Q&A with BIGMICKG

Ste05 · 02-01-2009 1:15am #1

A stranger is being shown around a village that he has just become part of. He is shown a well and his guide says "On any day except Tuesday, you can shout any question down that well and you'll be told the answer."

The man seems pretty impressed, and so he shouts down: "Why not on Tuesday?" and the voice from in the well shouts back: "Because on Tuesday, it’s your day in the well."

A few generic questions for you to get you going:

What's your Poker story?

What are your Poker plans for next year?

Who is the player(s) you play against regularly that you respect the most?

Any epiphany moments in your career?

02-01-2009 1:23am

Hey Mick,

First off thanks for doing this and congrats again on the Supernova Elite.

1. How do you deal with the tedium of the volume of SnG's you play?

2. Why did you choose to focus on this one area of poker over, say, cash games?

3. Who is your non-poker hero and why?

4. Do you think that poker offers big rewards but takes too much in return in terms of personal life? How do you try and strike a balance, or do you try?

5. Do you have any specific strategies for adapting your online skills to live MTT's like the IPC or the Irish Open?

Thanks again and good luck in all your goals for this year

shanethemofo · 02-01-2009 1:26am

What age are you?

How many tables do you play at a time?

Did you / Do you study poker much i.e. books, training sites etc.?

If you had one piece of advice for newbies what would it be?

Favourite food?

ITT-Pat · 02-01-2009 1:48am

any hand(live) that you remember playing particularly well?

Tight Ted · 02-01-2009 1:49am

Are you a poker pro? If so, what role does poker have in your long-term future?

sickpuppy · 02-01-2009 1:52am

Hi Mick 1 Did you ever ride ahorse through the green areas of Finglas bare back.

2.Would you consider Galway a foreign holiday?

3.Any regrets about leaving the roofing business to be a poker player?

4.Have you spent your FPPS? or are they waiting for arainy day.

5Favourite holiday destination? ever consider moving abroad and play with the sun on your back so to speak.

FuttBucker · 02-01-2009 2:30am

Do you not get insanely bored of sit n go's?

Are you going to get the porsche?

Fav football team?

tipp86 · 02-01-2009 3:04am

Hi this really interests me because i have taken up sit and gos in the last 2 months ive played a 1000 sample so its good to be able to ask someone like you a few questions!

What levels did you start at?

What level did you find toughest to make the move up at?

What is the best possible way to learn while moving up the levels eg:books , coaching etc.....

Im currently playing $10 turbos what roi should i be looking to attain at this level in order to be a winning player at higher levels?

What has been your worse downswing?

Congrats on making sne

gaslast · 02-01-2009 3:40am

Congrats on making your goal to become supernova elite but to be honest I find it more impressive to see monthly graphs of people killing cash games than somebody who is after playing 10 million sng's or whatever. It is a very good achievement and all but playing a standard strategy with good ICM is all that is required to beat these games for your win rate. I mean there are exceptional sng players such as gidders, z32fanatic, bigjoe2003 etc that have had sick win rates at sngs but being praised for spending hours and hours grinding these things and contributing unholy amounts of rake isn't the most inspiring poker feat that I have ever heard. Anyway I wish you similar sucess as fellow elite's like Dario Miniri and RainKhan. Then I'll tip my hat to you sir!

Headspace · 02-01-2009 12:22pm

1. How do you find the sngs on Euro sites at the same level that you regularly play? 2. I like sngs as well and tried to turn to cash as "its where the money is" but its slowly dawning that I'm just not suited, I spew and tilt. Please comment. 3. Imo the only way to win at poker is to play your best every time you ply. Do you agree. If so how do you prepare for a session. 4. And do you ever feel like quitting if the first 10 sngs go very well and you may have a loosing night if you keep playing, cause I do, discuss

BIGMICKG · 02-01-2009 12:26pm

just about to leave for galway. not sure if ill be online for the next couple of days if i am ill answer a few Q`s then. doubt ill be online for the rest of 2day night

thedini · 02-01-2009 12:52pm

WHY?

Irish Iron · 02-01-2009 2:05pm

How long did you grind the low stakes sngs? if ever?

Where did you learn sng strategy or did you develop your own style that worked?

