Originally Posted by satchmo

What are your thoughts on the nosebleed cash game heros? are they thinking on level >/=50 because they are super poker geniuses or because they play the same pool of people regularly? particularly dwan, who gets the occasional thread on here from people drooling over his stacks.

just curious, you said that cash games aren't your specialty but you could beat 25/50 while on your 'A' game.

I don't enjoy cash games, and like I said in a previous post a combination of the same opponent + stagnant blinds, stack sizes, basically every single hand being the exact same as the hand before it bores me.

Do not have a clue who you are, with the exception of your reputation at the tables, which for the last several years, has been quite impressive.

I don't play the stakes you do, nor do I have a BR to do so. But since you seem to have started as a small-timer (which is where I am now) and part-time, I wouldn't mind picking your brain in terms of how you started regarding:

1. What BR did you start with?
2. What limits did you play (tourney/live)?
3. Did you ever have to "reload"?
4. What was the turn-around for you to be where you are now from the micro days?

Thanks for doing this man. Don't get a chance to talk to many pros with the exception of Sandler1860, and he's a hard man to catch at times....

 

Originally Posted by gershenator1

Favorite moment in poker?

Wow toughest question so far...

ill get back to it

 

Originally Posted by Gogetsit

Pimping. Is it easy?

At this point, when you look back at the '07 Main Event, are you happy about your good finish or does it sting to think that you got that close to winning the biggest Event poker has?

- Mixed feelings, but definitely stings knowing that I was so close and what could have been.

Also prior to to '07 ME, how many live tournaments had you played?

- tons of home game tournaments so I was really comfortable handling chips and whatnot... played 2 tournaments at the local Indian casino, 1 tournament at LAPC around my birthday, and 3 WSOP events.

oh and does ptr Szigeti play poker?

- he used to dont know if he still does

 

Originally Posted by ficha19

i know u dont like bodog but what do u think of the players that started there such as head2782, papadelpoker, maven, and nevertilt22 ??

I know absolutely nothing about maven because hes a volume maniac and from my limited experience doesnt pay attention and just autopilots.

Papadelpoker is a maniac but isnt that far from fixing his leaks and being super sick.

Dont even know the other 2.

 

Originally Posted by hawgfarmer

hey scott thanks for doin this btw, anyways what do u think of one of yer good buddies #6JAM? i know he does well live and he started out on a sick heater when he first started online but just wondering yer thouhts on his game. fwiw when i first started playin me and him talked on aim alot and hes a super cool dude and after hearing he was a good friend of yours i started watching u play whenever i could and was always impressed

JAM is actually really good. I havent watched him much online but I remember back in our home games he would always play really well and then get bored or something and tiltmonkey all his chips away. I always felt that if he kept his head on straight concentrated really hard he could do really really well.

 

Originally Posted by orgnalsooners

 

Originally Posted by SCTrojans

 

Originally Posted by dcookie

During the 2005 Main Event I do not recall them showing your bustout hand. If I am not mistaken you had a very nice stack with 27 left. Did you lose your stack in one big hand inparticular or was it over the course of many hands?

FWIW it was 07 (nbd) but I had ~5.5 million chips and was right around the middle of the field with 19 left. I open from my SB to 325k with TT (50k 100k blinds) and an aggressive ~25 year old somewhat of an internet player makes it 1 million to go and I jam my 5.5 million chip stack and he calls with AK. Flop AKx turn J river brick and I lose an 11 million chip coinflip to put me 2nd in chips. Villain goes on to bust 18th lol.

If he 3 bet ships over top of you or u thought he was committed with AK or AQ would you have called. Basically let's say he flips over his hand would u call and take the'flip' with the dead $ there or do you think your equity against the remeaining field was enough to just muck and play on?

I probably fold with 50% equity but I think the 57% of AKo vs TT is too much to pass on so I get it in.

 

Originally Posted by JKamikazeKid

Do not have a clue who you are, with the exception of your reputation at the tables, which for the last several years, has been quite impressive.

I don't play the stakes you do, nor do I have a BR to do so. But since you seem to have started as a small-timer (which is where I am now) and part-time, I wouldn't mind picking your brain in terms of how you started regarding:

1. What BR did you start with? - $0 I guess, just whatever money I had as a random 18 year old
2. What limits did you play (tourney/live)? - started with $5 sngs on stars and built it up
3. Did you ever have to "reload"? - yes if that includes me cashing it out from time to time, but to be perfectly honest there was never a period of time where I was a losing player, I just only played games i could beat
4. What was the turn-around for you to be where you are now from the micro days?

- just put in a ton of hours

Thanks for doing this man. Don't get a chance to talk to many pros with the exception of Sandler1860, and he's a hard man to catch at times....

 

Originally Posted by rusostreet

Whats your in depth opinion of my game, please be brutally honest. Thanks and gl in 2k9

PLease please answer this Scott, good or bad, I really respect your game and would love to hear what you have to say. Thanks brotha

Thanks for the well Scott. Have really enjoyed reading.
Good luck at the PCA.
Cliff