The Well....THE PANTRY: Daut

season of giving boys and girls, so time to give a lil something back.

here's assassinato's description of it on p5 for those of you who dont know what it is:

A stranger is being shown around a village that he has just become part of. He is shown a well and his guide says "On any day except Tuesday, you can shout any question down that well and you'll be told the answer." The man seems pretty impressed, and so he shouts down, "Why not on Tuesday?" A voice from in the well shouts back, "Because on Tuesday, it's your day in the well." So yeah, essentially, in this thread, I'll answer any question you have about playing professionally, the game, myself, or any random question you have that might not even to do with poker.

ask away


in doomers words, i am trapped in a pantry for 3 days like retarded milkman

name the Top 5 cash players on Liquidpoker in order:

On December 17 2008 00:59 Baal wrote: name the Top 5 cash players on Liquidpoker in order:

1. thorladen
2. peachy
3. mez
4. rekrul
5. tjbentham

honorable mention to: pooruser, ket, straate, neilly.

if roman counts he would be tied for #2 with peachy

hardest level u had moving up to? biggest upswing in a day? biggest downswing?


also thank you for doing this. ive seen some sick ones on twoplustwo

how did your life change after winning the PCA?

what is the best piece of advice you would give to microstakers who recently started the game?

What was your best poker day ^_^? Monetarily, or happiness wise, or whateverness

On December 17 2008 01:07 fakeshaver wrote: hardest level u had moving up to? biggest upswing in a day? biggest downswing? also thank you for doing this. ive seen some sick ones on twoplustwo

hardest level i had in moving up was 1/2. my bankroll first reached 3k in july of 2005. i lost half of it back at 1/2 then grinded it back at .5/1 and retried again in august, same result. grinded it back retried, same result in september. grinded it back same result in november. i was left with 1000 online, then got scammed by some guy who stole travis's msn and i cashed out some spending money and was left with 500. i dicked around for a few months playing sngs, limit holdem, stud and other games, and through grinding bonuses and barely winning in any of these i had 1500 by march. then i went back to nl cash and regrinded and this time i didnt lose at 1/2 and moved up very fast.

biggest upswing in 1 day in cash i think +40k at 25/50 nl. i think one day when i was in omaha visiting genius28/ahh snap, i made 60k. i was +20k between 10/20 25/50 plo and nl, made 10k in 5k hu sngs vs moumouth, and i made 30k splitting action in 200/400 plo.

biggest downswing in 1 day -40k at 25/50 nl. had one bad 200/400 nl session where i had 1/3 action and lost 30k. have had a few bad 200/400 plo sessions where i lost about 25k (had 1/4 action).

at what minimum stakes do you think a cash player can live off his/her winnings? assuming a player can maintain 4-5bb/100.

also why is the LP hoodie shipping cost $32 more than the hoodie itself?

also what advice can you give to a MTT noobie
I'm practicing at the $4-180 man sngs right now

how much weight do you put on range balancing and bluff frequencies at different levels of FR? 2/4+ in particular

when will you make more CR videos ffs

On December 17 2008 01:07 acdawg712 wrote: how did your life change after winning the PCA?

i finished undergrad in may 2006. by that point i had 10k bankroll and was planning on going to penn state phd math program. over that summer i made 50k, but decided to go to school anyway cause i wasnt yet making enough to drop all other options and just pursue poker. by PCA i had made another 40k, but still didnt feel comfortable dropping out of school having only made ~110k. after pca school no longer felt like a necessity and i could concentrate more on poker, and i eventually dropped out of my classes midway through that semester.

Top 5 MTT players that post at LP.

On December 17 2008 01:08 YoUr_KiLLeR wrote: what is the best piece of advice you would give to microstakers who recently started the game?

to people who just started i would advice reading some literature. id say dan harringtons cash game books are the best start. then id just play 2k hands a day, invest in pokertracker and look at all the biggest losers/winner hands each day and try to keep improving. id also try to watch 1 or 2 videos a week, read the forums of the limits youre at and the high stakes forums to see what people are thinking about at different levels.

how many poker hoes have you banged

On December 17 2008 01:10 Night2o1 wrote: What was your best poker day ^_^? Monetarily, or happiness wise, or whateverness

happiness definitely pca win. same with monetarily.

worst poker day mentality wise was the 24 hour stretch where i busted out of the 15k 5k last year in 6th place. was 2/7 with 3.3 mill chips at 30k/60k and lost 3 all ins in a row before FT, then lost first hand on final table and was pretty devastated cause of the payout structure. i got 192k and first was 2.5mill, i was crushed, was sick for a few days after it.

On December 17 2008 01:14 vlseph wrote: at what minimum stakes do you think a cash player can live off his/her winnings? assuming a player can maintain 4-5bb/100. also why is the LP hoodie shipping cost $32 more than the hoodie itself?

assuming someone can maintain 5ptbb, that means 1 buyin per 1000 hands. i think lowstakes players who are making it their living should play 4k hands a day avg. thats 4 buyins per day avg, say 1200 per year with missed days due to holidays. id say a .5/1 nl player can live off his earnings doing this. under that you just dont make enough to pay bills, save for future, and build up a good base so you can eventually buy a house, car, etc

Which Corwin would win in a fight to the death. Mig Or Myth?

On December 17 2008 01:15 Siro wrote: how much weight do you put on range balancing and bluff frequencies at different levels of FR? 2/4+ in particular when will you make more CR videos ffs

a lot. i do a lot of stuff just to balance my range in a lot of spots because the players are smart enough to take advantage of your exploitabilities. they arent as sharp as 5/10 6max players by any means but just make sure youre not doing anything too obvious. make note of flops you check fold too much, flops you check behind too much, boards you give up a lot on the turn/river, etc. dont need to go that deep but its important

i made a CR vid in florida with peachy. will be making a few more in the coming month

Oh wow that's sick :o!

What was your net worth after taxes and so on after winning the PCA?

What is your net worth now?

Do you think poker is sustainable and will still be similar to how it is now in 5 years time?