Did you always have strict bankroll management?

kakak1 · 02-01-2009 2:56pm

gaslast wrote: »

Congrats on making your goal to become supernova elite but to be honest I find it more impressive to see monthly graphs of people killing cash games than somebody who is after playing 10 million sng's or whatever. It is a very good achievement and all but playing a standard strategy with good ICM is all that is required to beat these games for your win rate. I mean there are exceptional sng players such as gidders, z32fanatic, bigjoe2003 etc that have had sick win rates at sngs but being praised for spending hours and hours grinding these things and contributing unholy amounts of rake isn't the most inspiring poker feat that I have ever heard. Anyway I wish you similar sucess as fellow elite's like Dario Miniri and RainKhan. Then I'll tip my hat to you sir!

and your question is ??????????????????????

zuroph · 02-01-2009 5:11pm

congrats again Mick

my question
1) Can I kip on the couch in ur suite at WSOP? I cant afford a hotel. ta.

The C Kid · 02-01-2009 5:38pm

Congrats on Supernova achievements.

1. You don't play a 2+2 SNG style. In the present climate with SNGs being almost a solved game do you feel that playing a style, similar to yours in that it differs from standard percieved optimum strategy, may now be just as optimal as the considered correct strategy?

2. Best 5 regs on Stars in the $100s etc.

3. What do you think the regs/winners think of your game?

4. Do you still berate people in chat, this used too tilt me so much

Congrats again, gl in 2009.

THEIRISHMOB · 02-01-2009 7:34pm

1. Why did you choose pokerstars?
2. How do you play a site without rakeback when you play such high a volume?
3. What % of Stt players make a profit/loss in your opinion?
4. How many hours a day/week do you put in?
5. What are your goals for 2009?
6. What levels are you currently playing and do you ever mix your games?
7. Are you affected by tilt?

HalfBaked · 02-01-2009 7:44pm

gaslast wrote: »

Congrats on making your goal to become supernova elite but to be honest I find it more impressive to see monthly graphs of people killing cash games than somebody who is after playing 10 million sng's or whatever. It is a very good achievement and all but playing a standard strategy with good ICM is all that is required to beat these games for your win rate. I mean there are exceptional sng players such as gidders, z32fanatic, bigjoe2003 etc that have had sick win rates at sngs but being praised for spending hours and hours grinding these things and contributing unholy amounts of rake isn't the most inspiring poker feat that I have ever heard. Anyway I wish you similar sucess as fellow elite's like Dario Miniri and RainKhan. Then I'll tip my hat to you sir!

Wow, your a cock. Can I say that on boards, meh.

phantom_lord · 02-01-2009 7:59pm

THEIRISHMOB wrote: »

2. How do you play a site without rakeback when you play such high a volume?

?

he's just after reaching super nova elite...

THEIRISHMOB · 03-01-2009 1:19am

phantom_lord wrote: »

?

he's just after reaching super nova elite...

And? Pokerstars do Rakeback?

ArmaniJeanss · 03-01-2009 1:58am

THEIRISHMOB wrote: »

And? Pokerstars do Rakeback?

This is the sort of bonuses you can be getting when you are playing at BigMick level.
http://www.pokerstars.com/vip/supernova/#MRB

CHD · 03-01-2009 4:40am

You play SNG, So what have you broken? (Eg laptops,phones and mouses)

Great acheivement Mick, Good luck in Galway.

a-k-47 · 03-01-2009 6:16am

lol @ gaslast jealousy.

How many players have actually reached supernova status?.

FeetMagic · 03-01-2009 6:47am

How did you feel to see a player limp-shove over your raise from the BB with 85s and to go on and bust your AA? Only hand I saw of you today at the IPC. But I think your still in it so good luck !
Serious question time: At what age did you start playing poker? Would you recommend it as a career choice? Have you ever taken a long break from poker not planning on coming back to it? Finally do you ever play cash games, live or online, and for what stakes?

Cheers.

Goodluck2me · 03-01-2009 12:56pm

1. Do you think you could beat 200NL now if you starting into the games today say?
2. What has been your biggest inspiration to get as far as you did?
3. At what stage did you decide to give up work, and any regrets?
4. Who has been your fiercest adversary in the SNG realm?
5. Do you actively game select, or are you just happy to get enough games going?
6. Would the treatment of dealers in the past affect your decision to go a tournament in the future, really?
7. What one realistic feature would you put into a poker site which isn't there already?
8. Was it REALLY worth all the time to get to SNE?
9. If you paid 200K in rake, does that mean you paid 2,000,000 in tournament fee's, and so 2% profit was $40,000?
10. Would you consider yourself to be better than most mid-stakes cash players?

