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05-17-2009 , 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by sejje
How was 2p2 from the rail?

2p2 from the rail was probably cooler than from in the mix, I just couldn't make any snide comments or LOL at any of you donks in the LC thread )



Do you feel like a major copout for making this your pooh-bah post?


Yea, kind of, I mean I know I have alot to say/share, but I dont necessarily think im really worthy of a well yet, so yea, I guess I feel like a bit of a cop-out


Have you ever lost your will to grind? Tips on reacquisition?

I have plenty of times before, even last month after having a bunch of marginal days in a row after a big losing day, so I typically just take the next few days / week super light, if I play ill play for like 1 hr or 1.5 hrs or something and just not feel motivated, so i'll quit for the day.

But then, eventually, $$$ comes to my mind, and I get motivated again with the prospect of buying a house, or doing this, or doing that, and that's usually what gets me back on track. It's tough if you don't absolutely love the game, you need to either motivate yourself with other means, or treat it like a normal job and force yourself to play some set of hours

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05-17-2009 , 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Montezuma21
how'd you get your name?
Totally random,, I have no idea, but when I turned 18 it was a big deal, finally having my own account / name / whatever, and somehow I came up with the word Primordial (again, dont remember EXACTLY where this came from), was just looking around for cool words, and slapping AA at the end of it seemed like the cool thing to do

(also while I did this I had always envisioned like.. a pair of aces kind of being entwined / rooted / whatever, like roots coming up around them, something of the sort, but in a really cool way, as being my picture on stars, but I'm a HORRIBLE artist and could never make something that looked good

so if anybody wants to make up a truly awsome looking one, i'll pay the person who makes one I actually feel like I can use
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05-17-2009 , 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by early325
do you play, or do you plan to play HU cash?
I don't currently, I mean im a winner over like 3k hands or something, but nothing substantial, but I do plan to try to play a decent amount of cash after this summer (both HU and 6max) after ive ived with SSS/Nemo/JSnipes and learned a ton about them, im pretty sure after a short time w/them I shoud be able to beat the games for a decent clip




** ok, gotta take wife out to breakfast, will be back in 2 hrs prolly to answer everything I didn't get to **
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05-17-2009 , 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by $kill Game
1. Cgrats on marriage/potential baby.


tyty


2. What you think of my play? ($kill game Pokerstars/Thats The Thing Full Tilt)


again, I lose all my notes and stuff on a regular basis, so I dont have much to say =/, sry


3. Would you 4 man w/ me? (See full tilt hu stats/pokerstars hu stats)


i'd def. consider it, I would 4man w/quite a few people as long as I think they are +EV at the level we're playing and nobody else is on

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05-17-2009 , 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by PabloEscobar
Sooo you played underage? HOw did you withdraw $$?
It was my parent's account, cashed out to a neteller I had them create
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05-17-2009 , 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Centuari
1. Who was the worst "good" player you ever played. This being preferably a name-ish person who thinks that they're baller but you actually think isn't very good/is actually pretty bad.


Rockets23 , ScottyBCash, and 31PokerGod31 (despite him having won alot of $$$ off me) I feel are all far below their stats or whatever, and with how they play now would never be able to survive in higher stakes games


2. Why HUSNG rather than HU Cash? Why HUSNG instead of SNGs or MTTs?


It's just what I got into, I started w/ STTs/MTTs and then transitioned into these, and I had always told myself I was going to transition into cash, it just never seems like a great time, im always saving $$$ or trying to move up, so that consistancy of 7-15k / month just seems so necessary all the time that I dont ever feel much room to start learning a new game that I might be unprofitable at



3. In cash balancing ranges is considered very important when playing a relatively competant player. What are your thoughts on balance in HUSNG given the fact that your stack size relative to the blinds decreases over time? What are your thoughts on balance in general?


Vs unknowns it's something I pay very little attention to except on a pretty basic level, however vs a competent player, especially if your playing multiple matches, I think balancing your cbetting/ck back ranges, and prolly your turn/river barrel ranges is super important and if your not thinking about it you can easily feel like they are just running hot or making lucky call downs or whatever, but your actually just being super transparent. Another spot is if you limp alot, like <30bb, then not just stabbing 100% vs solid players but balancing your vbet/cking back value hands on the flop can become important as well


4. If you could work with one instructor not named Phil Galfond for 10 hours for free, during which time he would tell you anything you wanted to know about anything related to poker, who would it be?

