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?

On December 17 2008 01:17 BigRed0000 wrote: Top 5 MTT players that post at LP.

1. mig
2. thorladen
3. elky
4. me
5. many possibilties...not sure who to put here between hevad, you, or one of the random cash game players that sometimes play mtts. youre all about equal in my mind. you have a lot of potential cause im sure you know of a lot of good spots that most people have no idea just cause you try to find them nonstop but you have to tone it down a lot and also spew less.

On December 17 2008 01:18 Rekrul wrote: how many poker hoes have you banged

havent fucked any of them lol, will go into further detail on msn

On December 17 2008 01:22 BigRed0000 wrote: Which Corwin would win in a fight to the death. Mig Or Myth?

myth cause his middle name is random

On December 17 2008 01:28 lachlan wrote: 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?

not sure after pca cause i didnt pay taxes til end of year.
right now hm, i guess its like 1.3 mil after all the taxes ive paid and not including the money i have out in staking investments (regardless of whether the player has the money and hasnt sent it yet or is down).

i think poker is sustainable but will be way less profitable in 5 years

would u let d_zoo get medieval on your hiney?

On December 17 2008 01:46 FrinkX wrote: would u let d_zoo get medieval on your hiney?

id want to but i think he would be too rough for me

online cash games or live cash games
online tournaments or live tournaments
pepsi or coke
christmas or WSOP
WPT or EPT
blonde or brunette
Leno or Letterman
LP or Cardrunners (choose wisely!)
PS or FTP

Do you think that many winning poker players are capable of moving up levels (say 2/4 winning players) to higher stakes, but just don't try hard enough? What was the biggest necessary change you had to do to go from beating midstakes to highstakes (1000 nl +)?

How much value would you put on conversing with other winning high stakes players on a regular basis? ( I never do this and I think it stunts my growth)

On December 17 2008 01:49 thewh00sel wrote: online cash games or live cash games online tournaments or live tournaments pepsi or coke christmas or WSOP WPT or EPT blonde or brunette Leno or Letterman LP or Cardrunners (choose wisely!) PS or FTP

online cash games. i hate dirty chips, 35 hands an hour, disgusting grumpy old men, super high rake, tipping dealers and casinos in general. the games are much easier at higher limits but i prefer playing online.

live mtts. structures are so good and huge buyins/payouts make up for how much i dislike live poker at times.

i dont drink soda.

hard to say. i love christmas and dont care too much about WSOP besides the staking side of things, but WSOP means fun summer in vegas, xmas usually means cold winter. i have to go with WSOP cause its a really exciting month as a backer

EPTs are better run, in fun cities ive never been to, have worse players. but WPTs have been very nice to me so i cant hate on them.

conan obviously

i love all women so hard to choose one, blondes catch my eye more to start out but i think im more attracted to hotter brunettes

LP of course. im not doing this well on CR am i?

FTP. ps should have added me to team stars but didnt and ftp added me and im very happy now.

oh, poker or starcraft =]

How much of your lifetime net winnings would you estimate comes from fish vs how much comes from regs you can exploit? Has the proportion changed as you've moved through the limits?

On December 17 2008 01:54 Big_Rob_48 wrote: Do you think that many winning poker players are capable of moving up levels (say 2/4 winning players) to higher stakes, but just don't try hard enough? What was the biggest necessary change you had to do to go from beating midstakes to highstakes (1000 nl +)? How much value would you put on conversing with other winning high stakes players on a regular basis? ( I never do this and I think it stunts my growth)

i dont think many people are capable of it anymore, games are much harder than they used to be. you need to be intelligent, patient, disciplined and have lots of other qualities that not many people possess while also putting in a lot of hard work.

for me moving up to those levels i just had to get more aggressive and play more hands because i was too tight back in the day. thats not a problem most people have, in general its the opposite.

and id put a huge huge amount of value on talking to good players. always good to see how other players think and what they would do in situations that give you trouble, and also is a confidence booster to see that other players who are good also have problems with certain things you might

what has been your biggest purchase since PCA?

