do you think people outside of poker would recognize changes in your temperament when you had a bad poker day?

why do you think so many poker players are marijuana smokers? is it just that everyone in the world is a marijuana smoker?

do you think poker is a "young man's game" ?

why is your stars avatar so choad like

would you rather play a 25/50 table with that superfish from russia + 7 of the best players at that level, or a table with 8 of the worst reg's from 3/6?

if you won 3mill+ in an MTT, would you quit your job? how about poker?

i go all in, what do u call me with?

9-handed, 100 BB stacks, Nit from UTG opens, action folds around to you in the SB with KK, you 3bet to 11x, BB folds, Nit 4bets to 50x or so, do you ever fold?

Am i a spewtard?

Do you ever see yourself having a family with balancing poker and a fulltime job, or do you think you would have to give up one of the 3?

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No. I'm never three bet folding there. Why would I three bet KK and then fold? Wouldn't I be better off calling?

Have we played together? Regardless, if you are asking, the answer is likely yes.

I'd probably give up the family.

Haha, just kidding. By the time that happens, either work or poker will be non-existant or one will be far less of a concentration for me. Once I start a family I want to have time to enjoy them. That's why I'm doing what I do now, so that later in life I have the freedom to do whatever I want.

Do you have enough clout to get me an interview at the company you work for if no legislation passes

I can pass on your resume. However, I have done this for two different friends. Only one got a call but he didn't get a job.

I've talked to others -- How big of a boost does poker provide in your company? The last I talked to basically said that with my GPA,Programming,Degree, and Poker I would be a really good candidate for at least an interview because those are all things his CEO looks for and all.

Not much, I mean poker can be seen as a positive or a negative depending on who you are interviewed by. Honestly, I wouldn't bring it up if I were you. You don't want to come off as 'one of Jim's poker buddies from the internet'. I did, however, say I was a poker player when I interviewed here. With programming and finance experience though, you could be a good fit here. PM me for further discussion.

is poker gambling?

Lol. What I always tell people is it is gambling if you are sitting at a single table or playing in one tournament. In the short term, anyone can win and if that is the case, then by definition it is gambling. However, what I do is not gambling by any means. It is no different than being a trader, really. In both, I have an expected edge that I hope to realize over the long term but in the short term day-to-day basis, I can experience losses and streaks of losing days.

Actually, I want to take this even further by saying that trading / working for an investment firm or hedge firm is more gambling than being a poker player. The reason for this is leverage. Most firms are leveraged and have much more money invested than they plan to lose. In this case, when the unthinkable happens in trading, i.e. last year, many firms will go busto because they cannot cover their capital requirements or margin calls, or just flat out lose all their money. Whereas in the case of poker (doomswitch, cash out, lol) we are only playing with what we have at the tables. So in other words, hedgefunds and investment firms are 'gambling' that the unthinkable 0.01% probabiltiy events will never happen while putting their existance on the line. Meanwhile, poker players practice bankroll management so that when the 0.01% run of cards comes, we can continue on with daily operations as planned.

On 10 point scale, how good hand reader you are?

9. I have really focused on this the past few months. I have worked on this more vs fish than vs regs, but I think I have improved a lot vs both.

What do you think of this community (MSFR regs)? How does it compare with itself 6 months ago or when you first joined?

You sound like an Alpha male personality type.
Not that I like general classifications like this but....

Do you think that this personality type has particular advantages/disadvantages with poker, and in particular mass-tabling?

Also has tilt ever forced you into violence against your equipment..... i.e. any smashed mouse smashed monitor stories....

Once again epic Well.
Thanks for replying even to lurker micro donks.

I like it alot. This is just such a cutthroat game and the fact that we play together almost all the time and still can talk here and I think is pretty cool.

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- Thinking of having a go at SNE next year. Got any advice for me? How many VPPs do you aim for daily (i know it works out ~2700 but you're likely to take some days off)?

- Do you think stars are likely to cut VPP accumulation for FR next year in a big way?

- Whats the single best bit of poker advice you have ever been given?

- What helped you most in your poker career, ie 2+2, training sites, other players you know, coaching etc?

- What stakes gave you the most trouble when first moving up to it?

really enjoying this well, thanks for your time