The Well: Whale

[whodatdare]

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You have a blonde woman inyour left hand, and a brunette in your right hand. Do you choose:

a) left hand
b) right hand
c) put your hands together


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I think you know the answer to this one

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The correct answer is - put a redhead in the mix and we have the makings of a fun party [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

[whodatdare]

Thank you for doing this, BW. It really helps.

What style of player gave you the most fits at the micro levels and what did you do to combat them?

[BalugaWhale]

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What style of player gave you the most fits at the micro levels and what did you do to combat them?

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TAGs did then and TAGs do now. Playing tight and aggressive is the best strategy to win at poker in my opinion. However, at microNL, I rarely found myself at a table with more than 1, maybe 2 TAGs. At 400nl, I am lucky to find myself with 1, maybe 2 donks.
Figuring how best to play at each limit is crucial, because I could take the knowledge I have and probably kill 25nl or 50nl badly if I ever needed to. I can do that because once upon a time, I had to learn that game... now I am just better at hand reading and using the board.

[GtrHtr]

What has been your top month in $ and your worst in the last 6 months and at what levels?

Thanks for doing this too.

[Ratamahatta]

Have you ever folded KK pf?
Have you ever wanted to fold KK pf but still called/pushed because SSNL'ers say you should never fold? [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[Vammakala]

Here are a few:
1) Name what you think are the biggest mistakes by µNL and SSNL players (List all you can think of, preferably in order)
2) Name what you think are the most OVERRATED qualities in µNL and SSNL.
3) If you could teach a mediocre player one thing (and you wanted to) for him to get better and move up, what would it be? (Just one!)
4) When moving up, did you have any trouble handling the increasing amount of munies at stake? How did you handle it? Did you have more pressure playing in the beginning?
5) A player has been stuck at a certain limit for an extended period of time (Say, one year on say... NL50 or NL100). What do you think is the most likely cause of this?
6) How do you think poker will do in the future? Will the NL600 games get so tough it won't be profitable anymore or do you think the poker boom will continue despite the legistation?
7) What are your long term goals with poker - are you going to try to move up to 300/600 games and such or make a decent money, finish studies and start a fulltime job?
8) Now that you're rich, what do you do with say... $10k a month? I figured that 2k goes to living, 5k for buying your family presents and it still leaves 3k extra! And you make even more!

Perhaps I'll leave the rest of the question for my next question post! Cheers!

[BalugaWhale]

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What has been your top month in $ and your worst in the last 6 months and at what levels?

Thanks for doing this too.

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plus 10k at 1/2, although so far this month I am already plus 10k at 1/2 and 2/4 so hopefully this will get me over the hump into 3/6.

I dropped about 10k in 3 weeks once also.

[BalugaWhale]

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Have you ever folded KK pf?
Have you ever wanted to fold KK pf but still called/pushed because SSNL'ers say you should never fold?

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Nope and not really. I have come closer to folding a set cause I was sure the guy had AA than folding KK pf. However, people have tighter ranges pf the lower you go, where nobody squeezes and few people even reraise. Still, KK is too good. I raised with KK the other day, and another guy 3bet, and then an unknown pushed. I called, other guy folded, guy pushing had Q4o. I just try not to be results oriented and remember how many times I've had KK vs AA, cause when I look through my DB i find out that its never anything not statistically likely.

[BalugaWhale]

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Here are a few:
1) Name what you think are the biggest mistakes by µNL and SSNL players (List all you can think of, preferably in order)
2) Name what you think are the most OVERRATED qualities in µNL and SSNL.
3) If you could teach a mediocre player one thing (and you wanted to) for him to get better and move up, what would it be? (Just one!)
4) When moving up, did you have any trouble handling the increasing amount of munies at stake? How did you handle it? Did you have more pressure playing in the beginning?
5) A player has been stuck at a certain limit for an extended period of time (Say, one year on say... NL50 or NL100). What do you think is the most likely cause of this?
6) How do you think poker will do in the future? Will the NL600 games get so tough it won't be profitable anymore or do you think the poker boom will continue despite the legistation?
7) What are your long term goals with poker - are you going to try to move up to 300/600 games and such or make a decent money, finish studies and start a fulltime job?
8) Now that you're rich, what do you do with say... $10k a month? I figured that 2k goes to living, 5k for buying your family presents and it still leaves 3k extra! And you make even more!

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Damn these are a lot of questions. ok here goes:
1) in order:
-cbetting into too many players
-bluffing
-paying off with medium strength hands (this is a handreading problem)
-not value betting the river
-being afraid to raise with draws

2) overrated qualities:
-playing loose OOP. This is absolutely the most common mistake made at uNL and SSNL. Probably the most common mistake in all of poker.
-raising with air
-slowplaying/trapping
-making big laydowns (this is a personal feeling of mine)

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two things I am going to say, I know its cheating:
-manage your bankroll as your top priority
-play tight and raise.

4)I definitely felt more pressure at first. My first all-in at 50nl scared the hell out of me, haha. My first all-in in a 4k pot scared me less I think. Once you have a full bankroll and no longer view it as money, it doesnt really matter what limit you are playing.

5)poor bankroll management, not taking chances, serious leaks in play. You can't move up until you try--i spent less than 10k hands at 100nl, ran well, had like 18 buyins for 1/2, so gave it a shot. Just analyze your play and think about the game, and post a lot. Remember: its not what you think but how you think.

6)I haven't played a ton of 3/6, but I think it probably isn't that much harder than 2/4. I think 5/10 and above may not be worth it (as per Gildwulf's post), but if you practice good game selection, an array of 2/4, 3/6, 5/10, and 10/20 can be extremely profitable.

7) I plan on trying to make 250k in poker, starting my own company, and retiring before I am 30. If I ever need cash, could always just go to vegas no?

8)haha I use it to travel, buy sweet electronics things, take care of my family, and plan for my future and my business' future

whew

[GtrHtr]

1. Age, occupation?

2. Toughest level while moving from 25 to 400?

3. Stats over the last 3 months?