ZOMG - Gramps Only Took 3.75 Years to Make 1600 Posts! - Page 3

The Yugoslavian · #1 11-02-2007, 01:51 PM

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Spoiler alert: Gramps is not 50 years old like i originally assumed.

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Yeah, he's older, [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img].

Oh, one question gramps, how many times did you cry yourself to sleep after I 150% dominated you in the opening round of STTFHUCII en route to a world title belt?

Oh, and would you consider yourself the best STT player at bubble situations with two players already in and decision to hero?

Yugoslav

DevinLake · #2 11-02-2007, 02:32 PM

Gramps, you've been at sngs a long time. Most people bounch around to different forms of poker. MTTs, Cash, PLO, etc. Have you done this? If not, how do you handle the mundaness of the same thing day after day?

I know I got really bored with sngs and played like <5000 lifetime.

The Yugoslavian · #3 11-02-2007, 04:39 PM

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Gramps, you've been at sngs a long time. Most people bounch around to different forms of poker. MTTs, Cash, PLO, etc. Have you done this? If not, how do you handle the mundaness of the same thing day after day?

I know I got really bored with sngs and played like <5000 lifetime.

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What's really weird is that not only does he just play STTs, and is an old man, he is a very cool guy. W T F

gramps - how many STTs have you played lifetime?

Yugoslav

Gramps · #4 11-02-2007, 05:57 PM

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Gramps, you've been at sngs a long time. Most people bounch around to different forms of poker. MTTs, Cash, PLO, etc. Have you done this? If not, how do you handle the mundaness of the same thing day after day?

I know I got really bored with sngs and played like <5000 lifetime.

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That's a good question. I'm the dude who used to play minesweeper an hour/day in college. I can still play Free Cell for an hour or two straight if I'm bored. I mean, SNGs are roughly the same thing over and over but each decision within still has some newness/uniqueness to it.

I usually devise rough goals for the year (adjusting as necessary) and once I invest a lot of energy in attaining said goals, I'm ready to turn on the computer in the morning (or afternoon). I play some MTTs from time-to-time, but I really hate getting stuck on the computer for hours at a time, and/or grinding for hours and getting nothing in return stings my competitive side a little to deeply. I've thought about switching to cash a few times, and have played maybe 5,000 hands of NL$ and think I could do well at it, but I don't think I'd want to play very high stakes, and maybe I could make more $$ but a realistic chance no, and if it ain't broke and I'm not bored with SNGs then I'm not gonna fix it, I guess.

BTW, yes I think I'm a freak for not getting bored with SNGs. Don't know why I am, am glad to be it, but yes it seems pretty unusual.

Gramps · #5 11-02-2007, 05:43 PM

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Spoiler alert: Gramps is not 50 years old like i originally assumed.

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Yeah, he's older, [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img].

Oh, one question gramps, how many times did you cry yourself to sleep after I 150% dominated you in the opening round of STTFHUCII en route to a world title belt?

Oh, and would you consider yourself the best STT player at bubble situations with two players already in and decision to hero?

Yugoslav

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First question, since you bring it up, I still have a box of tissues on my nightstand...

Second question, if I'm shortstacked, but cover one of said all-in players, I like my chances of making a good decision.

AMT · #6 11-02-2007, 02:32 PM

should i drop out of school? I hate this [censored].

and congrats, love reading your posts and feel that your as big an asset to the forums as any. Also a pleasure meeting you briefly at the WSOP this year.

hoyasnaxa · #7 11-02-2007, 03:24 PM

You have always been one of the best and classiest posters. Keep it up

rakemeplz · #8 11-02-2007, 03:26 PM

Tack this on to devins post: what percentage of your poker income is from stts?

Also, if you feel comfortable answering, do you make more from bonuses and stuff or winnings? I know this information is sort of out there anyways.

What common mistakes do good regulars make at high limits?

Thanks for your posts they are all gold, I should be saving more of them.

Gramps · #9 11-02-2007, 06:20 PM

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Tack this on to devins post: what percentage of your poker income is from stts?

Also, if you feel comfortable answering, do you make more from bonuses and stuff or winnings? I know this information is sort of out there anyways.

What common mistakes do good regulars make at high limits?

Thanks for your posts they are all gold, I should be saving more of them.

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I think it's on pace to be about 50/50 this year, which is more winning from non-RB/bonus than I expected this year. The game on Stars & FT have been kind of crappy lately, so maybe RB/bonus will eclipse by year's end. I'm 0 for 2 on $10k/$10,000 Euro MTTs this year, right around even for online MTTs, maybe up $1k in cash, so that would mean STTs account for > 100% of my winnings. Yea SNGs.

Hard to say if there are any common mistakes from "good regulars," I think it mostly comes down to understanding wha other people are doing/thinking, which gives illumination on what their ranges are, and how they will perceive your actions. I'd say what good players at lower levels who haven't been able to move up might struggle more with is playing against people who understand their ranges and adjust to LP/SB pushbotting ways. There's a certain cat-and-mouse game that goes on with that that can be difficult to learn.

Any regular making common mistakes at high limits on a consistent basis won't be a regular for long. It's really, really, really tough these days (really). I just wish Stars took a page out of Full Tilt's book and started making its subsidized pros play more SNGs. Though the FT games are getting [censored] too since only the better pros have been dabbling lately.

Gramps · #10 11-02-2007, 06:05 PM

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should i drop out of school? I hate this [censored].

and congrats, love reading your posts and feel that your as big an asset to the forums as any. Also a pleasure meeting you briefly at the WSOP this year.

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I never liked memorizing/studying in school, but I liked school, loved college life, and liked learning/taking classes in a bunch of different disciplines, so I'm probably the wrong person to ask. Having a degree from somewhere can be a nice form of "credibility" to have in life, kind of retarded that you need that, but a lot of people give you more the benefit of the doubt in things when you have a degree, so unless you have a ready "Plan B" that school is holding you back from, sacking up and getting through probably ain't a bad idea.