From the annals at UpForPoker….
I order another beer and Blood has more martini. This makes me laugh. What makes a man switch to martinis? I mean, if you're some douchebag suit and you have to impress the minions...that's one thing. But when a turbine counter gets all fancy, that's just odd.
Dirk Drizzler even went so far as to say that the drinks are Appletinis. Well, they’re not, OK? They are vodka Martini’s and that’s a huge (like me) difference. They even have vegetables (green olives) for nourishment.
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Last Wednesday, a friend from “up North” came to town. He’s a poker player (well, he plays) and I get him invites to the G-Vegas game on occasion. Since he’s my friend, G-Rob calls him Clot. Get it? Blood-Clot? G-Rob is at times King of the Funny. Anyway, prior to our pokering experience, we sat at the bar at the hotel at which he was staying and ordered different kinds of Martinis. He ordered Kettel One and I went for the Grey Goose. We compared smoothness, even going so far as to take a sip from each other’s glass. What’s the PC term for this? Ah yes, that’s right, uber-geigh.
Good Lord, G-Rob’s right.
****
Once my friend and I realized what we were doing, we over-compensated and took a visit to one of G-Vegas’ finest establishments. Being the master of protocol, I drank manly beer so that the working staff would not be confused about my orientation. After a couple of hours of “observation,” we made our way to the Underground Game.
****
I’ve been to the Underground Game a half-dozen times. My two best performances there have been visits directly after an experience described above: drinking, then “observation.” I know that correlation does not imply causation, but I do believe that there is some significance to the data.
First, the lowering of inhibitions, just ever-so-slightly, has the effect of allowing me to play properly aggressive without that nervousness that sometimes accompanies that style of play. Granted, there is a fine line between inhibition lowering and all-out donkification due to inebriation, but there is some middle ground there.
Secondly, after a few hours of, here’s that word again, “observation,” some part of my mind is cleared allowing a more thorough use of my brain towards the poker experience. Am I rationalizing? Conceivably, I am. But that’s what guys do.
****
So, in a nutshell, this post can be summarized as follows:
G-Rob and Drizz call into question my manhood due to choice of drinks.
I relate an experience of sharing such drinks with another friend.
I realize that G-Rob and Drizz’s statements have merit.
I overcompensate by gazing at “teh boobiez.”
I rationalize the above and its effect on my poker skills with a round-a-bout, whack-ass conclusion.
And that, dear readers, is BadBlood on Poker.
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Friday, May 26, 2006
A New Level
At some point earlier this year, I mentioned a Level Zero play by one of our home game players. As we all know, Level One is only thinking about your own cards without a second thought to what your opponent may be holding. Level Zero is when you don’t even know what you have in your own hand, by either misreading your hole cards or simply forgetting them.
Well, after last night, we have a new Level.
It’s Level Minus One.
The scene is a G-Vegas medium game and about 5 players are in the pot. Post-flop, it’s checked around to Teddy Ballgame. Teddy says, “Oh no fellas, no free cards. I bet $7.”
Problem is, Teddy was unaware that he had folded pre-flop.
Well, after last night, we have a new Level.
It’s Level Minus One.
The scene is a G-Vegas medium game and about 5 players are in the pot. Post-flop, it’s checked around to Teddy Ballgame. Teddy says, “Oh no fellas, no free cards. I bet $7.”
Problem is, Teddy was unaware that he had folded pre-flop.
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Punishment for Decadence
When parents need to punish their kids, the phrase “Hurts me more than it hurts you” gets bandied about. Tonight, I believe it.
We warned miniBlood about his attitude yesterday. Each day, the kids in his class have their behavior ranked by color, green being the best and red meaning a trip to the principal’s office. In order for mini to play in his baseball game tonight, he was required to have a green day. We normally don’t impose any restrictions like this, but yesterday was a bad day for him with respect to listening to his parents. Today, he came home with a yellow day. And I’m real bummed because I love taking my kid to his games and watching him play.
I know the lesson learned through punishment is more important in the larger scheme of things, but I’ll be damned at how disappointed I am right now. I’ll even get to the G-Vegas home game on time because of it, but that’s not even a minor bit of consolation. At least he was honest. He could have lied about what color he got, but he didn’t. Still….
****
Any of you readers ever play poker at Turning Stone casino in NY? I’ll be back up to Schenecta-hole in late June for a few days and will probably extend my trip by a day to check out the poker action if it’s worth it. It looks like it’s only about a 2 hour drive away, definitely within striking distance. If you’ve been, feel free to leave comments about the place and your impressions.