The Snapper · 03-01-2009 1:55pm

gaslast wrote: »

Congrats on making your goal to become supernova elite but to be honest I find it more impressive to see monthly graphs of people killing cash games than somebody who is after playing 10 million sng's or whatever. It is a very good achievement and all but playing a standard strategy with good ICM is all that is required to beat these games for your win rate. I mean there are exceptional sng players such as gidders, z32fanatic, bigjoe2003 etc that have had sick win rates at sngs but being praised for spending hours and hours grinding these things and contributing unholy amounts of rake isn't the most inspiring poker feat that I have ever heard. Anyway I wish you similar sucess as fellow elite's like Dario Miniri and RainKhan. Then I'll tip my hat to you sir!

wow, what a twisted cnut !:(

The Snapper · 03-01-2009 2:02pm

Well done Mick super impressed.

Do you play to a rigid schedule per week / daily ?

When on a downswing I really don't feel like playing, do you get like this and what works to counter it ?

How do you have the time to post

shoutman · 03-01-2009 7:19pm

Congrats mick superb achievement.

I played with you briefly at the IPO and noticed that you had no problem folding utg with less then 5bb (I think you folded with even less then this amount), if you can remember is there any reason for this action? Do you do this in SNG's also?

thanks in advance.

5starpool · 03-01-2009 9:21pm

The Snapper and HalfBaked banned for a few days for personal abuse.

Keep on topic please.

ArmaniJeanss · 03-01-2009 9:25pm

Hi Mick, Thanks for doing this.

1. Playing SNGs do you ever have interesting hands/situations that you don't know what the correct play is? (I played ~2300 SNGs last year and there wasn't one hand worth posting on the HH forum, perhaps thats just the nature of the things).

2. I 3-table $15+1 Stars Turbos as my regular game at 12% ROI using the basic tight early/loose late strategy. Is there any one tip or refinement you can give that might improve my game at this level?

3. What sort of player notes do you take on players?

4. I've noticed a trend that a lot of players are raising instead of pushbotting with 5 or 6 BB from 100/200 level onwards. Obviously they are committed if reraised, but I'm guessing the theory is that their raise looks stronger than a push. Is this a good tactic?

5. Do you avoid any players, like would you sit out for 10 minutes waiting for them to be registered for a full set of games before registering for the first of your own set?

6. How would you play a hand like AK/JJ utg in the first level?

M.T · 03-01-2009 11:01pm

Once again, well done on the Supernova elite.

1: Do you use any special sng tools? Or just the standard PT or holdem manager?

2: What is your rig/PC set up? Screens etc?

3: Best thing you watched in 2008?

Thanks for taking the time out to do this and sorry if I have repeated any questions.

Blip · 04-01-2009 1:53am

Super achievment Mick, I remember reading a post of yours on another poker forum... (I wont give the name as the forum as its no longer modded and is full of spam and other crap, so I've copied it in here for reference, many here will tell from the opening line who's site it was anyway.) ....and thinking to myself this guy must be off his head trying to make 50k playing STT's. This post was about 18 months ago so that Jan would be 2 years this month. Well I'm sure you've surpassed your origonal target by miles and how about those Elite packages, wp, gg and all.

$50,000 a year part time

"hey nick its mick here i eventually signed up to this thing! remember i was talking to you in the shilling one night about an online canadian pro u were telling me about some website he had can u tell me the name of it?? also getting pretty serious online meself im hoping to make $50,000 this year part time which would be nice. im aiming to do this by playing 15-20 hours a week 60-80 sit an gos 4-6 tableing. and of course mtts. with an av. profit of around $13-$18 a game so wish me luck! on track at the moment +$15,000 for the year. ill keep u posted let u know how im getting on. started on pokerstars in january so ill be playing mostly there. look me up if u want sharkscope.com username bigmickg."

Also,

"well was all going hunky dory until about 10 days ago. i was just under the $20k mark and bang! went through my worse ever sit an go spell on stars. thats just poker but u have to learn to deal with it. variance. its bound to happen no matter how good a player u are ur gonna go through some massive loosing streaks. i think the difference between a good player and a very good player is not about short term big cashes but about getting through these loosing streks and avoid TILTING! when ur opponent seems to keep hitting his mracle 3 outer on the river on the bubble of a $200 or $300 sit it really really hurts! trust me. but as long as u dont let these crazy runs of bad bets influence ur decision making in every hand ull be fine. u have to just grind ur teeth and get on with it. which is what im doin. so anyway im just under the $17k mark for the year so cant really complain altough was hopin to be a bit better. i can feel a change of luck coming so watch this space...................... ps ill post again when i get to the $20k mark"

1. What stt levels did you start out playing on-line, did you grind up to $100-300 or did a big mtt score help you on your way.

