The Well: MrWookie

[bravos1]

I have a several possible questions, but I'll just put out these 2 for now.

1. Besides BR, what is the biggest hurdle to overcome moving from say .5/1 to 5/10?

2. What is the biggest misconception about this game that you constantly see aroung here, even for some of the better mocro players/posters?

OK I lied... 2 more

3. What should I drink in Vegas (still waiting [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img])
4. Give us your top 7-10 posters in this forum and why.

[MrWookie]

hows your venture into NL going?
what major adjustments did you have to make?

I'm actually going to put NL on hold for a bit. I want to come back to limit. Partially, that's because I just dropped 10 buy ins and I'm not liking NL all that much right now, but part of it is that I've reached my 20k hands goal and I wanted to come back to limit at that point anyway. I took on NL in no small part as a new challenge for myself, and now I want to challenge myself to play 10/20 6 max. I'll probably go back to NL soon, though, because I'm still not all that good at it, and I want to get better.

My overall results from this stretch are at about 6 PTBB/100 (PTBB = 2x big blind), which is somewhat modest by the standards of most veterans, but it's pretty incredible for a new player, especially considering that it includes a 17 buy in downswing disaster and the 10 buy in cooler. I'd say about 10 or 12 of those buy ins (total) were from just atrocious play on my part. Some were from losing coinflips with strong draws, and some were just standard beats when holding the best hand. NL can be hugely profitable, and with variance relatively lower for a comparable dollar earn in limit. However, if you play it too much like limit, you will eat it hard.

I'd say the biggest adjustment is making big laydowns. Everyone scolds you in limit for making them, but they're essential in NL. If you've made it past the flop, you need to start looking at top pair like you do 3rd pair, 2 pair like 2nd pair, and a set like you do top pair. Also, flush draws play more like gutshot draws in limit: sometimes you have odds, sometimes you have implied odds, but by no means are you always seeing the river. I was thinking about writing up something more extensive about this later as I get more experience.

1. biggest downswing in bb over any stretch of limits?

About 400-450 BB at Absolute 2/4 6 max. I lost a couple thousand hands of history in a hard drive crash, so I'm not sure exactly. I came pretty close to losing my faith in poker.

2. do you tilt like me? have you ever damaged any personal property?

I tilt, yes, but I frequently quit and have a drink before I really start losing. I've never broken anything. I stop at pounding my fist on my desk and yelling at my monitor.

3. what is the drunkest you have ever been and what happened?

I think that would be right near the end of my senior year in college. I was partying with some friends playing some drinking games and having a good time. After I was already pretty drunk, I mixed myself a margarita in my liter stein that contained the better part of a fifth of tequila, thinking that it'd just last me the rest of night. Instead, my friends decided to go to another party literally right after I finished making it. Rather than taking it with me, I just downed it. I remember walking around the party not seeing well enough to identify any faces. This was at the exact opposite corner of campus from where my dorm was. Somehow, though, I made it back. I flopped down on my couch, and the girls in my suite just came out and gawked at me, not really sure what to do. Somehow, another female friend of mine caught word (I may have sent her a drunken IM, I'm not sure) and came over. She held the garbage can I puked into for the next couple hours AND emptied it out so our suite wouldn't smell in the morning while my suitemates looked on in horror. THAT's a good friend. I was still somewhat drunk the next morning.

4. do people ever say you look like adam corolla?

No, and I'm not sure who he is, but I get Nicholas Cage a lot.

5. if you were forced to trade lives with any other 2+2er who you've never met, and you'd never be able to change back, whose life would you choose?

El Diablo's life is tempting, but I'm not sure I'm meant for the balla lifestyle. I'll have to think about this some more and get back to you.

6. do you think question #5 will be the best question asked in this thread?

No, it's kinda vague.

[Jaran]

Assuming for the moment the veracity of clairvoiance, how would the observance of one such endowed effect Schroedinger's cat?

-Jaran

[Aaron W.]