****
Big, long weekend coming up. Apparently, there may be poker. But also, I’m hoping to check out the new X-Men film. How is that poker related? Well duh. Famke. I think that says it all.
We warned miniBlood about his attitude yesterday. Each day, the kids in his class have their behavior ranked by color, green being the best and red meaning a trip to the principal’s office. In order for mini to play in his baseball game tonight, he was required to have a green day. We normally don’t impose any restrictions like this, but yesterday was a bad day for him with respect to listening to his parents. Today, he came home with a yellow day. And I’m real bummed because I love taking my kid to his games and watching him play.
I know the lesson learned through punishment is more important in the larger scheme of things, but I’ll be damned at how disappointed I am right now. I’ll even get to the G-Vegas home game on time because of it, but that’s not even a minor bit of consolation. At least he was honest. He could have lied about what color he got, but he didn’t. Still….
****
Any of you readers ever play poker at Turning Stone casino in NY? I’ll be back up to Schenecta-hole in late June for a few days and will probably extend my trip by a day to check out the poker action if it’s worth it. It looks like it’s only about a 2 hour drive away, definitely within striking distance. If you’ve been, feel free to leave comments about the place and your impressions.
****
Big, long weekend coming up. Apparently, there may be poker. But also, I’m hoping to check out the new X-Men film. How is that poker related? Well duh. Famke. I think that says it all.
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
I'm Sorry For This Lame Post
It's been so freakin' long since I won any form of tournament. Again, sorry for such a lame, boring, poker-blogger-in-2003 post.
Nuts
Variance comes in many forms. It’s the difference between getting dealt a bad streak of starting cards vs. getting dealt monsters six hands in a row. It’s the fluctuations of your bankroll around its hopefully increasing average. It’s the differences in playing styles among your opponents from table to table.
For me last night, variance was not getting paid off on monster hands when on most nights I would have.
Rarely do you have the stone cold nuts. Often times you have close to it where you are pretty confident you have the best hand, and if push comes to shove, that’s exactly what you do with your chips.
Last night, I had the stone cold nuts three times. Each of those three times I was bet into heavily. On one occasion, when it was 3-handed on the turn, someone bet, the other player tripled that bet for a raise and I pushed.
And each time, everyone folded.
Those three hands, had they gone differently, were the difference between a winning and losing session. Throw into the mix a cracking of AA by a draw chaser and you have a –0.4 buy-in result instead of a +2-3x buy-in result.
Variance.
For me last night, variance was not getting paid off on monster hands when on most nights I would have.
Rarely do you have the stone cold nuts. Often times you have close to it where you are pretty confident you have the best hand, and if push comes to shove, that’s exactly what you do with your chips.
Last night, I had the stone cold nuts three times. Each of those three times I was bet into heavily. On one occasion, when it was 3-handed on the turn, someone bet, the other player tripled that bet for a raise and I pushed.
And each time, everyone folded.
Those three hands, had they gone differently, were the difference between a winning and losing session. Throw into the mix a cracking of AA by a draw chaser and you have a –0.4 buy-in result instead of a +2-3x buy-in result.
Variance.
Monday, May 22, 2006
Nondirectional
Uber-rambling, commence!
****
Friday night was a rare night. The in-laws stepped up to the plate and took the kids overnight so that the Mrs. and I could spend an evening alone. It was, after all, her birthday. I repeated my performance of last year by going solo on a “grande” size margarita at a downtown Mexican place. I continued with my drinking efforts at the Thai food place down the street. Yes, that’s right, I mixed cultures. Mexican appetizers and Thai cuisine for dinner. My gastrointestinal systems says, “Hey, thanks.”
And such a night marked the first night in a while that I played zero poker. And you know what? When I woke up on Saturday morning sans-kids, poker hadn’t collapsed. My bankroll didn’t even fluctuate. Everything was right where I left it. Shocking, I know.
****
What did the Mrs. get for her birthday? I nice little iPod Nano. For her, it’s all about the packaging and Apple does know how to package. Score one for me on the good gift list. Meanwhile, my 3rd generation clunker still works in all its monotone glory.
****
Recent musical recommendations:
The Absence – From Your Grave
Manntis – Sleep In Your Grave
See anything similar? No? Me either. Except that they both ROCK!!!1!!!! \m/ and all that.
