heh..might want to just buy a new chair, assuming you won the hand.

Croix question for you,

do you think online poker is drying up or growing due to international appeal? will we all be able to make $$$ for another 2-3 years?

I can't recall if we played once or twice. I'm pretty sure he got my AIM from someone and we started talking a little bit on there. We did play some 4mans together before FTP cracked down on them. I wasn't really watching him play in those 4s so I don't know too much about how he plays, but he has really good stats which would make me think hes pretty good. What do you think of his game and have you played him?

I remember Cat's Cradle being my favorite Vonnegut book not featuring Billy Pilgrim. I really like the premise and the literary device in World War Z , but was about 75 pages to long IYAM, definitely worth a read. Max Brooks has another book called "Zombie Survival guide" or some **** which is pretty hilarious.

well said stop n drop...well said.

No I haven't played him yet. Just don't see the point in sitting vs someone with an impressive graph like that, he plays reg speeds as well and I just love the fast turbo structure too much. I've been talking to him on aim more as well lately... I've watched him play though and his game looked pretty solid.

Oh yeah, why do you sometimes sit $1k turbo's? I usually see you sitting on the reg speeds but you're waiting on turbo's from time to time as well. Lack of action at both sites or a different reason?

I think more recently it is drying up. It was almost impossible not to after how big the poker boom was. That being said I still think there are alot of players and the sites are doing a good job of trying to promote it overseas and bring in more and more foreign players. Alot of it depends on if they legalize online in the United States. If so, it will be easy to deposit again and there will be alot more live money than there is currently. I still think in HUSNGs we are at a big advantage getting alot of bad players to play us. They will lose in a cash session or MTT and say 'I can get it back right here if I play this kid and beat him'. For us long term against these players it is like printing money and as long as the international scene doesn't dry up too much, I think we can all make good money for the next 2-3 years.

Yeah, I liked Cat's Cradle alot. I remember hearing about the Zombie Survival Guide. I thought they were making it into a movie sometime soon? Maybe it was just a good review given from a friend.

The guide is really just a practical handbook on how to deal with Zombies i.e. no real plot, I could see WWZ being a movie quite easily.

I have another question. Which country has the most fishy players Italy, Russia, Brazil, or Portland OR?

Fact: I've been searching random zombie articles on wikipedia for the past 20 minutes. Pretty kickass stuff.

Any action I get on FTP is usually pretty good action so I'm looking for the maximum volume possible. It is really tough to play on Stars with all of the regs sitting at all times of the day and me not wanting to watch to see when a 5 second opening to register comes up. I'm friends with most of those guys so I don't want to play them or ask them if they can get up, so FTP has become my main site for now.

Wow...I would probably have to say Brazil because off the top of my head I can't think of any decent players from there. Aaaaaaaaaaaaand cue a downswing from a random from Sao Paulo.

Having recently fire a shotgun in Vegas, I'm rooting for a Zombie outbreak. I would have a field day.

http://zombierights.org/

If I am any indication we may have a decent population of nitfish.

If your a fan of zombies, please please please read World War Z.

your welcome!

This reminds me of American Zombie. Pretty decent mocumentary.

Apparently this doesn't apply to the 28 days later style zombies. They're fast.

Hey Croix,

First off, thanks for doing this. Its awesome.

I've got a few questions:
1. When you were moving up stakes what percentage of your time was split up with putting in hands, and talking strategy on 2p2 forums. Was getting a ton of hands in more important?

2. Do you listen to music when you play? If so, whatd u like?

3. Do you only play when u play ur A game, or do u feel anytime u have an edge, you have got to play?

4. Is having a close nit group of friends who u think like u do in poker and not just ppl who play for fun extremely important in your development of a player?

Thanks man.

Nice answers croix! your videos!


Optimal volume per day 2tabling?

What is your daily routine?

Sorry if I'm hijacking this thread, making it all about zombies and how to prepare for the inevitable uprising.....
but.....

I hate to say it but a shotgun isn't the best or even close to the best weapon for killing zombies.

1)How many Kills per minute you think you could make with a shotgun vs. a just some random ****ty 16 round hand gun...
2) at close range a shotgun will only kill him if you severely damage his brain--hard to be that accurate with a shotgun when shooting from the hip.
3) bad range-at a distance a shotgun is practically useless.
4) how much amo can you carry around vs. a more practical weapon.

I would much prefer a kitana to a shotgun. lightweight, guaranteed a kill if you chop their head off (easy to do with a little practice), no ammo to lug around, relatively good KPM. And if you have some light weight bite proof clothes to go along with this your all set.

So maybe work on your swordplay?

Thanks to the this thread I picked up my own Zombie survival guide, will start posting Zombie strat sometime next week.

pft. failure. when the zombies come I def don't want you on my team.

Shotgun/Chainsaw combo. Must have chainsaw skillz to make this combo work most effectively. Don't want some WoW player melting down on me w/ a sword.

evidence:




oh. nice well croix. most enjoyable. thanks for doing it etc etc... Shawshank is one of my fav films. Love the reading tips here. I'll 2nd the dark tower books. I read them all over the course of about 15 years though. 1st is def quick and easy read to see what it's about.

Hey Croix, I just played this hand. Opponent is winner and has recently moved up. First time playing maybe 8 hands in, no big pots yet.

PokerStars Game #30980177055: Tournament #182879858, $110+$5 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2009/07/28 11:37:07 PT [2009/07/28 14:37:07 ET]
Table '182879858 1' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: another_rack (1570 in chips)
Seat 2: xlx_luis_xlx (1430 in chips)
xlx_luis_xlx: posts small blind 10
another_rack: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to another_rack [Ts Kh]
xlx_luis_xlx: calls 10
another_rack: raises 60 to 80
xlx_luis_xlx: calls 60
*** FLOP *** [6d 7d Td]
another_rack: bets 140
xlx_luis_xlx: raises 280 to 420
another_rack: calls 280
*** TURN *** [6d 7d Td] [Jc]
another_rack: checks
xlx_luis_xlx: bets 420
another_rack: folds
Uncalled bet (420) returned to xlx_luis_xlx
xlx_luis_xlx collected 1000 from pot
xlx_luis_xlx: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1000 | Rake 0
Board [6d 7d Td Jc]
Seat 1: another_rack (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 2: xlx_luis_xlx (button) (small blind) collected (1000)