1) What is the toughest poker lesson that you have learned?
2) What is the toughest poker lesson that you have failed to learn?
3) What is real life like for you? Family? Job? Hobbies? Other random things?
4) What are the religious/spiritual views or philosophies?
5) Who else would you like to see in the well?

[RunDownHouse]

First I thought you were married, then I thought you were a college student. So what do you do when you're not pokering?

[BobJoeJim]

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Assuming for the moment the veracity of clairvoiance, how would the observance of one such endowed effect Schroedinger's cat?

-Jaran

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Do you think THIS will be the best question asked in this thread? I do.

[MrWookie]

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I like this idea in SSNL. My questions:

(1) Can you think of a compelling reason to continue grinding up through the ranks in limit, when it seems like every fish in the sea is schooling over to NL?
(2) What were the results in this hand
(3) Why does a poker publishing company have an Automobiles forum?

<font color="white"> (and I think you meant to write "threw" instead of "through") </font>

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1. I think limit is a more robust game, really. It's more condusive to the longterm survival of bad players, and it's not broken by short stacking. Also, I'd say it's a little easier to learn with more available literature. OTOH, a brand new player can short stack his way to success without too much learning at all. Giving NL a shot is great for your poker playing, since it forces you to learn new things. You might find you like it, or it might better suit your style.

2. I'm away from my home comp with PT right now, but I know I took it down without a showdown, and I know at least one of them folded the flop. I think it was both, but I might have had to fire of a turn bet at one of them.

3. They pay 2+2 good money for the privilege, and 2+2 would be foolish to say no.

<font color="white">And good catch. </font>

[Marquis]

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I like teaching poker, skiing, physics, dancing, or juat about anything else.

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Which do you prefer:

Limit or NL?

Bumps or steeps?

Classical or quantum?

Tap or ballet?

Paper or plastic?

[MrWookie]

Airplane?

I think the old woman was clearly fluent in jive, so she gave the more believalbe performance.

NL Skill?

I think NL is a somewhat lower variance form of poker compared to limit, one that rewards skill more. You get to punish that guy who tries to draw out on you that much more. However, tournament poker is different. When short stacked, it's much more likely his play was, in fact, correct. Short stacked late tournament NL is indeed higher variance and higher luck, but deep stacked cash games are very skill-oriented. As for getting started, I'd read HOH 1 and GSIH and then start playing some hands as you read the digested posts in SSNL. Then read the Little Green Book, play some more, and read more SSNL. Then read NLTP, and keep playing. NLTP is too difficult and abstract be a good resource for beginners.

Treated my drinking problem?

Yep!

How do you calculate the mother f@#$@# Henry's law constant of N2O into my amine solution at 1 atm?!

Henry's law? Hell, I haven't worked with that since my freshman year in college, or possibly my sophomore year in high school. If ever. Either I didn't know it, or I never learned it. I can't help you, sorry, but I may look it up if I get bored.


1. Besides BR, what is the biggest hurdle to overcome moving from say .5/1 to 5/10?

Hmmm. I'd say it's getting value from marginal hands. At lower limits with bad players in big, multiway pots, you can nutpeddle and get paid off. As you move up, you get (somewhat) fewer people per pot, and they will start paying you off (a little) less. Consequently, you not only need to get more value from hands like 2nd pair, but as the number of players decreases, those marginal hands start increasing in value.

2. What is the biggest misconception about this game that you constantly see aroung here, even for some of the better mocro players/posters?

Hmmm, there are a few things I could nominate:

"You're WA/WB"
"6 max is a whole different kind of poker"
That 3betting a flush draw out of position with a slim equity edge is better than taking increased implied odds when you hit
Bluffing never works in the micros
"Party is rigged"

I'm not sure which I'd pick for my final answer.

3. What should I drink in Vegas (still waiting )

I still don't remember you telling me what kinds of things you liked. You like beer? Whiskey? Gin? Rum?

4. Give us your top 7-10 posters in this forum and why.

This one I'll come back to in a bit.

[kumarshah]

Do you play FullTime now? If no, do you plan to in the future?

How did you start out in Poker?

What do you think are the most frequest mistakes at ML?

How do you feel about cbetting?