DeathDonkey is in the well

[DeathDonkey]

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How do deal with being card dead for several or more orbits?Do you play through it, quit for that session, other?
<font color="blue"> Quitting the session wouldn't accomplish anything, I play until I'm tired of playing regardless of card catching ability. I tend to play long live sessions, usually 12 hours straight, I haven't yet been card dead for that whole time [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] </font>

You're in a game with more than one tough players or the dynamic is spazzy (maye consider it loose aggressive) with a lot of preflop raising and three-bets. Would you recommend leaving either or in particular in loose game, stay because the pots get big and that's how you make money? <font color="blue"> All games at 100/200 and above can be described this way, and sometimes they are tight and aggressive, you make money in tougher games by playing better than your opponents after the flop. In a micro stakes game you just have to play better starting hands, eventually everyone figures that out and then the real poker begins. </font>


If you're playing well yet suffering from continous bad beats, do you tough it out or perhaps take a break, table change, or whatever?<font color="blue"> If my image is awful as a result its probably best to quit, as people will play more confidently against me and make my life more miserable. If I think that's ok I tough it out, I've bought in pretty deep a few times but in retrospect I should probably have quit, its hard to play your best game after you lose 50 bb live.</font>


Thanks.

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-DeathDonkey

[Aaron W.]

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You're in a game with more than one tough players or the dynamic is spazzy (maye consider it loose aggressive) with a lot of preflop raising and three-bets. Would you recommend leaving either or in particular in loose game, stay because the pots get big and that's how you make money? <font color="blue"> All games at 100/200 and above can be described this way, and sometimes they are tight and aggressive, you make money in tougher games by playing better than your opponents after the flop. In a micro stakes game you just have to play better starting hands, eventually everyone figures that out and then the real poker begins. </font>

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Sorry that this question is a little bit vague, but what does it really mean to "play better than your opponents postflop"? Is there some sort of compact answer as to what that entails?

[DeathDonkey]

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Which 3-4 2p2ers do you respect the most in regards to their play?

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Ouch, throwing a hardball. For high limit holdem I'll say Schneids, Nikla, and ggbman.

-DeathDonkey

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Who is Nikla?

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Search the archives for that username but he never posted too much strategy. Nightmare to have at the table in a shorthanded game though.

I played EQ, a bit of WoW but was about over that stuff when WoW exploded.

Tipping like that is fine if you are just there for fun but if you are counting your hourly rate that's going to kill it. That stuff adds up and makes a big difference and no dealers expect anything more than what I said though they of course would like it. I'm far from the cheap side of the tipping scale as plenty of people don't tip at all and they are abusive to dealers to boot.

-DeathDonkey

[davelin]

Chris,

Any story behind "Deathdonkey"?

[DeathDonkey]

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Chris,

Any story behind "Deathdonkey"?

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Funny enough, I had this name long before "donkey" was a poker term. Probably 12 years ago, I played Starcraft online with friends, and we had a clan with all funny animal names. I used mine as an email address etc. and it just sort of stuck with me.

-DeathDonkey

[Wetdog]

Do you ever play MTTs or STTs? If so, at what limits?

Can you get Joe to jump in the well?

[sweetjazz]

DD,

Have you ever had any hands that stood out in your memory that indicated you had really made major progress in your poker playing ability? Something like checking or folding a river b/c you knew you were beat, even though your hand was strong in absolute terms, or putting in an extra bet or raise with a modest holding because you knew it was best and that your opponent would pay you off.

Also, now that you have played limit hold em for so long, do you ever find the game becoming boring or repetitive? (If so, how frequently?) If not, what about the game do you believe makes playing for a long time to still be interesting and challenging?

[DeathDonkey]

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DD,

Have you ever had any hands that stood out in your memory that indicated you had really made major progress in your poker playing ability? Something like checking or folding a river b/c you knew you were beat, even though your hand was strong in absolute terms, or putting in an extra bet or raise with a modest holding because you knew it was best and that your opponent would pay you off.

Also, now that you have played limit hold em for so long, do you ever find the game becoming boring or repetitive? (If so, how frequently?) If not, what about the game do you believe makes playing for a long time to still be interesting and challenging?

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The memorable things for me are hands that got posted on 2+2 that I took part in, or times when a very good player has complimented me on something. Can't remember any details but I played a 3 handed 5/10 6m 2+2 game with Sthief / Josh and Newhizzle like a year ago that was so much fun and after it was over Josh told me "I hate playing with you more than anyone else ever" and that made me feel great.

I get bored playing sometimes but not that much. For me even if the decisions are boring, I'm super competitive and never get tired of winning, especially in somewhat tough lineups live. It's not the best idea for my bankroll or variance, but I have an extra pleasure whenever I play well in a tough game. When I do feel that way about limit holdem, I play a different game and remember that I like poker because of all the different things you can do in it.

-DeathDonkey

[aK13]

Music choices?

Sports? Teams?

[DeathDonkey]

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Do you ever play MTTs or STTs? If so, at what limits?

Can you get Joe to jump in the well?

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I played micro STTs when I was first building a BR sometimes for fun and for easy money, but I haven't in a very long time. Same for MTTs really though over the summer I played my first three WSOP events ever (all limit and did poorly) but had a great experience and will play more this summer I'm sure.

Joe did a well post here a couple months ago, should be easy to find. He had a great time I'm sure he would make another.

-DeathDonkey