****
Saturday was nice weather, so the mini’s and neighborhood kids played sprinkler basketball. That’s regular basketball, but with a sprinkler cooling everyone off on the court of play, in this case, our driveway.
When a neighbor came by with a plastic cup full of his favorite beverage, I decided to join him in some afternoon imbibing festivities. Down here in South Cackalacky, it only takes two people on a porch to have an official party.
And damn that Otis for introducing me to a dirty Grey Goose martini. I extinguished my entire supply of vodka on Saturday. Off to Total Wine for some more.
****
As I continued to watch my bankroll shrink this weekend, a friend (who can out himself if he wishes) told me about crushing the 3/6NL game on Stars for a healthy amount. Meanwhile, me and my donk self, had been considering dropping down from the 1/2NL game because there’s too much sand in my crotch.
Buoyed by a friend’s success, I sacked up and multitabled the 1/2 game for a really nice win late on Saturday. Nearly tripling up on two different tables is a nice boost. I really should be ashamed for considering moving back down. It’s not like I didn’t have the roll for the current level, just the wrong attitude.
Each time my roll drops and I get all pansy-assed about it, I fail to realize that I’ve managed to overcome the dips and valleys each and every time only to come out of it on the other side with all time highs.
I should really have some more self-confidence. But it’s a fine line between having too much and not enough. My conservative self would rather err on the other side.
****
While the cash game is going moderately well, my tourney game is in the shitter. Either that or PokerStars is simply making me lose on purpose. Probably the former. When I logged on to play in the Gemini Gemini tournament tournament, I realized my mind simply wasn’t up to the task.
In a cash game, you can take a chance with a moderate holding. The blinds don’t grow and your stack is one click away from being replenished. Not so in a tournament. Obviously.
I donked off my stack to the Drizzler and then got rivered by the Spaceman in the span of about 5 minutes. Just horrible play on my part. I really should have just gone to bed instead of embarrassing myself like that.
My tourney game has degenerated so much that I really should consider re-reading some Harrington because I’m so incredibly bad right now.
****
And so it goes on this Monday. Back to work, back to monotony, back to….zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
****
Friday night was a rare night. The in-laws stepped up to the plate and took the kids overnight so that the Mrs. and I could spend an evening alone. It was, after all, her birthday. I repeated my performance of last year by going solo on a “grande” size margarita at a downtown Mexican place. I continued with my drinking efforts at the Thai food place down the street. Yes, that’s right, I mixed cultures. Mexican appetizers and Thai cuisine for dinner. My gastrointestinal systems says, “Hey, thanks.”
And such a night marked the first night in a while that I played zero poker. And you know what? When I woke up on Saturday morning sans-kids, poker hadn’t collapsed. My bankroll didn’t even fluctuate. Everything was right where I left it. Shocking, I know.
****
What did the Mrs. get for her birthday? I nice little iPod Nano. For her, it’s all about the packaging and Apple does know how to package. Score one for me on the good gift list. Meanwhile, my 3rd generation clunker still works in all its monotone glory.
****
Recent musical recommendations:
The Absence – From Your Grave
Manntis – Sleep In Your Grave
See anything similar? No? Me either. Except that they both ROCK!!!1!!!! \m/ and all that.
****
Saturday was nice weather, so the mini’s and neighborhood kids played sprinkler basketball. That’s regular basketball, but with a sprinkler cooling everyone off on the court of play, in this case, our driveway.
When a neighbor came by with a plastic cup full of his favorite beverage, I decided to join him in some afternoon imbibing festivities. Down here in South Cackalacky, it only takes two people on a porch to have an official party.
And damn that Otis for introducing me to a dirty Grey Goose martini. I extinguished my entire supply of vodka on Saturday. Off to Total Wine for some more.
****
As I continued to watch my bankroll shrink this weekend, a friend (who can out himself if he wishes) told me about crushing the 3/6NL game on Stars for a healthy amount. Meanwhile, me and my donk self, had been considering dropping down from the 1/2NL game because there’s too much sand in my crotch.
Buoyed by a friend’s success, I sacked up and multitabled the 1/2 game for a really nice win late on Saturday. Nearly tripling up on two different tables is a nice boost. I really should be ashamed for considering moving back down. It’s not like I didn’t have the roll for the current level, just the wrong attitude.
Each time my roll drops and I get all pansy-assed about it, I fail to realize that I’ve managed to overcome the dips and valleys each and every time only to come out of it on the other side with all time highs.
I should really have some more self-confidence. But it’s a fine line between having too much and not enough. My conservative self would rather err on the other side.
