any questions

What % of your roll do you keep on your poker accounts?

all of it, i dont consider what i take out to be part of roll

Have you ever played in the WSOP main event?

Would you ever play in the WSOP main event (again)? If no, why not?

i played in the WPT in january and might play in the WSOP one day

who staked you?

do you feel more connected to all those rappers who talk about how they've come from the projects and made it big (although chesapeake isn't the projects I guess)

Originally Posted by IowaSkinsFan

who staked you?

[jack black] me baby, me [\jackblack]

Originally Posted by IowaSkinsFan

who staked you?

lol?

Originally Posted by Alibi

do you feel more connected to all those rappers who talk about how they've come from the projects and made it big (although chesapeake isn't the projects I guess)

no doubt

BIG UP TO BROOKLYN

Gabe- Just browsing msnl and I found a lot of hands where tags did like c/c flop lead turn lead river type lines after being the pfr.

I almost never change initiative more than once during hand- like i might go lead flop lead turn c/r river repping a DB or weak top pair type hand etc etc.

How often do you change initiative during a hand? (basically do you often find yourself say check calling mid pair or tp on a drawy board and leading the turn??)

I feel like this gives a lot of info about my hand as I usually dont want to stack off with mid or TP for 100BB. (usually)

i saw somewhere you played BldswtTrs and other top 25/50 ppl hu. how come? was it to learn, or you had an edge..or a combo?
if it was to learn, was it worth sacrificing the game selection for what u learned?
just curious since i might try this out more. btw cool thread.

favorite lyrics from Gang Starr's 'Moment of truth'?

Originally Posted by gabe

that probably doesnt make sense but heres an example.

nah it makes perfect sense. I feel like this a lot when I think about my game, kinda a hopeless feeling. I know dont know everythign there is to know, obviously not anywhere close, yet I feel like Im playing to the best of my knowledge. But I think the way Ive approached learning is by over applying "standard" plays, if that makes sense. So now, AQ+ and TT+ is a 3bet hand. When really I should look at some(all?) of that range as a potential 3bet hand, not take all the variables into account and then decide.

Ill revisit this thread when Im not drunk tommorow, good night.

Originally Posted by Triptan3s

favorite lyrics from Gang Starr's 'Moment of truth'?

this is an awesome thread.

-what are you going to school for?

-Do you see yourself using your degree, or has the money you've made from poker opened other avenues that you would like to pursue?

-how many hours per week do you spend playing poker?

also, youre one of the players i would really enjoy seeing stats and graphs from that i havent ever seen.

lifetime graph?

Originally Posted by sauce123

Gabe- Just browsing msnl and I found a lot of hands where tags did like c/c flop lead turn lead river type lines after being the pfr.

I almost never change initiative more than once during hand- like i might go lead flop lead turn c/r river repping a DB or weak top pair type hand etc etc.

How often do you change initiative during a hand? (basically do you often find yourself say check calling mid pair or tp on a drawy board and leading the turn??)

I feel like this gives a lot of info about my hand as I usually dont want to stack off with mid or TP for 100BB. (usually)

-i don't check and raising preflop too much, but i do lead into the aggresor on the flop after they raise pre, or on the turn after they raise pre and bet flop often enough. i like leading with alot of hands on the flop. i bet/3 bet allin alot when im playing loose.

-

Originally Posted by benny999

i saw somewhere you played BldswtTrs and other top 25/50 ppl hu. how come? was it to learn, or you had an edge..or a combo?
if it was to learn, was it worth sacrificing the game selection for what u learned?
just curious since i might try this out more. btw cool thread.

-i felt i was playing really good poker that week and i saw him sitting so i played. maybe i learned some stuff too, i dont know. him and Booosted J were the only people i've played for a long time HU where I probably didn't have an edge.

Originally Posted by Triptan3s

favorite lyrics from Gang Starr's 'Moment of truth'?

i like these 2 lines about running bad:
"Sometimes you gotta dig deep, when problems come near
Don't fear things get severe for everybody everywhere"

but these are my fav prob:
"Another fake jack I slay with my spectac' rap display
Styles, smooth but rugged -- you can't push or shove it
You dig it and you dug it cause like money you love it"

will you see a dcu game with me this summer

Originally Posted by Bode-ist

this is an awesome thread.

