you should write a book, i'd buy it

So Im assuming you believe Silencio is a "professional"? Kind of hard to believe by simply looking at his stats (on ap at least)....And I dont neccesarily believe the term fish is appropriate for all the players( i.e Noles, adamchambers, mntbikr)?) Noles is a losing player (I think), but I dont think he would consider himself a fish and I wouldnt either...

Poker is a very difficult game and to play for a living has alot more to do with how you manage your bankroll, emotions, and your personal life...Not so much how good you are at playing certain hands. Right, please correct me if im wrong?

I did make it very clear in my post: Over the long haul its skill, but from random session to random session, its alot of luck....By saying that Im using myself as an example as the one that gets lucky from session to session by playing way over my bankroll and expierence level.

I have wrote a book and it goes on sale at goldentrickle.com on the first of Novemeber....ENJOY!

No you wouldn't. You have refused to play me hu for more than 6 months now.

yes i believe his main source of income is from playing poker. he plays so much that it's hard to imagine this not being the case.

your personal life depends on you playing poker - not the other way around. of course managing your bankroll and emotions matters. assuming you have good bankroll management, how do emotions come into play? well, being unable to handle your emotions leads to you playing certain hands poorly, or tilting. making two or three semi-large mistakes in "certain hands" based on your emotional state can easily drop your winrate by 1 or 2 bb/100. playing even one out of 100 hands poorly is pretty significant, whether you do so because you simply don't know how to play the hand or you can't control your emotions.

If you don't out yourself I'm going to come at you with a barrage of wild guesses.

Wild guess #1: JPFold

probably not, since snowball calls me thenit41, and i have just about the same stats as jpfold

You are both right and wrong.

Those things you mention are of vital importance to a successful professional and many have failed because of them.

That said, if you do not consistently play hands very well you will not survive. In particular there is some leeway in preflop play and even on the flop, but there is very little tolerance for bad decisions on the turn and river. All successful players above microlimits make good decisions at the end.

Fun hand of the day. I love how the guy who has the spazziest image decides to slowplay AA preflop...I mean, seriously, you think you will get more action if you don't 3bet AA? Anyway, this was my last orbit as the uber fish had just left.

Enjoy.

** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to SIVSIVSIV [ 5s 5h ]
RAISINBRAN folds
SIVSIVSIV raises [$60.00 USD]
MONEYFORYOU folds
SILENCIO77 calls [$30.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5d, 5c, 6c ]
SILENCIO77 checks
SIVSIVSIV bets [$30.00 USD]
SILENCIO77 raises [$60.00 USD]
SIVSIVSIV raises [$60.00 USD]
SILENCIO77 calls [$30.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Kh ]
SILENCIO77 checks
SIVSIVSIV bets [$60.00 USD]
SILENCIO77 raises [$120.00 USD]
SIVSIVSIV raises [$120.00 USD]
SILENCIO77 calls [$60.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Jc ]
SILENCIO77 checks
SIVSIVSIV bets [$60.00 USD]
SILENCIO77 calls [$60.00 USD]
SIVSIVSIV shows [5s, 5h ]
SIVSIVSIV wins $792.00 USD from main pot
SILENCIO77 shows [Ad, Ah ]

he played this hand perfectly on every street

he should cap the flop.

yes he should in general but not against siv bc i doubt siv understands that silencio is usually going to have ace high or a weak 1 pair hand and will never fold it so siv won't correctly call the turn 4b and then raise turn with TT etc so silencio can bet3.

call flop cr turn performs best against siv here imo

Wait, Palo is SIV?

+1

There are only a couple people I REFUSE to play HU for the last six months so now I am fairly certain I know who you are. Although I avoid playing HU against people that are competant. There are only two people I have out right refused to play on a consistent basis. I got to say I personally have always found it kind of chicken **** for people to make posts and comments when they hide behind a name that people don't know. Thats just my opinion. My guess is you are MKULTRA as I do refuse to play him HU he plays me perfect. Although you could be SILENCIO77 himself.

You got cheated he lost the min for him on this hand.

No chance... JPFOLD never plays HUHU his style is good for 6 max 9 max.

Anyone know who FROGGISH is? He is putting in some sick volume recently and is sure running hot as hell against me. He has won like 45 of our last 60 coin flips. Doesn't matter if he has the pair or the overs. I think it was just a name change but curious which reg this is?

i saw you say this earlier, and it doesn't make much sense. it's like you're saying someone who plays well at 6/7/8/9-handed tables can't be good at HUHU, and i just can't help but disagree.

if he 3-bets the turn, he has a huge hand.

Miles in the last 3 years I have never seen JPFOLD sit in a HUHU game. Yes some people can play a very tight 6 handed game and can open things up for short handed play. Nina is a very good example of this, however in general most players don't make that trasition well. I personally would prefer a 6 handed NIT to play HUHU versus a 6 handed spazz. IMO

well if you've never seen him play huhu, then he probably doesn't play huhu. also your definition of a 6-handed spaz has to be different than mine for your last sentence to work for me. froggish is a 6-handed nit who does fine at huhu. i can think of several 6-handed spazzy guys who i'd rather play huhu than him.

Agree froggish does fine HUHU and is not a six handed spazz. My point was some people can make the transition however the spazz generally has very little transition to make as his style is naturally more suited for HUHU play. I can think of about 7 or 8 players that I think play equally well full or short but it isn't a real long list.

First, never said Silencio played the hand bad, however I think it is best for him the go ahead and 3bet AA there preflop because no one gives him credit for a hand anyway, postflop I think all of us play it the same. Also, you are probably right, if he caps the flop I'm not sure if I 3bet a hand like TT there on the turn because I would likely give him credit for the 5 or as I do often enough against him, let him hang himself because he does it so well.

As for HUHU, I have played Silencio HU in the past but I prefer not to. Spewing is not good for HU necessarily but their kind of play forces you to make a hand because even rebluffing can get expensive. I'm sure a good HU player could handle him fine, but I am not a good HU player. I do alright I think, but it certainly is not my specialty.

Snowball, you seem to be getting a bit more arrogant in this thread...IMO we just need to go through tableratings and see who is on an upswing to narrow down the field. My guess is someone who started out as a losing player and is now back in the black and thinks they are a poker god.

Im confused. What if your playing 6 max and three people limp to your AJ on the bb....I dont understand what to do. Please enlighten me pokers pros