no, I didn't read the link. Sounds like he has a pretty thin skin. Obviously, I'm sticking up for him based on his past here; apparently he's changed alot.

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Scotty crushed this chumps soul for drunken fun

Fair enough

lol @ h&f thread , demichelle was a very good strat poster back in the day and deserves a ton of respect for that , he had one bad thread where he got pissy (that happens to all of us )

his positives far outweigh w/e negative contributions he's made to this site .

having been a member for so long, he should know we are just taking the piss.

seems like a young guy just growing into his own.

just remember that scarves and visors shouldn't be worn together.

Hi RP! These are all some pretty personal questions and it's difficult for me to feel comfortable being completely open in front of an audience like this, but I'll be happy to give it a go.

1) Poker was a lot of fun for a very long time, but it can also be somewhat of a grind. I found out that I really enjoyed the challenge of trying to see just how far I could take my game. It was thrilling to try to win at higher and higher levels of competitions. I think that in order to have tried to maintain the level I was at, or try to progress to another one requires a real commitment of life and mind to the game in order to stay as sharp and focused as the other players who put in that commitment. I wanted and still want to find another career path that I'd like to fully devote myself to that would hopefully bring a better sense of happiness to both myself and others. I guess that poker just wasn't the perfect mesh for what I'm personally hoping to get out of life, it was just something I was good at.

2) ESPN claims that poker is a sport, and while there is glory in being a professional athlete in sports such as football and basketball, the glory just isn't quite the same for being a poker player. I think that part of it stems from a lack of stadium filled live audiences in support of the players, but also because of a lot of the negative connotations that media, such as movies, have depicted of poker players. A lot of film portrays poker players as thieves or old western gun slingers for some reason. But in reality, poker is a very straight up, fair and honest game. I think that it's on all of us to alleviate those negative stigmas that have been placed on it by representing this "sport" with prolific integrity.

3) During my two year absence I started forgetting about the math and theory that are involved with poker as I began learning other things. I stopped concentrating on ranges and percentage of times a player is holding what cards and so forth, and it will prove costly to me if I continue to pursue poker again from here on. I really don't remember the stuff that I used to do in order to book wins. I actually wasn't sure if I still know how to win anymore. This summer at the WSOP was the first time that I have tried to play in a long while, and it gave me confidence that I didn't have prior to the series. I didn't do great but I thought I did fairly well. I only booked a 3k profit from 23k in buyins, but 10k of that was lost in the main event which I did play really, really poorly. Prior to that I thought I was happy with how I was doing in the smaller buyin nlh fields. I think I might just try to play nlh tournaments. The mixed games are somewhat obsolete with general media and poker players alike. They really are a lot of fun though. But the math is complex.

4) I try to dabble in other projects and have leisure fun. It'd be nice if I can build a niche in something that I enjoy dedicating myself to. I think that maybe dedication is really important when trying to find success in something. I kind of want to do my own thing in life. I think maybe I was born that way.

5) I paid taxes for online earnings out of my bank account, and hadn't withdrawn the money. The funds are locked, so I'm stuck like a lot of you are with that whole thing, plus my tax bracket on top of it :/. I would really consider jumping from European country to country for while, PartyPokering in the mean time if I knew how to. I think the PP website says that US citizens can't play on PP even if they're staying in another country. Does anyone know if that's true or whether US players flying to WSOPE are partying? Doing a world travel thing would probably be a pretty amazing experience for those of you on here that are doing that. If you are, I say go for it and have a blast. In terms of business venture type stuff, I'd like to try to be creative and put something together that other people really like and lifts their moods. Positive energy from people means so much more to me than money. I guess maybe that's why I get all hormonal toddler tantrum when unfounded negative comments are directed at me. I've had a few ideas for poker that I'll need to patent in order to tell people about them. Maybe I'll have the opportunity if I ever get lucky again and make another big score.

he was pissy 100% of the time when people disagreed with him (ie. when he was wrong and refused to accept it). and he was wrong pretty often.

you're wrong bro! i do remember being pissy with you because you'd argue with me all the time about limit poker strategy. did you even make it in poker?

btw vegetables and lean protein really does work. how could anyone say that's wrong? i vaguely remember the h&f thread but i do remember that i wasnt trying to tell people who are already super fit how to be even more fit. i was just trying to help the people on here who are trying to lose weight because i was once 230 pounds and dropped down to 160 by eating lean protein and green veges so i thought maybe i could help someone and got a bunch of people yelling at me instead. i like to try and add content to a thread in which i ask a question so that it's a bit of give and take and not just me taking. btw i did have ripped abs at one point so why is that thread so funny? did i do something wrong?

oh, snap.

if you get clever enough, the mob will turn on stinkypete.

pretty sure no one yelled. laughed maybe. but def. no yelling.

i wish i had the IRC logs. anyone?

it goes something like guyontilt will always chop in the small blind, but if he's in the big blind he doesn't have to if he thinks he can outplay the small blind and somehow the irc channel decided that guyontilt's chop ethics were right and that i wasn't so i got pissy and left.

btw you got a lot of nerve coming into this thread with your gay ass naked dude avatar trying to start an argument with me about how i get pissy. no wonder i get pissy. look at how you instigate me now go away. ty h.a.n.d.

agree with gay ass avatar. it really is super gay

busto?

LOL!

No offense but your recollection of what happened in that H&F thread is wrong. You should go back and try read it with an unbiased mind. You gotta admit, it's pretty funny.

edit: I think his avatar is jcmoussa. If so, definitely makes it less gay (at least as an avatar, not just a picture)

Michael thank you very much for answering those questions.

I really enjoyed your performance in the '08 50k Horse event. The confident and respectful, way you carried yourself, while playing, and in interviews afterwards, left a big impression on me. Thank you.

Enjoyed his stud forum thoughts back when he had the Barry G car driving avatar...

Appreciated the insight into the biiger games at the time in LA and such...

LOL, your opening statement is entirely defensive. A lot of your strat back in the day was pure theory, which was proven to be pretty shallow theory at that. Congrats on your success, but I honestly would suggest logging off 2+2 for good, or not responding to anything that can be used to make you look like a tard, because it really is not that hard to do. Why fuel the fire ? Good luck in your future ventures big guy.

Scotty is pretty far out here, but just out of curiosity. Do you go to the casino to make money or friends ?

Michael, I really like your answer to Jared/RelaxedPrecision's questions. I remember watching the HORSE championship and I have a great respect for the class you carried yourself with at such a young age. I totally agree with you that poker has had a bad light shed on it and it's up to all of us to hold the integrity of the game to the standard it deserves. Thanks for your response and for doing what's right for you. I wish you the best on your life journey.

are those low rider jeans on a guy?


I totally agree with the above statement. You really handled yourself with class. Try not to take the comments too seriously, seems like they really do bother you. I wouldn't bother feeling a need to counterpoint anything else said here. You proved yourself to millions of viewers that you are pure class.

Good luck in the things you choose to pursue.

he does seem like an arrogant prick:

"science is BS."

lol what an angry little fella

haters gonna hate!michael seems like a beast and you guys come off as square ass haters!

lol

I have vague fond memories of reading his strat in the old limit dominated days and always thought he was alright, mainly from those memories.

My opinion of someone has never so quickly taken a 180 as after reading that post