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If someone has all the natural 'talents' to become good at poker except for a passion for the game, what percentage of their potential can they achieve (I suppose potential meaning if they had the passion).

Vague I know, but it's basically a way of me asking you how vital to becoming very good at poker it is to have a passion for the game instead of just playing for money.

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05-10-2010 , 12:15 PM

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StreamlineR

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thanks for all the answers!

How do you go about telling people what you do ? Are you completely honest ?

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05-10-2010 , 01:34 PM

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dwusbu

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why did u decide to play hu cash rather than hu sit n gos?

what was the longest session you ever played? was it the one against durrr?

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05-10-2010 , 01:42 PM

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ConcreteDonkey

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Did you start multitabling HU early on or did you get a lot of experience single tabling first?

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05-10-2010 , 01:58 PM

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GBP04

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good stuff jungleman

if I watch a training vid, it's usually from a 5k+ player (CTS, Brian T, etc). Their thought process/play is obviously advanced, but it's usually stuff that I've either thought of before or already use in my game. I realize that these players are necessarily orders of magnitude better than me, so I'm left wondering:

1) are most instructors holding some things (a lot of things?) back when they do a video?
2) what type of things do you think they aren't saying?

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05-10-2010 , 01:59 PM

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GBP04

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are most of your real life friends poker players?

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05-10-2010 , 02:19 PM

#233

att

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nice well!
ty for doing this

how do you prepare for a session against someone like durrrr? do you watch him play before or you just think: well its time to crush durrrr!!

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05-10-2010 , 07:38 PM

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Rodolphe

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This is v interesting, I enjoy reading your well, ty for this.

But ... picture or you don't exist

We'd like to know if jungleman looks like Tarzan

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05-10-2010 , 07:42 PM

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jackdaniel

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Originally Posted by Rodolphe

We'd like to know if jungleman looks like Tarzan

he probably doesnt anymore after winning those mirrions

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05-10-2010 , 07:58 PM

#236

jungleman

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few pictures

this is my graph vs durrrr:

graph for all my hands isnt possible, because cake isnt recorded and a lot of my database has been deleted

, but this is most of my NL since september 2009 or so (database on desktop):

same graph in bbs:

recent pic of me at josephine's (I've got the hat on):

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05-10-2010 , 08:05 PM

#237

Tamas6

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matt damon on the right?

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05-10-2010 , 08:10 PM

#238

Codecci

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Wtf you are 20? You look 25-30

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05-10-2010 , 08:17 PM

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numeritos

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Originally Posted by Codecci

Wtf you are 20? You look 25-30

Definitely this xD

Btw, sick graph vs durrrr! Rollercoaster ftw!

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05-10-2010 , 08:20 PM

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StreamlineR

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you look serious!

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05-10-2010 , 08:26 PM

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LoveDonkey

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u must be kidding... 20 years old look like da?? u look old

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05-10-2010 , 08:31 PM

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Deuce High

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What mix of correctly applying what's fairly well known vs. knowing more/understanding the game better typically gives someone an edge? (NLH / PLO?)

It seems like there's been a rapid increase in the general level of knowledge about NLH in recent years. Do you think it will (has?) slow down, and maybe plateau to the point where most solid regs have nothing left to learn? Or will there always be a novel way to approach it?

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05-10-2010 , 09:00 PM

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ICMoney

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I thought you were a little asian guy :P

sexy red line

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05-10-2010 , 09:20 PM

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hammer_time

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Sick.

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05-10-2010 , 09:56 PM

#245

JuJe

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I thought I was gettin advice from a Chinese man. I was duped!

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05-10-2010 , 09:59 PM

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gunn2122

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is it just me or does op have a distinct resemblance to

why sooo serioussss

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05-10-2010 , 11:09 PM

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WhateverSon

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Hey jungle, thx for doing this

few questions...

when you tilt, how long will it last? do u feel that u are lacking discipline at all when u tilt?

are u an organized person, do u mostly do whats important over what u want to do?

what would u recommend to a player that crushes 50nl 100nl NLH switching to PLO if he's only played it for about 2k hands and does not have much knowledge about this game?

theres a lot of information that helped my perspective for poker cencepts from all these great players wells...

is there a simple line that you could share with us on how to view poker in terms of making the most $$$

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05-11-2010 , 12:57 AM

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Royle Bluntson

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Do you feel like you play better stoned 1 tabling?

Also, sometimes when I come home drunk, it isn't a ****faced drunk but a more aggro focused you can't punk me drunk, and I play regs in HU Cash (I usually never play HUCash).
Anyway I feel great when I play like this, I feel like isildur, and I feel like I kno wtf I'm doing even tho I probably don't. Is this a recipe for busto?..and do you ever play wasted and feel like you can just dominate whoever your playing