pot size?


+1

generally how long should it take for you to move up in limits. 20k hands of solid results? 50k? or just when u feel like taking a shot? for me= going from 25nl up to 50nl. i'm a live player (1/2nl and 3/5nl) who just started playing online almost exclusively and am just wondering about different limit strength of opponents.

What are you going to spend your challenge winnings on?

Assuming i win the offer of coaching, how many hours/what format would you like to do?

Is there anyone from these forums (apart from me obv) that you would choose not to sit down with? or to a lesser extent, just hate playing against?

What game(s) did you play at the WCG? Where you in a clan? If so, which one(s)?
Did you ever play Unreal Tournament? (lol oldskool)

Same question about adapting when moving up, but NL25 --> NL50?

1. Noob question, but then this is uFR. Starting hand range pf by position?

2. You have 55 otb with 2 limpers call or raise?

3. Major diff between 100nl and 25nl in your opinion after playing 25nl the past week?

4. 100nl and 200nl graphs and stats?

Thanks for starting the challenge and thanks for the well too.