On December 17 2008 01:57 thewh00sel wrote: oh, poker or starcraft =]

poker but i fucking love starcraft and when starcraft2 comes out i will be worthless for a while

On December 17 2008 02:01 Sicks Macks wrote: How much of your lifetime net winnings would you estimate comes from fish vs how much comes from regs you can exploit? Has the proportion changed as you've moved through the limits?

id say about equal. im looking at PT right now and in my last 100k hands i am up 38k with most of my hands at 2/4, some at 3/6, some at 5/10 and a very small amount elsewhere, but winrate is 4.69, so im up around 94 buyins in this time.

i am not up more than 2k on any one player in this time period, and the guys im up over 1500 on are mostly from 5/10 and 3/6 games not 2/4. i am up on a lot of regulars though which is the cause of a lot of my profits, but with the exception of one 2/4 player i am not up 4 buyins on any reg so a lot of the money just gets exchanged between regs and a ton of the profits actually comes from fish. so id say its probably fairly equal, but hard to say exactly how much is from each

On December 17 2008 02:02 thewh00sel wrote: what has been your biggest purchase since PCA?

i havent really bought anything since pca, which is sad. i got my parents a plasma tv which was like 3k, a fridge which was like 6k, the deck upgraded which was like 5k i think, and im going to pay to get the basement finished. i havent bought a house, car, watch yet so i havent really spent anything major.

obviously i have a decent amount of expenses with travel, food, etc but no major purchases

what percentage of your net work guaranteed aside would it take for you to flip for your net worth

meaning if you have 1m how much money would someone have to give you for you to flip for 1m

1. biggest leak most MTT "pros" have (if one is too specific, a couple would be cool)

2. what advice, both general and specific, as far as adjusting, would you give to an online mtt player who plans to expand to more live tournaments? assume little live tournament experience, but considerable live cash game experience. not obv things like noticing stack sizes cause they're not displayed, etc... more strategy (open less/more, etc.) than logistics, if you can

3. hot black girl or hot asian girl?

4. what two girls came to mind when you pictured the girls from #3?

5. will you be doing any MSPainting in the near future?

What was your biggest leak when you were a micro/small stakes player? Also, I'm not sure if you coach as well, but what are the most common leaks you see in other small stake players?

On December 17 2008 02:11 PoorUser wrote: what percentage of your net work guaranteed aside would it take for you to flip for your net worth meaning if you have 1m how much money would someone have to give you for you to flip for 1m

if i had 1m exactly, id need someone to pay me i think 500k. having 2 million wouldnt change my life that much but having 300k would change it a lot as id have to change plans for the future significantly. i need to be very liquid for staking

On December 17 2008 02:11 nutshot wrote: 1. biggest leak most MTT "pros" have (if one is too specific, a couple would be cool) 2. what advice, both general and specific, as far as adjusting, would you give to an online mtt player who plans to expand to more live tournaments? assume little live tournament experience, but considerable live cash game experience. not obv things like noticing stack sizes cause they're not displayed, etc... more strategy (open less/more, etc.) than logistics, if you can 3. hot black girl or hot asian girl? 4. what two girls came to mind when you pictured the girls from #3? 5. will you be doing any MSPainting in the near future?

1. i think most mtt pros are weak deepstacked. hard to explain how really theyre just not very good deepstacked, make a lot of mistakes. i also think most people have a lot to learn about shoving/preflop poker in general when youre anywhere from 15-45bb deep.

2. not much advice i can give. tourneys are tourneys and you have live experience. i guess live tourney players push worse than online guys and do some spewy things shortstacked that you should watch out for (you raise utg they call in cutoff with 20bb, this doesnt mean they have aces)

3. i think the hottest black girl is hotter than the hottest asian girl but i think there are more fuckable asian girls than black girls

4. halle berry and a bunch of half asian chicks like kristin kreuk

5. not as much! but there will be some eventually

On December 17 2008 02:14 RICHI8 wrote: What was your biggest leak when you were a micro/small stakes player? Also, I'm not sure if you coach as well, but what are the most common leaks you see in other small stake players?

i was too tight. i never won pots unless i had the nuts. one really important thing i learned from durrrr is that a lot of mediocre players put too much money in with their good hands and not enough money with their mediocre or bad hands.

thats it for tonight as its 330 am. i answered all the questions through page 2 ill come in and answer more when i wake up

On December 17 2008 01:34 Daut wrote: Show nested quote + On December 17 2008 01:22 BigRed0000 wrote: Which Corwin would win in a fight to the death. Mig Or Myth? myth cause his middle name is random

i call bullshit
i want to see an id

i edited my post and added something but i think you did not see so i will post again:

what advice can you give to a MTT noobie
I'm practicing at the $4-180 man sngs right now.
i FT'd one today and my opponents were all pretty tight most were like 14/10 or something i would guess.
how would you go about beat this table? or maybe a final table/MTT in general? i came in as chip leader and i made a couple bad/good plays and ended up busting in 7th.

