Interview questions for Bill Ivey

[IowaSkinsFan]

Hey guys,
The interviews for the WCOOP events have been really lining up, coming up we have RainKhan, Badgerpro (thank you for the questions there), Possibly the winner of Wcoop #5, and....
Bill Ivey, who recieved 5th in WCOOP Event #5 for $100,000.

Unfortunately not the screen name of Phil Ivey, BI is a young guy named Lee Gaines, who is a midstakes cash game professional who has moderate success in tournaments. As we saw from samh133's win, the cash game players are having a ton of success with such a deep stacked format.

If you guys could, please write down any questions you'd like to ask him. Obviously, I am going to ask all the basic questions, so although all questions are welcome, interesting and unique questions are even more welcome!

Thanks for the help guys.

[sauce123]

can u get banned from the WCOOP for smoking in teh room???

[IowaSkinsFan]

can u get banned from the WCOOP for smoking in teh room???

as amusing as this is I actually have a job to do. I'm sure of all people you could come off with the most interesting of questions k thx.

[Trikflow77]

can u get banned from the WCOOP for smoking in teh room???

I think this is a solid question. Also ask him why he choose the fishy sn bill ivey.

[Eric]

-As a cash game player how much of your time is spent on ring games as opposed to tournaments? How much of your bankroll?

-Do you play shallow stacked tournaments like the WSOP $1,000 NL Holdem (not the $10,000 main event which is deeper)?

-How many total WCOOP events are you entering?

-How do you like your chances in the main event on Sep 30?

[IowaSkinsFan]

can u get banned from the WCOOP for smoking in teh room???

I think this is a solid question.

seriously guys.

[Trikflow77]

can u get banned from the WCOOP for smoking in teh room???

I think this is a solid question.

seriously guys.

whats wrong with my question????? and why is this your job???? just wondering

[bigred]

Bill,

Do you mind if I call you Bill?

[Warpe]

lololololololololololololololololololololololololo l...

[Trikflow77]

or you can ask if he would rather be called william

[Trikflow77]

question: Which bear is best? and did you know bears climb faster than they run?

[IowaSkinsFan]

can u get banned from the WCOOP for smoking in teh room???

I think this is a solid question.

seriously guys.

whats wrong with my question????? and why is this your job???? just wondering

There was nothing wrong with your question, Sauce's question was clearly a joke though. I'm thinking I misunderstood you somehow.

I work for FTR. My current job is covering the WCOOP.


And really please guys, there's really no point in me making these threads if no one is going to take it seriously besides Eric I might as well just email Eric and not make these threads. I appreciate all the help I can get, but if you don't want to help I just won't make these threads. Just tell me this is the case. I know you don't owe me anything.

[bigred]

If ISF asks you a controversial question, will you tazer him?

[Ash256]

If ISF asks you a controversial question, will you tazer him?

WOW

[Ash256]

These 3 questions can be merged/diced/spliced however anyone feels like mering/dicing/splicing them.

How much tournament theory/strategy did you learn for these events?

What did you find the most prominent in your thought process? Tournament-specific knowledge or general poker-wide knowledge?

What kind of edge, if any, do you feel that being mainly a cash player gave you over the players who only play tournaments?

[IowaSkinsFan]

If ISF asks you a controversial question, will you tazer him?

lol very funny jokes are tolerable.

[bigred]

Ask him if he was in the skulls with George Bush, plz.

[Trikflow77]

These 3 questions can be merged/diced/spliced however anyone feels like mering/dicing/splicing them.

How much tournament theory/strategy did you learn for these events?

What did you find the most prominent in your thought process? Tournament-specific knowledge or general poker-wide knowledge?

What kind of edge, if any, do you feel that being mainly a cash player gave you over the players who only play tournaments?

ban plz

[Numbr2intheWorld]

- I know you're a 6-max cash player, how much did you have to adjust your play for tournaments? Was it completely different, or did the stack depth help a lot?

- Everyone hates those shortstackers in cash games, but do you think their presence in cash games helped you in this tournament?

- Do you play tournaments a lot?

- Have you met any FTR guys?