-what are you going to school for?

-Do you see yourself using your degree, or has the money you've made from poker opened other avenues that you would like to pursue?

-how many hours per week do you spend playing poker?

-yea its pretty awesome

-you mean why or what am i studying? im here because i feel bad for my parents paying all this money and it would piss them off so much if i didnt get a degree. im studying computer science though. when i first came here i knew more than almost everyone about the subject because i learned about it on my own because i thought it was so interesting and i was sure i was getting a CS job, but then i met poker.

-no, i hope i dont have to ever fill out a resume. poker has not only given me money where i can do other stuff, but its got me thinking and talking to other people about ways to make big money without grinding a job.

--in the past week i've played for 24 hours, which is way more than usual because im probably too focused on winning all this money back. usually i play half that in a week.


-

i´ve found myself lately outthinking myself, trying to rep something noone cares about (see here http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...oker-52741.htm)

how much does adjusting your thinking level to your opponents matter?

if so, how do you adjust? what are patterns/tells you look for to figure out, on which level villian thinks?

if in doubt, do you rate them as better or worse as they might be?

Originally Posted by Bode-ist

also, youre one of the players i would really enjoy seeing stats and graphs from that i havent ever seen.

lifetime graph?

this graph begins in june when i got my computer. theres probably 30k of profit from one computer (maybe 35k hands) not on here and 40k in losses on another computer not on here (maybe 10k hands).

Originally Posted by Alibi

will you see a dcu game with me this summer

i have about 4 trips planned this summer so not sure. i know its not far away but i really dont knw.

Originally Posted by XTR1000

how much does adjusting your thinking level to your opponents matter?

if so, how do you adjust? what are patterns/tells you look for to figure out, on which level villian thinks?

if in doubt, do you rate them as better or worse as they might be?

-it means the world. you have to know how your opponents think. it might be OK at a particular level where everyone is terrible to assume they are all equally retarded thinkers, but you still need to know.

-have you read theory of poker? theres a section on there that describes how to play in each type of game (loose passive, loose aggressive etc). that might help.

i get reads on people by looking at every hand that goes to showdown. when im 12 tabling i might not be able to check everyone, but every big that is semi-big i look at the hands. then i see how it was played and from this i start to get an idea how they play. doing this for 450k hands makes you a good hand reader.

-if they are unknown i usually assume they are bad.

Originally Posted by drmcboy

BIG UP TO BROOKLYN

mad props to drmcboy

What VIP level are you on stars, and what do you do with all your FPP's?

Can this be stickified?

If you ever use your monies to start a technical company will you look me up?

I'll be grinding at a job

and if you ever need an architect for your balla mansion, hit me up.

Originally Posted by irishiain

What VIP level are you on stars, and what do you do with all your FPP's?

im actually not even supernova yet, im gonna spend my fpps on some EPT events i think

-What do you expect a very good players winrate be at these levels:

.5/1
1/2
2/4
3/6
5/10

List these players in order, best to worst, in cash game play:
- Daniel Negreanu
- Mike Matusow
- Todd Brunson
- Phil Ivey
- Phil Laak
- Jenifer Harman
- Sam Farha

% bet flop after PFR (c-bet %) in hands with 4-6 players at table?

Aba said in one of his CR vids that 99% of HStakes hands are standard stuff, only 1% are the crazy shit you see.
Agreed?

How much are you up/down in the 25/50 games you play?

How big of a jump is it from 10/20?

Originally Posted by Massimo

-What do you expect a very good players winrate be at these levels:

.5/1
1/2
2/4
3/6
5/10

List these players in order, best to worst, in cash game play:
- Daniel Negreanu
- Mike Matusow
- Todd Brunson
- Phil Ivey
- Phil Laak
- Jenifer Harman
- Sam Farha

-no idea. i think 5 is possible at all levels with good game selection though. 8 might be possible at .5/1 but i dont really know

-by cash games, do you mean NL holdem? from what i've seen matusow, harman and to a lesser extend farha seem like weak spots.

for overcall cash games its probably something like ivey, harman, negreanu, brunson, laak/farha, matusow

Originally Posted by IowaSkinsFan

Aba said in one of his CR vids that 99% of HStakes hands are standard stuff, only 1% are the crazy shit you see.
Agreed?

yea

Originally Posted by JJDAMAN

How much are you up/down in the 25/50 games you play?