In live MTTs where you have a lot of chips generally, do you limp a lot of hands?

How did you get picked for the tutoring or apprenticeship with GP? (it was gp right?)

How did the apprenticeship change your life? What were the major things you learned then? What was it like?

Who are the top 5 LP HU players?

I will come back with more soon. Thanks for doing this Daut!

fav porn movie?

ive seen d_zoo's member

it can be gentle and caring if it wants to be

boxers or briefs
and what kinda of socks do you wear.

[wow, thank for doing this daut, you're a superhero ]


did you have any "aha" moment(s) where everything just started to click?

do you remeber any great threads from LP?

what do you think to yourself when you get sucked out on over and over?

How do you go about analyzing a hand? do you use excel? pad n paper?

if you started breaking even for a large number of hands how would you go about improving your play?

where do you see yourself in 5 years?

use a pee bottle when playing a long mass table FR session? 8D

how has the game changed over the past few years?

would you ever sit at railheaven?

How do you abuse a somewhat nitty regular (say 18/15/2.0 ) who doesn't fold alot to cbets and 3bets at 6max (NL200 / NL400)?

What kind of activities do you do besides poker to make you feel better about your life? Or are you perfectly fine with just playing poker, hanging out with friends etc.

How many times do you check LP a day?

Have you been coached and by whom, and what were the "breakthrough- ideas / thoughts / moments" that really helped your game improve?

dude you're an IDIOT for ranking tjbentham so low on your cash game players list ROFL

do you have ANY idea how good he is hahahaha

also for your MTT player list LOL at not including hevad, he has gotten SOOOOO much better lately

and actually i think rekrul is really high up there too as long as we're talking live MTTs and if we're talking live MTTs then i am up there too but prob not top 5, top10 imo though

what is the meaning of life?

How can she slap?

who are the biggest live and online douchebags in poker that you know of? elaborate.

On December 17 2008 03:44 edzwoo wrote: How can she slap?

Hahahahaa!!! Epic video...
1. What stats would you advise using for PT3 for 6 max SNG's?
2. What stats would you advise using for PT3 for 6 max low limit cash games?

MYTH : YOU LIMP A LOT IN TOURNEYS, BRAH?

i think thor pays people to go around saying he's a sicko so that his nittyness gets paid off

whats your minesweeper record

On December 17 2008 04:02 Rekrul wrote: i think thor pays people to go around saying he's a sicko so that his nittyness gets paid off

why pay if he can do it by himself like you do

what are some non-poker related things you'd like to accomplish before you die?

oh also

your top10 favorite video games of all time? :D

on a scale of 1-10 how much did you want to bang that hot interview girl from the $15,000 tournament last year?

On December 17 2008 04:19 Baal wrote: Show nested quote + On December 17 2008 04:02 Rekrul wrote: i think thor pays people to go around saying he's a sicko so that his nittyness gets paid off why pay if he can do you him himself like you do

lol I dont get it

What do you think are good investments nowaday (besides building up your bankroll) for won money?

Most baller purchase/money spent ballin ?

What do you think of the potential of people who take more than a couple of months to get out of the micros?

who do you trust more in hard spots, gut or logic ?

On December 17 2008 01:04 Daut wrote: Show nested quote + 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

What about Fisheye?

How did you beat me PvP a few months back when you only had 90 apm? Furthermore, how does a 90apm noob multitable?

Who is Ryan Daut?

1. What is your favorite beer and mixed drink?
2. What is your favorite past time besides gaming?
3. What do you think about USA?
4. Have you ever met any famous people?
5. If it was a pro poker player, how did it go down?
6. When and why did you quit playing broodwar?
7. Are there any other games that you have passion for?

It seems like many big players turn to staking others....does that make more money for you now then actually playing?

yea, Do you like to gamble? How often do you bet on other things? What do you bet on? How much do you bet?