2. Who was the Canadian you mentioned in your post and did you use his strats or mainly fine your own way in the long run.

3. Advoiding tilt, do you still just grind you teeth and get on with it, or have you another method like replacing expensive computer equipmnent, lol (tip, I've made a voodoo doll out of the kids play dough, looks like pinhead now but deffo helping me)

4. MTTs early stages of a FO,
A, sit and wait on the hands to come,
B, try and see as many flops as possible
C, make moves regardless of the blind levels (chip accumlation)

5. Whens the last time you played a €25 + 1T/R pub tourney, and do you miss those early days.

Best of luck for the future.

Flipz4Rollz · 04-01-2009 4:21am

gaslast wrote: »

Congrats on making your goal to become supernova elite but to be honest I find it more impressive to see monthly graphs of people killing cash games than somebody who is after playing 10 million sng's or whatever. It is a very good achievement and all but playing a standard strategy with good ICM is all that is required to beat these games for your win rate. I mean there are exceptional sng players such as gidders, z32fanatic, bigjoe2003 etc that have had sick win rates at sngs but being praised for spending hours and hours grinding these things and contributing unholy amounts of rake isn't the most inspiring poker feat that I have ever heard. Anyway I wish you similar sucess as fellow elite's like Dario Miniri and RainKhan. Then I'll tip my hat to you sir!

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LuckyLloyd · 04-01-2009 5:25am

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ZZR1100 · 04-01-2009 3:19pm

well done on a great achievement and congratulations on your determination to carry it through.

1. If you had to start from scratch on the 1st of jan this year, what would you do differently and how would you approach it.

2. Are you using any AHK scripts / helper software
jorj95(george lind ) made 3mill vpps last year on a laptop
All he uses is a betpot % script and allsnap

3. from sharkscope you were up close to 80k after 8k stts and finished the year up 52k after 25k stts.
is this a result of moving to the bigger buyins at that stage or something else.
would it have been possible to make elite if u had stayed on the lower levels or make as much as elite is worth continuing at those levels (hard to be sure i know)

4. If u had started your graph after the 8kstts how long would you have continued your quest. ie down 25k from that point.

5. whats your plan if not going for elite this year to best utilise the bonus of having it for 6months.

GL in 09

BIGMICKG · 04-01-2009 5:08pm

Ste05 wrote: »

A few generic questions for you to get you going:

What's your Poker story?

What are your Poker plans for next year?

Who is the player(s) you play against regularly that you respect the most?

Any epiphany moments in your career?

started playing freerolls online in 05 and the local pub tourneys etc. had succes from the start tbh deposited $50 in pacific poker in february 06 and havent looked back since then. grinded like fcuk. started at 5c 10c full ring cash and $5 sngs just kept moving up the levels. last year (07) set myself a goal to make $50k part time online and if i achieved this i was gonna pack in the job. so i did, this year (08) was my 1st year as a fulltime player and i made over $100k excluding the supernova elite tourney packages so was happy with that.

plans for this year is to play 9-5 5 days a week and make around $200k (online). hopefully can get a cash in 1 of the major 3 i have planned for the year. (irish open,monte carlo ept and wsop m.e) last year my sleeping patterns was an absolute disgrace and something im hoping to change by playing during the day. i know traffic and game selection is gonna be a big problem but im gonna try it for a few weeks and see how it goes.

players i play against regularly who i respect the most.. the games i play are honestly so so tough. there are so many good players but the ones that spring to mind would be spacegravy,ddbeast,messier11,amlove,jorj95,

epiphany moments of my carer.. lol ull have to excuse me im not 100% sure what this means. but if u mean highlights itd have to be playing the wsop 08 and reaching elite. i defnitly feel reaching elite is my biggest achievement regards grinding etc. alot of people look down there noses at people like me (high volume players who rely on rakeback) but reaching elite isnt about sitting on front of ur pc morning noon and night grinding with no social life. its about being a good enough grinder to accumalate that amount of fpps without loosing ur bollox (elky). any 1 who thinks they are capable of reaching elite without playing a ridiculous amount of hours should defnitly be going for it imo.

