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TheFlashyOne
Canada450 Posts
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Orome
Switzerland11984 Posts
On November 13 2008 18:56 Rekrul wrote: Mig and ElkY are both unreal good at tournaments (top 5 world each ez if you can even make a 'top 5' LOL) so its very hard to compare anyone to them. This is online though, right? | ||
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SuperJongMan
Jamaica11586 Posts
My friends and I asked her where she played and she said Texas Hold Em. Dumb whore. She was smokin hot though. Yippieeeeee | ||
Twisted
Netherlands13554 Posts
Does it matter? Besides, top online players >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (times 10^9999999999999999) >> top live players =[. | ||
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Orome
Switzerland11984 Posts
On November 17 2008 20:57 Twisted wrote: Does it matter? Besides, top online players >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (times 10^9999999999999999) >> top live players =[. I don't know whether it matters, I started playing poker 2 weeks ago, but from what I gathered so far the difference between live and online play's pretty big. | ||
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Sfydjklm
United States9218 Posts
On November 13 2008 18:56 Rekrul wrote: Soul is obviously a very very good player but you can't say he's better than elky. Elky is an unreal beast Soul ran good in the best tournament to run good in his life is set lol. I remember when I was a trash talking newb soul would just lol and be nice to me for some reason. Sucks that he didn't win. Sfydjklm if someone is a poker player they are a poker player. There is no such thing as a 'tourney player' or a 'cash game player.' The only reason why anyone would classify themselves as one and be justified is merely because they are saying 'I do one way more often than the other.' They are not saying they are way better at tournaments than cash games or w/e. If you're counting volume then yeah, I am a cash game player, but that says nothing about anything. If you classify yourself as either you definitely suck. There are plenty of "lol tournament players" which translates to horrible at tournamets but still profit because there are tons of players worse than them and scared to play cash games. There are plenty of "lol cash game players" which translates to low stakes online grinders or live grinders who play bad but still win because everyone else is worse but are scared to put money into a tournamet because they have no idea what to do. But those classifications are only for mediocre players or worse. When a player has reached a high skill level at either tournaments or cash games, they can transition easily with minimal practice. Mig and ElkY are both unreal good at tournaments (top 5 world each ez if you can even make a 'top 5' LOL) so its very hard to compare anyone to them. And to look at tournament results to gauge who is better than who (IF THAT EVEN MATTERS, IT DOESNT LOL) is retarded because you don't know how many tournaments the players have entered. Some people play 10 tournaments a year, some people play 100. I'm going to start attacking the circuit in 2009 though, look out. no disrespect meant yo! | ||
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PrinceOfControl
Norway159 Posts
cool fact~ | ||
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Raidern
Brazil3811 Posts
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fearus
China2164 Posts
His won.. $3,618,720 this year alone with 6 final table appearances. | ||
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FREEloss_ca
Canada603 Posts
EDIT: Google is my friend: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Grospellier EDIT:2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Eastgate | ||
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ShaperofDreams
Canada2492 Posts
- so sorry if i revived a "dead" thread, i thought the last post was pretty recent. | ||
RaGe
Belgium9950 Posts
On January 01 2009 00:25 ShaperofDreams wrote: i personally think that success in poker is 70% discipline, and very recently i got really into poker and am going to start grinding cash money soon. I am very new, but i am going to grind 1/2 cent blinds to learn and not to profit. (because play money is too unrealistic to learn from) - so sorry if i revived a "dead" thread, i thought the last post was pretty recent. it's discipline up till like nl25. higher than that you'll need some mix of effort, good comprehension, analysis, experience and talent. | ||
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EscPlan9
United States2777 Posts
1) It's a very emotionally and mentally taxing game. Every decision you make (even if it's just to fold) is either winning or losing you money. And a fair amount of the times, even when you make the good decisions, you still will lose - which is extremely frustrating. Also, the game is very alienating and often is just a grind. 2) The long-term is much longer than most people realize. To give you an idea, someone who has played 1000 tournaments still only has a short-term record. This can be very frustrating and gets back to the first point. Still.. if you study hard and have good discipline (like bankroll management), you can certainly make some money with poker. It really isn't that tough a game to beat at most limits. There are terrible players at every limit. | ||
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PhilGood2DaY
Germany7424 Posts
If you have enough will power and discipline it MAY make u rich. I after reading all that stuff about poker started myself to play online and for sure there are a few guys like bigballs,elky,giyom,rekrul,soul ect.. who are doing very very good, but let me assure u: 1) Every big winner gains money from something like 1000 small and 200 big losers so to speak.. 2) Being successful at poker takes so much time. It's insane 3) Being that disciplined is something not everybody can actually really do.. GL & HF and never have the illusion poker gives u som easy money in a few months.. thats just not how its working.. | ||
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InternetPokers
United States2 Posts
On November 12 2008 01:54 Liquid`Zephyr wrote: if i had to make some kind of guess i would imagine slayer is the richest starcraft to poker player. pretty awesome for soul to get 2nd though I've heard before that Slayer plays poker and is quite good, I never realized to this extent though. Could you (or anyone who knows) elaborate on where he's made his money? Is it all just from playing high stakes on Prima or Betfair or whatever those euro sites are called? Or does he play tourneys too? Does he ever play Stars/Full Tilt? | ||
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funkie
Venezuela9376 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.pokerstars.com/images/team_ps/bio_bertrand_grospellier.jpg) | ||
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Sfydjklm
United States9218 Posts
On January 01 2009 00:46 RaGe wrote: it's discipline up till like nl25. higher than that you'll need some mix of effort, good comprehension, analysis, experience and talent. sooo overestimating poker field. | ||
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Baddieko
Singapore855 Posts
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Boblion
France8043 Posts
On January 10 2009 21:32 InternetPokers wrote: I've heard before that Slayer plays poker and is quite good, I never realized to this extent though. Could you (or anyone who knows) elaborate on where he's made his money? Is it all just from playing high stakes on Prima or Betfair or whatever those euro sites are called? Or does he play tourneys too? Does he ever play Stars/Full Tilt? I don't knw where he plays but he rapes at cash.. | ||
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