On December 17 2008 05:12 nicksson wrote: Show nested quote + On December 17 2008 04:19 Baal wrote:   On December 17 2008 04:02 Rekrul wrote: i think thor pays people to go around saying he's a sicko so that his nittyness gets paid off why pay if he can do you him himself like you do lol I dont get it

oh sorry i corrected it:


why pay if he can do it by himself like you do

1. Best hands in mma?

2. Best overall striking game in mma?

3. Most power p4p (striking/ground/doesn't matter)?

4. Best BJJ in mma?

5. Best wrestling in mma?

6. Most invincible champ?

Would u fight me in a boxing match using 16oz gloves if u ever come to Nuernberg(germany)

Still a nit at heart?

Biggest nit on LP now that you've gone and learned how to play?

Would Badr Hari have a chance to be champ in UFC or such (ie: beating like Fedor and those guys) if he learned some ground game?

Did you fall asleep there in the well?

On December 17 2008 02:29 Bigbobm wrote: Show nested quote + On December 17 2008 01:34 Daut wrote:   On December 17 2008 01:22 BigRed0000 wrote: Which Corwin would win in a fight to the death. Mig Or Myth? myth cause his middle name is random i call bullshit i want to see an id

yeah seriously who's middle name is random

On December 17 2008 02:29 vlseph wrote: i edited my post and added something but i think you did not see so i will post again: what advice can you give to a MTT noobie I'm practicing at the $4-180 man sngs right now. i FT'd one today and my opponents were all pretty tight most were like 14/10 or something i would guess. how would you go about beat this table? or maybe a final table/MTT in general? i came in as chip leader and i made a couple bad/good plays and ended up busting in 7th.

to an MTT new player id recommend the same, reading some books, watching videos and reading forums. theres just too much info for you to take in to learn it all in one place.
if everyone is tight just open a lot of hands. pay a lot of attention to stacksizes and dont raise if you cant call a shove from people that have 10bb or less.

On December 17 2008 02:35 TheHuHu3 wrote: In live MTTs where you have a lot of chips generally, do you limp a lot of hands?

i raise a lot of hands cause i prefer getting the pots hu or 3 way so its easier to outplay people and takedown pots. id say in the first level if i have 500bb in a live mtt im playing 40% of the hands cause people are pretty weak deepstacked.

On December 17 2008 02:45 k2o4 wrote: How did you get picked for the tutoring or apprenticeship with GP? (it was gp right?) How did the apprenticeship change your life? What were the major things you learned then? What was it like? Who are the top 5 LP HU players? I will come back with more soon. Thanks for doing this Daut!

there was a contest on p5 where people wrote up why they should be picked and i had the best writeup by far.
i didnt really learn all that much from it. before pca we only did 1 or 2 sessions and after pca we did 1 or 2 more. it helped cement a few things i knew and i learned a little bit about hu play after the pca but for the most part it didnt help me a ton.

top 5 lp hu players in no particular order would prob be rekrul, peachy, thor, straate, pooruser.

On December 17 2008 02:45 C0n5pir4cy wrote: fav porn movie?

i use a friends brazzers account and id say anything with madison scott or priya rai. carmel moore is pretty awesome too, the british accent sucks you in like a tractor beam

On December 17 2008 02:55 Bigbobm wrote: boxers or briefs and what kinda of socks do you wear.

both. boxers for lounging doing nothing, briefs for bjj or the gym
i wear white under armour socks that are low cut

On December 17 2008 03:21 Silver)Z( wrote: [wow, thank for doing this daut, you're a superhero ] did you have any "aha" moment(s) where everything just started to click? do you remeber any great threads from LP? what do you think to yourself when you get sucked out on over and over? How do you go about analyzing a hand? do you use excel? pad n paper? if you started breaking even for a large number of hands how would you go about improving your play? where do you see yourself in 5 years? use a pee bottle when playing a long mass table FR session? 8D

no aha moments, hard to say what i really learned day by day. i guess the biggest aha moment ive ever had is when i was watching genius28 play about 18 months ago and i saw him turn a hand into a bluff on the river and i realized there was a whole new world of possible lines i could take.

most of the best LP threads are in general lol. the best strategy thread ive read in detail was probably the one where i copied jman's question from 2p2 over: if you are on the button playing 25/50 5k deep, good solid aggro cutoff raises to 175, you make it 550 and he calls, now you can choose your hand, and rank in order of preference: a) 75s, b) 88, c) A2s, d) KJo. that got a lot of good theoretical discussion and most hands are pretty straightforward.

