elindauer is in the well

[elindauer]

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where and at what limits do you primarily play?

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highest ever: 100/200
highest ever routinely: 30/60 multi-tabled
current: low stakes (cashed out when the UIGE passed, considering getting back in)

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what do you attribute to be the greatest learning tool for your hold em game?

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For MY game... getting into coaching really got me thinking critically about my own game. More recently, that range calculator has allowed me to break down ranges into hand classes, so I can start thinking about playing an entire range instead of just one hand. I feel like those events provided the clearest, short-term leap in my game.

Long term, I'd say the greatest free poker tool available today has to be the free discussion available at 2+2. Read a post, think up an answer, give it, then read the replies. Grunching is definitely the best poker tool. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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what is the most exploitable mistake in today's online environment?

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Tough question. After some thought I've come up with: players playing when under-rolled. It seems to me that short-stacked players donk off their money so routinely and easily that THAT has to be the simplest mistake to exploit.

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what are your thoughts on the LAGTAG style of play(i've read an essay in the past and am curious as to whether or not you still feel the same about it)?

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I think it's really hard to pull off and don't recommend it for most players. I think you can achieve almost as solid a winrate with much less skill by playing tough. I happen to think that "tough" involves quite a few plays that appear to be LAGTAG though...

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what's your favorite nonpoker hobby?

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I can't pick one. I like all kinds of sports (basketball, soccer, skiing, golf) and any game (chess, cards). I don't know if drunken karaoke counts as a hobby, but if it does, it's on my list too. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[elindauer]

I'm playing 1/2 at "West Lake" at UB. If the table is full of 2+2ers, I'll show my cards whenever possible.

-Eric

[James.]

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I'm playing 1/2 at "West Lake" at UB. If the table is full of 2+2ers, I'll show my cards whenever possible.

-Eric

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full tilt and i woudl be there.

[Frond]

Hey E, I checked out your site and it is elly cool. Some great info there esp that piece on SLAG type of play. I suggest anyone to seriously check out your site.

1. So now you are strictly an online player or do you play live at all any more? If so what live limits?

2. Anything you lay on us here about your transformation from what you started as to what you consider yourself now? As did you start as a rock and become a slag etc?

[elindauer]

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1. So now you are strictly an online player or do you play live at all any more? If so what live limits?

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I've never played serious live poker. I probably got in 10 sessions at Ace Point before switching to online. After playing online, live play is just monotonously slow to me, so I only play live with friends where the goal is having fun.

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2. Anything you lay on us here about your transformation from what you started as to what you consider yourself now? As did you start as a rock and become a slag etc?

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It's hard to say... doesn't everyone always think they are playing "tough" poker? In my mind, I went from "tough" to "tougher" to "super-tough" to... [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] :P


If I try to be objective about it, I probably started out a bit too tight / predictable / passive. I played my hands very straight-forwardly. Actually, I should probably go back to that.

These days, I'm pretty loose and aggressive. When I'm playing well, I reign in the aggression enough that I am playing relatively straight-forward. On my bad days, I bluff too much.

-Eric

[ledfoot]

Do you plan to write more article for your web site? It's been months since an update.

[elindauer]

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Do you plan to write more article for your web site? It's been months since an update.

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I prefer not to talk about my site too much, per mod request.

To answer your question though: I think you'll find lots of essay-like posts in the forum. I'm may compile some of that content into more formal essays about game theory / range handling soon.

thanks,
Eric

[KitCloudkicker]

E.-

was just wondering - what inspired you to make a range calculator, how did you go about making it, and how do you use it at your games?

[mwette]

What is a range calculator?

[KitCloudkicker]

well, i should say (if you're still building it) - how will you go about using it in your games?