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Old 11-03-2007, 01:53 AM
Lefort Lefort is offline
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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 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 .

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It's my 1000th post, and I wanted to do something "special". So here we go. Question anything reasonable, from why I 3bet fat girls, to why I check-raise bluff skinny ones. I'll answer anything reasonable.

P.S. I'm currently drunk so anything unreasonable asked tonight will have a better chance of getting answered than any other time.

P.S.S. I'm liable to pass out at any time, so I'll probably end up answering stuff tomorrow.

P.S.S.S. Yes, I am that good looking.
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Old 11-03-2007, 01:54 AM
rakes.a.beach rakes.a.beach is offline
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Default Re: The Well: Lefort

poker story?

fav mod?
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Old 11-03-2007, 02:02 AM
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how much did you drink tonight

please try to play 60vpip+ at 2/4 and report results back

k thx.
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Old 11-03-2007, 03:01 AM
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how much did you drink tonight

please try to play 60vpip+ at 2/4 and report results back

k thx.

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Not that much, like ~8 shots of rye in 50/50 mixed drinks. After 4.5 years of university I've become pretty alcohol tolerant so it takes a good a dozen shots or beers before I do some real belligerent things...

Oh, and I'll take you up on that challenge if I ever get some "free poker time". Any time I'm not socializing or "learning", I tend to devote to "real" grinding to get my monthly hands in. But I'll try..
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Old 11-03-2007, 03:06 AM
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pats and lay the 5, right?
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Old 11-03-2007, 03:37 AM
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pats and lay the 5, right?

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obvvvvvvv
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Old 11-03-2007, 02:03 AM
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What stakes do you play?
What is your #1 most important tip to SSNLers?
Please explain check-raise bluffing against c-bets. I keep getting floated.

Thanks for doing this
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Old 11-03-2007, 03:22 AM
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What stakes do you play?
What is your #1 most important tip to SSNLers?
Please explain check-raise bluffing against c-bets. I keep getting floated.

Thanks for doing this

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what stakes do you currently play and how aggressively did you manage your bankroll to get to that level?

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Currently play most 5/10, some 10/20. This summer played mostly 10/20 and 25/50. Realized I'd rather play games I can beat significantly than just games I am rolled for and have an edge in.

To be honest I don't have all that much as far as tips for SSNLers go. If you have the potential to move up, you will. I think its that simple. You'll figure it out..

CR-bluffing against CBets is something I deem "unreasonable content" and so I won't divulge into it much at all. But lets just say that some players CB too much, and you need to counter it by CR-bluffing more against these players. You can figure out the who/when/where part...

The bankroll growth part for me is somewhat of a stupid story. I started out a couple summers ago playing mostly MTTs. I'd won a couple for ~$10k each and thought I was king of the world/pocketfives. After playing MTTs all summer and prospering, I didn't play much while at school until the following summer. At this point I took out a chunk of money and left in $12k to play 5/10nl.. (Dear BR-Management.... hello?) I'd not played much NL ring at all.. so obviously I went on a $25,000 run. I still to this day can't fathom how well I must have run considering I had very little knowledge of the game, no HUD, and no reads. Yet I won that amount, took it out (left myself with $10k again) and bought a car. Went back to school, and depleted the $10k roll to $200 by Christmas. I still remember the day during exams in early December when I had $200 in my account on UB left to my name. I'd vowed to myself long ago that I would never deposit another dollar into poker again after I'd withdrew my initial $50 deposit, so that was not an option. I considered playing one last $100+9 tourney and donking off the last bit in cash games, but instead I waited til I got home for Xmas and started playing $5 SNGs again to build it back up. On Xmas eve, I won the $10r on Stars for $10k+. From there I started playing 2/4 (yeah, still obviously underrolled but thats just how I "roll"..) and never looked back. It was at this point that I started reading a ton of 2p2 (this is like June '06) and before I knew it I had a roll of $30k and was playing 3/6. Then by October of '06 I had a roll of ~$120k and had started dabbling into 10/20. Then, the WCOOP main event. The night before, I'd had my biggest ever cash game win with a nightly tally of +$12k. The next day I'd promised to take my college housemates out for dinner, but when I realized it was the $2500 main event, I had to apologize and push the date back because I really wanted to play. I msg'd my buddy deerok and he shipped me the buyin on Stars for Paradise $. Early on I had my KK run over AA, and there was no stopping me after that. Eventually went on to chop for $418k. I withdrew ~$400k of this because I felt like any less and I'd be "cheating" if I used it for my "cash game" roll. So I went on to play 10/20 and 25/50 for the following year including spending 5 weeks in Vegas for the WSOP. After a couple months off, I'd taken out most of my roll for business ventures and left myself with a suitable 5/10 roll and started playing again in October. I've somehow managed to somewhat re-fall in love with game and have spent a great deal of time this past month evaluating strategy. I'm back to grinding and it feels good.

For some detailed and interesting blog entries that happened throughout the past few years: http://lefort.livejournal.com
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Old 11-03-2007, 03:32 AM
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My god. MTTs have been good to you.

418k. My dear god.
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Old 11-03-2007, 03:37 AM
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My god. MTTs have been good to you.

418k. My dear god.

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Pretty easy. Bet/push/call/hope.
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