Zugwat - In The Cage 6/19/09

[Zugwat]

Originally Posted by cuervo

When strangers ask you what you do for a living. What is your answer??

This is a good question. I usually try and avoid the topic as much as possible because people outside the poker community are clueless about what goes on, and what my job is actually like, as well as the already negative connotations associated with gambling and poker. Depending on who it is I might tell them I'm a professional online poker player, or I'll try and go with something like "I'm in business formyself, or just bend the trurth for the sake of not getting into a long discussion and say something like "I do business investing online."

Talking to people outside the poker world about what I do is certainly one of my least favorite things if not my least favorite about my job.

[Zugwat]

Originally Posted by Isura

If you had 25 hours to teach/train a winning 2/4 hu player, how would you approach it?

I would start by watching them play and then I could figure out everything they are doing right / and wrong, and I would start systematically plugging all of their leaks, and trying to explain everything in a way that makes it all connected. I know this sounds pretty vague but It would be about getting them to understand why what they are doing is incorrect or can be improved upon, and then I would work towards teaching them how to understand situations better so that they can come up with the best lines themselves.

[Zugwat]

Originally Posted by sh58

what would be your strategy for dealing with people who either 3bet or fold HU?

ie - raise sizing, 4betting, hand selection etc.

I would definitely start minraising to keep the pot to stack ratio smaller so that it allows me more room to work postflop in 3 bet pots.

I would probabaly be 4 betting a lot both as a bluff and lighter for value, depending on how they react to it. (as in folding, 5 betting, and flatting and with what range they do each).

I would also mix in some limping.

If you would like some elaboration on this I'd be glad to talk about it some more, or even it could be a cool idea for a video where I play another leggo pro hu, and we only 4 bet or fold out of the bb, and talk about how we are adjusting.

If there's interest in this, we can make it happen.

[Zugwat]

Originally Posted by IcarusJam

lifetime graph please?

As I've never used poker tracking software, I simply don't have a lifetime graph.

Originally Posted by Kesky

Hey.

Please elaborate on your stars avatar. I think it's really great.

Before I started playing on pokerstars seriously, I just thought it would be cool to have a monkey avatar, so I google imaged searched monkey, and found that pic, and have kept it ever since.

[Zugwat]

Originally Posted by jungleman

When i first played you at 10/20, i thought you were kind of a robot :P ; however you did not seem so in our most recent match...

-How did you make the jump between high stakes and nosebleeds (50/100+?)
-What concepts are important for winning MTTs? I've noticed many of the bigger MTTs winners play a ridiculous amount of hands at least in the later stages, seemingly in spite of who is to the left of them..
-How did/do you like COLLEGE PARK? Any particular places of interest?
-What was your major?

"The jump from high stakes to nosebleeds is about bankroll management and being comfortable with the amount of money in play. You also have to have a good understanding of how to beat competent regulars as in determining what their leaks are and knowing how to adjust to capitalize on them. Any regulars that will multi-table nosebleeds are most likely the toughest ones that were beating low stakes.

Winning MTT's is a ton bout understanding stack sizes. Thus you have to know what you can do with 10 - 20 bbs, 20 - 30, 40 - 50, exc. Alot of cash players that try and play mtts make too loose preflop calls or plays, when the stacks get shorter. A lot of mtt guys open too lite and try and play too aggressive, but when choosing to open a hand in an mtt, its extremely important to consider the stack sizes and types of players behind you. When there are aggressive players with 15 - 20bbs yet to act, you have to open much tighter then you might normally would, because the risk of getting reshoved on is much higher.

I liked college park a lot, i thought it was a great school. My favorite place is probably cornerstone (a bar) and I still go there a lot.

My major started out being math, then I switched it to computer science, then I briefly entertained the idea of majoring in psychology, but I withdrew from college before anything really got going with that.