Move up faster but that could just be results oriented now that I know the future. Non poker related, a million things, most of them pretty standard.

Don’t want to ask questions, just say thank you for all your Vids on HUSNG I downloaded all 43 of them and it’s taken me tons of time to studied each one but its helped me a ton I feel like I’m crushing fish and regs with so much confidence and ease like never before now after putting all the time in to study, my ROI has gone in to double figures just because of what you have taught.


Again Thanks ....

Ps and Chicago ry “ry pack” thanks, yours have also been a big contributor to my game as well thanks.

Love to hear this kind of stuff, thanks.

-Do you think there is a certain "x factor" (which not everyone possess) which separates 1k< regs from those at 50s, 100s, 200s or is it all just studying/volume?
And did you ever in your poker career (presumably while struggling at 50s) thought there was such a thing?

-What odds would you give yourself to win a 1$ 8man shootout?

-For how much $/hr would you snap-accept a student for coaching now?

-If livb comes up to you and asks you to help him with calculating simple odds, what would you say?

-Do you consider yourself smart or intelligent (or both)?

-How important on scale of 1 to 10 do you think is computer setup?

It's just natural learning ability and determination, as I argued before. Determination is partly studying/volume, and it's also partly things like balls.

Probably 1 in 5 or so.

There's no amount someone would offer me that I would take right now. I don't believe in charging more for coaching than it's worth.

Sure. I'm sure there's a lot I could teach livb, there's also just a whole lot more he could teach me.

I'm not sure exactly what you mean but I think it would be too modest to not say both.

It matters but I also earned a lot of money on a really really busto setup before getting my new computer about a year ago, so it's not that big of a deal.

Is this just exaggeration, or literally if someone came up and said "Mers, I'm prepared to pay 1 billion $ an hour for coaching right now", you would say no?

- What's the most games you won in a row/lost in a row? (not sure if you ever kept track of this or w/e).

- Do you think the success of some of the ST regs who posted really high ROI's comes down more significantly to variance, or that they're really that good in their adaptive strategies. As I'm sure you know there is the argument that a couple of guys play differently to what you would necessarily consider an optimal overall strat, instead trying to play optimally against each opponent individually. I have seen some things from some guys that I would consider terrible, yet they post massive roi's over huge samples.

- Do you believe in a god, gods, greater power or w/e?

- Do you believe in ghosts/spirits?

- Biggest fear?

- Scariest moment in your life?

- Most embarrassing moment in your life?

I'll be back for more, def. But theres some more for now!

Should be able to check this in SharkScope. Seems like the most he won in a row was 16 games, the most he lost in a row was 15 games.
(More options > Biggest winning/losing streaks > Heads-up)

Mers' streaks


PS: mers, feel free to delete this post of course if you don't like this graph to be shown here.

Thoughts on minr/folding below lets say 15bb? Ever the best of options?

In this situation that would never happen, of course I'd say yes. But if someone said $2000/hour or whatever, I'd say no out of the morals of not wanting to charge people more than what it's worth. If they offer $100,000, I'd say yes because by that point I can't justify not doing it and giving the money straight to charity, or whatever. But it's a silly question

It makes sense that the people with the best ST results are the people who are some of the best plus have run well better than average.

I believe that the human condition makes it impossible to know with certainty, no doubt, either way on this question. Faith to me means choosing to act as if there is a higher calling in spite of this.

I'm religious but I believe the most important thing about my religion is treating other people well and seeking out the most needy in a society, and you certainly don't need to have any religion to hold those values.

Only as metaphors. (no)

Not being able to connect with people/have an impact on people.

Going to pass on this one. A scary moment of my life was when livb told me I was sat for life. Then I remembered he says that to everybody.

This actually came up in conversation with friends tonight, I couldn't think of anything then, either. I did get a boner during a middle school social studies presentation once, but come on, I think we all know the class was mostly just thoroughly impressed.

Yep, it's standard with a pretty wide range. Against anyone who is actually good you're going to want to have a minraise/fold range as low as 9bb or so.

People are too averse to minraise/folding and limp/folding because it feels like you're getting run over shortstacked and you're risking a lot just to fold preflop. But lifetime my EV limping and minraising 9-15bb deep with hands that can't call shoves is very strong and certainly far better than folding. We should still have a folding range and an openshoving range, but don't overdo either.

do you consider me a `poker bro´ like u talk about in one of ur more recent vids ?

edit; when will you give clubbing on mondays a real chance in ur life?

haha couldn't have asked for better responses

Oh, and @ fastcolt, pretty sure NO ONE wants to consider YOU a 'poker bro'.

and some more maybe stupid questions:

- what do you think about the HEM +EV?
- did you run over +EV in your alltime Graph
- whats your favorite music? have you any favorite songs?

To what degree do you believe sportsmanship applies to poker? Have you ever passed up what you think will be +EV chat and if so why?

