I'm on vacation this weekend, may be able to answer some of these this afternoon, but if not I'll answer everybody's tomorrow (keep the questions coming!) For now I'll just answer these:
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Originally Posted by ChicagoRy
What are the odds this well grows to become half as large as Weisner's? Larger than Weisner's?
Half as big seems likely, larger seems unlikely
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Since you've maximized the attention from pretending to be gay, what's next?
Pretending to be a legend at poker, of course.
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What do you always **** with me on this forum? I still get people from time to time that ask, "What's the deal about Mersenneary trying to demod you?" (the thread title says level in it now too, what the hell?)
You're really fun to **** with. You know it's good to be a good sport, but you have a business reputation to uphold which makes you uneasy at times...which makes you HILARIOUS to pick on.
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Which players would you like the most to succeed or continue to succeed in the future?
Has to be my students, every "I'm crushing" story just feels really good. Other than that, mjw006, sejje, filthyvermin, and Punch Dancer are 4 people I'd really like to see succeed/continue to succeed. Also, pocketas, the POGger who never has any shame asking me for free coaching because to him I'm just another werewolf fish.
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Which players do you feel would be happiest if you did not succeed?
I think I have a pretty good reputation for the most part - which can be annoying to people who see my "2+2 mod/Judge of all disagreements/Mr. Appropriate" shtick as just that, a shtick to advance my own interests and my own reputation. I don't think that's really what it is, but it's a fair criticism. So I'm sure people who see it like that secretly root for my demise.
That said, let's be honest with ourselves. We all root for bad results for people sometimes. This becomes evident whenever a name reg that you're whatever with goes deep in a HUMTT - sure, good for him, but must be nice amirite?
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Can you talk about the vegetarian thing some more? Specifically expanding on the reasons you don't eat meat if you don't mind. Is there a difference for you with responsibly raised/cared for meat (funny/poor choice of words)?
Yes. I take the position that pain and suffering of animals matters, and coupled with the fact about how awful the meat industry is (I don't think anybody disagrees with that, just whether we should care/think about it), that I don't want to support an industry like that. I'd have no problem with eating meat from humanely raised/killed animals, but just so I'm not that ******* who has to ask where the chicken is from, I just abstain.
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Who are the most unique people (or person) you've talked to as a result of poker?
I got to ask a question to John Nash, once. I asked him where Nash Equilibrium has gone that he thought was cool that he didn't expect it to go. He talked about traffic and said he liked my shirt.
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Do you value tradition in of itself?
It should have a point to it, but it often does.
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What's wrong with our country? The world? What's one way you can or plan to help change that for the better?
People will save a drowning person in front of them, but not a drowning person just around the bend. That's not to say we all have to run around spending all our time being lifeguards, but if there's a balance, we're nowhere near it.
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Originally Posted by Mr_andrzej
i have a question about a hand i've seen on one of HUSNG.com videos. the hand (played by a coach, dont want to mention names but it's not you) was played in a hyper turbo match , 20$ level:
blinds 15/30
hero (SB) has 33
both stacks are 500
hero minraises, villain ships his 500, hero folds
His argumentation was that he is fliping at best and he invested 'only' 60 chips.
how bad is it? can you ever minraise fold pocket pair <20bb deep?
It's awful, but newsflash, HUSNG.com coaches have not learned to play poker perfectly. I make errors in every single video I produce.
Occasionally it's best to minraise/fold 22-33 under 20bb (An opponent with a 40% BB VPIP and a 10% 3bet%, for example, minraise/folding is likely going to be best from 17-19bb). That opponent is just extremely rare to play that few hands OOP, though. Even against a 50% VPIP and 10% 3bet, while maybe you should fold when you minraise, there's another far superior option: Openshoving.
In general you should be openshoving 22-33 at all stack depths in a superturbo. You do far better against your opponent's range that would be flatting a minraise but will instead fold to an openshove, which is a huge chunk of hands.