BIGMICKG · 04-01-2009 5:26pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Hey Mick,

First off thanks for doing this and congrats again on the Supernova Elite.

1. How do you deal with the tedium of the volume of SnG's you play?

2. Why did you choose to focus on this one area of poker over, say, cash games?

3. Who is your non-poker hero and why?

4. Do you think that poker offers big rewards but takes too much in return in terms of personal life? How do you try and strike a balance, or do you try?

5. Do you have any specific strategies for adapting your online skills to live MTT's like the IPC or the Irish Open?

Thanks again and good luck in all your goals for this year

1. i just treat it like a normal office job at this stage, sitting in front of a pc for 30 hours a week

2. main i reason i chose to play sngs was because of poker tracker and other similiar softwares. they put me off playing cash. i have played online cash successfully over a decent sample at levels up to $3- $6. but would prefer sngs because i dont think hud softwares etc. dont play such a big part

3. not sure tbh, any really succesfull people who made it on there own i suppose and werent just born with a silver spoon in there mouth or into a rich family.

4. for me personally i feel poker offers huge rewards for not alot of effort. know exactly where ur coming from tough. not sure what my hourly rate would be online but its defnitly over $50. i could never dream of an hourly rate like that in a normal job with my qualifications, think its very important to not get carried away playing online when ur a succesful player and always put ur partner,friends,family and socialising etc. 1st. i spend alot of time away from poker socialising etc. and actually missed quiet a few festivals over the last year for some reason or another friends birthday etc.

5. well obviously its very differnet 15 tabling sngs online to 1 tabling a live mtt. but they both have the same principals. i feel im a very competent live mtt player and hopefully i can prove that this year. i feel my strengths over the av. live tourney player would be my understanding of the game. mathimathically, implied odds etc. and my bet sizing and controlling the size of pots

BIGMICKG · 04-01-2009 5:35pm

shanethemofo wrote: »

What age are you?

How many tables do you play at a time?

Did you / Do you study poker much i.e. books, training sites etc.?

If you had one piece of advice for newbies what would it be?

Favourite food?

im 23

12-15 tables at a time. apart from the 1st 40 mins and last 40mins of my session when im starting up games and finishing them

no not really altough i did watch a program regularly a few year ago (poker night live) it was on 1 of those sky stations. which i found very helpfull at the time

just play small games and dont move up levels until u are consistintly beating them. alot of average players have this silly idea that its easier to play against good players because u know where u stand and they dont call ur raises with **** etc. this is sooo untrue trust me. if u cant beat small stakes online u certainly wont be able to beat the higher stakes

fav. food.. stake and chips all the way

BIGMICKG · 04-01-2009 5:37pm

ITT-Pat wrote: »

any hand(live) that you remember playing particularly well?

no sorry no 1 hand springs to mind. hopefully ill have 1 this year when i take down a biggy

BIGMICKG · 04-01-2009 5:39pm

Tight Ted wrote: »

Are you a poker pro? If so, what role does poker have in your long-term future?

yep last year (08) was my 1st year as a full time poker player. i hope to continue making a living from it for the near future anyway/ if it fails ill have to get back on those roofs

BIGMICKG · 04-01-2009 5:44pm

sickpuppy wrote: »

Hi Mick 1 Did you ever ride ahorse through the green areas of Finglas bare back.

2.Would you consider Galway a foreign holiday?

3.Any regrets about leaving the roofing business to be a poker player?

4.Have you spent your FPPS? or are they waiting for arainy day.

5Favourite holiday destination? ever consider moving abroad and play with the sun on your back so to speak.

lol i wont bother answering 1-3 mick

4. i cash in most of my fpps. bought into wsop last year with them.this year im trying to save up a few million of them and see what stars will do for me. have around 1 mil in the account at the minute. which isnt alot. hoping to accumate half a million a month this year

5.not sure about favourite holiday destination. have considered moving abroad but im in a long term relationship and she is happy in her job for now anyway. bought an apartment in bulgaria last year would like to spend a few months over there in the next couple of years

BIGMICKG · 04-01-2009 5:48pm

FuttBucker wrote: »

Do you not get insanely bored of sit n go's?

Are you going to get the porsche?

