Why is it a weird question?

If you are smart enough to win that sort of money you should be smart enough to realise that the better player you are the more beats you are going to take.

It sucks so hard that a guy who has basically owned hu sngs can tilt and insult and abuse his opponents the way livb does.

I'm so glad to read stars has taken away his chat. Totally deserved.

I really wish they didn't take anyone's chat away. Verbal domination is half the battle.

Sir, you are an idiot.

That's the spirit!

+1 and I'm also an idiot.

I must admit I lol'ed at my own stupidity and your reply.

gg.

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really dont agree with this, total prefence of style and volume nothing to do with how good you are

this is one of the most depressing things i have ever read in my whole life.

my friend, there is a lot more to life than money and poker. if you died tomorrow, would you be glad you spent the last 3 years playing poker every single day instead of doing more fun stuff that all the money and freedom of poker is supposed to allow?

I think his point is the exact opposite.

He mentions he does not care that much about hourly, and with the tables and number of soft opponents he probably played coming up, that backs up his words.

He also said he comes from a family of hard working people and the work he's put into husngs pales in comparison to what he expects he'll be doing after he's finished with poker.

I don't understand your statement.

Camel's solid points aside, I want to point out that Lebron James, as an example, recently acted extremely poorly as a competitor and player when he lost in the Eastern Conference Finals. We're talking about a guy that clears well over 30 mil a year with endorsements and was by all legitimate measurables clearly the best basketball player in the world last year and he still struggled acting professionally with a loss. I'm not excusing anything anybody here does in game, but it's not like this sort of thing is terribly uncommon among the world's top competitors.

Edit: Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa and Tiger Woods are also people you could use similar comparisons with in recent years.

^^


yes.... Lebron James clears well over 30k / yr....


Tiger woods on the other hand is almost a billionaire... sick life... what went wrong lebron... what went wrong

Wait so livb uses steroids and that's why he's amazing at cards?

hmm, chicago, i am not sure if you are replying to my comment or are confused. the only thing i said was that its extremely depressing that he takes 2 days off total in a year. i mean my god, that has nothing to do with hard work, that is just someone who lives for work and doesnt have any emphasis on enjoying life.

now it is possible that he enjoys playing, but it is still a pretty sad existence if the only thing you do all year to bring yourself happiness is play a computer game. it just seems travelling, time off doing things with friends and family, etc is the norm for a fulfilling life. not sure i am really that weird in thinking that. not even the sickest ibankers work 363 days a year. its pretty tragic imo.

Great thread.....what is your computer set up when you play?....ie ...what PC do you use?.....what monitor size do you use?....what software if any?...a picture of your PC set up would be the nuts......just to see in vision how the master grinds

just maybe what you consider a "sad existence" isn't the same as what others would consider that to be.

^^ this =/

I prolly have taken <14 whole days away from playing a single game of poker or coaching in the last 2 yrs, maybe way less, I can't even remember the last one but I think my wife forced me to do one this year for sure ;p

The best two hu sng players I have ever seen are Iftarii and Genius.

Both treat their opponents with respect and courtesy.

Win or lose they behave impeccably.

Role models?

I understand the point you're making, but I think you're taking him too literally.

For example, Primo and others reference that livb was in vegas during the WSOP hanging out and playing volleyball. Maybe he grinded 5-15 games for an hour or two that day, it would still count towards his 363 days a year or whatever.

It doesn't mean he plays 10 hours a day and does nothing else, I just think he means he has consistently played games almost every day for 2 years. If he loves the game, he could easily play 2-3 hours a day and still enjoy another 8-9 hours while on vacation.

That's the true benefit of being a professional poker player, anybody can still put in 30 hours a week at a very high level and still not put in more than 5-6 hours of work in any single day.

Not even counting his million + in winnings, he would have a far more ideal life than the average working man because of his schedule flexibility.

Definitely. And for every Tiger or Phil there's a few Tom Watsons or Payne Stewarts. For every Sosa there's a Cal Ripken and for every Lebron there's a Kevin Durant or Bill Russel.

Maybe livb is more like Tiger than Stewart, I'm not justifying any harassment or death threat rumors people talk about here, I'm just pointing out that many top athletes are poor sports and sometimes even *******s.

To get the topic back on track:

Livb:

- What other games/sports/things do you play competitively? How good are you compared to professionals in that field?

- How has the thought process behind the way you play poker changed or impacted your real life decision making, if any?

**** that ****. role models my ass.

cash players need to respect people/regs/fish that give them action or else they won't return.

if i was a sng player at high stakes, i'd tell every reg that sucked out on me that i hope they die in a waterfall and other choice words.

also, the edge between a fish and a reg in SNG HU is far smaller than Cash HU.

livb:

If you weren't playing poker and earning as much as you are, what would you be doing?

What is your biggest winning day? Biggest losing day?

Why would you continue playing versus someone that is considerably better than you for mass amounts of money (i.e. imthefranchise)?

Is there a point to where you'll stop playing?

Why not transition to High stakes cash games where all the "real money" is?

How much would you say you have tilted off?

Have you ever received coaching while moving up stakes? If not, what are your views on coaching/coaching sites?

i got owned ITT

that and if we were giving out league volleyball awards would i get most improved for my rise from horrible to average?

Shouldn't you be starting some NVG threads or something?