What is your response to someone who tells you poker is stealing?

What are the two most effective ways in which you review your own play?

How do you integrate being a professional poker player with this ->

How many 10 year olds do you think you could defeat simultaneously in Mortal Kombat (real life not the game)?

+1 to all the love, have always found your strategy articles/posts and videos incredibly valuable. would love to one day have a game and attitude half as solid as yours. i only wish you could've done more to get chiry demodded.

if you could go back in time to before you started playing poker would you do it all over again? Obv $300k+the freedom of clicking buttons for a living is pretty much deal of the century, but do you ever wonder what sorts of other things you could have achieved with the hours spent grinding?

along the same lines, your friend/brother/partner says that they're interested in pursuing poker and husngs over the next couple of years, starting completely from scratch. would you recommend it?

thing you've enjoyed most about poker that's not profit? eg friends, the 'challenge', coaching others, etc.

congrats on all ur successes

not sure if this has already been asked but how did your experience in poker help you to get a job in the finace world.

I am currently applying for jobs in various sectors and am torn wheather or not to include poker on my CV and how much detail to go into.

-How long did it take u to move up across the stakes? And what did you find the hardest transition?

-What is more important in superturbos, adjusting or having good std ranges?

-Do you think husngs will still be as proftiable in 5 years as they are now?

- 20bb Readless in a superturbo, you flat a minraise with qj and the board comes aq263.
Do you call three barrels down here because you are at the top of your range? And if you have one read,namely that you know that your opponent is a reg and he knows that u are one too ?

No, you're not a poker bro.

Did plenty of clubbing in Vegas on Mondays

HEM EV is a better predictor of your long term results than your actual results.

Yes, you don't make 100k in a month with an average stake of $300 by winning only your fair share of flips. I'd have to piece together hands on different computers but I'm about $40k over EV. Must be nice I know.

Already answered favorite album, besides Elliot Smith I'm a big fan of The Magnetic Fields, Death Cab for Cutie, Hey Champ, Miniature Tigers, and lots of hipster bull**** like that. When I played my only batch of $5ks I had the song Seaside by The Kooks on repeat and now by association love that song (went 9-4).

There are certain lines you shouldn't cross just like when standing in front of someone there are certain lines you shouldn't cross.

Don't be so disrespectful and condescending to the recreational player.

Find common spots you're not sure about, ask a friend, post it on the forums, or try to solve it yourself using math.

I've been able to do a lot of good things from money I've earned from poker. I've also been able to set my own hours so that I can volunteer and get stuff done on the side. I don't think it conflicts.

No idea.

Yes. Poker has done some pretty incredible things for my life and has been a net positive by a long ways.

I probably wouldn't recommend it to my friends though because they're all donks

Enjoyed most about poker that's not profit is probably that challenge, that uncertainty about success, and then getting there and making it happen. Feeling lost in a match then putting the pieces together and getting the upper hand. Love that feeling.

I've been trying to De-Mod ChicagoRy forever but it never works because everybody thinks it's a level.

Go into detail in the finance world. For sure. I was vague about it in my first meetings with the company and they had to get the details out of me and then they told me, "you know, you really should just come out and say some of this stuff, you're aware it's a positive, right?". But of course I never mentioned it as part of a teaching resume so it's going to be very different in different sectors.

It took me a long time to go from $100 to $200, mostly just for psychological reasons.

What's more important, food, or water?

Unlikely.

Not calling 3 barrels readless (unless there were flush draws) because most people suck too much to take advantage of these kind of barreling spots.

Water is much more important than food. Was this what your answer meant to imply?

great well, mers is the best, one of the best husng.com coaches imo
didnt read everything yet, so idk if someone maybe asked you this

when did you felt the worse because of poker? ever cried because of poker?
rate how talented you are in poker 1-10
would you rather make 200k/year in a decent job or play 5ks for a living (70% chance you will make more than 200k/yr)?
will I be able to beat 1k+?
and maybe you remember something from our 4 games in my lifetime we played and can say something?
1500 stacks, 15/30, why are you 3betting 90 to 270 instead of 210-240, since it leaves you a terrible pot/stack ratio/?
do you like youtube

also, how are u only up 300k, if u are up 250k w/o rb/bonuses? you must be up at least 500k in lifetime

I mean technically one is going to be more important than the other (and I guess it's standard ranges) but you'll die in pretty short order without either.

Never cried from poker, no. The worst was dropping 10k after a really ****ty night for other reasons, that was an awful stench to wake up to the next morning having to think about it.

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Probably play 5ks for a living.

Odds would suggest not.

You get out of the box more than other regulars, sometimes that turns out good for you, sometimes, not so much

I'm using different 3bet sizes against different players with different hands. I do think pot/stack ratio is a widely misunderstood concept.

yes?

300k is my takehome profit after everything (buying/selling action, rakeback/bonuses, etc). I'm pretty sure you're overestimating my rb/bonuses though.