How old are you? Where do you live?

[Vike]

How old are you? Birthday?
44, will be 45 in October

Where do you live?
I am originally from Amsterdam, Holland. I lived in Ft. Lauderdale, FL from 1979-1981, and near Boston, MA since 1981.

Are you married? Girlfriend/Boyfriend? Children?
Married for 10 months, no kids.

Occupation besides poker?
Software Engineer

If studying (or if graduated), what and where?
Undergraduate degree in computer science from Boston University.

Favorite movie?
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

Music?
The Beatles

Best poker accomplishment? How long been playing?
Been playing since late 80's, started playing in casinos in 1991. Started playing on-line in September of 2005.

I do well in live play, i.e. not on-line. I consistently have winning years. However, I have not figured out on-line yet. I am a break even player on-line, I have had some nice upswings only to follow it with bad downswings. Maybe it has to do with the fact that in live play you actually have to handle chips and that gives me an extra few seconds to think which prevents me from doing stupid stuff, instead of just instantly pressing a button. I don't know.

Statically my worst session ever was about 17 years ago in a 4-handed 5 cents - 25 cents limit dealer's choice game. I lost $33 before I won my 1st pot. It took 3 and half hours before I won my 1st hand. That's really hard to do 4-handed. Glad the stakes were so low.

The biggest pot I have ever been involved with betting unit wise was at a $1-$5 7 stud game at a fund raiser. 3 players were rolled (Aces, Tens, and Fours), I had pocket Jacks which tripped up on 4th and filled on 5th. Couple other players had flush/straight draws. And then there was the old man with a pair of Queens. 3rd street was played slowly, 4th, 5th and 6th were all capped 6-7 way action. The old man with a pair of Queens on 5th caught Queens up on 6th and Queens full on the river and scooped a $460 pot. That's a 92 big bet pot. The rolled Tens filled, the other 2 rolled hands did not.

About 5 years ago I had a $10,000 upswing in 2.5 hours in a 7-stud $75-$150 game at Foxwoods. I was down $2800, got hit by the deck for the next 2.5 hours and walked away up $7200.

A few months later in the same $75-$150 game, I went 9 bets on 6th street with a guy who was on full-blown tilt. I had an Ace high straight, he had a pair of Queens and a 4-flush (we had also gone 3 bets on 5th street). He was on such tilt that he wanted just get his last money in on a draw so I kept re-raising his raises until he was all-in (his board could not beat my made hand). I am sure glad he missed his flush on the river, naturally his cards went flying all over the place as he stormed out of the casino.

Other:
I think there are some really good posters here, this by far is my favorite forum. I read often, at least a few times a week. I don't have much time to post plus I am not good at putting poker thoughts in writing. Maybe sometime I'll have more time and I'll try to do my share. Thanks.