How big of a jump is it from 10/20?

im up about 120k in the 25/50 games. its not that big of a jump, just need the BR. 5/10 > 10/20 is tougher because theres soo many more pure fish at 5/10, but 10/20 and 25/50 probably have close to the same amount

Originally Posted by Harry

% bet flop after PFR (c-bet %) in hands with 4-6 players at table?

is this something i pull from pokertracker or an estimate

This thread's getting me excited about online poker again. I actually jumped to my bookshelf to grab ToP.

I always considered myself a better SH than FR player, but in my latest online stint, I've been break-even SH and a slight winner at FR. I noticed my VP$iP is a bit higher SH than yours. Could it be a major leak that I'm playing anything on the button first in and calling raises with straight gap-concept in position?

Originally Posted by dev

This thread's getting me excited about online poker again. I actually jumped to my bookshelf to grab ToP.

Good move, ToP'll kill any will to live you may have temporarily felt

the biggest winners tend to be those who don't play for the money, but play for the game.

when did you realize that money was just a by-product of a fierce game?

Originally Posted by dev

This thread's getting me excited about online poker again. I actually jumped to my bookshelf to grab ToP.

I always considered myself a better SH than FR player, but in my latest online stint, I've been break-even SH and a slight winner at FR. I noticed my VP$iP is a bit higher SH than yours. Could it be a major leak that I'm playing anything on the button first in and calling raises with straight gap-concept in position?

you might just be results oriented.

i dont play 'anything' on the button but i do like to play alot of hands because its easy to pick up lots of unwanted pots

Originally Posted by |~|ypermegachi

the biggest winners tend to be those who don't play for the money, but play for the game.

when did you realize that money was just a by-product of a fierce game?

i dont know if ive realized that yet!

biggest leak that breakeven+ midstakes cash gamers have on average?

Originally Posted by gabe

Originally Posted by Harry

% bet flop after PFR (c-bet %) in hands with 4-6 players at table?

is this something i pull from pokertracker or an estimate

In PT General Info tab, click More Detail....

First Action on Flop After Pre-flop Raise:
Bet: x%

Originally Posted by Renton

biggest leak that breakeven+ midstakes cash gamers have on average?

i think it used to be playing too many hands out of the blinds, now its starting to be preflop retardedness

Originally Posted by Harry

Originally Posted by gabe

Originally Posted by Harry

% bet flop after PFR (c-bet %) in hands with 4-6 players at table?

is this something i pull from pokertracker or an estimate

In PT General Info tab, click More Detail....

First Action on Flop After Pre-flop Raise:
Bet: x%

over 315k hands,
bet:59
raise:3

Could you explain just about everything you do? For example, if someone was sitting next to you while you were playing could you answer if they were asking "why did you do that?" to everything? I find one of my biggest problems is I do something and someone asks why and I say "man I really don't know." I imagine it gets better over time but is everything pretty much automatic?

r u a bot?

ps if this makes no sense it's cuz i havent slept in 28 hours.

Originally Posted by gabe

preflop retardedness

please elaborate

Originally Posted by givememyleg

Could you explain just about everything you do? For example, if someone was sitting next to you while you were playing could you answer if they were asking "why did you do that?" to everything? I find one of my biggest problems is I do something and someone asks why and I say "man I really don't know." I imagine it gets better over time but is everything pretty much automatic?

not to hijack or anything, but im in this boat too. I feel like I understand the best way to play a hand but i have a hard time explaining why its the best way.

