The well: mrTEA

[mrTEA]

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 Tuesday, 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 Tuesday? and the voice from in the well shouts back: Because on Tuesday, it’s your day in the well .

I just had my first 100k month and 2p2 has been pretty good to me so I thought this would be a good opportunity to give back. I also thought today was Thursday and was freaking out because I have a big paper due on Friday, but now that it's only Wednesday I got a whole 38 hours. If there's not a lot of interest no big deal, mods feel free to lock/delete the thread.

[DanJ.]

wat stakes u play?
Your history?
How old are you?

[delta k]

Advice to fight through a downswing? Ideas about shot taking?

[mrTEA]

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Advice to fight through a downswing? Ideas about shot taking?

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With downswings, the best advice is to tighten up. When you're on a downswing, you're on perma-tilt and often start playing way too many hands. You also think people are out to get you when your cbets get raised and you start getting 3-bet a lot. Don't try to play back when 5 different people are 3 betting you, as you don't really have much reason to believe any1's 3betting you light.

I take shots when I'm running well/playing well. I try not to play high when I'm on tilt.

[orange]

where do you live?

some influencial posters in your development as a player?

any poker coaches?

thoughts on the games today and perhaps how they are getting more difficult?

toughest opponent (s)?

your favorite live poker experience/hand?

[CaucasianAsian29]

How do you like UCSD?

What are somethings besides playing tight and in position that a player can do to avoid marginal situations?(sorry this question is kinda broad, maybe you could just talk about marginal situations)

[mrTEA]

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How do you like UCSD?

What are somethings besides playing tight and in position that a player can do to avoid marginal situations?(sorry this question is kinda broad, maybe you could just talk about marginal situations)

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Remember that when situations are close (between calling and folding) your action doesn't really matter that much.

The most marginal situation I can think of right now are checking flops in reraised pots when you flopped top pair good kicker. For instance when button raises and you 3bet ATs in the BB and flop comes AQ4 you check call a bet, and on the turn you check call another bet.

There's certainly places for plays like these but make sure you're not inducing bluffs that you're gonna have trouble calling later.

[The White Rabbit]

Can you explain your whole thought process during a hand?

How to get better at hand reading?

[mrTEA]

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where do you live?

some influencial posters in your development as a player?

any poker coaches?

thoughts on the games today and perhaps how they are getting more difficult?

toughest opponent (s)?

your favorite live poker experience/hand?

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There are way too many to name, but diablo, KKF, cero_z, GOG, matt flynn, ml4l. I also owe a lot of my game to the guys in IRC like mason, jfish, cts, kerpowski, flamez, triumph, and MDMA.

Yeah games are definately more difficult now than they were 6 months ago I guess. I don't really have any PartyPoker experience though so I don't really have any idea in terms of comparisons.

Straate, tcorbin
I never really stay in games with a ton of good regulars though. I think game selection is my strongest asset.

Live Poker sucks. Im pretty sure my vpip is like 50 because I get so bored. But I did have set over set vs one guy but he sucked out and hit quads for about 1k. Hopefully I have better stories after this weekend.

[NL Newbie]

Daily shedule? Why arnt you loggign 12hour days and earning milllions whilst you can?