****
While the cash game is going moderately well, my tourney game is in the shitter. Either that or PokerStars is simply making me lose on purpose. Probably the former. When I logged on to play in the Gemini Gemini tournament tournament, I realized my mind simply wasn’t up to the task.
In a cash game, you can take a chance with a moderate holding. The blinds don’t grow and your stack is one click away from being replenished. Not so in a tournament. Obviously.
I donked off my stack to the Drizzler and then got rivered by the Spaceman in the span of about 5 minutes. Just horrible play on my part. I really should have just gone to bed instead of embarrassing myself like that.
My tourney game has degenerated so much that I really should consider re-reading some Harrington because I’m so incredibly bad right now.
****
And so it goes on this Monday. Back to work, back to monotony, back to….zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Thursday, May 18, 2006
You've Got Questions
From the desk of TripJax:
Q1: What is the biggest mistake people make at a NL table?
A1: Calling raises out of position with trouble hands like AJ, KQ, KJ. Position is so important because it costs so much extra money to find out where you stand in the hand should you hit the flop with one of those holdings. You almost need to flop two-pair or a big draw to even continue.
Q2: What is the biggest mistake people make at a limit table?
A2: Although I really don’t play much limit, saving/earning that extra big bet on the river seems to be one of the mistakes that over time really impacts your earn rate.
Q3: Why do you play poker?
A3: At first, it was for fun and the social aspect. But over the past couple of years, when I realized that I could make some decent extra spending money, I began to take it more seriously. After that, it became a big competition. With myself. For whatever reason, my brain is wired for discipline. I welcome the slow, steady battle I wage with myself to try to become a better player. It goes back to why I work out several times a week. I’ll never be Mr. Olympia, but I sure as hell am in better shape than 90% of the 38 year olds out there. I’m thinking long term. When I’m 40, I’ll be in better shape than 92% of the same aged population. When I’m 50, it will be 94% and so on. I equate the above to never winning a major tournament, but steadily increasing my cash game winnings over time until it becomes a significant amount of money.
Q4: If you weren’t playing poker, what would you be doing?
A4: Being the mega dork that I am, I would probably be still heavily into the computer gaming scene and trying to squeeze that extra few FPS out of my tricked out gaming system. I’d probably spend more time trying to improve my guitar playing too.
Q5: What is your favorite poker book and why?
A5: The Harrington on Hold ‘em Volume 2 book has more than paid for itself several times over. Those of you who’ve read it will understand why. Without that book, I’d be bubble boy forever. With it, I’ve managed to win a few tourneys here and there knowing with full confidence that I’m making the correct decisions at the correct time.
Q6: Who is your favorite poker player and why?
A5: It’s tough to narrow it down to one, but I will say that I respect players who are respectful to both the game and their competition. Greg Raymer comes to mind. Ted Forrest is also very high on my list for both his cash game and tournament skills.
Q7: Which poker player do you dislike the most and why?
A7: I know all the big names read this site (*cough*), so rather than name names, I’ll tell you what kind of attributes a player can possess to make me dislike them. Arrogance. I hate it at the poker table. (“That’s EXACTLY the hand I put him on.”) Yeah, right buddy. Entitlement. (“It’s my time. I really feel that I’m destined to win one of these things.”) Seriously, shut the hell up.
Q8: Do your coworkers know about your blog.
A8: Yep. Now get back to your transient modeling responsibilities Random101.
Q9: What is the most you have won in a cash game or MTT (both live and online):
A9: Live cash game win: tie between a G-Vegas Big Game and Day 2 at Tunica, both $700+ Online cash game win: Over the course of one day and several sessions, also around $700. Live MTT: The $430 I won in Tunica at a satellite during the WSOP circuit event. Online MTT: Winning a 180SNG for $1080.
Q10: What is the most you have lost in a cash game or in one day total (both live and online)?
A10: Live cash game loss: Vegas, December ’05. $1200. Online cash game loss: Labor Day Weekend ’03. $933.
Q11: Who was your first poker blog read?
A11: If you count Wil Wheaton’s blog, then it was that one during his Odessa series. The first 100% poker content blog I read was the fine Sir Iggy.
Q12: What satisfies you more, your aces holding up for a big pot or a bluff working for a big pot?
A12: Easy. The bluff. Anybody can get dealt aces. But not everyone can execute the perfect bluff at the perfect time to win a pot you had no business winning. That’s what separates the players from the wannabes.
Q13: Why do you blog?