Originally Posted by givememyleg

Could you explain just about everything you do? For example, if someone was sitting next to you while you were playing could you answer if they were asking "why did you do that?" to everything? I find one of my biggest problems is I do something and someone asks why and I say "man I really don't know." I imagine it gets better over time but is everything pretty much automatic?

r u a bot?

ps if this makes no sense it's cuz i havent slept in 28 hours.

sure i could answer, but some portion of the answers would be me saying "poker instinct!"

Originally Posted by Renton

Originally Posted by gabe

preflop retardedness

please elaborate

people see higher stakes game and everyone reraising light and try to emulate it. they don't know what they are doing or why they're doing it and ended up spewing too much.

also included is people never folding to 3bets and then not know what to do postflop

Originally Posted by gabe

they don't know what they are doing or why they're doing it and ended up spewing too much.

I think that is what I was trying to say in my last post. Sometimes I do things and after I think wtf why did I even do that??

WOW, i just read every entry in this post and i must say - "They're Great"

My question is this: "Poker Instinct" - i am starting to believe imho, this is the very key to making the best poker player you can be. There have been many times where i just get that feeling/instinct i know villain is pulling a move or i can clearly see they are weak, but end up folding to their aggressive bets, with the vast majority of showdowns seen i was correct to go with that instinct! I am starting to get myself to go with this instinct even if it means i could be making a play myself solely on pure ballz with my read/instinct!
The real question is when i get into these situations where my instincts "kick in" is it better to make a hefty re-raise or just push? what would be more beneficial/powerful (+EV) for me to do and why?
And if you choose to answer Thank you!

very nice thread, i think people took my other post in this thread way too seriously.

I was actually talking to gabe at the time and (I believe?) we had just got done slumming it at 1/2 hu over like 6 tables. He was berating me for calling his shove with mid pair when he b3b allin a bare flush draw (he had 12 twice and flush hit on river), so I figured I'd shoot back some love. I think I had a few drinks in me too, holla

gabe,

who do you think are the top 5 players at 5/10 on stars, and what makes them difficult to play against? Top player(s) at any stakes?

Originally Posted by seoul_child1

The real question is when i get into these situations where my instincts "kick in" is it better to make a hefty re-raise or just push? what would be more beneficial/powerful (+EV) for me to do and why?
And if you choose to answer Thank you!

theres a ton of factors this depends on. in general, if you are doing it against someone you play with alot you want to do whatever you do with a strong hand in the same situation so you are tougher to read.

but i like i said, there are many factors that go in to this

Originally Posted by Lukie

gabe,

who do you think are the top 5 players at 5/10 on stars, and what makes them difficult to play against? Top player(s) at any stakes?

i guess your question implies the top players the ones difficult to play with??

i dont think any of them are difficult to play against. cts and purpleuros are good but they dont play as much as most.

ok let me rephrase that, say you sit down at a table, what is the absolute worst 6-max table you could fathom playing in at 5/10? ignore players like cts who usually play much higher.

do you think you would have an edge in this game?

You should start a poker clinic on vent

Gabe HU questions:
1. How do you adjust to a player who doesn't adjust to your aggression?
2. tips for owning HU?

GABE, how do I change # of posts per page. ty

favorite drink?

also do you like cream soda and/or root beer

gabe is playing oblivion, he will be back to answer your questions shortly.

Originally Posted by Lukie

gabe is playing oblivion, he will be back to answer your questions shortly.

what a nerd!

that is my question.

Originally Posted by IowaSkinsFan

Gabe HU questions:
1. How do you adjust to a player who doesn't adjust to your aggression?
2. tips for owning HU?

-if someone doesnt adjust to me, why would i need to adjust?
-dont play much out of position.

Originally Posted by Harry

GABE, how do I change # of posts per page. ty

no idea srry harry

Originally Posted by Alibi

favorite drink?

also do you like cream soda and/or root beer

cold newcastle

root beer ez

Most ballinest person you've met other than yourself and Lee Jones.

cts from 2p2, great poker player thats my age and has a 14k rolex

You make all this money from poker. Yet you live in a trash can, why?

One thing you'd change about the PS interface.

Originally Posted by IowaSkinsFan

One thing you'd change about the PS interface.

i'll answer this in his stead

FUCKING RELOAD BUTTON OH MY FUCKING GOD