if i broke even for a lot of hands id prob go look through all the hands i was playing, watch some videos, and watch what the winning regs were doing that i wasnt or what i wasnt adjusting to well that they were doing. would also play less tables and take a lot of notes on everyone.

in 5 years i see myself playing for 6 months a year, travelling, and hopefully be in a long term relationship by that point cause id like to have kids before im old.

i dont play sessions that are longer than 5 hours and i have a pretty good bladder so not a problem.

On December 17 2008 03:22 geometryb wrote: how has the game changed over the past few years? would you ever sit at railheaven?

everyone is more aggro nowadays, and they understand how to react to peoples ranges much better

if i had 10 million id sit at railheaven and play day in day out until i had a 1m downswing. if i had 2m online id sit and sell a lot of pieces of myself. pretty confident in a guy laliberte game if any good 2/4 player sits they are a winner as long as the money doesnt cause them to make bad plays

On December 17 2008 03:27 Tycho wrote: How do you abuse a somewhat nitty regular (say 18/15/2.0 ) who doesn't fold alot to cbets and 3bets at 6max (NL200 / NL400)? What kind of activities do you do besides poker to make you feel better about your life? Or are you perfectly fine with just playing poker, hanging out with friends etc. How many times do you check LP a day? Have you been coached and by whom, and what were the "breakthrough- ideas / thoughts / moments" that really helped your game improve?

2barrel more. and 3bet him less oop, more in position, and check behind some flops to make your cbets in 3bet pots more credible.

lately, my life during the week is something like: sleep for 8 hours, play for 5 hours, workout (either gym or jiu jitsu) for 1.5-3 hours, food another 1-2 hours, talk to people online another 4 hours, dick around/watch tv/talk to parents the rest of the day. my friends have jobs so i dont hang out during the week. on the weekends we usually either go into hoboken or NYC one of the nights, and go to some bars around here the other night.

i probably check LP 20 times a day. theres a lot of random open webpage, scroll down, dont look at anything particular, open another webpage.

i havent been coached, but ive talked to a lot of good players, and described one of these earlier. another important moment was thinking about what flops people cbet, what flops people check behind on, which led me to calling more hands preflop that hit the flops that people always cbet.

On December 17 2008 03:29 [vital]Myth wrote: dude you're an IDIOT for ranking tjbentham so low on your cash game players list ROFL do you have ANY idea how good he is hahahaha

i mean really any of the 5 were interchangeable! impossible to reallllly rank them but the important part was who was in the top 5!

On December 17 2008 03:33 CCMoz wrote: what is the meaning of life?

to be as happy as you can be

On December 17 2008 03:44 edzwoo wrote: How can she slap?

she got what she deserved!

On December 17 2008 03:30 [vital]Myth wrote: also for your MTT player list LOL at not including hevad, he has gotten SOOOOO much better lately and actually i think rekrul is really high up there too as long as we're talking live MTTs and if we're talking live MTTs then i am up there too but prob not top 5, top10 imo though

well when talking about MTT ability its mainly about online mtts because live mtt are deep enough where its like an online cash game for a significant amount of time.
and i put hevad 5th with patrick and i guess the random cash game players when they take them serious are about that same level. live would be different because someone like peachy can do really well and run a tourney over like ept london cause its relatively deep for a long time

On December 17 2008 03:47 Baal wrote: who are the biggest live and online douchebags in poker that you know of? elaborate.

hard to not say adz for how he acts.
i also think livb112 acts like a massive dbag online, just berating people like a little bitch any time he loses a hu sng

live id just say anyone who owes people money and is taking a long time to pay them back. no comment.

On December 17 2008 03:49 Dkent001 wrote: Show nested quote + On December 17 2008 03:44 edzwoo wrote: How can she slap? Hahahahaa!!! Epic video... 1. What stats would you advise using for PT3 for 6 max SNG's? 2. What stats would you advise using for PT3 for 6 max low limit cash games?

