The Well: Adanthar (1/16/07)

[illini43]

I would also be interested in your "poker-life" story.

I have always enjoyed reading your posts and I think it is interesting learning about the past and development process of good players (and teachers). Maybe it's just the fact I'm a history major, but I would like to hear how you got started, etc.

Thanks!

[TheNewf]

Any new updates on how much your Cake poker % is worth? Do you see yourself becoming mostly a NL cash player in 2007? btw it was good to meet you at PCA, I think we have very similar styles, I basically find myself agreeing with every strategy post of yours that I've read.

[registrar]

Is it wrong of me to have a hard on for Putin because he's just so incredibly cool and monstrous?

Was Stalin good for Russia?

Favoutite book, film, play and band?

My best mate, the best lawyer in our year, quit Law to become a primary school teacher and is now really happy, although, to be frank, he has lost much of his mental acuity. Would you rather be a happy pig or a discontented Socrate?

As you are level-headed, where do you find your 'buzz' in poker?

[adanthar]

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after you are sure you're a significant long term winner.

[/ QUOTE ]How can a player be certain he or she is a long term winner? I see posts all the time from players who started with $50, ran it up to several thousand, and then went busto. Some of this was bad BR management, but others are clearly not good players (even I can tell). Is even a years worth of consistent within-bankroll play enough to be certain that a player is a long term winner?

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Short version: if you post hands here and I don't flame you, you probably don't suck [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Long version: the thing is, the long term is freaking long. On the one hand, Daniel Negreanu probably hasn't played enough lifetime hands to know he's even a winner at poker, much less the stakes he played (this is only a mild exaggerration.) On the other, he is clearly really good at poker. So, overall...I'd say when you can look at the table you're at and say "ok, this guy sucks, this guy's OK but makes bad pushes, this guy overplays top pair..." and be right, you've arrived.

Unless you're deluding yourself, in which case, umm, running hot at the right times is always good.

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Is it wrong of me to have a hard on for Putin because he's just so incredibly cool and monstrous?

Wait until the gulags start up again (probably when his successor turns out to be evil and not just dictatorial), that should be fun.

Was Stalin good for Russia?

I could strain myself and find a "cancer killing AIDS" metaphor somewhere, but really...no

Favoutite book, film, play and band?

I always hate these because I always leave something out...I'll just say I read a lot of sci-fi/fantasy/horror, watch tons of cheesy sci-fi, too, and listen to Scandinavian black metal. Yes, I'm weird.

My best mate, the best lawyer in our year, quit Law to become a primary school teacher and is now really happy, although, to be frank, he has lost much of his mental acuity. Would you rather be a happy pig or a discontented Socrate?

If we're talking hypothetically, obviously, happy anything > discontented anything. IRL...I'd rather dump both and be a space pirate. I hear that pays well.

As you are level-headed, where do you find your 'buzz' in poker?

Level headedness only goes so far when you win $100,000 dollars in one night, man.

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[jgunnip]

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Irieguy in STT's posted a long thread about this that, unfortunately, I don't remember the title of...it's worth trying to find it, though.


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Holla

[BadgerPro]

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Irieguy in STT's posted a long thread about this that, unfortunately, I don't remember the title of...it's worth trying to find it, though.


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Holla

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I hadn't read that post before. Glad it got brought back up as it's a very good post. Short too. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[lacky]

what are the main holes in my game? (joke, just asked cause you cant say "dude, I don't know who you are")

is it wrong for my to hate you when you talk about bad runs, when I know you play less and make more/hour at mtt's than anyone other than Jamie Gold?

50 sng's played in the last year, over or under?

whats the % breakdown these days on lawyering/playing poker? (ie you ever go get that "real" job?)

Steve

[adanthar]

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is it wrong for my to hate you when you talk about bad runs, when I know you play less and make more/hour at mtt's than anyone other than Jamie Gold?

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Well, keep in mind that because I play less, my bad runs last longer [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

I am putting in serious hours this month and from now on to play cash, though.

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50 sng's played in the last year, over or under?

whats the % breakdown these days on lawyering/playing poker? (ie you ever go get that "real" job?)

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I'm proud to say my '06 SNG records break down as follows:
-13 actual NL SNG's
-3 HORSEaments
-2 live SNG's
-4 UB blackjackaments

My goal for this year is to play 13 less SNG's.

Job/poker %...technically, my job (at an immigration non-profit, I've had it for about eight months now) is ~4 hours a day, but except for client interviews I do about 5 minutes of actual work, so, 10/90 or so? Dunno. My goal for this year is for it to be 0/100 Real Soon Now.

[Dominic]

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what are the main holes in my game? (joke, just asked cause you cant say "dude, I don't know who you are")

is it wrong for my to hate you when you talk about bad runs, when I know you play less and make more/hour at mtt's than anyone other than Jamie Gold?

50 sng's played in the last year, over or under?

whats the % breakdown these days on lawyering/playing poker? (ie you ever go get that "real" job?)

Steve

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Steve, you don't have any holes in your game! [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

[JP OSU]

What did you score on the LSAT?