this thread is getting creepy

The sex and intelligence thing is really interesting. Idk if the math thing is the best analogy though--thats more representative of like, the poker model in the fact that women comprise such a small % of the field that they are less likely to achieve that pinnacle (same way a woman is less likely to win the main)




Yes I look up to those guys, not inasmuch of a fanboy way, there's definitely an element of actual attraction there, sort of like a mental attraction. I mean doubt I would say no to a date with Phil Ivey. Also PA is pretty much an adonis. But really since I've been an online player the people i've looked up/fanboyed to are the real sickos online, like I remember back inthe day when 25/50 was the biggest game running on stars and i'd see H@££INGGOL there with like 100k i would just die. I def got off to hands like this: http://www.pocketfives.com/f7/thetak...3inggol-61380/ My fb friend request with him is still pending

Serious involvement w/poker players brings up another whole can of worms tho. Like it's probably in my best interest to stay away from that, period, for reasons I'll elaborate on if its not obvious. But all I'm around is poker players so it's unlikely it doesn't happen at some point.

How do you handle tilt? Have you ever destroyed something on tilt?

Not German, it's Austrian.
Dr Pepper OBV
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Um i am very reluctant to give up cheese. That is all I will say.
Idk about 5 year olds, maybe a few 10 year olds.
Don't insult my intelligence

I have a lot of respect for any girl who can come on an internet forum and deal with a 99% male audience asking her about personal stuff without getting all emotional.

GJ callisto and gl with everything.

Just checking for nerdiness. ^^
I still think you might be leveling me into thinking you know the right answer,because of your little manipulation speech.

edit:
Also what pasterbator said.

I've asked a few girl poker players this question so I'll do it again:

Do you have more close guy friends than girl friends?

meh i realized too late that i should have trolled on this one could have asked a really funny question or somethin

yes WAY more. again somewhat of a byproduct of the disparity in the ratio of guys to girls in poker. But also, girls are mostly mainpulative bitches and i get tired of that ****. I prefer guys as friends in general. I do have several close girlfriends who I love though.

lol. that is funny.

Ok then, this is a well I reckon!

Do you coach?
Biggest downswing?
Biggest upswing?
Do you play cash games?
Do you tilt?

Worst pickup line you've ever heard?
Boxers, briefs or thongs?
Would you date a Palestinian?

Favorite books, movies, music?
Philosophies you live by?

do u play any differently on your period? ie. would u tilt easier or be less/more aggro
if it does have an effect do u play anyway or take those days off?

guys is this a valid question or am i a ******

i was thinking it but thought it would come off pretty weird if i asked. my gf would defo have to ban her account once a month though

Have you ever played with any of the better-skilled regulars of this forum? If so, do you think you have an edge over most of them?

First of all congratulations on your successes. You have accomplished many things that I know a lot of us are very impressed by. Pretty awesome. Ok. Questions.

-Any 5 poker players you respect and why?

-How/does your opponents timing effect your decision making? Do you play around with your own timing in an exploitative way?

-Thoughts on polarization and categorization of ranges?

-How aware are you of your own changing perceived range throughout most hands you play at your stakes? In what ways does this effect your logical process?

-How to become an amazing sick handreader in your opinion?

-Do you think there's merit to playing without looking at your hole cards sorta like Luke Skywalker in Star Wars?

Do you coach?
Yes

Biggest downswing?
Ehhh....overall combined with my backing losses I've probably sustained a 120k downswing

Biggest upswing?
+200k

Do you play cash games?
no but i'm getting bored w/tournaments and the only way to really develop your full skill potential is to get good at cash imo so evenutally i'll make my way to cash

Do you tilt?
sometimes, I mean I scream bloody murder out loud when it happens and that alone relieves a lot of the pressure, I try to be really aware of it when I am, it helps to call a friend to come over and play with you when you feel like you're tilting but dont wanna end the session stuck or whatever cuz that is even more tilting...I had several sessions where i'd call a friend over and he'd be like, look at what you just did, stop that, etc, and i'd be more motivated to play better.


Worst pickup line you've ever heard?
When i got hu in a 1k single table at series this summer where a guy proposed that if he won the match, he'd take me out as consolation...TILLLLT

Boxers, briefs or thongs?
boxers for sure everything else is somewhat gay imo

Would you date a Palestinian?
LOL i love that you asked this. Hmm...prob would be really enticing to me from the "forbidden love" perspective but we'd get into so many arguments that they would have to be REALLY self-aware and logical like, most of the middle east conflict debates dont begin and end with "here is my perspective, it's passionate and I believe it to be true with my entire being, i'm not arrogant enough to believe that my point, no matter how well reasoned, could not be wrong." idk seems like a recipe for disaster, would never say never though.

Favorite books, movies, music?
Books....I really loved Freakonomics. also obsessed with The Umbrella Man by Roald Dahl...its a bunch of the most twisted short stories you'll ever read, i feel so strongly about these I went about finding all the text files of them on the internet so pm me if you want your life to improve
Movies--Anne of the Thousand Days, Memento, Princess Bride, Shawshank, and I am a cult fan of CUBE
Music--love everything really but Silverchair is my fav band

Philosophies you live by?
Aldous Huxley pretty much.... his famous quote about solitude and how everything is ultimately incommunicable is pretty interesting...also when life hands you lemon stuff em in your bra-type philosophy, i like philosophies that encourage people not to take anything too seriously...other than that i just like to keep my mind open as much as possible and take in every smart idea/piece of info that I can

No this is definitely interesting, I think I do play differently mostly because I find myself in general more critical when I'm on my period. I am also more likely to try to blame other people/ lash out at people, and I am more attracted to like, aggression and any quality that is the opposite of soft/cuddly/baby talk crap. So I would think this would affect my natural inclinations in game play. However I try to be aware of this so any time I have these inclinations I reason it out at the same time, but probably having the inclinations in the first place does have an effect.