Fav football team?

no i just treat them like a job at this stage. obviously the novelty of playing poker for a living wears off really fast but i still enjoy the freedom etc.

no porsche isnt available in ireland i was on to stars about it last year they basically wire $60k to a porsche dealer in ireland if u want 1. obviously $60k isnt enough for a new porsche over here so u have to put the rest urself

fav football team. man utd. try to get over as much as i can, was there 4 times last season

DeadMoney · 04-01-2009 5:52pm

Many congrats on your achievement Mick! Very impressive!
You mentioned that you had a very big downswing at one stage. I have always found that variance can be absolutely killer at sng's and you really need to have good bankroll management in place.

How many buy in's do you personally like to have playing at a given level?

Also, considering that you are a very good player and able to beat high stakes sng's, do you ever consider changing focus to cash games and trying to translate your success to these?

All the best in 2009 and good luck in the major live events that you are playing!

BIGMICKG · 04-01-2009 5:59pm

tipp86 wrote: »

Hi this really interests me because i have taken up sit and gos in the last 2 months ive played a 1000 sample so its good to be able to ask someone like you a few questions!

What levels did you start at?

What level did you find toughest to make the move up at?

What is the best possible way to learn while moving up the levels eg:books , coaching etc.....

Im currently playing $10 turbos what roi should i be looking to attain at this level in order to be a winning player at higher levels?

What has been your worse downswing?

Congrats on making sne

started at $5 fullring sngs. i would have started at $2 only there was a 50c (25%) reg on them which is ridiculous imo

none really. suppose at the minute i cant comfortably beat $114-$555s would love to be able to do this 1 day

not sure as i never done either

hard to answer this accurately. the amount of tables ur playing is the most important factor like. 3% roi 15 tabling is way better than a 10-15% 1-3 tabling. whenever u feel ur comfortably beathing them over a decent sample i suppose. when i was moving up levels i moved up when i had 30 buyins for the next level and dropped back down if i went below 20. just keep applying this

worse downswing around $25k excluding rakeback so wasnt really $25k as i would have had alot of money coming in from fpps, sng leaderboards milestone bonuses etc. but

BIGMICKG · 04-01-2009 6:10pm

gaslast wrote: »

Congrats on making your goal to become supernova elite but to be honest I find it more impressive to see monthly graphs of people killing cash games than somebody who is after playing 10 million sng's or whatever. It is a very good achievement and all but playing a standard strategy with good ICM is all that is required to beat these games for your win rate. I mean there are exceptional sng players such as gidders, z32fanatic, bigjoe2003 etc that have had sick win rates at sngs but being praised for spending hours and hours grinding these things and contributing unholy amounts of rake isn't the most inspiring poker feat that I have ever heard. Anyway I wish you similar sucess as fellow elite's like Dario Miniri and RainKhan. Then I'll tip my hat to you sir!

i totally understand what ur saying here. but tbh im not really bothered what people think of me as a poker player. to me playing online is about making as much money as i possibly can and not about trying to impress people into thinking im an excellent poker player. in a way i agree with u, it is more impressive to destroy high stakes cash games. any1 who does this is prob twice the poker player ill ever be. u say what i do isnt very inspiring maybe it isnt. but like i said its about making as much money as i can. dont care how i do it. i did grind a $50 bankroll into 6 figures within a couple of years without any big wins i think alot of up and coming players may find this inspiring. ok so $100-$200k a year isnt a sick amount of money but taxfree for someone with basiaclly no education i think its ok

BIGMICKG · 04-01-2009 6:18pm

Headspace wrote: »

1. How do you find the sngs on Euro sites at the same level that you regularly play? 2. I like sngs as well and tried to turn to cash as "its where the money is" but its slowly dawning that I'm just not suited, I spew and tilt. Please comment. 3. Imo the only way to win at poker is to play your best every time you ply. Do you agree. If so how do you prepare for a session. 4. And do you ever feel like quitting if the first 10 sngs go very well and you may have a loosing night if you keep playing, cause I do, discuss

dont play on the euro sites so cant comment altough a number of people have told me there noticeably softer

2. well obv as u know sngs and cash are very different. so thats important to adjust ur style and not play the 2 the same. poker tracker etc. are almost essential if ur to play cash seriously.

