I wish I was that cool :'(

Did anybody else think that staszko played much better post than pius? when you are getting outplayed by a guy thats limping a bunch of buttons maybe you arent as good as you think you are? how does pius not bet that K8 on 77k7x when staszko hasn't bluffed a river yet? real f bad imo

Hey guys, need some resume help. What is a succinct way of framing the following thought as a bulletpoint that would be effective to someone who doesn't know jack about poker. Like most other people I started playing NL and all of my income in 05, 06, 07 was from NLH yet in 2010 ~80% of my income came from PLO. The previous bullet on my resume just said:

• In 2006 100% of income came from NLH and by 2010 80% of income was derived from PLO

I am obv trying to incorporate some way of making the reader aware that the games are nothing alike and require different strategies, mindset, rules, risk taking etc and also trying to maybe draw a parallel to some sort of investing phrase like "diversifying". Appreciate any help!

Personally I'm not sure I'd include that at all (that you switched from NL to PLO) on your resume just because most people have no idea what you're talking about.

I'd certainly talk about it in an interview, that you saw an opportunity in plo, decided to put in the work to learn the game and made the switch etc.

Hey PC, Jon Stewart did a segment on your company and the CEO last night, about how he used the Lehman debacle to his advantage for political office, then used that platform to get back into the private sector, only to invest 6 billion into more bad debts....it was pretty good.

Heinz played god awful in what I saw... his KQ river raise was the worst, needed to jack it to like 21MM to have a chance at getting a fold. But probably should just fold. He 4bet in awful spots. Also appears that he played small stakes online.

BUT HE IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD. WORLD CHAMPION

http://www.pokertableratings.com/sta...earch/MastaP89

yea I saw that, it was pretty funny. (@shipit2k)

do you guys remember gpokerg from 2/4-5/10? I dug up one of my favorite hands of all time and got a good laugh.

https://www.pokertableratings.com/re...sh=11291219443

Finally got laid off yesterday... Haven't played poker since the series, at least the games seem ok, now i just have to remember how to actually play this ****ing game

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $2(BB) IPoker
SB ($105)
BB ($216)
UTG ($203)
UTG+1 ($87.60)
CO ($278)
Hero ($200)

Dealt to Hero K 7

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $5, fold, BB raises to $22, Hero raises to $47, BB calls $25

FLOP ($95) 2 7 3

BB checks, Hero bets $31, BB calls $31

TURN ($157) 2 7 3 7

BB checks, Hero checks

RIVER ($157) 2 7 3 7 6

BB bets $78.50, Hero raises to $122 (AI), BB calls $43.50

BB shows A 4
(Pre 60%, Flop 27.8%, Turn 9.1%)

Hero shows K 7
(Pre 40%, Flop 72.2%, Turn 90.9%)

Hero wins $398

well, this is for applying to b schools and my consultant said that since i have to disclose income anyway it would be sort of uncouth (and redundant) to put it on the resume. so i am jsut trying to think of other interesting factoids that i could put down. but ya i agree they prob won't have a clue what im talking about but i feel like it could still be beneficial to have on there. and would be a direct question about 'wtf is this' rather than me trying to have to lead into it or weave it into a conversation.

Has anyone else watched Margin Call, I enjoyed it, just curious about others' thoughts.

I don't have any recruiting knowledge but I also think it will be a bit too unwieldy and unrelatable for potential interviewers. Maybe focus more on any coaching or analysis done away from the tables?

I would at least try to phrase it without saying no limit, or plo or whatever. Maybe just saying that you transitioned to different games as you saw opportunities or something (obviously worded much better). I don't consider myself anything resembling an expert though so take that for what it's worth. Just my general feeling.

man they dont know the difference between NLH and PLO (and probably dont care). Id just refer to it as "poker" and mention all the coaching and analysis you did away from the tables. You could maybe even mention your coaching rate too.

I would just stick to the idea you have in your last paragraph. say something about how you mastered two completely different forms of poker, and that this led to higher profit margins for both, but something succinct. then in the interview, you can talk about how you scan both games every time you work looking for the best monetary opportunity, about how some people are stuck to one form of poker while you diversify and follow the clients and what they want (play), etc. no need to explain what portion of your income came from which game until the interview in my opinion. saying that you could have continued making money playing NLHE with less effort, but transitioned due to increased long-term profitability in the other your other form of poker, so you took many many hours of studying and playing small stakes to get better there will look great.

Appreciate all the responses guys

i think the advice you've gotten is about right. something along the lines of "diversified play among multiple variations of cash game poker for the purpose of profit maximization" might be good.

fwiw -- and ignore this if i'm missing something about b-school applications (have no experience w/ it ... not gonna happen for me ), of course -- it's standard to begin each resume bullet w/ a verb.

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if you do mention the games by name, i'd use "cash game no-limit hold'em" and "cash game pot-limit omaha," not the abbreviations. real people have no idea what "PLO" is.

http://factsandchicks.com/

I think this is well put. I would think you definitely have something to gain by getting across that you learned a new game that required a new strategy in order to stay ahead of the field and keep profits high.

Nobel price worthy!

(NSFW) but:



Surely you jest?

Still an amazing site <3

would prob dodge this but if you wanted to, analogize.

compare it to sports and talk about athletic ability translating but still needing large technical skillsets to succeed in either one

Noooo way. Heinz def did make SOME bad plays, his river raise with KQ was awful and I think he made a really bad 4bet pf when the dynamic was awful for it, but imo he was def the better hu player out of the two.

Staszko adjusted pretty well sometimes but he was in general far too passive and I saw him do too much **** like limp T9o, then fold a KQxr flop when Heinz had been donking an absurdly high % of flops (he was deep enough to take it away on later streets).

Also I'm pretty sure Heinz was/is primarily an online tourney player, so don't think his PTR really says anything.

Oh yeah and not betting the K was kinda weird, but from what I saw it looked like Staszko had been folding a lot in the 'I know you have A high on a dry board' spots so he prob thought his calling range was pretty narrow, and also Staszko could have had a flush given action and he had definitely vbet pretty thin up till then. Still woulda bet but I don't think it was THAT bad.

Meh, sorry for strat ITT.

Apparently staszko won a couple hundred thousand in online mtts before the wsop and decided to give up his job running an auto repair shop for a little while to chase the dream.

Baller.