The Well: El Diablo
 

Alright, aj asked me to do this, so here I am.

I'm gonna be gone for a few hours, but back tonight and up late. So put up your questions (6pm my time now) and I'll start answering them sometime around 10pm and be online for a few hours, then around all day tomorrow.

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A stranger is being shown around a village that he has just become part of. He is shown a well and his guide says "On any day except Wednesday, you can shout any question down that well and you'll be told the answer" .

The man seems pretty impressed, and so he shouts down: Why not on Wednesday? and the voice from in the well shouts back: Because on Wednesday, it’s your day in the well .

Well this is my Wednesday in The Well which will consist of Wednesday and Thursday of this week.

You may ask me any question about whatever you like. I will answer to the best of my abilities if I choose to answer your question.

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Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

Thanks for doing this, sir. Everyone please be polite and respect our guest.

1. How did you get your start playing online?

2. Biggest tourney cash?

3. Best pizza evah! is topped with what?

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

Masked Man,

Please list your attributes and accomplishments in regards to advanced no limit hold'em play such that you are allowed to post this.

I don't mean to insinuate you aren't worthy, just that there are still many a poster than is unaware of the legacy that is El Diablo.

Archive threads are highly encouraged kthx.

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

El D,

Many thanks for doing this.

You've been playing this game for longer than most HSNLers, and certainly longer than the vast bulk of SSNLers.

What primary thing(s) does a small-stakes player need to keep in mind to make it over the long haul? If we want to still be playing and winning in 10, 20 years?

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

Couple questions:

1. Do you play live? If so, at what types of limits?

2. What was the biggest hurdle for you when moving from small --> mid --> high stakes?

3. Best seafood in NYC? SF?

4. Favorite wine under $25?

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

Do you have the most posts? If not, who does?

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

El D if you can name one poker concept or revelation that once you grasped it it allowed you to take your game from average to good or from good to great.

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

1. What is the toughest NLHE game you have ever played in? Can you name and/or describe some of the players?

2. What poker players have you learned the most (about poker) from?

3. What do you think is better for building a thick and strong lower body: soccer or weight training?

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

Are you that kid pictured in the link in your profile?

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

Thanks for doing this...

Could you give your point of view on continuation bet. How does being in position or oop influence your decision. What villain do you cb more/less. Do you cb as much in multiway pot?

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

1) What sports do you play/watch?

2) Who is the toughest HSNL poster to play against (that you've played)?

3) what do you think are the most important assets in beating SSNL games online?

4) can you give us a brief summery of your poker career?

5) are you planning to play the 25/50 game at PP any time soon?

6) could you maybe give us some brief thoughts on cbetting in high stakes poker? And also about how to and the importance of varying your lines?

thanks

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

El Diablo,

Why El Diablo?

Whats the story behind your nick change on this site?

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

EL D-

Thank you for doing this!

What do you do for a living?

Education, experience?

How have you invested your wealth?

I'm considering active money management in the future, any firms you recommend, or have experience with?

1000bb HU freezeout, 25/50NL KKF vs. Strassa2, who is the favorite?

And of course, boxers or briefs?

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

Total profit form online poker to date?

How do you normally play AK in the BB from a CO raise?

-Tickner

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

Picture and description of setup?

Do you raise A6s utg 5-handed?

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

El D,

how did you learn to write such incisive forum posts and polls?

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

Can you rank the following in terms of importance to developing/improving a player's NL game skills :

Reading
Posting on forums
Playing
Coaching
Other(session review, stats review, etc)

Thanks!

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

El D,

Why don't you play poker full time?

Do you play LAG because you think you maximize profit, or just for the fun?

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

what kind of cool stuff have you bought from poker?

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

ED,

I am a low level SnG grinder that is getting into cash games.

This is my first month playing 50NL and just a week ago I strted 6 max as it seems less boring to me, more action.

What would you suggest I do to improve and move up the levels in the best way possible? Bank roll is currently $4000 for reference.

Thanks!

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

In reading your Mid and High stakes posts it seems to me that you excel at hand reading. People here have said that this is the key concept in moving up. Could you expand on how you read hands. Perhaps you could post a hand or two and give your thought process in hand reading. This is an area in my game (and many SSNLer's games) that could really use a boost.

Non-Poker: top five novels... and three favorite porn stars.

Thanks for doing this, it's really cool of you.

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

How can I become the next El Diablo in terms of playing skill?

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

1) Everyone always tells us to improve our hand reading by trying to 'think visually' each hand regardless of if we are in it or not. Do you have any other advice to improve hand reading in general?

2) What are some plays that you think can be profitably used at SSNL that generally aren't?

3) Could you maybe write us a quick one or two paragraph bit that tells the story of your poker career?

4) How did you get to be so cool?

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

first off, thanks for doing this ElD.

do you think it's a good investment for a relative beginner (little cash experience, but a solid track record beating low-buyin SnGs over a large sample) to play perhaps too agressively preflop, say open-raising hands like 76o and Q8o in the CO, in order to see more flops and gain postflop experience?

how do you handle getting 3bet by the PFR when you raise the flop with a draw? e.g. you cold-call a PFR with 89h. flop comes AhTd6h. He leads for 2/3 pot you raise and he makes a small 3bet, giving you direct odds to draw. Do you take the odds or shove it in to ensure you get more action those times you have a set or 2pair?

what are you cold-calling standards in the SB and BB when you have good relative position on the raiser? Say an EP/MP player raises and one or two players call behind him. I presume you would call with any small pair in the SB, but would you also play hands like 76s or A8s? Are you more likely to call against an EP than an MP raiser?

say you've been raising a lot preflop and betting a lot of flops but between missing most of the flops hard and getting floated/raised, you haven't been taking down many pots. how do you adjust to having developed this kind of weak image? for example...say there's a guy to your left who likes to cold-call your raises in position. do you tighten up because he's been emboldened and figures to feel comfortable floating/putting pressure on you? or say you flop a marginal hand like TPNK from the BB....something like J4 on a J55 flop. the button limped and the SB completed. do you play this situation differently depending on your table image?

how do you handle missing the flop with AK on rag/paired rag flops? say you raise UTG and get a CO caller and the BB also calls. the flop is 852 and the BB checks. or the flop is 883 and the BB checks. what if you're HU OOP? It seems strange to cbet when few/no better hands will fold and observant players may use worse hands to put a move on us, cos really no matter how wide our open-raising range is we're likely to have missed the flop. And even if they don't the worse hands that fold often have few/dominated outs.

finally...i think it's better not to use PAHUD when starting out. do you agree?