3. ye ur defnitly right, i dont have any preparation as such but i do try give 100% every session. very rare i play for more than 4 hours at a time as i become tired and dont play 100%

4.no u just have to stick to it and dont tilt. i find playing so many tables at once actually helps avoid tilt. i know alot of people say when ur running bad u should take a break, and yes this is prob correct if ur a casual player but if ur a full time player i think its soo important u learn to just deal with it without tilting

Lao Lao · 04-01-2009 6:19pm

BIGMICKG wrote: »

no porsche isnt available in ireland i was on to stars about it last year they basically wire $60k to a porsche dealer in ireland if u want 1. obviously $60k isnt enough for a new porsche over here so u have to put the rest urself

It's actually very easy to get the Porsche from the US to Ireland if you are interested in it

BIGMICKG · 04-01-2009 6:30pm

The C Kid wrote: »

Congrats on Supernova achievements.

1. You don't play a 2+2 SNG style. In the present climate with SNGs being almost a solved game do you feel that playing a style, similar to yours in that it differs from standard percieved optimum strategy, may now be just as optimal as the considered correct strategy?

2. Best 5 regs on Stars in the $100s etc.

3. What do you think the regs/winners think of your game?

4. Do you still berate people in chat, this used too tilt me so much

Congrats again, gl in 2009.

1. not 2 sure what the 2+2 style is exactly. but ive always had a somewhat unique style and was reffered to by alot of the regs who play against me as alot less robotic than the av. reg. theres is prob better if u can play it i suppose

2. so many good players as i already mentioned but space gravy,messier,jorj,amlove,ddbeast and fultip for non turbos

3. alot of mixed opinions here. i know some of them think im bad but others have alot of respect for my game. wont mention any names on this. prob worth mentioning that the top players i play against reguallarly are excellent players and absolutely flawless. like i know im nowhere near as good as some of them at turbos

4. lol yes. something i keep telling myself i must stop doing but just cant resist.

its only a bit of fun really. never take anything serious from a chatbox online. like people have said some sick **** to me in the past. hope ur family dies.. hope u catch cancer, go kill urself etc. i just laugh it off and try give as good as i get. im not as bad as scossett though. (1 of the best sng players in the world who i didnt mention)

chips1234 · 04-01-2009 6:30pm

1.was recently grinding the the DoN's on stars from the $1-$5 levels beating easily enough but when i tried to move to the 3.40 10man and the 6.50 9man
i wasnt having quite the success losing the head etc,obv these are two different types of SnG's what advice would you give me for moving to the regular SnG's(i can 10-12 table regular ones and 20 table DoN's)

2.what is your strategy for early-middle-late stages of SnG's ?

thanks for answering

BIGMICKG · 04-01-2009 6:38pm

THEIRISHMOB wrote: »

1. Why did you choose pokerstars?
2. How do you play a site without rakeback when you play such high a volume?
3. What % of Stt players make a profit/loss in your opinion?
4. How many hours a day/week do you put in?
5. What are your goals for 2009?
6. What levels are you currently playing and do you ever mix your games?
7. Are you affected by tilt?

1. few reasons. people kept recomending it to me and the traffic bein the main 1s

2. fpps are as good as rb

3. havent a clue tbh

4.av. about 30 hours a week. gonna try play about 35-40 this year as theres no travelling time like with a normal job

5.havent really set any tbh, suppose make around $200k and have a big live score.

6.yes i play a huge rang of games $60s-$555s mostly $100-$225s. non turbos are my strongest game by far

7. i like to think im not altough im sure i do at times

BIGMICKG · 04-01-2009 6:49pm

FeetMagic wrote: »

How did you feel to see a player limp-shove over your raise from the BB with 85s and to go on and bust your AA? Only hand I saw of you today at the IPC. But I think your still in it so good luck !
Serious question time: At what age did you start playing poker? Would you recommend it as a career choice? Have you ever taken a long break from poker not planning on coming back to it? Finally do you ever play cash games, live or online, and for what stakes?

Cheers.

lol that 85 was bull**** alrite.

started playing at 19 i think

would i recomend it as a carer choice.. intersting 1. if ur doin well in school college etc and start playing poker and winning i think u should defo put scholl college 1st obv. on the other hand if ur still living at home with mammy and daddy with a regular job no degrees etc. and have reason to belive u can make a decent living from poker then give it a shot altough its silly for people to have 1 big score and quit there jobs thinking there good enough to play poker for a living

no never took a big break as of yet.

never play cash online altough i did up until last year play $2-4 $3-$6. play the odd bit of live cash. nothing big 1-2, 2-5 max. never played bigger than that in ireland. played a bit of $5-$10 in vegas. find live cash very boring tbh

who are u? are u the guy i was talking to that was talking to derek murray?

Q&A with BIGMICKG

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