EDIT: kind of like a cardrunners for philosophy

of course, that's never happenin because there's no money to be made in that field. you know it makes me laugh about this game. you have some of the smartest young people spending all their time playing a guessing game. even if you take (at random, say) phil ivey, just imagine what he'd have been capable of if he'd have invested as much time in say medical research as he has in gambling. thats just a pipe dream of mine.

awesome well!

1. most epic mma fights?
2. why dont u wanna combine poker and business-investment stuff? dont u think it would be insane to handle both, did u just lose all the passion and love for the game?
3. favourite poetry writer?
4. did u write so poetry stuff, that u would make puplic? (would love to read a poem or a novel by David Benefield)

sry about my english, thx for doing this

Please give 3 PLO tips you'd tell yourself if you could go back in time to when you first started playing the game?

What music do you like and how has it changed since you where younger?

Played yesteday full ring and used raptor bet and increased aggression otb probably raised or opened 50%+ of buttons, I usually raise 30% def too few based on weakness of the players in these games. Lol small sample size but it seemed really effective. Thanks for answering my question and for the tips

You can say that about 99.9% of the successful people on this planet. Some people are motivated by other things than sitting in a lab doing research, even if it is for the good of the world.

As to philosophy cardrunners, I think you are supposed to read a lot of books and post on forums or something. It is more about learning how YOU think, getting your own message from reading the great books. There aren't really any shortcuts for that.

1. Griffin vs Bonner after the ultimate fighter, BJ Penn vs Matt Hughes (2nd fight is my favorite).

2. Not sure what you mean, but I can't play poker in the united states anymore. I am in school at the moment and don't plan to move out of the country to grind online.

3. Shakespeare, though I haven't really read a ton of anything else.

4. I have written a fair amount of really terrible poetry that I would never consider publishing. In addition, I text in haikus / with my good friend Harrison / it is strange sometimes. Writing a GOOD book is on my bucket list, though I am sure I will produce some absolute trash along the way.

Nit up. Doublesuited doesn't auto = good. Call a lot more in position. Raise a lot less in position. Pot control you idiot. That's 5, possibly 6 if you consider 'pot control' and 'you idiot' different messages.

I like gangster rap. No seriously. I also like classical piano. And the Beatles. I have always liked a wide spectrum of music, but I wouldn't say I am 'really into music' like a lot of people. I listen to stuff that I enjoy because I enjoy it, not because I want to be the first to listen to a band before it was cool. Same story when I was younger, my tastes haven't changed much in that regard.

First off, awesome thread.

I don't think this has been brought up previously, but I am surprised you haven't mentioned your hand with Cantu (i think) deep in the ME a couple years back... i think he check-raised all in on the turn with the nut flush draw and of course he hit.

Would you mind going through the hand again? If you hold there, do you (obv) go on to take down the ME?

My apologies in advance if this has already been addressed.

Hasn't been talked about, I would love to relive that moment

At this point in the tournament, there are like 75 left. I have about 2x average stack, maybe 65bbs or something. Cantu opens the cutoff, and I flat the button with KJs (obv can reraise, but I wanted to play pots with him in position), blinds fold. Flop comes down Ts9c8c. He bets like 3/4 pot, I call. Turn is a 7c. He checks it, I bet 2/3 pot. He goes all in pretty fast. I say **** it, I can't really bet fold, I call. He has A9 with Ac. I say no club, river comes club, and I am out and he is chip leader. Not a whole lot to the hand really, played itself from my perspective. I fully expect that with the chip lead and 70 left, I would have been able to do some pretty big things in that tourney, but oh well.

Is there a video of that hand anywhere?

Thanks for doing the well!

1. In your opinion, who are the top 5 PLO 6 max players? HU?

2. If you had to play Ivey PLO HU, what would be the best strategy? Limp buttons?

3. Which poker player do you respect most off the table? Why?

4. Which poker player do you respect the most on the tables? Why?

Thanks again!!

Only read the first 10 pages so im not sure if you answered this already, if you did then disregard it...

Can you go into more detail about the green energy startup that your involved in? Website maybe? I started a green energy company as well this year and i am always interested in reading up on other companies that are on the same path as mine.

Thanks

Great Well !

What do you think of this poem?

