Ask a professional poker player anything

ask a professional poker player anything

who are you

ironic i have been playing on full tilt alot lately

how old are you?
how long have you played?
what would be the best way to get better?
what books did you read to learn the game?
what is the best online poker site?

do you ever feel bad for being a negative aspect of human society?
serious question, I have a family member who is a professional poker player. the rest of the family are in the sciences and work daily to better the human race

can i have some money?

As a young amateur looking to go pro i have found myself in a city with few poker players,whats the best way to create a bankroll from scratch in your experience?

not going to reveal anything that might identify me

27. learned poker when i was about 18, been playing poker for 6 years professionally.
best way to get better would be to do a lot of work offtables and maybe get a coach. also talk a lot on skype or w/e w other players
i read some silly books when i was starting out but they're all horribly outdated now obv. janda's math book was good, read it when it came out
best site depends on what you want to play

i consider criminals to be a negative aspect to society, not poker players. do you consider pro sports players to be negative aspects?

How did you get started?

Honestly no one cares OP. you could literally pretend to have some other profession and have it be more interesting than being a pro poker player.

Dont even give me that "its televised! Its a sport!" bullshit cuz they only show poker on tv at 3 or 4 am when no one is watching to fill those hours that not even companies wanna fill ads with.

What do you mainly play? cash games, S&G or Tourrney?

Do you ever play online poker? How interested would you be in a poker game that gave you a skill rating and matched you with other players at a similar skill?

play games when you have an edge in them, repeat until monies

poker was pretty huge when i turned 18 so i played a lot w friends in high school, then just took it more seriously than most

i dont really care about the tv aspect tbh, but poker is getting bigger on twitch etc

mainly cash, then tournies on sundays

i play 98% online. i wouldn't be interested in what you said bc i'd rather play vs idiots

Nice, I've been pouring the hours in for some time. Mainly tourney. I'm not progressing much, maybe tourney is the wrong way to go. Biggest tourney scoop? I scored £1500 a couple of weeks ago.

Is PokerStars rigged?
From witch country come the worst poker players?

Professional athletes don't take money from their competitors... I don't think they contribute to society but as a person who lives off of others failures, many of whom commit suicide, lose their homes/families and lives are ruined I do believe anyone who makes an income as you do is absolutely a negative aspect towards human society and advancing our race. It is pretty obvious and if you are smart enough to make money in this game of chane you are smart enough to realize this.

So please answer the question.

tournies are definitely soft bc so many funplayers play those, downside is the insane variance. if you're starting out i'd focus more on cash to get better faster as you're put into more difficult decisions. biggest tourney score is 41k usd

yeah i've been asked this question many times but you're assuming too much. i don't know how many people i play vs have gambling problems and lose money they cant afford, i hope not many but that is something i can't affect so i try not to think about it, i'd hope most only play with money they can afford to lose but like i said, it's something i have no control over.

ultimately a person w severe gambling addiction is going to lose their money anyway on something other than poker if it suddenly was not an option

You haven't answered the question. All you are saying is fuck them. You know what you are doing but do you care? That is literally all I want to know. Like I said I have a family member making a good living off of this. I want to know if you "professional players" actually have zero feeling towards what you are doing or if you have some sort of human remorse, as anyone with a conscious would.

You know what, never mind. If you actually wanted to win money in gambling without ruining individuals lives you would play blackjack. At least the casinos can afford it. You aren't as bad as an East Coast stock broker, but you are close. All you do is waste your intelligence by taking advantage of people who are sick in the head. You have done nothing to benefit society even though you obviously have a very intelligent mind and It is sad.

i didn't say "fuck them", i said i try not to think about it

of course if i was playing live, and someone burst out crying over losing a big pot and going on about being in massive debt etc, i'd feel empathy for his problem. the thing is, when i play online i have no idea who my opponents are

Faggot. When most people benefit someone looses. Who cares as long as you are winning.

like i said, not everyone has a gambling problem. the few times i've played in a live casino the funplayers were 40-60y old businessmentypes

You're a pretentious cunt, aren't ya? You think people in the science professions do shit for free and it all betters man kind? Fuck...you're pretentious and retarded....double whammy. You should just give up now. Life will only get harder for you..

Aces full of 7's. Nice

I'll put it in the most blunt terms possible.
Do you care that you are wasting your brain on taking advantage of people instead of advancing the human race. A simple yes or no will suffice.

No, we get paid. But we benefit society.

Are you a professional poker player?

no

How does the house make money when you're playing against other players? Or is the house always playing too?

weaponized anthrax, mustard gas, napalm, agent orange....I could go on...

Thanks for the benefits asshole!

house takes a small % of most pots played

The house takes a rake for hosting the game. Casinos don't do shit for free.

All I wanted to know. Thanks. Obviously I can't ask my family member.

You are an idiot /thread

Oh. Am I mistaken? Were those produced by architects and artists?
No! They were produced by one of you science faggots. So be truthful with yourself faggot. Sometime you create things that have horrendous effects on humanity. Waaaaay worse than some poker game. Sometime you kill whole families in seconds. Good job. Be proud of those science jobs.