A13: I started the blog to chronicle my attempts at eliminating my $2100 deficit I had accrued in the first 6 months of playing online poker. After successfully doing that in December of ’04, I continued the blog mainly to chronicle my progress (hopefully) as a player. Does anyone besides me ever go back and read their old posts? I do. I’ll go back 1 year’s time about once a month to see where I was mentally and hope to see some measure of growth. Now I just do it for the page rank and advertising cash. Whore!
Q14: Do you read blogs from an RSS reader like bloglines or do you visit each blog?
A14: Bloglines for me. But then I’ll usually go to the site to leave one of my many insightful comments.
Q15: Would you rather play poker for a living than do what you currently do for a living?
A15: To be honest, there are days here at work when I would love to just flip my badge in the trash and walk out, never to be seen again. I have an “absurdity quotient” at work, and whenever that mark is reached, I get up from my desk and either walk around a bit or go workout. The quotient gets reached earlier with each passing day. To be your own boss and answer to no one is extremely appealing to me. But right now, I don’t have the characteristics required to be a professional player with 100% of my income derived from the game of poker. Maybe with another decade of playing under my belt an opportunity will come. But for now, my family situation requires some form of stability, and this job gives me that in spades.
Q16: Do you wear a tinfoil hat on occasion?
A16: I don’t. I believe that online poker is 100% not rigged. It may be in some form of legal danger, but there is no conspiracy to make anybody lose any particular hand in any particularly brutal way. If you think otherwise, you can’t see the forest for the trees.
Q17: If you had to pin it down to one specific trait, what does a great poker player have (or do) that separates them from an average player?
A17: Consistently play at their best level regardless of whether they’re winning or losing. Especially when they’re losing.
Q18: Is Drizz the coolest person on the planet for naming his baby Vegas?
A18: Drizz is by far the most consistent blogger. Every freakin’ day there’s a NickelandDimes update. And that makes him the coolest. And you know what? I give props to Falstaff for wearing a kilt to the Winter Classic. That’s cool too. Like google maps.
Q19: What is your primary poker goal and are you close to accomplishing it?
A19: Doubling my previous year’s winnings each year. 2005? Check. 2006? I am on the proper pace to succeed, but only time will tell.
Q20: What is your primary online site and why?
A20: Right now, the majority of my money is on Full Tilt. I like the software and the cash games there are always hopping. I am cleaned out on Stars, but will of course redeposit there. Their support and player base make it an attractive site to play. I’ve also just recently signed up at WPEX for the rake free play.
Q21: What site do you dislike and why?
A21: Empire for banning me in a short-sighted reaction to my bonus whoring and Party because of their substandard customer support and buggy software.
Q1: What is the biggest mistake people make at a NL table?
A1: Calling raises out of position with trouble hands like AJ, KQ, KJ. Position is so important because it costs so much extra money to find out where you stand in the hand should you hit the flop with one of those holdings. You almost need to flop two-pair or a big draw to even continue.
Q2: What is the biggest mistake people make at a limit table?
A2: Although I really don’t play much limit, saving/earning that extra big bet on the river seems to be one of the mistakes that over time really impacts your earn rate.
Q3: Why do you play poker?
A3: At first, it was for fun and the social aspect. But over the past couple of years, when I realized that I could make some decent extra spending money, I began to take it more seriously. After that, it became a big competition. With myself. For whatever reason, my brain is wired for discipline. I welcome the slow, steady battle I wage with myself to try to become a better player. It goes back to why I work out several times a week. I’ll never be Mr. Olympia, but I sure as hell am in better shape than 90% of the 38 year olds out there. I’m thinking long term. When I’m 40, I’ll be in better shape than 92% of the same aged population. When I’m 50, it will be 94% and so on. I equate the above to never winning a major tournament, but steadily increasing my cash game winnings over time until it becomes a significant amount of money.
Q4: If you weren’t playing poker, what would you be doing?
A4: Being the mega dork that I am, I would probably be still heavily into the computer gaming scene and trying to squeeze that extra few FPS out of my tricked out gaming system. I’d probably spend more time trying to improve my guitar playing too.
Q5: What is your favorite poker book and why?
A5: The Harrington on Hold ‘em Volume 2 book has more than paid for itself several times over. Those of you who’ve read it will understand why. Without that book, I’d be bubble boy forever. With it, I’ve managed to win a few tourneys here and there knowing with full confidence that I’m making the correct decisions at the correct time.
Q6: Who is your favorite poker player and why?