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

Diablo:

1.) Undergrad, rice, where for graduate?

2.) What'd you get on your SAT'S?

3.) Were you popular in HS?

4.) Who are your favorite posters on 2+2?

5.) Do you like black girls? I'm not talking Tyra Banks either..

6.) How much can you bench?

7.) How regularly did you get plastered in College?

8.) Who have you won the most money off of in poker?

9.) Are you a better poker player/theorist than most 2+2 authors?

10.) Who is your fav. 2+2 guy in real life?

11.) Whatever happened to you hanging out with that woman who was a model whose bf died in Phuket? Was she more beautiful than you could ever imagine?

12.) What do you think of me?

13.) Has 2+2 helped your poker skill?

14.) Which poker 2+2er do you hope goes bust?

15.) What is your ideal woman?

16.) Ever been in a fight?

17.) Favorite book/author?

18.) Favorite person on any Real World season?

19.) I dislike your use of the adjective super, I feel its often used by the educated elite/wanna be... Agree/disagree?

20.) What's your style in NLH?

TYVM.

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

EL D,

Thank you for doing this. It takes a lot for me to scream holy crap, but this did it.

1) Do you enjoy your work on the internet?

2) Player you would least want to play HU?

3) Favorite Mainstream concert attended?

4) Favorite Album

5)At what point do you feel as if it is time to take a break.

6) Strasser vs. HEK- your pic

7) Vehicle Chooser or Poker Skins?

8) Suggestions for running cold?

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

1. What is your political affiliation?

2. You would legalize which of the following: gay marriage, marijuana, hard drugs, prostitution

3. What is your favorite kind of wine? (We're talking vinifera, not winery) What is your favorite winery?

4. Rank the following flicks in order of greatness, best coming first: Swingers, Best In Show, Defending Your Life, Waiting for Guffman, The Constant Gardener

5. What is the biggest factor in success for entrepreneurs?

6. Gas station cappucino or Starbucks Uber-Grande cappucino?

7. While real estate is generally considered to have diminished in appeal, what is your opinion of investing in waterfront real estate, namely lake or ocean properties?

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

Masked Man,

Why is OOT going downhill (or all non poker forums on 2+2) ?

What kind of whisky do you recommend for a semi n00b?

Is beetz a tool?

Your thoughts on why most SSNL have troubling moving up in levels?

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

- What kinds of adjustments do you make when there is a good lag at the table, assuming that for whatever reason you cannot or will not change tables?

- What kinds of things do you take in to consideration when deciding how to play a draw?

- Is there any consistantly bad advice you see on these forums you would like to identify & correct? Is there any particularly good advice you think should be more strongly advocated?

- Would you be willing to participate strat advice more often to SSNL?

- What is your opinion on the current state of the SSNL forum or the no-limit strat forums in general?

Thanks.

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

Where did you get the mask and costume from? [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

El D-

Assume I have a year's worth of living expenses in the bank or a CD and I already have a home with a great mortgage I don't want to pay down.

What do you think is the best investment for
10k
50k
100k
200k
500k

What do you think about owning rental properties?

Are there other business opportunities you are interested in besides tech companies with which you have direct involvement?

Thanks

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

[ QUOTE ]
Thanks for doing this, sir. Everyone please be polite and respect our guest.

1. How did you get your start playing online?

2. Biggest tourney cash?

3. Best pizza evah! is topped with what?

[/ QUOTE ]

Thanks for inviting our guest. Nice Job!

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

Given a one time chance at gambling on a 90% winner, what percentage of your bankroll would you wager on it?

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

Most you've won/lost at blackjack in a single session

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

El D:

What is your typical thought process throughout a hand?

Do you think about things systematically or is it more of a random thing?

for example, do you think: Okay, he's bet into me on the turn, my pot odds are xxx, he has yyy in his stack, i think my implied odds are zzz

I find myself on autopilot a lot of the time and don't necessarily think in any stuctured way..hard to explain.

Thanks in advance

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

When moving up what was the hardest level transition to make?

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

el d is my hero.

this is such a sexy thread

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

-Why did you choose Ulysses as your original sn?

-I once saw you post that your job is "actually pretty cool" what is it?

-Am I the only one that doesn't know who you are in real life? If so, please tell me.

-a while back, you commented to bbuddy that you NEVER like to talk about the specific probabilities you assign to a villians hand range. We're you being sarcastic? Or very serious?

-How old are you?

-Ever played wih Chip Reese or Phil Ivey? What do you think about their abilities.

-Who would be sitting at your nightmare six max LIVE NL table?

-Who would be sitting at your nightmare six max ON-LIVE NL table?

-Are you one person? or do multiple people consistantly post under your name.

Really appreciate your taking the time to appear in the well.

salloch

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

does watching GSN high stakes poker make you laugh?

of the players whos play do you respect?

who do you think is gonna go bustttttto

Re: The Well: El Diablo
 

Where are the best hot dogs in California?