TripJax 21 Questions

Sure, I'll jump on the bandwagon, always looking for something that my 3 readers can read. This is a questionaire from TripJax

1. What is the biggest mistake people make at a NL table?
- I play micro limit cash games, I'd have to say, over-valuing ace high after the flop.

2. What is the biggest mistake people make at a Limit table?
- Bluffing.

3. Why do you play poker?
- It's fun, it's risky, and it's gambling. I love that you're not playing the house, so the odds aren't stacked against you.

4. If you weren't playing poker, what would you be doing?
- Playing video games or watching TV with the wife (I'm trying to cut down on my online playing in order to hang with her a bit more)

5. What is your favorite poker book and why?
- Positively Fifth Street (listened to the Audiobook). It combined poker with the Binion Trial. It mixed it up.

6. Who is your favorite poker player and why?
- Favorite... Daniel Negreanu. Great friendly personality, and has some great reading ability. How he didn't go broke earlier on the 1st day of the 2005 WSOP (against Farha) is beyond me. The most amazing laydowns I've ever seen.

7. Which poker player do you dislike the most and why?
- The Mouth, he's basically just a jerk. He tries to put spin on it, but he's basically a jerk.

8. Do your coworkers know about your blog?
- Nope, I just let the folks at MSR's All-in Poker Podcast know I have a blog though.

9. What is the most you have won in a cash game or MTT (both live and online)?
- Cash game Live: $350 (1/2 NL). (though I've won $250, twice at my Brother-in-Law's home games) Cash game Online: probably about $70 in one session (.5/1.00 NL)

10. What is the most you have lost in a cash game or in one day total (both live and online)?
- Live: Probably $150. I usually don't bring a ton of money. Since i live close to Foxwoods, I don't mind busting out and heading home. Online: Probably about $100 in one sitting, but it was a combination of cash games, SnGs and online Craps.

11. Who was your first poker blog read?
- F-Train. And that led me to I Had Outs, which is my favorite.

12. What satisfies you more, your aces holding up for a big pot or a bluff working for a big pot?
- If it's against my friends, the bluff. Casino (or online), Aces... though my biggest satisfaction comes from seeing a cheap flop and hitting my set and getting someone to put all their chips in (and it holding up).

13. Why do you blog?
- I have no one around me interested in poker enough to really discuss it.

14. Do you read blogs from an RSS reader like bloglines or do you visit each blog?
- Visiting each individual site. Though I might switch to bloglines for some.

15. Would you rather play poker for a living than do what you currently do for a living?
- I dislike my job. So Poker.

16. Do you wear a tin foil hat on occasion?
- I have no idea what you are talking about... but if you love me... if you EVER loved me, you'll find my baby a HUSBAND! (any takers on that quote?)

17. If you had to pin it down to one specific trait, what does a great poker player have (or do) that separates them from an average player?
- Observational skills.

18. Is Drizz the coolest person on the planet for naming his baby Vegas?
- I have no idea who Drizz is. However, I do kinda like the name.

19. What is your primary poker goal and are you close to accomplishing it?
- Simple and common... become a winning poker player. I often feel like I'm close, but then I go on donking sessions.

20. What is your primary online site and why?
- Full Tilt, I like their set up. Feels comfortable. I also like Titan Poker, but only because they're sponsors for MSR.

21. What site do you dislike and why?
- PartyPoker. Their software sucks.