The Well: Velocity

Velocity · #1 02-23-2007, 03:54 PM

I'm going to be taking a break from 2p2/poker for about a month, and when I come back I'll making the decision whether poker will be my profession or just a hobby. I feel like I've assimilated quite a bit of knowledge over the past few years and want to pass it on before I go away and possibly lose much of it.

If you aren't familiar how well threads work,
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A stranger is being shown around a village that he has just become part of. He is shown a well and his guide says "On any day except Wednesday, you can shout any question down that well and you'll be told the answer" .

The man seems pretty impressed, and so he shouts down: Why not on Wednesday? and the voice from in the well shouts back: Because on Wednesday, it’s your day in the well .

Well this is my Wednesday in The Well which will consist of this weekend.

You may ask me any question about whatever you like, related to poker or not. I will answer to the best of my abilities.

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Velocity

Austiger · #2 02-23-2007, 03:55 PM

Cool.

Please talk about your earn rate over the last year or so, i.e. where you played and what levels and what your ROI was and is before and after the legislation.

Green Kool Aid · #3 02-23-2007, 03:56 PM

What games are you currently playing?

Who have you learned the most from?

How many tables do you play for sngs? Continuous or sets?

DevinLake · #4 02-23-2007, 03:57 PM

If you feel you need to take a significant break from poker, what makes you feel you would like to do it as a profession?

loxxii · #5 02-23-2007, 03:58 PM

how do you feel about not taking every +EV SB push?

eurythmech · #6 02-23-2007, 04:13 PM

What levels have you played during your career?

Did you experience any "humps" in terms of understanding / playing ability that took a while to overcome at some of them?

Mingdu · #7 02-23-2007, 04:14 PM

What are your top three "revelations" that made you a better poker player?

Velocity · #8 02-23-2007, 04:16 PM

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Cool.

Please talk about your earn rate over the last year or so, i.e. where you played and what levels and what your ROI was and is before and after the legislation.

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About a year ago 6 tabled continuously the party 109 speeds. After 6 months of playing my ROI was 8% over 7000 or so tournaments. I think this comes out to about $100/hr once rakeback is factored in. I moved to cash right before the doomsday, and haven't really played SNGs post-Frist. Nowadays I'm playing .5/1 NL HU and 6max mainly on full tilt for 4ptbb/100 8 tabling (when 6max) for around $60/hr.

Velocity · #9 02-23-2007, 04:19 PM

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What games are you currently playing?

Who have you learned the most from?

How many tables do you play for sngs? Continuous or sets?

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I play .5/1 NL 6max and .5/1 NL HU.

Going to take the easy way out and say Eastbay. Getting SNGPT fixed more of my leaks than any one poster did.

When I played seriously I 6 tabled continuously, but if I played SNGs now I think I would 12 table continuously.

Velocity · #10 02-23-2007, 04:27 PM

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If you feel you need to take a significant break from poker, what makes you feel you would like to do it as a profession?

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I enjoy playing, enjoy the lifestyle I get to lead (sleeping a bunch), and think it would be hard to go to work with a degree for less $/hr than I made when I was 19. I feel like I am becoming a compulsive gambler as time passes, and it has begun to consume my life, so I am taking a break. If I can come back and focus on it more as a job rather than satisfying my impulse to gamble than it is a job that offers more flexibility and better pay than most jobs I can get in the next few years after I graduate.