The Well: TheMetetron

[goofyballer]

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Sorry if this is standard:

CO (25/12) raises to 4BB and it is folded to you in the BB. What is your calling range, what is your 3betting range?

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Feel free to answer Metetron, but as an aside I think talking about general theory in these threads is much more useful than asking about what actions a player chooses given an exact situation, especially preflop. There are lots of viable preflop strategies in NLHE, and the difference in EV between playing, say, your range of hands there vs. mine or OP's range is probably fairly small. What makes a huge difference is how well you play those hands after the flop.

[Syntec87]

lol.

[TheMetetron]

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Sorry if this is standard:

CO (25/12) raises to 4BB and it is folded to you in the BB. What is your calling range, what is your 3betting range?

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Feel free to answer Metetron, but as an aside I think talking about general theory in these threads is much more useful than asking about what actions a player chooses given an exact situation, especially preflop. There are lots of viable preflop strategies in NLHE, and the difference in EV between playing, say, your range of hands there vs. mine or OP's range is probably fairly small. What makes a huge difference is how well you play those hands after the flop.

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Well said. Also, some people I play with know my name on various sites so I'd prefer to avoid anything too specific int his thread.

[MoP_86]

how do you feel about coaches?

Are they worth it to push your game passed the next level or can anything and everything be learned on your own?

[TheMetetron]

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how do you feel about coaches?

Are they worth it to push your game passed the next level or can anything and everything be learned on your own?

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I never had one though I clearly coach myself now. I think some people never need them and these are usually the type of people to be successful at high stakes. I mean you can clearly figure everything out by yourself without a coach and for some people that is fine. Others really benefit from a coach both for accelerating their learning and keeping them on task with the improvement of their game. It's a personal choice and both are valid.

[MoP_86]

what do you charge?

[Keyser.]

you skipped my questions. no way I'm hiring you now ;-)

[TheMetetron]

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How much time do you spend away from the tables working on your game? Reviewing PT etc? Do you have a specific way you like to review your sessions?

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Not much. It's never really been my thing. At least not for a long time. I will go into PT and look up tough hands sometimes or go through a specific opponents hands/stats if I am having trouble with him.

[TheMetetron]

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You live in Argentina, correct? Do you have to still pay US taxes? Do you pay taxes there too? Basically just explain your tax situation as I would [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] to live abroad.

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I pay USA taxes. I don't pay taxes in Argentina. I get approximately ~$18k knocked off my USA tax bill for living abroad plus no state income tax.

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favorite movie?

favorite book?

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I suck at picking favorite anythings. For books, I'm currently trying to read some Spanish novels and short stories and I find them very interesting.

[Xanta]

Pretty closely related to what was already said, but Richard Feynman was asked this question about science I've always loved it so I'll go ahead.

Say the world gets nuked tomorrow and all knowledge of poker strategy are lost. The world starts again and no one has any clue what they are doing. If you had one sentence to give to a friend in the future to summarize everything you know right now, what would it be?