any questions

any questions???

g1u: want me to say it was your idea
LuKie StyLe 3: whatever, flip a coin
LuKie StyLe 3: heads you
LuKie StyLe 3: tails me
g1u: ill do the watch
g1u: u want first 30 or second 30
LuKie StyLe 3: first
g1u: was on the 24s
g1u: so u win
g1u: your idea!
LuKie StyLe 3: yes!!!

lukie's idea too

Is this your Well thread????

At which point did you become cash game elite? And by that I mean what level did you have that indescribable grasp of the game? And was there any kind of revelation that came to you at some point that kicked up your game a gear?

Assuming this is your well thread...?

lets not call it a well thread, call it a ballin thread or something about pimpin hos

Do you want the questions to be poker-related or can they be about being a baller in general?

gabe can you sticky that 2p2 thread if you have it bookmarked cause I have literally heard that Durr comment mentioned in at least 5 well-like posts as a turning point in ppl's poker careers.

how are you so good at taking shots? what is your method for shot taking?

What and when was the last leak you identified and what did you do to plug it?

Who would win in a fight, IowaSkinsFan or Massimo?

How many hands to you play in a month? What is your take on marathon sessions, are they good/bad/or meh? What level do you think your hourly rate is highest taking into account number of tables played and softness of the game.

How much does a buy-in matter at HS SH-NLHE? (look a vowel!)
(i.e. there seems to be a lot more stacking off on these weird hands, or is that just a misrepresentative sample?)

What happens when you play your 5/10 game at $200NL? (or whatever) Do you pwn the same? Can we small-stakes fellahs be putting all that stuff in place now, or does it have to come later?

Gabe- I'm currently a 6.55 bb/100 winner at 3/6 and I still feel like a huge donkey in about half the pots I play. given the fact I still have a ton of room for improvement, how big a step up would 5/10 and eventually 10/20+ on stars and elsewhere be. Note: right now I also use little game selection, how important is moving money to multiple sites for game selection?

god i ramble, but someone told me stars 5/10 is easier then 3/6 because of the huge amnt of shorstackers/shot takers. meh. respond if u feel like it im goin to bed.

let's talk about a certain player on PokerStars (he goes by the name Lukieplaya)

this guy has:

played poker for significantly less time then you

has played a comparable amount of hands of NL ring as you, possibly a little more, despite playing smaller then you due to his very conservative br management

is self-taught

has made a comparable amount of $$$ as you at poker

while you might be up slightly on him head to head, he has actually done significantly better then you AT THE SAME TABLE over literally 10's of thousands of hands

HOWEVER

every time this guy talks about poker you BLATANTLY disagree with everything he says and consistently say how bad he is. I don't get it. If anything, he is a better NLHE ring player then you, albeit it's definitely close one way or another. discuss.

i'm pretty sure lukie's post isn't a joke. i addressed him on aim, specific about this paragraph.

i should add, to lukie and anyone else, if you want to talk shit put $ where your mouth is

here's the full relevant part of the convo:

OK, I have one question about being a baller and one question about serious business.

First question, estimate how many people in the world do you think are better than you at short handed NLHE. I was thinking a couple of days ago, most of the people on TV are horrible and 25/50 on stars is just about the toughest game around. For a winning player in that game, there can't be that many people who are better.

Second question, do you have any unusual plans for what to do with the money you've made? Or are you just investing some of it in index funds and putting the rest toward house / car / balling expenses?

Can you go into a bit more detail about shot taking? Say you have a $10k roll, would you reccomend taking like a $2k shot at 2/4? Or with even less?

Recently you went on a $100k downswing, can you talk about that? What were you feeling like during the downswing? Your style of play involves a lot of deep level thinking and guts, I would imagine that it's easy to get down on yourself when you're playing that way and it isn't working out. Was/is your confidence shot?

Also, do you get phased at all by losing big pots? Or does the money not really mean that much to you, like you could lose a 10k pot at $10/20 and not sweat it. From your demeanor on the forums, you seem like a pretty chill guy and don't take anything too seriously, which is a compliment. Do you ever get upset at anything when it comes to poker? If so, what? And if not, why not?

Lastly, what are your plans for the future? Do you plan on going pro, if you aren't already? If you don't plan on it, is it because of legislation? Aka would you have gone pro if things were like they used to be and you could 9 table $5/10 on Party for $800/hr.

This should provide the thread with some good content. Smile

What is the number 1 tell you see from online poker players?

Will you take me on as your poker protoge? (I've no idea how to spell that word)

I'll hold you to that when asia comes on board soon.

actually theres no way im helping you if you dont get a muppet avatar

How often, if ever, are you using game theory?

What's the ballinest thing you've bought with poker winnings?

What are you doing for Lee Jones now that he's leaving his position as Stars poker room manager?

Why are you so much better than Lukie at hu?

When you have an aggro/spewy image and a solid regular with position on you starts flat-calling c-bets and second barrels more often, what adjustments do you make?

when did you start not only to "consume" poker theory/strategy other ppl wrote, but to think about certain situations yourself and evaluating alternative strategies?

at what points do you disagree with the common theories/starts?

wow tons of rambling in that one

Seems to me that lukie is obv jealous that gabe is either a) a better player, or b) he sells it better. There is some serious shit talking in this thread.

Question for gabe, What do your PokerTracker stats look like on lukie in the 10s of thousands of hands. Are you up $$$ against him?

Y so pessimistic about the future of poker?

Americans can still play, just not as easily as before. There will be more companies that step up to provide easy transfer options, and poker popularity should remain stable throughout the restof the world untill US policy changes.

there aren't as many games to play as there were when party was open. or at least i can't find them...fish seem to be decreasing

How long did it take for you to move from low-stakes (<1k br) to where you're at now? Whats your longest breakeven/losing stretch (in hands)? What's the quickest, most effective way of getting better at poker and moving up?

Do you think any person capable of undertsanding the game like most of the players that are winners on this site are capable of improving their game to the high stakes levels? Or is there some point where you need that special something extra to surpass?

For instance, I can win a solid rate at 100NL-200NL but when I look at 600NL hands and read the thinking involved it honestly kinda blows my mind sometimes. I don't think I could survive well at that level.

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