A5: It’s tough to narrow it down to one, but I will say that I respect players who are respectful to both the game and their competition. Greg Raymer comes to mind. Ted Forrest is also very high on my list for both his cash game and tournament skills.
Q7: Which poker player do you dislike the most and why?
A7: I know all the big names read this site (*cough*), so rather than name names, I’ll tell you what kind of attributes a player can possess to make me dislike them. Arrogance. I hate it at the poker table. (“That’s EXACTLY the hand I put him on.”) Yeah, right buddy. Entitlement. (“It’s my time. I really feel that I’m destined to win one of these things.”) Seriously, shut the hell up.
Q8: Do your coworkers know about your blog.
A8: Yep. Now get back to your transient modeling responsibilities Random101.
Q9: What is the most you have won in a cash game or MTT (both live and online):
A9: Live cash game win: tie between a G-Vegas Big Game and Day 2 at Tunica, both $700+ Online cash game win: Over the course of one day and several sessions, also around $700. Live MTT: The $430 I won in Tunica at a satellite during the WSOP circuit event. Online MTT: Winning a 180SNG for $1080.
Q10: What is the most you have lost in a cash game or in one day total (both live and online)?
A10: Live cash game loss: Vegas, December ’05. $1200. Online cash game loss: Labor Day Weekend ’03. $933.
Q11: Who was your first poker blog read?
A11: If you count Wil Wheaton’s blog, then it was that one during his Odessa series. The first 100% poker content blog I read was the fine Sir Iggy.
Q12: What satisfies you more, your aces holding up for a big pot or a bluff working for a big pot?
A12: Easy. The bluff. Anybody can get dealt aces. But not everyone can execute the perfect bluff at the perfect time to win a pot you had no business winning. That’s what separates the players from the wannabes.
Q13: Why do you blog?
A13: I started the blog to chronicle my attempts at eliminating my $2100 deficit I had accrued in the first 6 months of playing online poker. After successfully doing that in December of ’04, I continued the blog mainly to chronicle my progress (hopefully) as a player. Does anyone besides me ever go back and read their old posts? I do. I’ll go back 1 year’s time about once a month to see where I was mentally and hope to see some measure of growth. Now I just do it for the page rank and advertising cash. Whore!
Q14: Do you read blogs from an RSS reader like bloglines or do you visit each blog?
A14: Bloglines for me. But then I’ll usually go to the site to leave one of my many insightful comments.
Q15: Would you rather play poker for a living than do what you currently do for a living?
A15: To be honest, there are days here at work when I would love to just flip my badge in the trash and walk out, never to be seen again. I have an “absurdity quotient” at work, and whenever that mark is reached, I get up from my desk and either walk around a bit or go workout. The quotient gets reached earlier with each passing day. To be your own boss and answer to no one is extremely appealing to me. But right now, I don’t have the characteristics required to be a professional player with 100% of my income derived from the game of poker. Maybe with another decade of playing under my belt an opportunity will come. But for now, my family situation requires some form of stability, and this job gives me that in spades.
Q16: Do you wear a tinfoil hat on occasion?
A16: I don’t. I believe that online poker is 100% not rigged. It may be in some form of legal danger, but there is no conspiracy to make anybody lose any particular hand in any particularly brutal way. If you think otherwise, you can’t see the forest for the trees.
Q17: If you had to pin it down to one specific trait, what does a great poker player have (or do) that separates them from an average player?
A17: Consistently play at their best level regardless of whether they’re winning or losing. Especially when they’re losing.
Q18: Is Drizz the coolest person on the planet for naming his baby Vegas?
A18: Drizz is by far the most consistent blogger. Every freakin’ day there’s a NickelandDimes update. And that makes him the coolest. And you know what? I give props to Falstaff for wearing a kilt to the Winter Classic. That’s cool too. Like google maps.
Q19: What is your primary poker goal and are you close to accomplishing it?
A19: Doubling my previous year’s winnings each year. 2005? Check. 2006? I am on the proper pace to succeed, but only time will tell.
Q20: What is your primary online site and why?
A20: Right now, the majority of my money is on Full Tilt. I like the software and the cash games there are always hopping. I am cleaned out on Stars, but will of course redeposit there. Their support and player base make it an attractive site to play. I’ve also just recently signed up at WPEX for the rake free play.
Q21: What site do you dislike and why?
A21: Empire for banning me in a short-sighted reaction to my bonus whoring and Party because of their substandard customer support and buggy software.
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