Yes, and some. I think I'm more creative than some of the regs but they are more likely to get me to fps myself into oblivion. Most of the skilled regs on here are great and I have a lot of respect for their games. Some of the "reg base game" is exploitable but anyone thats actually smart probably doesnt fit into that category, esp if they know what level of thinking i'm on concerning that. A couple people, specifically sss and adonis, make me hate my life if they sit me. But i must say destroying a reg is quite satisfying, especially if you have on of those "aha" moments that usually you dont get (by that i mean, a moment in poker where you feel truly happy because you made a correct decision that was exceedingly difficult that actually brought a ton of your experience/top of your reasoning capabilities into play) from playing the fish. So it's good to play the regs sometimes, esp if you think you're the underdog.

hmm there is someone in the poker world worth marrying

-Any 5 poker players you respect and why?
Eric Ladny aka Avril Sharapova/psunyy51--one of the best mtt minds in the game atm, has really made me see how you need to do the things that will net you the greatest ev not necessarily the things that will let you avoid making difficult decisions on later streets.

DAN DIPASQUALE aka sss/carryhero--too many reasons to write here but I enjoy having my ass handed to me on a platter and he's done this to me a bunch. Not to mention all his posts, notably these:
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/58...reflop-795876/
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/58...dragon-648187/
he is great at getting me off tilt, an inspiration!

Dan Kelly aka djk123/imabigkidnow--sick and the nicest kid ever, QED

Peter Jetten aka apathy123--beating him in the 10k hu was one of the most fulfilling moments i've ever had in poker, he is truly sick and an inspiration as far as hu is concerned

Jon "jaguiar" Aguiar aka Fatal Error---way too many reasons to list here, if you've ever had the pleasure of listening to him read a maven tweet then enough said, he's for sure one of "the reasons i play poker." Amazing guy to be around vis a vis poker AND real life.

I'm adding a 6th-Scott Seiver aka gunning4you/mastrblastr--prob the smartest person i've ever met in my entire life and an unbelieveable poker mind.

-How/does your opponents timing effect your decision making? Do you play around with your own timing in an exploitative way?
Absolutely. It was really tough to become aware of my own timing tells (noticing where i'd never tank shove as a bluff, etc) and then interchange them etc. Everyone is so different with their timing, esp when multitabling. It becomes interesting when you know your opponent is aware of their timing too. There's a lot going on with this. It's very opponent specific.

-Thoughts on polarization and categorization of ranges?
Polarization is pretty interesting, mostly because people arent really polarized when you think they are, it's weighted (only because, while, with that bet they can ONLY have nuts-or-air type things, they are still more likely to play nuts in a specific way and that either is closer or farther from what they are doing). Im not sure what you mean by categorization of ranges. As far as balancing ranges goes I think it's a ridiculous concept. You are only in each poker spot ONE TIME EVER. You cant be like "half the time i should have air in this spot" because you will NEVER BE IN THAT SPOT AGAIN. Balance is NEVER necessary, it is only necessary for your opponent to THINK you are balanced. There is still always an optimal play for the situation, and sacrificing optimal play to "achieve balance" is ridiculous. I can expand my thoughts more on this if you want. You have an argument for balance for the sake of balancing if you are 4 tabling an opponent at hu cash over like 50k hands,but this becomes more meta game and again less to do with base optimal play.

-How aware are you of your own changing perceived range throughout most hands you play at your stakes? In what ways does this effect your logical process?
In the st's v any competent player this is very important. I think I am able to outlevel most of them and get them to believe what I want them to believe/ feel like makes sense given my line etc. There is very limited play (and set up for future play) in sts so this is VERY important.

-How to become an amazing sick handreader in your opinion?
Experience, and calling. Calling a LOT. (CALListo) Throughout my experience, if there was ever a situation that was razor close between fold and call I always called, cuz seeing someone's hand and how they played it as the board/actions ran out is SO incredibly valuable. Realizing tendencies given certain hand strength as different boards roll out is also extremely useful in handreading. Paying attention to YOUR cards is also extremely important (i.e. knowing you have the Tc in your hand on a checkraised board of like KQ4 cc in a 3b pot pre and the 3c comes out on the turn can be extremely useful, like they can never have jctc actc etc, and a lot of people forget about this when in the heat of the moment).

-Do you think there's merit to playing without looking at your hole cards sorta like Luke Skywalker in Star Wars
Haha. Sometimes I just look at one of them live. It's useful if you think you're really prone to tells, and also just fun because live gets boring. If you watch the nbc hu match with vanessa and huck, she limps, he looks at one card (a 4) and thats good enough to shove. Lol what a g. Def fun.

Gonna come back and edit/further expound on some of my answers a little of this later, im omw out

Huh, my instructors told me that balancing was everything and that the ultimate goal is to create a perfect spectrum of balance so that you could literally be taking a line on any board texture with any two cards.

So I guess there are two opposing school of poker thought: one that advocates perfect balance, and one that advocates super optimization

[ ] Pretty, beautiful, sexy.

[x] Decent and do-able.

Is this in the wrong thread? Regardless, change instructors, that's terrible terrible advice for your stakes.

also (tony): going to try to not pull much white knight bs, but let's try not to tard up this thread too much. let's make it readable for people who like that it's turned into a well.

I think that perfect balance is not necessary for this.

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