[elindauer]

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1. What have been your biggest winning and losing days ever?

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losing: March 3rd, 2007
winning: May 15th, 2006

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2. If you quit your job today and played full-time for one year, how much do you think you could realistically make?

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I think I probably would make something like 40K. In my current financial situation, I probably would not play a lot of hands.

I would guess that it's realistic that I could make something in the low six figures. I'd just have to play more than I care to.

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3. Is your girlfriend / now-wife supportive of your poker-playing? Was she equally supportive when you were playing full time (e.g. without a 'real' job)?

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Incredibly supportive. She became immune to the daily financial swings and actually helped me stay focused on the big picture during downswings more than once. She's not a bad poker player herself, actually, though she lacks experience.

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4. You worked for a NY hedge fund, quit and played poker for a while, and now are back on Wall Street. What was it that persuaded you to jump back into high finance?

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They made me an offer I couldn't refuse.

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All monetary considerations aside, Was there some aspect of full-time poker that you found emotionally unfulfilling?

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Yes, though that isn't the reason I changed gears. Poker is one of many jobs that really doesn't contribute anything to the world at large. I'm ok with that for now... my plan is to get to retirement any way I can, then look at making the world a better place. I think that works out better for both me and the world then, say, going to work for a non-profit right now. We'll see though.

My best idea for changing the world is to work to tweak the financial underpinnings of our society to one that doesn't provide an economic reward for, for lack of a better term, [censored] other people. It's a new kind of economy that mixes capitalism with socialism.

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5. What is your education background?

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BS in Math from MIT.

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6. Although it seems you have been a winning player from the outset, what do you think was your biggest weakness or leak, historically, how did you come to realize it, and what did you do to fix it?

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I'd say that my biggest weakness was and probably continues to be that I assume my opponents know what I am doing. Maybe I make a free showdown turn raise with middle pair, and they 3-bet me. Now I get it in my head that maybe he KNEW I was doing that, and is now trying to resteal, so I guess I should show this down...

Basically, overthinking / getting too tricky against weak opponents.

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7. Ever thought about making the ever-so-popular LHE-to-NL jump?

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You know, it seems like every time I play NL I crush it. I think it's hard for me to give up limit though with so much invested.

My recent foray into game theory though has me feeling that I could apply those concepts to NL and come up with a much bigger edge. So I'm starting to think that I can transfer a lot of my limit understanding to NL. That feeling makes me a lot more interested in making this leap.

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8. Who were you on Party (pre UIGEA)?

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elindauer


thanks,
Eric