1. vpip/pfr/3bet %/cbet
2. vpip/pfr/3bet %/call 3bet%

On December 17 2008 04:16 nicksson wrote: whats your minesweeper record

115 expert, 34 medium, 7 beginner

On December 17 2008 04:23 Day[9] wrote: what are some non-poker related things you'd like to accomplish before you die?

id like to be a bjj black belt.
hard to say life goals really, just really want to be happy and healthy for a long time.

On December 17 2008 04:24 Day[9] wrote: oh also your top10 favorite video games of all time? :D

1. starcraft
2. war3
3. diablo
4. legend of zelda: link to the past
5. ocarina of time
6. mario kart on supernintendo
7. super mario world
8. punch out
9. goldeneye
10. halo 1

this was based on how much ive played each game, what i would like to go back and play again

On December 17 2008 04:40 lachlan wrote: on a scale of 1-10 how much did you want to bang that hot interview girl from the $15,000 tournament last year?

9.5, kimberly is pretty hot, id say shes in the top 10% of girls easily

On December 17 2008 05:21 Edjon wrote: What do you think are good investments nowaday (besides building up your bankroll) for won money?

i wouldnt advise backing to people as its highly volatile and a bit of a pain but its def a very good investment for someone with a lot of money and some partners to reduce risk.
i think buying up small businesses or investing in businesses with cash problems right now would be a good idea, but hard to say which ones will be profitable. real estate is pretty low now so that is probably a good idea as well

On December 17 2008 05:56 KidPokeher wrote: Most baller purchase/money spent ballin ?

no clue how much money spent traveling and stuff, prob in the 100-150k range between credit card roulette, flights, hotel, etc

On December 17 2008 06:22 Night2o1 wrote: What do you think of the potential of people who take more than a couple of months to get out of the micros?

meh, sometimes people have a mental block that prevent them from doing well. once you get past it someitmes you can learn a lot more because now you understand what was keeping you down and youre more open to changing your game

On December 17 2008 06:24 morph1 wrote: who do you trust more in hard spots, gut or logic ?

logic. i use some of my gut feelings in logic, like past experiences and such, but the way a person plays and how they played this hand matters more to me than a bad feeling

On December 17 2008 06:29 Joe wrote: Show nested quote + On December 17 2008 01:04 Daut wrote:   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 What about Fisheye?

does he count? if so hes certainly top 5

On December 17 2008 06:31 SpoR wrote: How did you beat me PvP a few months back when you only had 90 apm? Furthermore, how does a 90apm noob multitable?

because you can win with protoss and be slow. my apm is prob really around 120 when its not my first game back, and multitabling is a joke. i can easily play 20 tables. id say 25 tables equates to 75 apm

On December 17 2008 06:36 Webjoker wrote: Who is Ryan Daut?

some clown who gets paid to outnit people at 2/4 full ring

If you could play HORSE for your entire roll heads up, which high stakes player would you choose and why?

On December 17 2008 06:39 SpoR wrote: 1. What is your favorite beer and mixed drink? 2. What is your favorite past time besides gaming? 3. What do you think about USA? 4. Have you ever met any famous people? 5. If it was a pro poker player, how did it go down? 6. When and why did you quit playing broodwar? 7. Are there any other games that you have passion for?

1. blue moon or yuengling. mixed drink, i guess gin and tonic, white russian
2. jiu jitsu is really fun. watching football or baseball
3. i keep my nose out of politics
4. i shared a planeride with jenny finch who is one of the best softball players in the world. heres how that exchange went down:


5. ive met a lot of pro/famous poker players. the funniest experience was probably erick lindgren saying he reads my blog, thinks i have a lot of issues, and asking me to draw an mspaint
6. hmm i stopped playing bw for the most part after i failed to qualify for wcg 2004 online. there was an online ladder, top 8 made it, i think i got like 11th. there were 2 or 3 hackers and 2 or 3 guys that let better players play on their account who finished higher than me. after that i didnt play a lot anymore.
7. no other games really. went through some little phases with chess and bridge but never serious

ty for doing this daut, i'll try to think up some questions but i'm a huge newb

Fulltilt or Pokerstars?
Jessica Alba or Britney Spears (in their prime)?

