Since you've touched upon this subject in the last NC thread, I think it's fair game to ask the following question. On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being bad, where would you put poker as a source of contention between you and your special lady friend? Where would she set the scale?

Did you ever get a chance to look at my review of your play? What did you think? If it wasn't very descriptive or if it sucked, you can say that. Too laggy for you?

Why didn't you do finish the remaining 75% of my session review?

0. Confirm

1. I was playing in the Bay 20 everyday and he seemed like he knew what was going on. I can't remember exactly who introduced himself first or if we actually formulated a plan to say "sup bro" or something via PM, but it was basically the same way you start any friendship. You meet someone at an activity that you enjoy, you talk to them about it, find out they view it similarly, and the rest is obviously history. There is no awesome story about one of us posting a hand and the other declaring that he was actually the villain or something.

2. It's hard for me to answer this question because I was a lot worse when I played the AJs 15 than I was even 6 months later. I'd say that game in general is one of the worst "red chip" games in the bay area, there is probably collusion, and really the only reason to goto AJs is to play in the $3 drop no post to enter 6/12 game.

3. My best event in college was the 200 Yard breaststroke, and my best time for that event was a 2:15.9. When I was 12 I posted the 8th best 50 yard breaststroke time in the country for my age.

4. Proudest? I'm going to take the easy way out and say my college degrees. Most ashamed? The real answer is too personal for this venue, but a good substitute is getting way too drunk on various occasions and making a complete ass of myself.

I don't have longer term poker goals at the moment because I am not committed (like you read about) to this completely yet. I think this is a weakness of mine, that I don't have the "win or die" mentality that many other pros once had. My life goals can be simply summed up at this point by "I want to be happy". It's hard to believe but most of what I do is based on the pursuit of this simple goal. Do I want to have a lot of money? Sure. Am I likely to get it walking this current path? No. Did I know I wanted to be a software developer when I was 18? No. Did I know I wanted to be a professional poker player when I was 24? No.

In 5 years I want to either be crushing poker and winning hand over fist, or working an interesting job either in software or finance. Sorry but that's as far as I've gotten

Hole cards and it's not even close. I'm pretty sure I could make a million dollars with that power. Perhaps I am not seeing the value of the second power correctly?

The current plan on kids is never, but plans do from time to time change.

LA traffic sets me off so much exactly because I do have SOME control over it. First of all, I don't have to be here. There are countless other places to live that don't have the worst or second worst traffic in America. Second of all, I find myself always trying to avoid traffic either by timing or route selection and it's just a lot of effort with very low gain. I think these answers fit generally; if there is something I truly cannot control I usually am able to just let it go. If I have some small bit (or even false sense) of control, then my balls are tilted directly off.

I haven't played much HUHU because I don't feel that I'm a yet adequate player in shorthanded situations out of the blinds. My hope is to continue to grow my 6 max skills over the coming months and, once I'm more comfortable with them, start playing some HUHU. The other answer is opportunity cost; realistically I only have so many hours a week to spend playing poker, and first priority in my situation is always given to grinding live 20 to try to support my food and rent habits.

The only thing that has ever worked for me is to have actual bona fide (sp?) friends in the games you're playing. At Bay 101 I had a large group of friends that I could talk to throughout the day and that went a long way towards keeping me sane. Down here I have made some friends, but they keep quitting or taking graveyard prop jobs, so it's been kind of tough. Failing having real friends, you should look into selective deafness

Animal. Seriously from the limited number of hands I've seen you're extremely laggy

Not much. Basically a realization that my current path cannot possibly lead towards me being at peace and happy.

I see where you're coming from, Kit, and all I can say is that I'm just trying to do what's likely to make me happy. Also, if I do go back "to work" it would likely just be to gamble millions of other people's dollars in the stock market.

OK guys sorry it's break time again, I'll pick up in a few hours with this one.

I just figured this out. By "session" leo is not referring to "session of poker", he just means...."session".

In that case I chose the 1 hour session and again, it's not even close.

Which LA casino do you think has the best food?
Was your well inspired by Ken Jennings doing an AmA on Reddit yesterday?

Toady, you have one hour to peruse the internet that exists on March 4, 2012.

What sites do you visit?

1. Cambridge sucks. I lived in Boston all 5 years. Try "bleacher bar" you won't be disappointed. Goto the green monster and...knock.

2. The toughest opponents I've faced are the ones whose styles seem tailored to exploit me. In the past this was players who always found a way to raise the turn.

More generically the toughest opponents are the ones who change their approach drastically based on who they are currently tangling with. They have a knack for exploiting whatever weakness they see.

3. Arrogance. Players who assume they will just win in a game by simply being present, or who assume they can play bad preflop and still crush. This is a huge and very prevalent leak.

4. Being animal in and of itself...meh. What's a big advantage is being fearless, which is very correlated with being animal. I have seen players going animal in very inappropriate spots and think it's often not a good way to play.

Much like a few songs in my old iTunes library had lifetime status in the most played list by way of being my favorite songs when I listened to a ton of music, bud and miller light will likely never be dropped off this list.

I have twice asked "do you have Guinness?", been told no, and changed my order to bud light.

I mean taking all your free hands at your OLD table, not your new one. Waiting for the button to pass in the main game ianof course fine.

My memory of our session review was us both agreeing to not worry about finishing it. But now that you mention it I do recall reading your review and thinking it was pretty good. If I owe you a review it's because I forgot to finish and you never reminded me.

On a relative scale (where SOMETHING must get a 10) it's an 8 and I think we would agree. On an absolute scale I'd give it a 3, her probably a 5.

As I've already stated I read into Leos question and assumed he meant "poker session" which made no sense. I'd take one hour of Internet time a year in the future easily and am confident I could make all the money I needed for the rest of my life with the info I gathered.

Hawaiian Gardens.

No.

Can I save images to my machine or do I have to write everything down by hand? If I can save images I'd just save the 1 year chart on as many stocks as I possible could, then perhaps spend 10-15 minutes getting sports scores. If I have to write it all down I think I'd focus more on sports scores.

I'm officially caught up. Thanks for your patience, and please continue asking questions. It occurs to me that Thursday night was perhaps a bad time of the week to launch, but hopefully the impending spring weekend won't kill it too much.

Long time lurker, really enjoying your well. Big fan of your blog as well.

1. What is the longest degen session you've experienced?

2. What advice would you give to someone who has issues quitting a session, especially when stuck?

Thanks,
-Dennis

I don't think I've ever gone past 11-12 hours straight. I have done crazy things like played til 1am, gone home to walk my dog, and then gone back to the casino to play 2-6.

Possible suggestions...bring less money. Spend time thinking about the negative consequences of your actions away from the table. Set and end time and declare a bounty on yourself (if you see me at the casino after 9pm I will give you $50). Make a habit of taking laps off (anyone can walk away, standing up is the hard part).

Would you use your future knowledge to prevent any accidents/disasters/terrorist attacks? Did that cross your mind or just how to make money?

I've found the boomswitch. Apparently they hid it at the bottom of the well.

Now that you mention it I'd like to think I would. But no, it didn't even occur to me.