AJ:
"1. How did you get your start playing online?"
After playing live poker for about a year, I put $500 in PartyPoker in late 2003. I lost it playing SNGs. I then put $500 more in and started playing $1/2 LHE (I was playing $15/30 LHE and $5/5 NLH live then) and jumped up a level about every week until I was playing Party $15/30.
"2. Biggest tourney cash?"
About $10k in some online tourney. I barely ever play tourneys. (My overall record / ROI in trounaments is sick good, though, I just generally find them to be dumb.)
"3. Best pizza evah! is topped with what?"
Well, my standard pizza is sausage, pepperoni and onions - sometimes extra cheese. But my favorite pizza ever is probably the Gino's East Sausage pizza (chicago). I also like the Trentino from Amici's (SF) a lot.
Clayton:
"Please list your attributes and accomplishments in regards to advanced no limit hold'em play such that you are allowed to post this."
After playing LHE for a year or so, I started playing live $1/2/2 NLHE (started playing w/ $300-500 buyin, after I became a regular in that game we played with stacks up to about $5,000) and $5/5 in late 2003. I did well in those games and for about a year or two played a decent amount of live poker in the biggest regular games at the time - $10/20 at Commerce, $10/10/20 in SF, and $10/20 in Bellagio. I won in all those games. I started playing online NL in 2004, in Party $200 and UB/Stars $1000 games. I played a good amount of $10/25 on UB (crushed the game) and a good amount of $25/50 (beat the game, but didn't make a ton), and a little $50/100 (good record, but played very little). I then hit a sick downswing (thread called Dammit in BBV has my sickest night) in the $25/50 at the start of this year and got super busy with work and didn't play for a few months. I started playing a little again in June/July,, putting a few K into Party. I do this just for fun right now. I don't think my edge is big enough in the bigger games to play the way I am able to right now - I can only play for fixed periods of times at specific times with no game selection.
I'm pretty confident about my edge in those games based on the time I've put in those games playing myself and real-time sweating/coaching guys like bruiser/strassa/etc (see General thread "2+2 Coaching" for my roster of "students") so when I have more time and more flexibility, I'll probably play them again.
There are a couple of threads in HSNL that have links to some of my more detailed posts there.
ChipStorm:
"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?"
Play tight. Don't tilt. Be patient. Try to play every hand the best you can.
nyc:
"1. Do you play live? If so, at what types of limits?"
See above for my live play history. I haven't played live for a while (about a year), but I love it. I hope to be less busy w/ work in a few months, at which point I will definitely play more live. $10/20 to $50/100 is what I'll play with stacks up to about $25k.
"2. What was the biggest hurdle for you when moving from small --> mid --> high stakes?"
Being comfortable with the size of wagers and dealing with far more aggressive players.
"3. Best seafood in NYC? SF?"
Aquagrill, Aqua.
"4. Favorite wine under $25?"
Wow, so much great wine under $25. I'll toss out a few from my local store (klwines.com), but could go on forever. Frog's Leap Napa Zinfandel - $20. D Cubed Napa Zinfandel - $20. Ridge Paso Robles Zinfandel - $25. Handley Anderson Valley Pinot Noir - $20. David Bruce Sonoma Pinot Noir - $25. Miner Family Napa Syrah - $20.
ana:
"Do you have the most posts? If not, who does? "
I think I have the most on a single id. I think jakethebake has more, as might others w/ multiple ids.
stealthy:
"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."
Focus more.
Isura:
"1. What is the toughest NLHE game you have ever played in? Can you name and/or describe some of the players? "
UB 25/50 w/ Mahatma (Prahlad), GiftofGab, DaWiz (Bobby Hoff), GoinBroke (Gabe Thaler), purplesomething (Patri Friedman), MagicPitch when not tilting (David Benyamine) - some of those games I used to play in regularly sucked super hard.
"2. What poker players have you learned the most (about poker) from? "
GiftofGab. He and I started moving up NL ranks around the same time and in a lot of ways learned together and from each other.
"3. What do you think is better for building a thick and strong lower body: soccer or weight training? "
I'm sure weight training is, but I don't enjoy lower body weight workouts so I always do as little as I can get away with. So I've seen far better results from soccer.
ana:
"Are you that kid pictured in the link in your profile? "
