Online Poker Tournament Rankings

IMO, there are a select few that are in that progression of working their way up, but even those people can't say they can "hang" until they actually get there...

Do you think you can even break even at the cash games? If I could profit, I'd be in the game. Given I'm not in that game or anygame even *remotely* close, no, not a chance.

can i ask a non-this-question-question? :) what do you look for in an opponent during a sit-n-go that would establish he is 'capable of raise/folding'? in most SnGs, especially turbos, against players w/out a history there are very few spots where you can determine that no? given that, do we start with the basic assumption that in a 225$ SnG, players should have a reasonable expectation of play and we should note accordingly if they do NOT adhere to it. in other words, if we've never played with

to me, based on the action, it's painfully obvious the guy has AA, what other hand can he possibly have unless he's running a bluff? is stratkomb99r a player who is very laggy/spewy? If not, I fold river here always (though personally I'd probably take a different line flop/turn to see earlier in the hand if he has the AA)

My question to everyone is how long do you plan on playing poker? i'll probably donate (err, play) the rest of my life in various degrees live/online. poker as entertainment makes it easy to enjoy for a lifetime {like golf, for example}

jerry yang? :) to the OP, perhaps you could try mentoring/teaching? talk to bax/sheets/nsx/others who have done that perhaps to get their perspective. the other suggestions by GP and brsavage are good as well. fwiw, what you describe happens to about everyone in any profession. i know many people in different walks of life who have gone through what you are now with poker. many of them completely change professions {some multiple times} and even lifestyles {from rich company CEO type to broke community

she is a lesbian and openly admits that, along with many other interesting tidbits in her well on 2+2. fantastic player / forum poster there as well, her posts are often very insightful

it's well known that barry isn't joe's real dad, not invading his privacy at all. google and you'll find all you need to know about barry and joe (and probably more than you care to know i'm sure) fwiw, and totally off topic, but Barry's house is really nice, they did a video shoot of it for CardPlayer (or one of those). and Barry seems like a good guy, he answers a ton of posts over at 2+2 and his appearances on HSP and PAD have included some words for the online community. now if he can ever admit

"Late in the show, Gavin mentioned that he knew of players who stole tournament chips from prelims at the WSOP to save for the ME, and stakers who would confiscate their horses chips for their own tournament, and yet they are still accepted members of the poker community." Is this above statement for real? ------------ Google "Men The Master chip dumping"

i think sheets has a video where he was down to like 5 or 25 chips at 200/400 and came back... (been awhile, details escape me somewhat, sry i'm old)