I havent played nl100 in the longest time, but from what i remember from playing 2/4 etc on stars relatively recently ppl are still making tons of mistakes. Ppl are relatively worse at plo though, so atm I think there's more merit to learning plo. I havent played much rings games, but it seems that most regs at higher stakes are relatively solid, there are fewish fish, and that variance is higher. I would guess plo > nlhucash > nl6max for money

lol sure, why not, although i can't be everyone's buddy :O . lll respond later with poker story...
20, male; College Park, MD, US

I was actually going to quit if i lost one or 2 more buyins from my low point; a couple ppl told me to quit also, pretty sick that it worked out for me :P

I generally moved up when I felt like I was beating most/all regs at my stake, and if I had a decent amount of buyins (30 for 2/4, 40 for 5/10 etc). I would usually game select a little tighter when moving up.

WHY ARENT U AND SCOTT IN SOCAL YET?!?!





nitttt.

again, will answer background questions later

advice to low stakes grinders would be 1) to practice good br management etc etc 2) to watch videos etc in order to learn, as well as digest all available poker information and 3) to not be a bitch bumhunter

Coming out to vegas this summer? Any interest in playing live donkaments?

which single poster influenced your game the most and helped it develop to what it is today?

in regards to this, which limit did you struggle with at the time?

and how did you go about improving/adapting enough to beat it

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kind of a vague question since people play multiple limits at a time so no worries if you dont answer.

What is the best way to learn and moveup the stakes? Playing or Studying? Do u recommend some training site or book? Do you recomend table selection? Which bankroll management u recommend? And for last, is there money HU?

Sorry to make so much questions, but u r too awesome

1. how many opponents do you think it's still profitable to play at the same time (assuming it's 1 table each) ?
2. how many site do you play on ? do you play them at the same time ?
3. recommended video/site for NL HU and PLO HU ?

one of the most important things I realized was to consider players' ranges
as a whole, instead of focusing on individual pieces (a simple example: not only asking "what can this guy have for value?" but also "what can he be bluffing with?"_

peanut butter is OK

they're both competent opponents obviously, isildur1 a bit more variable than lars (as of late), but more likely to spew and also more potentially exploitable (this isnt necessarily a bad thing)

Lot's of opponents have their +'s and -'s, so while some are tough and annoying to play against they might be harder to beat guys that aren't that annoying but don't make many mistakes. I don't think I want to make my judgments about other players public...

I started hucash about 2 years ago, at .25/50c on ft. I moved up to 2/4 by early August I think, then 5/10 in October. By the end of the year I was playing 10/20 and won almost 100k in December. In Feb 2009, I was playing 25/50. nl5k was the first stake where I played players like ike, luckychewy, sauce that seemed to kind of own me, so I game selected a little bit in my first 2-3 months playing that high .

omg..

where are you from?

Is isildur1 your nemesis ?

1. What do you feel are adequate bankroll requirements for HU?

2. What are some of the biggest/common mistakes that HU players make in your opinion?

3. Is a HUD useful in HU at all?

is there anyone you would deny action at your normal stake ?

Do you think the best players play at the highest stakes? I mean some household names seem to dominate the highest stakes forever (Dangs, OMG, durrrr) and obviously are sick good, but you think some mid/high stakes guys are at least as good but just bunch of nits for not moving up.

1. do you keep motivated to play for the day after winning 3-5 buyins early in the session ?
2. how many hands or hours do you put every months ?
3. how long do you usually wait before getting action and what are you doing during thoses times ?

thanks

How do you think you can apply what you have learned in poker to profitably pick up girls in a bar setting/ how long until you foresee yourself playing 500/1k nl?

First of all Thank you sooo much for doing this.

-Would you say Loose BR management is better then a tight BR strategy assuming a player moves down when he has to and doenst get affected too hard psychologically by losses?

-DO you thinks watchign videos can at one point stop being helpful and actually hurt your game a little bit?

-What do you think is the the difference between the good players and the really good players? Like when 2 real good players face eachother what factors make one of them better then another?

-What do yo ufeel helps you regain confidence when you ve lost a lot and just cant run good and have to move down? (Do you think playing more regs can help rebuild confidence?)

Will come up with more questions later

do you rock out with your **** out often ?
is it chilly ?

do you use HEM to review sessions in details ? (a bit like cts does if you've seen his videos against ps417E)

what made you breakthrough at 25/50 ? (you said you were getting owned by some regs there, and it looks like its the other way around now)

what other things are you naturally very good at ? (learning a language, chess, math...)

Do you think it's fair to say you're naturally good at poker or would you say that anyone who puts in the work you have could do what you have done?

I have a friend (casey c.) that says he/some friends gave you the nickname jungleman. Is he completely full of it? (from the cp area)

firstly, I think that my fundamental strategies are a bit better than most regs'

secondly, unlike many players, I quite use the same strategy as far as opening %, 3betting %, etc etc goes--I vary these % and even arrange my ranges based on how a player plays. It's not uncommon that I play a certain strategy and take lines I never take vs anyone else vs a specific opponent.

first question is vaguer than the second, in poker edge only correlates with skill, it isn't defined by it. Also, as ZJ once told me in hs chat, there's lots of rock paper scissors in poker.

Donk betting can be useful/very useful, I should probably implement it more vs ppl that check back often. Vs ppl that cbet often a donk betting range is likely mathematically useless/close to it and can backfire.

who the **** is jungleman? who the **** are YOU!?

One horse sized duck, because ducks walk slowly and awkwardly and are relatively much weaker than horses.

lol, do I know you? It is probably true, because I live in that area and I got the nickname "jungleman" from playing live .25/.5-1/2 games before playing online. I used to suck pretty bad in those

Isn't this like choosing between getting shot by a gun or getting shot by fifty paper clips flung from rubber bands?

You realize ducks can be really mean, right? This is important.

How many 5 year olds?