I dont post a huge amount of p5s but I do browse the forums quite often so I figured I would give some content back and do a Well like assassinato.

For those that dont know what a well is I stole the explanation assassinato used.
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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.
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For those that dont know who iam I started playing poker about 5 years ago when I first went to college. I was going to college as a premed with the goal of becoming a doctor. I initially deposited 50$ twice on party poker I lost the first deposit in about 10 minutes, the 2nd deposit I lost over the course of about a month. After that I deposited 75$ on pokerstars and never had to deposit again.

I started out grinding cash games and using my profits to buy into tournaments. Then whenever I had a decent tourney score I would jump up limits. I did this until I reached 5/10 when I decided I liked mtts more and I would play them full time.

Towards the end of my sophomore year I was contemplating trying to play fulltime. So I decided that summer I would play full time and depending on how I did I would decide whether to go back to school or play poker professionally. I ran very well that summer and ended up making around 150k so after that I dropped out of school and have been playing professionally ever since.

Once I went pro I grinded online for about a year until the wsop. I had a built up a decent sized bankroll but I wasnt really comfortable potentially losing 60k+ over just a few tournaments. So I worked out a backing deal with my friends ryan daut, who had just won pca for 1.5m, and victor goossens, a dutch cashgame player. During the wsop I won the 5k nl event for 730k which I got half of. With that money I decided I had enough to go on my own. Shortly after the wsop I was lucky enough to win the 1k wcoop for 580k. With that money I decided to go into backing with daut and victor.

Since then my online volume has decreased a lot and I have spent a lot more time playing live and focusing on the backing which has grown a ton over the last year.

So anyway if people have any questions about backing/poker, etc I will try to answer. However I wont answer certain things about the players we back such as who they are, what % they have, etc. But general questions about our backing is fine.

lol sc nice delete loll but agreed

 

Originally Posted by TwystedPair

What are the most important things you look for when finding stakees? Do you look for them or do they find you??

This, plus, you said that backing has become huge over the last year. I'm assuming that is because the gap between the top mtt'ers and the those rly doing well in mid to the lower end of the high stakes is narrowing. And backing these players to play at the highest levels makes sense if they haven't accumulated the proper bankroll to go it alone yet. Would you agree?

What has helped you with your game the most?

what shade do you dye your hair?

is martine still backed by you guys despite three different 600K+ scores in like 13 live events or whatever it is?

obv you went ahead with it, but what were your initial thoughts/concerns with backing sorel in the wsope and tourns you had his action in before that ?

whats the deal with the "mig.com" sn?

 

Originally Posted by TheVillageGrinder

This, plus, you said that backing has become huge over the last year. I'm assuming that is because the gap between the top mtt'ers and the those rly doing well in mid to the lower end of the high stakes is narrowing. And backing these players to play at the highest levels makes sense if they haven't accumulated the proper bankroll to go it alone yet. Would you agree?

Well a big part of why we have been expanding is just as we have been making more money so we have been able to more safely add additional players without risking too much of our net worth.

I would definitely agree tho that the gap between mid level regs and the top regs has definitely decreased and I would expect it to continue decreasing.

 

Originally Posted by Iplaythabored

What has helped you with your game the most?

I would say simply experience. Just putting in the hours playing is the fastest way to improve. And its a big reason many of the top players are young. They have more time they can devote to poker.

i am looking for backers. what are the odds that you give me a chance to prove myself worthy of said backing?

how many sunday majors has your stable won this year?

which stable do you think has won the most this year?

top 5 guys you dont have but would like to? (besides me obv)

plz expose someone who fucked you over in the backing business

 

Originally Posted by mhoddi

is martine still backed by you guys despite three different 600K+ scores in like 13 live events or whatever it is?

obv you went ahead with it, but what were your initial thoughts/concerns with backing sorel in the wsope and tourns you had his action in before that ?

No martine isant backed its a funny story with martine. He played on his own live for almost a year grinding out satellites and such and never managing to win anything. Almost immediately after joining us he cashed for like 1m in 2 tourneys. So he ends up going on his own playing for 6 more months and winning nothing. After that he comes back to us and his very first tourney under us he wins ept london. Lucky money.

And about sorel we were backing him before wsope and before he got into trouble on ftp and such. So we didnt really have any concerns when we first added him.

 

Originally Posted by BillMueller

is being a sexy red head, or "ginger kid" as your people are sometimes called, a blessing or a curse? (When answering this please seperate your professional and personal lives)

I would say its a mixture in that anytime I step into the sun my skin catches on fire but iam warmer in the winter.

 

Originally Posted by HurryHarry

i am looking for backers. what are the odds that you give me a chance to prove myself worthy of said backing?

this kids got 61% roi on da pokahstas, give him a shot.

THanks for reading this. I would like to know when does it time to do the following:

1). Moving from ringing games to table tournaments. More R.O.I.s or volume?

2). I seen the movie "All In" last night on cable television. Do you like that movie tells secrets?

3.) When is it time for bathroom in table tournament with no break soon? Gatorade bottle or cereal bowl? LOLOLz (this one is a joke, but you can tell me)

4). Is it better to smooth flat call or raise from UTG=3 with a big hands? (pairs or bigger kickers only imo)