Q&A with BIGMICKG

Flipz4Rollz · 04-01-2009 6:50pm

BIGMICKG wrote: »

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

I loved this show until sky came in with sky poker and Fcuked everything up.

Whats the most SnGs you've ever played in a day?

FeetMagic · 04-01-2009 7:05pm

BIGMICKG wrote: »

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?

Thanks for the answers. No I was playing a cash game behind you and just turned around to see the hand. Remember hearing the guy with the 85 say to the dealer "So just so I know how much would I have had if I won this hand?". Pretty sick river alright and the convo between you and him after was a bit funny. Where did you finish in the tourney? Enjoyable one?

BIGMICKG · 04-01-2009 7:06pm

goodluck2me wrote: »

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?

1. if i was only starting playing like? prob not. but i could defo beat 200nl now altough my winrate prob wouldnt be very good

2.none spring to mind really. just to 1 day have a huge live score i suppose

3.the end of 07 was really tough for me to motivate myself to get out of bed on a cold winters morning to get on top of a roof. as i knew i wasnt going to make as much money as i would if iwas to lie in bed playing poker all day. no regrets as yet as i can always fall back on it. worked for my dad hes a self employed sub contractor

4.not 2 sure what this means

5.i usually just keep registering altough recently i stopped playing the $225s in the night as there just full of regs. and i dont have an edge in them

6. no not really

7.good question, not sure really

8. yes it defnitly was. i keep telling people this altough i dont think they belive me. i really didnt play that much. last 2 months i played alot but for the 1st 6 months of the year i defnitly averaged less than 30 hours a week. was on 6 weeks holidays last year and a few weekends 2.

9. it just means i paid $200k in rake. like if i play a a $50 sng its $5 reg a $200 is $15 reg. at the end of the year all the regs added up to $200k. roi is different.

10. dont make this comparison. im sure most decent regs would beat me in cash and i would beat them in sngs. overall its a matter of opinion really. kinda like comparing a defender with a striker

BIGMICKG · 04-01-2009 7:10pm

The Snapper wrote: »

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

last year was hectic as i already mentioned. sleeping patterns were all over the place. played as late as 6am some nights and started as early as 9am on others. hoping to sort that out this year

ye defnitly. if ur just a casual player id just stop playing until i feel like i want to play again. prob a day or 2 lol

BIGMICKG · 04-01-2009 7:12pm

shoutman wrote: »

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.

yes if u feel ur gonna get called light i.e u have no fold equity then theres no point pushing a less than average hand imo. yes i would do this in sngs also situation dependent of course

Tight Ted · 04-01-2009 7:16pm

Another question. Do you find you lose a lot of poker hours because of being hung-over? I find after a night-out I'm just wrecked, can't play my A game at all. Even if I had the full day for playing poker after a night out, I'd rarely be able to play even 1000 hands.

BIGMICKG · 04-01-2009 7:28pm

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

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?

1. yes i do have interesting hands and regualrly find myself unsure of the correct play. (prob a bad sign) lol

2. 12% roi at any level turbos is very good imo. even the best sng players in the world wouldnt be able to beat them for 20% + imo because of the nature of them. just try to add tables would be my only advice as u know sngs are all about volume and ull really struggle to improve that roi so adding tables or moving up levels is prob ur only way forward

3. dont take any really anymore unless really bad players etc.most important thing to try to learn in turbo sngs is what are peoples pushing ranges imo

4. yes there is a reason for this i explained this before in a poker tips thread. long explanation so u can look it up if u really want.

5. no cant really do this at the higher levels as there not enough games to choose from. u shouldnt be afraid of any 1 player no matter how good he/she is. there still could be a lot of value in the game. like which game do u think is gonna be more profitable for u. a game with the best reg at that level, u and 8 other bad players or a game full of relatively good regs. i have stopped playing games b4 as i mentioned already because they were just too tough for me

6. generally id just open raise 3-4bbs c bet with both of them against 1 player on almost every board. 2 or more callers with ak id just give it up unless i hit the flop obv

BIGMICKG · 04-01-2009 7:32pm

M.T wrote: »

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.

