The fishtank: the machine

[the machine]

Im glad to see that the idea of the well has sprung up over here in uNL. Its a good way to get to know your peers and find out a little bit about the people who are helping you with your game. However I like the idea of the fishtank instead from kazana and i will throw myself in since my place of employment has to close for 10 days (liquor violation) and will be doing nothing but playing poker at foxwoods or on my computer. so without further ado

A stranger is being shown around a village that he has just become part of. He is shown a fishtank and his guide says "On any day except Wednesday, you can tap the glass, ask any question into that fishtank and you'll be told the answer" .

The man seems pretty impressed, and so he taps the glass and shouts into the tank: Why not on Wednesday? and the voice from in the fishtank shouts back: Because on Wednesday, it’s your day in the tank."

[Jay Riall]

Why is your title 'knob?'

[CaucasianAsian29]

What's the deal w/ your avatar?

How old are you?

Your poker history?

Thanks!!!

[the machine]

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Why is your title 'knob?'

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i knew that was going to be the first question.

back when the legislation regarding banning online poker surfaced i posted a poll in OOT about next years WSOP. i was curious to what other people thought the turnout of players would be if many sites refused american players since so many of the seats nowadays are from online satalites.

i soon found out that this was a big no no in OOT (i hadn't known before because there is no sticky in OOT saying that you cant post poker related things there and i figured its not a strat post so I wont clutter up our forum ill post it there) I signed on to 2+2 a few days later and saw my title as ** and 4_2_it told me that it had been given this new title from NT!. it was an honest mistake on my part and i felt kinda ashamed almost to have that as a title (not to knock anyone who has it, i just didnt want it). not to mention i had 2 for only one thing i did wrong. so NT! told me he wasnt going to change my title because the dont just take away stars by request. but he said he had noticed that i hardly ever post anything in OOT and he said he didnt mind if another mod took it away for me.

So i talked with another mod about changing it (talked ie, cried like a girl about). at which point his first title for me was wal-mart greeter which i thought was kinda funny since i cant find a real job. he soon changed it to knob and informed me it was a title of honor. i feel abliged to have the title and have to live up to it now. so thats how i got the title

[Jay Riall]

Are you going to be moving to SSNL any time soon? What site do you play at?

[the machine]

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What's the deal w/ your avatar?

How old are you?

Your poker history?

Thanks!!!

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my avatar is just a bunch of donkeys. i like playing against donkeys, sometimes i feel like a donkey, no other reason really

i will be 25 at the end of december

i started playing poker about 3 years ago with friends for small buy in tourneys. i found out that i really had a knack for the game when i cashed in almost all of the tourneys we played. thats when i decided to take the game seriously.

i was still a n00b big time and thought i knew it all, not to say that i do now. i went to foxwoods a few times and played ok. very very tag but solid. i was actually introduced to 2+2 because of a horrible run of cards playing at the casino, at which point i learned about mentality of low limit players. to me 100$ was alot of money 3 years ago and to flop a set and get runner runnered and lose to a higer boat was sick to me. this led to a donkarific post about how could he call with that, well he should have figured by me doing this i and know he has this then he should understand that i have this so how the hell can he call. i know that was a garbled rant but if you search it you may be able to find the post. its kinda a funny read. anyways, im sure you have all heard this from an unexperienced player who thinks they should never lose because they had a strong hand. as much as i felt like an idiot for making that post it was probably one of the best things i did because it really opened my eyes to the mentality and psychology of low stakes player.

that post went on to talk about my 1500+ and -1500 swing i had taken, basically all from bad beats. (foxwoods had a 100 max cap at the 1-2 game until this past saturday it was raised) i worked up another roll when i got a few hundred together to take a shot and back up to 1500 i was. soon enough i was -1500 again. its tough to take one let alone 2 15 buyin downsizings in a matter of a year

this is when i really found online and took a shot. my first games were 5$ sng's on pokerroom till i went through my first 100$

i tried another 100$ and worked it back up to 150$ and cashed out. i figured id deposit into full tilt and give that a shot. 150 felt about right to play 100NL. so needless to say i was out in about 60 hands.

one of my friends who was on FT also transfered me 10$ and ive never had to redeposit since. ive played about 42k hands at 25 NL and 11k at 50 NL 6 max. that 10$ has turned into over 2000$ and i will be moving up after 40k hands at 50NL. id move up sooner but some of the money had to be cashed out for financial reasons when i didnt have a job. my live poker i dont keep a roll. i just use whatever money i have on me at the time or in my checking account and take shots at the game.

[the machine]

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Are you going to be moving to SSNL any time soon? What site do you play at?

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i dont think ill move there anytime soon. i want to get at least 40k hands at 50NL under my belt before i move up. i started off beating that game for about 12PTBB/100 when i first moved up from 25 NL but hit a nasty 7 buyin downsizing over 1500 hands, every single hand got there on me. i ran super hot at first i had the mentality that im waiting here for 40k hands so everytime i hit 1500$ i will cash out 400 to help pay bills and keep 1100$ in my account. im currently at 1100$ from my return from 25 NL and still plan to stay at 50NL for another 30k hands. if i dont hit 2k$ by the time i go over 40k hands then i will be taking shots at 100 NL as long as i feel comfortable. but if i am at 2k + i will move up and play 100NL for the most part, until i feel uncomfortable or need to move back down to 50NL

i play at full tilt

[Count Stackula]

sup?!?!
give your thoughs on 2+2 Forums Versus Poker Books (in tearms of improving your game)
And also give your views on Studying Versus Playing
By that i mean...what should a player spend more time on, studying ie. reading 2p2 and books, or playing the game?

Who would be better, and guy who plays for 2 hours a day and studies for 40 minutes or someone who studies for 2 hours and plays for 40 minutes?

[jpc001]

adding to count stackula, how much do you try to play in a session/day/week?
What do you do when you are clearly not running well or on tilt?

[the machine]

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sup?!?!
give your thoughs on 2+2 Forums Versus Poker Books (in tearms of improving your game)
And also give your views on Studying Versus Playing
By that i mean...what should a player spend more time on, studying ie. reading 2p2 and books, or playing the game?

Who would be better, and guy who plays for 2 hours a day and studies for 40 minutes or someone who studies for 2 hours and plays for 40 minutes?

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good question. i think they actually are correlated. when one studies they can notice improvements in their game. but if they dont play then whatever they studied is lost and may become useless.

i dont think one is more importnat then the other because reading about/discussing and understanding the game is crucial to because a long term winning player.

however there is no substitue to actual play. you can read about how it is super +EV to cr ai on a flop against a certain player when you hold 2 overs with an OESFD but unless you actually do it it doesnt matter how many times you have read it.

My quote from my highschool yearbook came from the front of a skateboarding video by Element. It is "Only action has the power to turn knowledge into wisdom" I think this is from, No Ordinary Moments: A Peaceful Warrior's Guide to Daily Life by Dan Millman. but it plays out perfectly here, and in most cases, you can learn as much as you want but unless you can actually do it then it hasn't really helped you.

I love the 2+2 forums. they have helped my game so much and i def feel without reading numerous hands and posting my ideas about them (which sometimes were wrong) i wouldnt understand what i do as of now (long ways to go). it has helped me grow as a player. id def rather read the forums then a book though. books can be so general or just give you one example. on the forums we can see how a hand can be so closely related to another hand but yet so different because of one card, or the villain at hand, or our table image. the forums are like gold IMO

if i had to pick one id say the guy who plays more will be better because of the experience factor.