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Split!
What's life been like since Black Friday? Do you still play online in the States or have side projects (coaching, vids, etc.) become more profitable? What was the biggest hurdle you ever had to overcome in your poker career? Should I move to Vegas? Can you dunk?

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Could you walk us through what an average session is like for you? Such as: which days/times are best, your table selection methods & reasons, your seat selection methods & reasons, what stakes you'll play, do you mix stake amounts during the session, number of tables, do you ramp up & down the number of tables as the session starts and ends, how long is your average session, what's your mental checklist before you start and after you end a session, etc...

Thanks, your videos are the best!

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Hi,
Thanks for your vids, I always learn a lot.
My question is what would be your "default" play (against a regular, neither too tight nor too agro), when you flop medium strength top pair or overpair (9 through 6), heads up.

Here are some examples:
- You open from CO with Kh7h, get called by the SB, the flop is 7s4s2d: what do you do if checks? if he donks?
Same hand, but you get called by the Button. Do you cbet?
- You called the CO open raise from the Buton with 88, same flop than before, what are your plan?
What if you called from the SB.

Thanks, perhaps I give you an idea for your next video...

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hi my fried.todayes,online, people play only 6max,they dont even think to play fr.why you prefer fr? is something spesial you like?thank you

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Hi Split.. in overall terms do you think there is all that much differens in stt's at $7lvl on stars compared to $15 and even higher. I think at these lower lvls the play is roughlt the same what differences do you think there are?

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should we set limit of winning and losing in each section before we play ?? if yes what will be the best number of buyin to lose if each buyin is 200bb?
In my experience, everytime when i check to draw a flush, most of the time does not have a correct odds to call bet from opponent. Should i bet out first to draw instead? or should i raise the bet in order to better the odds?
thx for yr reply

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hi james. Was just wondering if there was any chance you could post some sng strategy vids. Or is it that you dont play them?

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In the chapter of DFRP called the "OMG I'm Confused Line" you mention that as a default on an AXX board you check back PP's wt definitive SDV (JJ+) & c-bet PP's < JJ. Why do you do this as a default? Is it because checking 88 makes dealing wt a turn lead really difficult?

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When is the next book coming out?
When do you think we'll get online poker back?

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what is a good long term average amount to win on a 03/05 table?

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I'm an aspiring poker professional, but can not seem to get the same positive result online that I do playing in live games. I recently moved do to my job and no longer live close to a casino to go play live and seem to just tho money away when I play online. Read books, and tried changing up my style of play for online but can't seem to figure out how to break thru and consistently make long term money....any help?

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If someone(player 1) bets out of turn, then someone before raises an amount larger than player 1 does player 1's money stay in the pot? Does the situation apply to both tournament and cash games?

Thank you.

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Many comment about which sites have the weakest players, but little is written about the stakes at which the weakest players play. While it may easiest to think the lower the stakes, the worse the players, I wonder if that is true. Perhaps the bad players like the thrill of playing for slightly higher stakes. What do you think?

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Folded around to hero on btn wt AKo. Hero raises to 2.5x. BB calls (LAG, 77-JJ, ATB, 76s+). Flop: 632r. Villain checks. Hero? Flops like these confuse me wt ace high. I'm getting enough FE to make a c-bet +EV (Flopzilla says 52.8%); however, I'm only folding out hands that I beat & many of them are dominated. If I felt that V! would lead wt his entire range on the turn would taking a SDV line & checking back flop, calling turn lead, & evaluating river be valid?

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What's a realistic hands/hour-hands/day goal that a person who wants to take this seriously should be grinding the micros at? What's a realistic bb/100 winning rate? How much time is too much time before beating the micros?

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What kind of betting with a k before flop and if you miss what to do?

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Local tournament.
10 to 11 to a table, seating is crowded.
Self-deal is inconsistent and can be sloppy.

Seat 5 picks up and looks at Seat 6's cards... what happens next?

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How does a US Player get money into an online poker site and then withdrawn his money if he has winnings?? With the US DOJ's recent actions im afraid to post any money on any of the web sites. I see us players on all of them but do not understand how they are getting their money out if they are. What do you suggest?

