this isn't "ask the railbirds" thread

I couldn't care less about Durrr. He was being a smartass, so I was being a smartass

Are you gonna take a shot at Railheaven?

when are you going to answer more questions

i was too cuz how often do u get to call durr a railbird

</sarcasm> ftw

did you get any photos with kara scott?

I like to read not write And Craig is not gona answer my question, you ve spoiled it all!

lol. touche

I don't ever play cash live. I actually can't stand it, because I have to multi-table to keep my mind occupied. I consider myself a cash game player because thats what I prefer playing online, mainly due to the huge flexibility that they offer. I'm not bound into playing 9 hours straight. Although now of course I've earned more from tournaments.

I actually never met Oliver. I had an agent already going into day 6, so that probably deterred him.

Thanks, me too.

Hah, I doubt I'll wear anything about Texas, as much as I love the state, I haven't been able to get them to pay me any money =O.

Call?

Hah. I'm not super focused on winning, I'm more focused on trying to play as well as I can. I know I can't win 100% of the time, and I'm able to accept that, although I think my entire family thinks I'm a lock. The Cantu hand went as follows. Effective stacks are like 7m cantu has chiplead in the tournament at this point. UTG opens to 250k cantu calls in mp, I make it 700k with aqo from the button, utg folds cantu calls. flop j67r check check, turn ace. Cantu checks I bet 100k, Cantu makes it 1m, I call. river T Cantu shoves, I snap. He instamucks.

No clue, you must've had a bunch of other poker player friends that I know, because I generally don't add randoms. My test is usually whether or not our only friend in common is Evelyn Ng, because she adds everybody. I usually don't add those people.

I very much doubt that would happen, but 10m is a lot of money. I'd prefer staying with ftp however as they're awesome and have treated me great so far.

I started this thread because A. people seemed like they wanted it, and B, because I felt like it was an opportunity for me to give a little something back to the community that I felt helped me learn a lot. Search my posts, I think every thread I responded to was about the final table.

Yeah, those are pretty much the only nvg posts I reply to.

Probably, who knows, maybe I'll be famous forever.

Unlikely. I only play games I feel like I have some kind of edge in. I definitely do not have an edge in the vast majority of railheaven games that run.

Just did.

Hah, actually if I remember correctly that corn crusted halibut was really weird. I think I just ate my delicious sandwich and those amazing MGM fries.
I actually am not sure how much I'll be paying in car insurance. Thats probably something I should've looked into.

I think my price represents value. As someone said earlier, I'm one double up away from being a legitimate threat.

Thanks, I appreciate the support. The AQ hand vs brandon cantu and the AQ hand where I sucked out on dean hamrick were the two most important. I think my final table appearance is probably attributed to myself? I mean as much as I've learned from other people I think I've improved my own game more than anyone else has improved it for me. That and managing to not get coolered really hard.

That episode should air next tuesday, Oct 21st.

Honestly I'm not really sure which avenues would be open to me. I'd definitely make myself available to espn, ftp, Harrahs for whatever promotions they wished to do. The vast majority of my poker playing career has been spent online, so I would do anything I could to introduce more players to that game.

I'm planning on staying at the Rio at this moment. I'm going to probably just walk down to play, I really don't know what interviews and so forth they'll want from me, but I'll make myself as available for that as I can be. I really have no clue yet.

I don't like explaining my process in depth until after we play, however I feel like his play is very good vs opponents who are incapable of reading hands. His style works very well against them. He did not show his hand, he just instamucked.

Also, like I said when I started this thread, there are questions that I'm just not going to answer. I started it to give a bit back to a community that I feel like helped me grow as a player and the people with that attitude are going to have their questions answered. Every Monday I'll make a huge post like this one leading up to the final table and then I'll post something afterwards if people want.

welcome back now go and win it!

Did you think making the final table of such a field was even remotely possible when you first sat down on Day 1? Were there ever any big moments during play when you snapped out of the game and couldn't believe you were still in the tournament, like you were in some kind of dream?

Also, how would you rate your nervousness over the course of the tournament?

[QUOTE=Dire;6591857]Are you at all concerned about the implications of talking about online poker on camera, when a number of federal agencies including the doj and fbi have stated that online poker is legal?

FYP

Why do you play people hu then sit out and berate their play and talk about how you have an edge vs them but you won't play them and you don't leave their hu table until five minutes after being asked?

lololololol


HIGH CLASS WHINE-O

http://www.pokvid.com/musicvideos.php?vid=c1b9a7b55

this guy is my favourite of the bunch

use the schwartz!

Not really, I just took things one day at a time. I didn't really feel nervous, but I definitely had a lot of adrenaline when I was chip leader for a bit on day 6. Everything just kind of happened and sort of swept me away. Still seems kinda odd sometimes.

Yeah, I don't know, I kinda turn into an emo kid when I play heads up sometimes. Prolly just tilty. Sorry if I was a douche.

Yeah Ylon is something else entirely.

Sorry if this has been asked already but I just found this thread and I really don't feel like looking through all these posts. So my question is, when u guys got down to 9 back in July, did they pay u the 900k u were already guaranteed on the spot or are they with-holding payouts until next month? I would think it would make sense to pay what u were guaranteed right away so u guys could go buy new stuff or buyin to more tournies in the downtime, but I wouldn't be shocked if they didn't. Thx and gl.

Craig, I haven't seen this asked, but apologies for any possible repeating...

How do you feel about the heads-up portion being the day after the final table? Without getting into your strategy, do you see clear advantages and disadvantages? Does this benefit anyone in particular?

do u want to swap % with me for the year? pm me if ur interested i pm u my sharkscope and opr if u wish

Have you ever played a tourny > 10$ before the WSOP ME?

What in the **** were u thinking when u 4bet shoved aq with no fe

How many relatives/friends have called you asking for money?

None, I have a great family.

I be crazy.

standard monkeying

I'm a hater too

Note: I haven't read the thread yet.

What are your thoughts behind the AQ hand w/ 10 players remaining?

Did you feel that DH was capable of folding AK/QQ given that you were cold 4betting ai with little to no fold equity and the 2nd shortest stack?


Also, I thought that your line against BC was absolutely magnificent.

Congratulations Craig,

I think you showed a lot of class in all your televised appearences. Good luck!