On December 17 2008 06:49 WastedGate wrote: It seems like many big players turn to staking others....does that make more money for you now then actually playing?

since pca i think ive made about the same playing as i have staking

On December 17 2008 07:10 SpoR wrote: yea, Do you like to gamble? How often do you bet on other things? What do you bet on? How much do you bet?

not a gambler by nature. have only played blackjack once, dont play craps, roulette or really bet sports. have bet mma a few times and i was a huge fish when i was doing it. maybe ill bet that more now that im a bit more knowledgeble in it

On December 17 2008 10:30 Daut wrote: Show nested quote + On December 17 2008 06:29 Joe wrote:   On December 17 2008 01:04 Daut wrote:   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 What about Fisheye? does he count? if so hes certainly top 5

Yea well probably not, but I think Fisheye is about as active as Thorladen here at lp.

On December 17 2008 08:16 Fox wrote: 1. Best hands in mma? 2. Best overall striking game in mma? 3. Most power p4p (striking/ground/doesn't matter)? 4. Best BJJ in mma? 5. Best wrestling in mma? 6. Most invincible champ?

1. hard to say. i guess id say mark hunt cause when you are that accurate with punches and have the best chin ever you can really stand in there and take extra aim
2. a few years ago crocop. now its hard to say cause theres so many random k1'ers that fight mma. of the strictly mma fighters excluding guys like semmy, kid, etc id have to say anderson silva
3. fedor probably. arona is reallly strong as well.
4. bj penn. ill take winnin them fights by dominant position over aoki or nog. and a guy like maia doesnt have the striking to setup his takedowns as well as bj does, or the strikes on the ground to give his passes more umph, but maia is def very close.
5. gsp
6. miguel torres seems completely invincible based on height/reach/skill advantages, way more so than any other champ

On December 17 2008 08:49 PplusAD wrote: Would u fight me in a boxing match using 16oz gloves if u ever come to Nuernberg(germany)

well i wouldnt call it a boxing match considering i have no striking experience but id spar with you/try to learn from you

On December 17 2008 09:01 DustySwedeDude wrote: Still a nit at heart? Biggest nit on LP now that you've gone and learned how to play? Would Badr Hari have a chance to be champ in UFC or such (ie: beating like Fedor and those guys) if he learned some ground game?

still have some nitty tendencies and will always have the big fold desire within me lol
biggest nit now is probably either doomer, ket or joe
hari could be ok in mma, obv needs a lot of work on ground game and his chin is kinda suspect so i dunno if he would be the best choice from k1

On December 17 2008 10:42 MezmerizePLZ wrote: ty for doing this daut, i'll try to think up some questions but i'm a huge newb Fulltilt or Pokerstars? Jessica Alba or Britney Spears (in their prime)?

full tilt!
wow toughest question in the thread. fjdkt;lighregheghehgerjgelgjealggioajgrlkamvfksajfljfdsa;ljfl;asdlajewojfewoajgwaegl;awweaja. britney

On December 17 2008 10:52 Joe wrote: Show nested quote + On December 17 2008 10:30 Daut wrote:   On December 17 2008 06:29 Joe wrote:   On December 17 2008 01:04 Daut wrote:   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 What about Fisheye? does he count? if so hes certainly top 5 Yea well probably not, but I think Fisheye is about as active as Thorladen here at lp.

well thor still posts some hands every now and then, posted his video with roman after losing to nazfish hu and used to post a good amount of threads and never saw fisheye post much since he was maybe a 3/6 player

Hi Daut and thank you for going into the well, here's my questions:

- How much luck do you need to win a tournament depending on the field: 500 people, 1k,2k,5k+ ?

- Do you advocate playing tight nowadays at the start and open up progressivly OR be more agressive at the beginning to build a stack fast/bust early if things don't go your way. How did you run during your PCA victory (decent, jesus christ mode, poorly ?), did you have a plan or just improvised, what was your bluffing frequency by then (i've seen your heads-up and you picked a couple of spots to run sick bluffs) ?

In what form of NLHE do you think there is the most money to be made? Full ring 6-max HU etc...

On December 17 2008 11:01 Daut wrote: Show nested quote + On December 17 2008 10:42 MezmerizePLZ wrote: ty for doing this daut, i'll try to think up some questions but i'm a huge newb Fulltilt or Pokerstars? Jessica Alba or Britney Spears (in their prime)? full tilt! wow toughest question in the thread. fjdkt;lighregheghehgerjgelgjealggioajgrlkamvfksajfljfdsa;ljfl;asdlajewojfewoajgwaegl;awweaja. britney

lol i forgot you're a full tilt pro !

