Greg - The Cage 2/23/08

[MYNAMEIZGREG]

Originally Posted by auto111032

Which site is softer at 1/2-2/4, Pokerstars or FTP?

Characterize the jump from 1/2 to 2/4 in today's games, if possible.

Any chance you'll be contributing to Leggo's investing forum some of the investing strategies you learn from your market mentor?

1) Play on both and table select. Although I'm sure there's enough tables on one site to play.

2) I haven't done that jump in today's games, but the regulars are better, and I would say that ego starts to matter more.

3) He's in there all the time giving advice .

[MYNAMEIZGREG]

Originally Posted by oversbetshoving

what are your thoughts on the boys' basketball team from butler? also, what are your thoughts on slowrolling?

a) I'm not sure how someone finds a top 25 rank for them.
b) It's gonna happen sometimes. I did it to ISMAKIDD once and that will probably be the extent of that.

[peten2toms]

Originally Posted by MYNAMEIZGREG

1) Play on both and table select. Although I'm sure there's enough tables on one site to play.

2) I haven't done that jump in today's games, but the regulars are better, and I would say that ego starts to matter more.

3) He's in there all the time giving advice .

Please elaborate. Isnt ego somethign we should remove from poker in order to be able to make the most +EV decisions without anything else getting in the way?

[MYNAMEIZGREG]

Originally Posted by ascension1223

Many people talk about the "learning curve" and how its expected to lose money at first. How much money did you lose when you started before you turned it around and gained a consistent and reliable win rate? What kind of skills are needed to play a low stakes game? i.e. .25/.5, would you play shark, maniac, rock? Thanks!

I bonuswhored at the beginning of my poker career so I actually didn't lose money in total. I'm not sure how much specifically it was, or what my winrate was though.

In a low stakes games you need to be able to identify who will never bluff and who will go crazy. Apply pressure in position to someone who doesn't bluff in spots like vs their cbets, etc, and just let the aggro people bluff it off. In other words, players at those levels have extremely skewed ranges (either too far to a air or a good hand), so exploit that.

[MYNAMEIZGREG]

Originally Posted by etown

Greg with the current game dynamics do you think it wouldbe difficult to transition from msnl to hsnl (10/20 25/50) in just a few months?
The person needs to be very studious, skilled, and dedicated, but it certainly can be done.

ive never really had any difficulty in moving up levels at any stage so far but ive decided to stop spending so much of my winnings so i can have the BR to continue moving up.
Do you think its feasable to make the transition from msnl to hsnl in a few months?or does it take a lot of hands and study to make that transition and become a winning player at those stakes?

The person needs to be very studious, skilled, and dedicated, but it certainly can be done. So, yes .

Also i know that higher up it seems that most players have a solid HU game, do you think it would be wise to start focusing on playing some HU now in the mids
before progressing into the high stakes games and than starting to include HU in your game?

Playing HU is helpful, and eventually it will become a decent % of hands at HSNL because it's more difficult to find 6 people that want to play 50/100 than 2. Also, it's a great option to have when the other games are dry. So, you can dabble in it (watch some videos, play some hands, think about what's happening), but it's not required. It adds another element of game selection, and also mixing up what you play due to your mood. FWIW, about 35% of my hands this month were HU.

Last of all you seem to do so much stuff; school, leggo, poker, coaching, girlfriend and judging off your pic your probably not a total degen and u do go out as well.

How do you balance your time, do you set yourself a strict schedule, date nights with the gf, study time in forums, or a set amount of hands?
Basically it seems like theres always something going on and i dont know if a lot of you guys just say to your friends "i know i dont work but it doesnt mean im always doing nothing and i gotta play or i gotta do some hhs etc".

I keep a schedule with my lessons, and then kind of take it from there. Those usually happen in the middle of the day, and I have some sort of a break for dinner in there. I work on Leggo/Stocks/Session review before and after, which generally brings me to about 7-10 PM. At that point I will either socialize or play poker or work on Leggo more. Bedtime happens sometime in the AM. My girlfriend goes to school at Penn State, so when I visit her it's for weekends.

This month I've really pushed myself to suck it up and put in hands as well, so I've played about 60 hours this month (plus 25 hours of coaching, plus stock market training, plus working on Leggo).

-how much longer are you doing this till i gotta think of an actual tuff question for you?

I think I might let this run for a week.

[MYNAMEIZGREG]

Originally Posted by craigthedeac

Thanks for the answers.

a) no, lol
b) no, lol
c) no, lol

OK so here's your answer.

You basically need to get them to answer both the same way. But, here's the problem. The one guard always tells the TRUTH, and the other always LIES. The lying guard, however, will always lie, and therefore cannot be manipulated because you will never know which one it is.

So, we need to focus on getting the truthful guard to lie. Interesting, however, there is a way. If you ask the truthful guard to comment on the thought process of the lying guard, you will get a LIE (the truthful guard will tell the truth about a lie). How is this helpful? Well, now we have a situation where both guards will LIE, and then we simply can do the opposite.

Ask the guard what the other guard would respond to the question "What door is the prize behind?" If you wound up asking the lying guard, you would get a LIE (for example, the prize is behind door A. The lying guard knows the truthful guard would say the prize is behind door A, so he says door B). If you asked the truthful guard, he will answer door B, because he knows the prize is behind door A, and the lying guard would lie and answer door B. So, in either case they will say door B, and therefore the prize is behind Door A.

Impressed?

[MYNAMEIZGREG]

Originally Posted by peten2toms

Please elaborate. Isnt ego somethign we should remove from poker in order to be able to make the most +EV decisions without anything else getting in the way?

Yes, but there are a ton of regulars at 2/4 that do not do this, and therefore you will encounter a group of people that will try to outplay you, or constantly run you over with aggression, or 3bet you wildly for no reason other than to try to be the aggressor.

[pokerdom]

Originally Posted by MYNAMEIZGREG

One of your weaknesses is that you bluff in polarized spots and then berate people for calling. One of your strengths is that you

i rofled x)

what do you think about future of online poker? How many years do we have until it dries out? I mean you obviously have more years than random donk, but lets take a decent winning 600-1000NL grinder for example

[peten2toms]

Originally Posted by MYNAMEIZGREG

Yes, but there are a ton of regulars at 2/4 that do not do this, and therefore you will encounter a group of people that will try to outplay you, or constantly run you over with aggression, or 3bet you wildly for no reason other than to try to be the aggressor.

And we want to identify this player and exploit them? Can you elaborate on how to exploit this type of weakness?

[peten2toms]

Do you advocate any one style? What I mean is at 6-max is there an optimal style based off of PT stas? Should a rising player strive to run at x/x/x or just play a winning style which he feels best compliments his strengths?

Along those lines I know it is necesarry for one to break out of his comfort zone. Any suggestions on how to switch from say a 17/14/4 nit to a 27/22/3 LAG tard?