Cole South, he is just somebody i've always respected a ton and he has a really unique approach to the game, and a take on it that's not super common (or was way ahead of his time), and tbh im not sure what I would ask him for those 10 hours, I think i'd just have him teach me whatever he felt it is really pivitol to learn to become great, or something that holds everybody back, stuff like that

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05-17-2009 , 10:53 AM
were you up til 5am the night before any assignment was due because you'd spent the 3 weeks prior poker-ing? haha how did you manage study and poker, did one suffer due to the other? did it get to the stage where you felt you HAD to make a choice??
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05-17-2009 , 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by lenasrokas
1. what were you studying in college?

Computer Science, I finished 3 yrs of my bachelors

2. what your parents think about you as professional poker player and not as usuall 9 to 5 worker?


They've always been SUPER supportive, even tho my mom tried to talk me into just finishing the last yr for my degree (obv, mothers do that) they've always been behind me 100%, and are hilarious about it, when I was in Budapest/France, they would get home from work and fire up Stars and throw all my games up on the screen, and if they were watching TV or doing papers or whatever would randomly rail me, whether in HU SNGs or any time I went deep in MTTs and stuff... they are pretty awsome, and really funny about it all


3. why you didin't stay in Vegas with hokie and grind, but moved to France to live some time there?


Hokie was headed back to richmond, and I was off to live w/my gf , so it was just a timing thing, I had been in vegas 2.5 months, but had always expected to leave after that to either go back to school or go to France, and France/the girl won out

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okok, nowwwww off to breakfast, be back in 1-2 hrs ;p
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05-17-2009 , 11:03 AM
did you think it was weird when i got in the shower with you every morning in vegas?

would you ever get hokiegreg hu (Richmond) tattooed on your firstborn child?

do you think our sons will 4 man together one day?
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05-17-2009 , 11:04 AM
What did you have for breakfast?

Was it good?

Would you get it again?
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05-17-2009 , 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by PrimordialAA
when I was in Budapest/France, they would get home from work and fire up Stars and throw all my games up on the screen, and if they were watching TV or doing papers or whatever would randomly rail me, whether in HU SNGs or any time I went deep in MTTs and stuff... they are pretty awsome, and really funny about it all
Bahaha thats really cool.

What advice would you give to someone just starting out in the $10 games who want's to do this for a living. And what do you wish someone told you when you were just starting out?
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05-17-2009 , 11:14 AM
How did you get the Glass Dildo stuck in Hokie's ass anyway?
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05-17-2009 , 11:33 AM
primo

Do you ever tilt and how do you avoid this?

Can you give me thoughts on multitabling HU SnG, did you ever run up 2-4 or even more tables? (I would of thought more than 4 is pretty much impossible)


Will come back with some better questions later that dont suck

xD

ty

- TGSM
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05-17-2009 , 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by bigjimmylea1
How many buy-ins would you recommend is well rolled for a level?


If your not attempting to move up constantly, I would say like 50 BI I am comfortable with, but usually have closer to 75ish


how many games do you play at once?


Typically 2-3, but when im playing 4mans I will play up to 5 at times


Who r the top 3 HU SNG players in your opinion?


Hrmm, i'll give my top 5, skilled, croix, livb/adonis, sifosis, M@D@M@D@D@NE , based on seeing them playing, playing vs them, and talking to them


Do you play any other games?


I love RAZZ, play HORSE MTTs when I can, but mostlly just HU SNG and live MTTs are the 2 things I play more often than anything else


Thx
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05-17-2009 , 12:37 PM
primo, would u play a same style at $22s like u play higher? how would u play at $22s?
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05-17-2009 , 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by iNs0mN1a
1.How can you be strong enough when you KNOW you have 2nd nutz and you are sure after reading/knowing villain that he has THE NUTZ,to fold when you have 1/3,1/2 or 3/4 chips of your stack in the pot?


Tbh there are VERY few times when I can put my opponent on a single hand, it's almost always a weighted range, and anytime I have 3/4 of my chips in the pot and he has a range of hands not soley including simply THE NUTS, then im not folding


2.How do you find lower stakes husng's(5$-10$)?Are they worth playing or it's just gambling with calling stations and maniacs(chasing 2 outs)?


Calling Station and Maniacs are 2 of the most profitable player types to play against, so it sounds like they should be super profitable


3.Congrats for everything,hope to read soon about a baby born,and btw...your are "the nutz" because you had power to keep playing and don't affect the game after the "robert scam".


Thx alot dude , when there is a baby born i'll be sure to make a huge announcement and raffle off free coaching ;p


4.What were your life goals 5-6 years ago,did you see this "poker carrier" coming?