Hey daut~

How hard was it for you to learn PLO? (in terms of time dedicated, and how long it took to feel comfortable)

On December 17 2008 11:17 Sheitan wrote: Hi Daut and thank you for going into the well, here's my questions: - How much luck do you need to win a tournament depending on the field: 500 people, 1k,2k,5k+ ? - Do you advocate playing tight nowadays at the start and open up progressivly OR be more agressive at the beginning to build a stack fast/bust early if things don't go your way. How did you run during your PCA victory (decent, jesus christ mode, poorly ?), did you have a plan or just improvised, what was your bluffing frequency by then (i've seen your heads-up and you picked a couple of spots to run sick bluffs) ?

you need a lot. in a 1000 person soft field the best player will maybe win 1 out of 200 times on avg

i think you need to play selectively aggro vs most players so you pick up a lot of small pots, dont risk a lot of your stack, but also make people feel pressured that you can put in your stack with any draw or hand.

during pca i ran ok, i never sucked out on anyone (i won JJ v KK vs a shortstack once who had like 25-30% of my stack) for all my chips, i just kept getting it in good and winning. i think i only lost one all in the whole tourney. i won aa v qq twice, kk v 22, at v q8, doubled up on the river twice (trips vs overpair, set vs overpair) and aq v a9 early on day 2. i lost a flip 77 v aq sometime on day 2 but for the most part i just got it in good and won my all ins. i didnt really know much about how to play tournaments back then so i just found good spots to steal, waited for hands, didnt overcommit, etc. i didnt get aggro until it was 3 handed.

Hot or Cold?
Would you rather be an astronaut or an invincible cat that thinks its a human (has human ability to learn, language, emotion, etc) and will live for 100 years?
London or New York?

i want to think of a poker question but i can't lol

On December 17 2008 11:20 SakiSaki wrote: In what form of NLHE do you think there is the most money to be made? Full ring 6-max HU etc...

tough question. bumhunters make a looooooooot of money hu, but there are so many these days and not that many fish to go around so im not sure thats the best method until youre at 25/50 anymore.
6max there are plenty of games and the fish's money is spread to less people, and 9max you can play a ton of tables and put in tons of hands. i would say at 1/2-2/4 full ring is the best, at 3/6 to 10/20 6max is the best, 25/50 and higher hu is the best.

On December 17 2008 11:27 DooMeR wrote: Hey daut~ How hard was it for you to learn PLO? (in terms of time dedicated, and how long it took to feel comfortable)

it took a good amount of time. id say i put in like 30 hours a few years back to get my feet wet when i was trying to move up to 1/2, but i was pretty bad back then.
then i put in maybe 50 hours a year and a half ago at 25/50, but i wasnt really ready to play those stakes. then i put in a bunch of time early this year looking into hands, reading rolf slotbooms book and thinking about the game. then i played maybe 50 more hours worth on my own and shortstacked another 25 splitting action. all in all i dont have tons and tons of plo experience but ive put in a good amount of time reading, playing and thinking about the game. it took quite a bit of effort for me to get competent and develop my own style (which is very very different from most people)

On December 17 2008 11:33 MezmerizePLZ wrote: Hot or Cold? Would you rather be an astronaut or an invincible cat that thinks its a human (has human ability to learn, language, emotion, etc) and will live for 100 years? London or New York? i want to think of a poker question but i can't lol

hot.
am i satisifed with fucking female cats and being a cat but learning like a human? invincibility isnt enough, id pick astronaut for one space mission because i think ill live way past 100 anyway, i take really good care of myself.
new york, i hear terrible things about london lol

ok just got my 30 inch monitors gotta set those up !!

omg lol mez hahaha

best questions ever

On December 17 2008 11:33 MezmerizePLZ wrote: Would you rather be an astronaut or an invincible cat that thinks its a human (has human ability to learn, language, emotion, etc) and will live for 100 years?

haha awesome question

Daut,

Would you get fired if i could find the chat log where you describe FTP as a 'stupid cartoon site you hate playing on'?

Does BJJ still make you throw up after training?

If you could invite one person from LP who wasn't in vegas to come to the LP castle and get waterballooned, who would it be?

In 2009, who will do well on the live mtt scene from LP that hasn't already?