Questions for Team PokerStars?

We may be able to get some members of Team PokerStars to answer a few of your questions on the FTR forums. So.... if you could ask the following members of Team PokerStars some questions, what would they be?

1) Barry Greenstein
2) Daniel Negreanu
3) ElkY
4) Greg Raymer
5) Hevad Khan
6) Marcel Luske
7) Dario Minieri
8) Vanessa Rousso
9) Jason Mercier
10) Victoria Coren

Can I use this as an opportunity to propose to Vanessa?

Originally Posted by XxStacksxX

Can I use this as an opportunity to propose to Vanessa?

So you're saying you want to have stupid babies?

As most of the people in this section of the forum (myself included) are beginners, my questions would be:

How did you get your start in poker?

and

What are some of the things you learned early on in your poker career that had a substantial impact on your game?

I wanna know what they think the most common and most costly mistake beginners make when the first start playing (other than bluffing too much).

How aggressive were you when building your bankroll? Did you ever take irresponsible shots at higher limits? How many times did you go broke in the process? And how many times did you fail at going pro?

What would be the single BEST piece of advice you could give to a low-stakes player (<200NL) that hopes to one day be a regular at their tables?

Originally Posted by fatguy'06

I wanna know what they think the most common and most costly mistake beginners make when the first start playing (other than bluffing too much).

Calling too much and not knowing why they bet ldfo

Originally Posted by spoonitnow

So you're saying you want to have stupid babies?

I just want to practice having babies with her.

Originally Posted by fatguy'06

I wanna know what they think the most common and most costly mistake beginners make when the first start playing (other than bluffing too much).

Calling 3bets OOP
Not laying down 1/2pair
Bluffing
Bluff catching
Playing the cards not the players

etc etc etc

If you could introduce a new poker game to online poker or change the rules of an existing game, what would it be?

If I have to choose, I would ask Barry or Daniel.

Calling too much and not knowing why they bet ldfo

Calling 3bets OOP
Not laying down 1/2pair
Bluffing
Bluff catching
Playing the cards not the players

etc etc etc

now this is what im talking about, obviously beginners make a ton of mistakes off the bat and listing the common ones is like reciting the alphabet. The question is which one is the most costly, either because its a hard habbit to break and you lose so much over the long run or it costs you big most of the time.

Originally Posted by fatguy'06

now this is what im talking about, obviously beginners make a ton of mistakes off the bat and listing the common ones is like reciting the alphabet. The question is which one is the most costly, either because its a hard habbit to break and you lose so much over the long run or it costs you big most of the time.

all of them lol

Well playing the cards and not the players is more of a fundamental flaw in that it will probably mean you missing out on opps to make money rather than directly costing you money.

The rest however, will directly cost you money the more you do them. Which one costs a player the most is surely down to their natural tendencies.

How do you tell when someone is playing back at you vs caught a hand.

Originally Posted by Fnord

How do you tell when someone is playing back at you vs caught a hand.

You ask.

Can easypoker and levelfish just get banned already, like jfc

Originally Posted by kiwiMark

Can easypoker and levelfish just get banned already, like jfc

Yeah that's obviously out of my hands.

I would ask them how to react in a common situation that comes up: When your playing in a live cash game and you poop in your pants, how do you adjust to gain maximum EV? Should you go ahead and pee in your pants too to make sure you smell even worse and put everyone on tilt or should you ignore it and pretend like everyone is crazy when they ask you why you smell like poop. Usually if the poop is large enough you can really crush the table but sometimes if its liquidy you may have to play tighter until someone poops in their pants as well and then you can duke it out with them. Also is it worth it to just drop your pants and poop all over their chips on the felt or should you stick to the standard let it loose in ur pants technique, I'm not sure if its worth the risk or not.

aaaaaand your a moran - gmml

Originally Posted by repoopstnaprekop

I would ask them how to react in a common situation that comes up: When your playing in a live cash game and you poop in your pants, how do you adjust to gain maximum EV? Should you go ahead and pee in your pants too to make sure you smell even worse and put everyone on tilt or should you ignore it and pretend like everyone is crazy when they ask you why you smell like poop. Usually if the poop is large enough you can really crush the table but sometimes if its liquidy you may have to play tighter until someone poops in their pants as well and then you can duke it out with them. Also is it worth it to just drop your pants and poop all over their chips on the felt or should you stick to the standard let it loose in ur pants technique, I'm not sure if its worth the risk or not.

I really hope Vanessa gets this question.. Just the thought of her saying "poop" in a cute little voice does it for me.

Originally Posted by kiwiMark

Can easypoker and levelfish just get banned already, like jfc

Lol, you need to go lose your virginity or something.

how about you need to grow up..

Originally Posted by kidsoldja

how about you need to grow up..

I'm trying

why do most of you suck ass at poker?

Originally Posted by EasyPoker

Lol, you need to go lose your virginity or something.

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absolutely wonderful material.

guys, this is retarded. i made a post asking for questions, not a bunch of middle school 1 liners. let's stay on topic.

Originally Posted by givememyleg

....

absolutely wonderful material.

guys, this is retarded. i made a post asking for questions, not a bunch of middle school 1 liners. let's stay on topic.

Middle school was so last year amirite

Shot down as it may have been, I posted my question.

BTW where are they gonna answer the questions assuming all goes well?

Originally Posted by Imthenewfish

Middle school was so last year amirite

lol wp

m2m def wins the thread though for the best question to ask tv pros

Srs question now, could you ask Barry Greenstein and Negreanu what they think the future holds for online poker.

srs question now, let's ask them what they think about other poker players. Like who's the worst established pro and such

Originally Posted by EasyPoker

Srs question now, could you ask Barry Greenstein and Negreanu what they think the future holds for online poker.

I'd prefer to include Chris Ferguson on this Q - and more specifically on the long-term potentiality of good poker players continuing to earn decent profits. Will poker ever reach a point of "perfect competition", where the vast majority of players are largely break-even?

1: Why hasn't anyone set up a credit union for the online poker world? And when someone finally does. Could you put it off shore so you can deposit and withdraw freely and effortlessly?

2: In what types of situations have you made -EV plays for future larger +EV spots and why (tourneys).

3: Did you make the jump from poker into the stock market/other forms of investing? Did any of it help your poker game and how?

4: Do you meditate? Techniques?

Guys, thanks for your questions. Unfortunately, we will not be able to ask any direct questions, only general. I've went through all of our lists and came up with 5 general questions that will be asked. Hopefully some pros will come and share some insight!

Here is the Q&A thread - http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerfo...rs-180712.html

Please be respectful.

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