Tucked away in our subconscious minds is an idyllic vision in which we see ourselves on a long journey that spans an entire continent. We're traveling by train and from the windows, we drink in the passing scenes of cars on nearby highways, of children waving at crossings, of cattle grazing in distant pastures, of smoke pouring from power plants, of row upon row of cotton and corn and wheat, of flatlands and valleys, of city skylines and village halls.

But uppermost in our minds is our final destination--for at a certain hour and on a given day our train will finally pull into the station with bells ringing, flags waving, and bands playing. And once that day comes, so many wonderful dreams will come true. So restlessly we pace the aisles and count the miles, peering ahead, waiting, waiting, waiting for the station.

"Yes, when we reach the station, that will be it!" we promise ourselves. "When we're eighteen...win that promotion...put the last kid through college...buy that 450 SL Mercedes Benz...pay off the mortgage...have a nest egg for retirement."

From that day on we will all live happily ever after.

Sooner or later, however, we must realize there is no station in this life, no one earthly place to arrive at once and for all. The journey is the joy. The station is an illusion--it constantly outdistances us. Yesterday's a memory, tomorrow's a dream. Yesterday belongs to history, tomorrow belongs to God. Yesterday's a fading sunset. Only today is there light enough to love and live.

So, gently close the door on yesterday and then throw the key away. It isn't the burdens of today that drive men mad, but rather the regret over yesterday and the fear of tomorrow.

"Relish the moment" is a good motto, especially when coupled with Psalm 118:24, "This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it."

So stop pacing the aisles and counting the miles. Instead swim more rivers, climb more mountains, kiss more babies, count more stars. Laugh more and cry less. Go barefoot oftener. Eat more ice cream. Ride more merry-go-rounds. Watch more sunsets. Life must be lived as we go along.

It was on espn, I didn't act particularly happy at the time.

1. Yeeee I dno. I am obv unhappy if phil z hac or Tom is at my table. There are a number of other tough dudes I don't really like playing with. I feel like I always lost when I played with lokoisback. I dno what he does but it seems to work.

2. Probably heckle about ftp/divorce/craps losses and hope he tilts? I dno he is just tough. I played him sometimes up to ~4 months ago maybe. I feel like I had an edge, but who knows. I just try to do my normal thing and hope to run good.

3. I respect pretty much anyone who isn't an ******* about poker. A lot of people get enormous egos and act the part, a lot of people feel like they crush everyone but don't act like it.

4. PA is really frustrating to play live with. He gives like, zero away and just looks mean.

I think you should give credit to the author! The Station by Robert Hastings. I have read it before, it echoes a lot of my thoughts. I also think it is an essay, not a poem. Seems pretty on point though.

I don't want to get into it a ton just yet. Right now we are focused primarily on energy efficient lighting. I posted a little more somewhere in the well about it. I will say more probably in the next few months.

Wasn't claiming to have written it.... I actually PM'd it to you a few years ago when you were blogging or posting about seeming conflicted thoughts you had, etc.

I know, that is probably when I read it. I just like to give credit to good sources when they get posted up in case anyone is curious, wasn't trying to call you out

nothing to add really other then i remember being so tilted by that hand.

For someone who is playing mostly NL400 right now and just started playing some PLO25 (learning), and is planning to play poker for 4+ years probably, but that wants to make "good" money in the short-run as well, how would you advocate splitting up time between :
studying NL/Playing NL/Studying PLO/Playing PLO.

I was thinking something like 70% play NL, 15% study NL, 12.5% play PLO, 12.5% learn PLO. Do you think I should focus more on the PLO ?
I'm not really in necessity of the money that I can make from NLHE, but I don't want to only learn PLO and play smaller stakes PLO this year and end up making 30% or less of what I would of made playing mostly NLHE.

Add in a bit of time for studying Math

Great Well.

If online poker opened up again in USA, would you be back playing? recreational or for proper income? What do you miss about online poker and what do you not miss?

Yea it is a tough thing trying to decide how much time to invest in learning a new game. The problem with only spending a quarter of your time learning the game is that you won't grow very fast, and could get discouraged easier, causing you to say fk it and give up trying to learn. I don't have any answers on that, it is really a preference thing. You may be fine not growing super fast in PLO, and if you are happy with what you are making in NL, there isn't a super compelling reason for you to change what you are doing.