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02-23-2007, 03:54 PM
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The Well: Velocity
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, [ QUOTE ] 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. [/ QUOTE ] Velocity 
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02-23-2007, 04:13 PM
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Re: The Well: Velocity
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?
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02-23-2007, 04:48 PM
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Re: The Well: Velocity
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What are your top three "revelations" that made you a better poker player? [/ QUOTE ] the three in mentioned in replying to eurym probly. thought em2 talking about his thoughts on the importance of being the preflop agressor was pretty big. basically in cash games with position you reraise a lot and oop you fold to raises.
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02-23-2007, 04:43 PM
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Re: The Well: Velocity
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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? [/ QUOTE ] I have played SNGs from 5.50 on pacific in my earliest days to taking shots at the 215s and 530s on party just before the fristing. The highest I ever played regularly was the 109s. Cash games I have played from .05/.10 to .5/1 live and .05/.10 to 25/50 NL and .5/1 to 10-20 limit online. I only ever shortstacked 25/50 and 10/20 NL, the highest my regular game in cash has been was 1-2, but full stacked up to 5-10 occasionally. As for humps, first realizing at cash that you can completely pwn people in position was big. Also, when in SNGs when I realized the difference between a 10bb push into my 5bb stack vs a 5bb push into my 10bb stack in the ranges was huge. Seems kinda basic, but it was really important. Aso, when I first got SNGPT and realized how wide I could be shoving from the SB was pretty big.
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#8
02-23-2007, 04:33 PM
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Re: The Well: Velocity
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how do you feel about not taking every +EV SB push? [/ QUOTE ] If a move is +EV I'm taking it. However, SNGPT isn't the be all end all of EV though. Taking every "+EV" push from the small blind that ICM tells you is dumb. ICM isn't perfect, and a lot of times you gain more by folding to preserve your stack and letter the other people be morons than will show up in your ICM calcs.
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#9
02-23-2007, 04:34 PM
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Re: The Well: Velocity
Why are you doing a Well post in the SnG forum when you haven't played SnGs in months?
Man this is a weird forum.
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02-23-2007, 04:49 PM
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Re: The Well: Velocity
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Why are you doing a Well post in the SnG forum when you haven't played SnGs in months? Man this is a weird forum. [/ QUOTE ] I almost never posted in any of the NL cash forums. Plus I figured a lot of the questions would be non-poker related and these people know me better.
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