[Tom Bayes]

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Why don't you play 5CD ring games?

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I like tournament poker better. I like the "play until you win or your chips are gone" format of tournaments. Winning a poker tournament is more fun than anything I can do in a cash game. I'm better at tourneys than ring games.

That being said, cash games are probably a truer test of poker skill and a better place to make consistent money.

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Do you think that someone could play draw for a living?

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I don't think there are enough draw games at a high enough level to make a decent living off of them exclusively.

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Do you think that draw will become popular again?

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No [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] It will remain a niche game. Holdem is a much better game for casual players and fish, which in turn makes holdem a much better game for the sharks, which leaves draw to poker weirdos like me.

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Do you think badugi will become popular?

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No [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] It will remain a niche game.

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You vs. Redskelt, who wins and how badly?

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I don't know who Redskelt is.

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Can you play razz for a living?

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The answer is probably similar to draw in that there won't be enough juicy games at a high enough level to be able to play razz (exclusively) on a professional basis. If I had made the decision to try to play poker professionally or semi-professionally, I would have to have made a lot of different decisions. Instead of indulging in a wide variety of games, which I found interesting and entertaining and mildly profitable, I would have concentrated on a narrow fish-filled niche. In my case, I'd probably have concentrated on NLHE SNGs, but that would have been a boring grind, so I didn't do it.

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Why don't you play more stud?

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I like draw more and flop games are easier to multi-table. I like to usually play 2-4 MTTs at once and it's hard to play stud well when you are constantly looking away to look at another table.


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Can you teach me to play stud for a living?

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LOL.

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Can you just give me some money, dude?

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Check your Neteller account for my p2p transfer to you.