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To the aspiring poker grinder who has a decent understanding of the game, would you reconmended to focus on 6-max, full ring, or whatever happens to be the softest games at the time?

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Who do you think is the best tournament player? Who do you think is the best cash game player? Who are you rooting for to win the WSOP Main Event this November?
Also, Keep making those videos. They are very educational and informative.
-Kamikaze6967

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How many 5 year olds could you take on in a death brawl scenario?

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Do you reckon you could pwn Jack Wilcox heads-up?

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The longer time goes on, the more everybody is playing a similar game. Even the very smallest stakes. Do you think we'll ever get to the stage where even the micros aren't really exploitable? If we're all playing to break even and pick up our fpp/vpps then it's not going to be very enjoyable poker. Where do you see the future of online cash games?

Personally, I've gone back to sng/tourneys after 2 years of cash games. Variance can be a killer but the players are awful (even the regs)

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What is or was your career ... your chosen profession outside poker? And what tied/ties it to being successful in poker vis a vis your strengths and limitations in the game.... thanks split

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A Chara,
Cé mhéad Gaeilge atá agat?
Mise le Meas

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is there a possibility for future 6-max vids I know your more of a fr person,but your insight in poker is well advance and any vids will help us noobs as well as the poker community tx and gl

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At what stake do you think stuff like floating, double barreling, checkraise turn as a bluff etc. is starting to be usefull? I currently play at NL10 and I'm table-selecting well, so I don't get so many spots for the above things due to fish... Does this become usefull at 25NL or 50NL?

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When are you priced into a pot with a table full of limpets? I play a lot with limpets and it always seems like I am getting great odds to limp along. What is your rule of thumb?

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As everyone else has said, great videos. As a relative beginner they have helped my game immensely so thank you and keep them coming.

As for the (poker related - sorry) question, I recently played a hand where I flopped TPTK OOP (AK on K-rag flop) and bet into a fairly passive player (33/11 VP/PF). I was called on F+T and raised on the river. I called and was beaten by 2-pair (K-2!). Is there a way (i.e. bet sizing?) you can get an idea if you're beaten by a passive player OOP before their river raise (and thus saving 1 or 2 bets)?
Don't bother telling me to watch out for raises from passive players, I know that now :)
Cheers,

Ben

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Thank you for all ur videos and coaching !
How a MTT player can understand the level-grade of his game ?
Lot of players think that they are good but they miss a big cash to boost their BR. What do u think about that?

Thank you .

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hey split, ure videos are the best can be found, thank u so much.
question: why is there so many players live who know so much poker theory but keep making live poker a fish-calling pool? is it the fault of sites like pokerstrategy, intellipoker and so on, that give a very strict, non-adaptative approach to poker?
Thanks a lot. I'll buy some of ur paying videos in the next weeks

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James what is the number one thing you did that improved you're game the most?

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I seam to be winding up at the bottom of the money in a lot of touramemts rather than the top. I have been opening up playing more hands and watching my position, my cash games are improving but not the touraments. How can I improve my game

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Thoughts on the poker economy going forward in the future? Sustainable? Botting likely be an issue?

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Hey James, how come I don't see you on RPM anymore? I used to see you pretty often at 100nl FR, but then after BF I haven't seen you even once. I know you have other stuff going on like GP and playing more live pokerz, but it wouldn't hurt you to keep a little bit on RPM even if only just to maintain familiarity with current game conditions. Although we certainly don't need any more good grinders on the Merge network, so I suppose I should be happy. Best of luck with all your endeavors.

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Which do you prefer best: coaching, playing, writing, or producing videos?

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How would you suggest keeping track of hand history in live games for evaluating the game?

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I play in a house cash game and i find its almost never heads up, and people dont really see the strength of a 3 bet. any tips for a game like this? Also there are 2 players that fall into my earlier question.

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how would you play against a player who isnt terrible but is loose aggro, when they can hold almost any hand?

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in General, what do you personally think is the best way to make money. Is it grinding cash games or MTTs. Or do you think its site dependant, player dependant etc?

Thanks