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Originally Posted by givememyleg
- How are the games in Macau? How many hours have you been putting in? Is poker generally easier over there compared to playing in Vegas or other bigger cities?
- Do you have any long term poker goals? Do you still see yourself playing poker in 10 years?
- Do you still feel ashamed betting red and losing when we all bet black in Vegas a few years back?
- What are your favorite non-poker related podcasts to listen to?
-macau is pretty cool. the games arent necessarily AWESOME but they always have big games going, plo and nl. each game isnt necessarily better than somewhere else but the fact there are always games makes it easier to justify flying across the world. when there are lots of pros in town there is sick competition for tables and seats. thats when the games are terrible and its no fun. like u wake up early to get on a list, so in 5 hours when the game starts youll be seated, but then u have to play with 8 pros for 7 hours hoping a fish gets sat sometime. and often no fish comes
ive been there for 2 long trips and when im there i play allll the time. theres not too much else to do in macau. although after being there 70+ days im starting to find some activities. there are many poker players from around the world there so ive met a lot of cool people.
-i dont really have long term poker goals. it would be cool to win some big tournaments but my main goal is to just keep the money flowin and keep l-i-v-i-n. hopefully i wont have to rely on poker forever but i will always play the game. its too fun to give up.
-i dont remember that, in general i always bet on the same side as people im with because its much luckier. if i did that with significant money on the line i deserved to lose
-the best radio/podcast is 'this american life.' great journalism, always interesting and only 1hr long. i listen to all the joe rogan podcasts when he has smart guests. i skip lots of episodes with comedians. lately ive gotten into 'in our time' on bbc radio. lots of facts that are interesting and no wasted time
Originally Posted by rong
Are you a little disappointed you don't have a Wikipedia page? Was you aware of this fact?
-im not disappointed, which i wasnt aware of until you asked
Originally Posted by jyms
I just wanted to say gabe is awesome. He's a great guy, and very down to earth. I wish I was able to spend more time discussing poker and things with him a bunch of years ago when he was more active here. When I met him in Vegas he just has that quality that makes you want to be involved in whatever it is he's doing.
I will ask him the same thing I have asked others, what is your thoughts on the poker scene going forward? Will we see even a small boom like back in the day or do you think online is destined to be a grindfest for RB and very few winning small and mid stakes players?
What would you do now if you had to start from scratch? What would you play? Would you just get a job?
thanks jyms youre cool too
-i think there will never be a poker boom like there was 10 years ago. too many people know the game now. the fish:skilled player ratio was insane back then, and now 1000x more people know the fundamentals of holdem, so that insane ratio will never return. but by no means do i think poker is dying. there will continue to be new games and new forms of skilled gambling. its pretty cool how stars/ftp are experimenting with new game types, more people are playing open faced chinese, etc. im all for new types of poker that make people think on their feet.
also i think more should be done in NLH to discourage tight players. last year at the WSOP i played the ante only tournament (no blinds, everyone ante and u have to at least bring it in for the smallest chip in the table. like ante was 600, so 9x600 5400 chips in the middle preflop, and u could limp for 100 since there were still black chips on the table). it was awesome. it made people play postflop. i wish cash games were like that, it would move things away from being a grindfest for RB.
people do play looser at PLO so you have more chances to find them making mistakes. so if i were starting over i would focus on that a lot, i guess. its very hard to get started in poker now but its possible. one piece of silver lining to usa online poker getting banned was that it kinda cut off young smart hungry kids from learning it. its almost impossible for new tough american young guns which is good for me over the next few years
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