My life goals 5-6 years ago were right when I was just learning poker, so I definently didn't see it coming, I expected myself to have a house and a family pretty young, but work a 9-5 as a programmer, and eventually get a job coding games (those were my main ambitions when I was younger)
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05-17-2009 , 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by SkyReVo
Hey PrimordialAA

How big do you think were the chances of you failing in making a career out of poker? Were there any back up plans? (As you started playing poker at a very young age/broke off school and so on)

ReVo

I guess my chances of failing were fairly high, like most other peoples, but it was something I really loved, and I put alottttt of time into, and so I made up my mind that if I was going to drain so much time into something I was going to be great at it, or at the very least, turn it into something very profitable for me, I didn't drop out of school until after I had completed 3 years though, and by then I was more or less 100% sure that I could beat the 110s, and if I could do that, I could make an equivalent pay of what i'd make at most intro comp. science jobs, and it would allow me better hours, to live w/my gf, and hopefully much better pay in the future
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05-17-2009 , 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Chumplestultz
were you up til 5am the night before any assignment was due because you'd spent the 3 weeks prior poker-ing? haha how did you manage study and poker, did one suffer due to the other? did it get to the stage where you felt you HAD to make a choice??
I was always pretty naturally gifted when it came to school, and knew my first 2 years of CS material in college before even going (I did a TON of programming on my own in highschool), so the assignments were just time consuming, and not really difficult. For most of college I lived off 4 hrs of sleep typically, and my nights consisted of me grinding poker til 11 or 12 when I was becoming unprofitable, then opening up a shell and coding til 3:30 or 4, wake up at 8am for classes, rinse and repeat


I didn't feel like I HAD to make a choice between the two, but with my gf being in France, and me having the ability to not force us apart for 1 year, it just made sense at the time, especially because at that point I didnt plan on using my CS degree even when I got it
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05-17-2009 , 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by HokieGreg
did you think it was weird when i got in the shower with you every morning in vegas?


No... it really felt natural...


would you ever get hokiegreg hu (Richmond) tattooed on your firstborn child?


def. not


do you think our sons will 4 man together one day?


absolutely, even tho my kid will be way older than urs cause u dont plan on having one for forever ;p

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05-17-2009 , 12:57 PM
Hokie can just adopt to lessen the gap. That way he can just see if your kid is any good at 4 mans before he decides whether or not to train one. Pretty +EV.
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05-17-2009 , 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by another_rack
What did you have for breakfast?


2 pancakes w/ a side of sausage, and a chocolate milk w/whipped cream.... WHAT???


Was it good?


ehh, kinda marginal


Would you get it again?


i'd prolly mix it up next time
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05-17-2009 , 12:59 PM
Good read, thnx OP
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05-17-2009 , 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Knucklehead.
Bahaha thats really cool.

What advice would you give to someone just starting out in the $10 games who want's to do this for a living. And what do you wish someone told you when you were just starting out?
if you are open to learning, and actually want to get better at the game, there are only 2 things that will really hold you back in HU SNG

BR management and Ego

if you can avoid @!)+*$1n up those 2 things, there is no reason why w/a solid effort you can't become very solid at this game

Tilt/etc./etc. will obv hold you back, but thats all your own issues, everybody has to work that stuff out on their own, I just wish I had gotten someone to truly teach me how little ego does for you, and how much it can hold you back early on, im sure i'd be farrrrrrrrr ahead of where I am now
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05-17-2009 , 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by another_rack
How did you get the Glass Dildo stuck in Hokie's ass anyway?
dude he just sent me a pic of that on the cell-phone from his room, I have no clue how he did it, but he was in there all by himself, so impressive I guess...
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05-17-2009 , 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by TGSM89
primo

Do you ever tilt and how do you avoid this?


I def. tilt, as does 99.9% of people, the key is being able to recognize when you are tilting / auto piloting / not playing your A-game and stop your session short, so you maximize the amount of time you put in at the tables on your A game, and minimize the time your on your C-game


Can you give me thoughts on multitabling HU SnG, did you ever run up 2-4 or even more tables? (I would of thought more than 4 is pretty much impossible)


I've played up to 6 tables, and would gladly play 4 tables vs a single player, but vs diff. opponents on every table, I try to keep it to 2-3 or sometimes 4

fwiw skilled has 8 tabled vs both Dario and ElkY for a pretty long period of time, so >4 tables i def. possible, croix regularly does 5 sometimes 6 in our 4man sessions



Will come back with some better questions later that dont suck

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ty

- TGSM
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