i'd prolly play a bit more aggressive because I don't think people know how to handle that at all or react properly too it, other than that I guess I would just avoid some thin spots im willing to take at higher limits cause players at those limits generally will make very big, glaring mistakes

can you make a poem about the 2+2 hu subforum?

im not very good at poems, i'd reccomend KRANTZ or rumnchess for this job =/

How many games/day do you play on average?

Do you miss Europe sometimes, or are you super happy to be back in the States?

Why East coast over West coast?

Cross Posting


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What is your advice to a player who is looking to move up through the limits (starting at the $20s).... as far as BR management, volume, when to move up, how many tables to play.......

What is the most common leak you see in small stakes HUSNG players?

Thanks...."



alot of it depends on what your comfort level is, and what your trying to do with poker, if your trying to establish poker as a career, starting at the $20s, and you wouldn't be able to replace your roll if you lost it, I would give the following advice



First off, do NOT be afraid to stay at a limit LONGER THAN YOU THINK YOU SHOULD, dont be in such a rush to skyrocket to the limit where you see yourself making this great living, be it 55s, 110s, or 220s

BR Management: I would reccomend never having <50 BIs in your account (seems like alot, I know) for the limit you are playing, and never allowing yourself to lose more than 10% of your roll in a single day (5 BI stop loss)

** it's OK to take some shots, so say you had 1,000 for $22s, and then hit $1500 and wanted to try $33s... attempting this would be OK, but I would reccomend you move back down if you drop below $1250, to maintain over 50 BI of your original level



Volume: Don't stress too much about volume, it is obv very important, but don't force it on yourself if your not used to playing a ton of it. I would set a goal, like 750 games per month... so like 25 games per day or so, and I would try to hit that daily, but again, DO NOT FORCE YOURSELF TO HIT 25 EVERY DAY, if your not playing or feeling great, cut it short at 10 games, but on the other side, if your playing GREAT one day, go ahead and play 35 or 40 games that day, 25 would just be an arbitrary goal you set for yourself and a general guideline, not a binding thing



Moving Up: I don't mind trying to take a shot up at like 30 or 40 BI of the level you are trying to move up to, but I would almost always move down after a 5 BI drop in BR, and I would ALWAYSSSSSS game select when trying to move up for the first time

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Why do we run so bad at 4mans together?

small sample, cause u dont wake up early enough anymore to grind w/me =/=/

if hokie wants to adopt he can adopt me. he won't have to change my diapers except maybe once or twice if i get really drunk.

1, why do you rape me at poker?

2, why do you rape me at quake?

3, why do you rape me at mono?

4, would you ever let me win just once?

5, do you think i can go 2 months without having my chat banned?

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serious questions

1, How big is the mental side of this game? is being scared of failure a big obstacle and something that could hold me back a ton?

2, Do you prefer to play or coach?

3, How long do you see yourself playing poker for?

primo is very vain and tends to look in the mirror more than at his monitor, so to answer your question, quite a while

Im playing the 5,25 regs on ftp (50 BI BR). Could I play 2 tables? Even when Im not able to pay fully attention to both tables, like I would if I 1 table? Do you think this is the limit where I should learn 2tabling? I guess it is only a thing of practice to concentrate on 2tables (opponents).

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skipped mine yo

I think with 50 BI you can definently start to learn 2 tabling, it is just a practice thing and I think with time you'll grow to have it be as natural as 1 tabling

oops sorry Mers!!!

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1) Which poker software/site do you use and like?

2) Does it ever worry you that poker will become unprofitable in the future and you'll have to go out and find a job without a college degree and have to support a mortgage, wife, and baby?

- Do you make financial plans and investments with a view that poker may not be profitable within a few years

- Do you have any plans to go back to college or go for the first time at all? If so what subjects would you like to study? (apologies if you've been or graduated)

- How do you find it telling people you are a professional poker player? Do you think that being a pro has had a negative impact on the way someone has viewed you or the outcome of any relationship/situation where being a pro could have possibly had such an influence.

- Where would you start teaching someone who is completely new to poker with a view to becoming a winning small stakes hu sng player? (really need help with this one)

- If things went tits up with your partner do you think that would be enough to stop you from playing poker? If not what sort of temporary or long term effects do you anticipate such an unfortunate event would have on your poker playing ability?

- What sort of range are you calling a min raise with in 10/20 vs an unknown at stakes $50 and below. Why?

- Any software other than SNG wizard, popop replayer and pokerstove that you would reccomend for someone looking to improve on their game?

- How do you setup before a session, how do you prepare?

- How would you say is the best way to improve at HU SNG?

- The best fold or call you've ever made

Whats your favorite hand?

Whats wrong with me if i am 18% roi on the 10-11s over 147 hu and -8% roi on the 20-22s over 144 hu? Is just variance? Is due to a small sample size? I dont think is scared money cause i played both with over 50 buyins

Best advice in how to handle the mental side of husng? and poker in general?

1. your favorite movies top5?

2. your favorite music style/favorite band and favorite song?

3. your favorite book?

i actually disagree, its not about number of buy ins, but i think its bad to two table until you are a little more experienced. the more tables you play, the less you think about each decision and the less you learn. and sorry, not trying to steal your well, just wanted to give a different perspective

ok (i'll answer the rest of the questions later tonight), I agree with skilled here in the sense, that I don't ever tell my students to start trying ot 2 table until they really grasp alot of the fundamentals of the game, or are thinking on a fairly solid level and are relatively proficient at hand reading / adapting / etc., but switching to 2 tables when ur just starting them usually will drop ur WR significantly at first, I know when Cwar was learning to 2 table he dropped down like 3-4 BI levels to 22s or 33s or something and started with that, for like 1 hr / day while he did his normal 1 tabling at normal stakes regularly, if ur playing on a super short roll (10-15 BI), I would def. not recommend to start learning to 2 table at the limit u only have 10 BIs for.

so regardless, I agree w/what skilled is saying here, we were just answering different questions, I was taking it as skin deep, and he was answering a more root problem which could be developed (or hinder ur development) by starting to 2 table at the $5 games

Wow on the marriage and baby!

Turn my back for two minutes and all this stuff happens!

Congratualtions x 2!

haha the baby was a sham, really, I WISH I was having a baby, nothing would make me happier atm, but it's not the case , marriage is for real tho!