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Originally Posted by ssnyc
US sports teams...
fave baseball
fave football
fave basketball
do you play any sports
poker game plan? move up schedule or are you just floating along...
are you think about stakes or staying on your own...
give it to me straight...what are my leaks...do I have any strengths?
what can you say about acky?
St. Louis Cardinals, Colts, Timberwolves
i played tennis for 5 years, and soccer for like 3 years, but im too old for that stuff now
meh, mostly not...it depends on my motviation and how i feel.
well, i think getting staked for bigger events is always a thing i would consider - but for the normal stuff - no.
leaks: i think you still should pick more spots to open your game up late, and not trying to be nitty, but i think this has improved a lot as well.
strength: you have a great knowledge about the game, and play very well overall, making the right decision, don't spewing your stack away, or doing anything dumb
i like a acky a lot. great guy. very good player.
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Originally Posted by MountainBum
If you moved to the US, what city would you pick and why?
What was the biggest breakthrough strategy wise that changed your game and helped you to decide to play for a living.
Are all German girls really as hot as they are on American TV?
I think New York would be perfect for me. I think it's a great city, and living there, going to Las Vegas for few month during the Big Events would be perfect. I don't think i'd enjoy living in Vegas, cause i def would be playing to much, and my life would be a complete mess.
i mean, i'd say this forum helped me a lot to fix my few leaks that i still had, i got a lot of great advice here, when i still played some hands miserably bad, and w/ that i think my game has gotten a lot better.
well, overall a lot of German girls are really meh i think. there are some decent - but most meh, i'd prefer the US girls tbh.
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Originally Posted by The_Jeebus
Poker history? What made you decide to turn pro?
i started of with 25cent (a friend send me that in late 06). i was superexcited to finally play for real money (i played .1/.2 FL) and i lost that moneyz quickly, after being up 1$. I was so disappointed at that time, cause i already considered myself an awesome player.
then i depositted 10$ couple times, and blew that, after that i figured that this ain't gonna work, so i put more online, and tried to play donkaments. before i got to a final table, i busted out 10th times, which was brutal.
than, in like feb. 2007, i made a final table in a 5.50, busting shaun ****ing deeb on the bubble w/ my 10's vs. AJ (he hit his J on the flop, i hit my 10 on the river)...but i ended getting 7th for like 150$ bucks or something. so it wasn't great, but i was excited to see that im able to make final tables.
continued to play Donkaments, than in late march, i won a 11$ for 4.4k, and after that i really did good - and good more confident w/ my play, focusing on playing poker, and seeing that i could make $$$ w/ it etc.
well...i really didn't care about school ever...and after i saw that i could make more money w/ playing poker, and focusing on that stuff, i quit school. first my parents weren't ok w/ my idea, but after couple of month, and seeing that i do well, they were fine, and didn't try to force me into doing something normal again. (which im happy about) - i mean, yeah if it wouldn't work, i have no safety to get back into something normal, but honestly, it's fine, taking such a risk, to do the thing i really enjoy doing and knowing that im getting way more money, than if i would, if i'd continue to go to school, study later etc.
i prolly could write more about it...but i think it's tl;dr anyway
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Originally Posted by JustLuck
up for a last longer at ept dortmund karl?
yeah, why not. i mean, anyways, send me a PM with your AIM/ICQ or something.
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Originally Posted by Loretta8
what kind of schedule do you play? is it tough because most of the good mtts start in the middle of the night in Europe?
any thoughts on my game from the brief time we played together deep in that one mtt? i feel like i should have shoved your opens more...
meh, i have a very weird sleeping schedule, i often sleep more through the days, and play at night, cause the are so many good tourneys at night, or starting late. normally don't play that much through the days, mostly starting at like 6pm-9pm and depending on how i run/how motivated i am i'll play like 10-15 hours, or sometimes like 5 only.
well, when we played together, i thought u might played a little tight overall, and missed a few spots to open it up more, but beside, you played very well.
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Originally Posted by Kostas
Do you ever have your confidence slip when you have a longer than usual string of non-cashes and none of your plays seem to work?
What tips/tricks do you use to get back on track if any?
meh, i think, if im not running good, that doesn't affect my play, or the way i play, if i think that im not playing my best game, im gonna stop playing, but normally i think im very confident in my play, while i play. i wouldn't be playing, if i would do anything different, cause of recent bad luck or something like that.
just be confident in your game, as much as you run bad, get over it. as hard as it tilts you, and as hard as you might flame/bitch about it, as long as your seeing that u didn't do the wrong plays, just continue playing, and the results will come. if you feel, you didn't play your best, take a break for a couple of days, and come back after.
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Originally Posted by brad2002tj
How many pairs of lederhosen do you own?
Zero. **** Bayern.