1. no dont use any altough i did mess around with sngwiz before never bought it tough.

2. 17 laptop :cool:

3. pokerwise? would have to be either finatns ept cash ladbrokes million final or martys wsop bracelet. all great for irish poker

BIGMICKG · 04-01-2009 7:40pm

Blip wrote: »

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.

1. yep just grinded from $5 right the way up. won $1500 for coming 2nd in a tourney a few years ago while playing $5 sngs so that helped

2. dont know who he was nick was just telling me about him he was keeping a blog like of his progress and it was an interesting read

3. i just abuse people in the chat box that works for me

4. a mixture between A and C

5. a long time ago defnitly a year or 2. i banned myself from playing small buy in tourneys last year. no dont really miss them as there not a very good game of poker imo. they should be just treated as a social game for a bit of craic and a few pints etc. more fun than trying to develop ur game

BIGMICKG · 04-01-2009 8:10pm

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

- If you think back to before you started investing a significant amount of time into poker and playing for notable amounts - and particularly before you took the plunge and went full time - would you say that your attitudes and outlook on life have changed in any way? And is the manner in which you treat and think about money utterly different?

- Given that you have achieved supernova elite, I assume it would be fair to say that over the past year you have put a relatively high amount of time and effort into a game that can be quite demanding emotionally. Aside from the financial element, has this left any noticeable impact on your life away from poker? And, if so, would you label such an impact as positive or negative?

- I think that some of the above questions and comments touch on the pointless (imo!) old cash / tournament player argument and people's personal definitions of what constitutes a 'proper' or 'complete' poker player. Could you give a **** about such talk? And would being recognized or ranked be something that concerns you? Or do you just not care so long as you satisfy your own personal goals within the game?

If you would rather not answer the above for whatever reason no sweat. Thanks for taking the time to do the well and good luck over the coming year.

ye its actually a bit scary the way u lose value for money when playing poker paticularly when playing online. its still kills me tough loosing a few hundred in a live game. lol. its werid to think that like not to long agon i was working for an avearge wage. and now i can lose $10k+ in a week and not feel bothered. like $10k is alot of money to me but yet it doesnt bother me that much too lose it. if someone had told me 3 or 4 years ago that id have a $25k losing streak playing poker id have laughed at them and said theres no way id ever lose that much. because i never thought id be playing at levels that high. i think its important tough to kinda treat ur roll as if it werent real money. i cant really explain it very well what im trying to say. suppose u have to learn to ignore short term wins/loses and focus on the long term. like if i play a session tonight and win say $4k well in reality i didnt win anywhere near as much as that long term like. do the same with me loses as long as im happy im playing profitably otherwise ud be an emotional wreck

dont think it had a huge effect on my life as i still spend alot of time with my girlfriend,friends. defnitly alot more freedom to do what i want. lots of holidays no boss to answer 2 which is the best part imo. the downswings can be a cause for concern.also very important to not let this effect u outside poker. i.e worried bout it, stressed

lol yep i think i agree with u on this 1. kinda answered this already. i must admidt tough i would like to be regarded as a good all round poker player. but obv making money is the most important thing to me. like id rather make $200k+ online a year and people think im not even a good player than make $50-$100k and people think im an excellent player

also cheers for encouraging me to play big buy in live mtts lloyd. ur one of the 1st boardsies i got to know. played against u in drogheda a couple of years ago if u remember. had some interesting talks with u since then and took on board every thing u said. this year (08) was the 1st year i decided to buy in to 500+live events. had moderate succes considering i didnt play very many. won a monthly in the se won an ipt tour and 6th in waterford and a couple of small cashes so ill buy u a pint next time i see u

BIGMICKG · 04-01-2009 8:28pm

ZZR1100 wrote: »

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

1. prob wouldnt do a lot different tbh

2.no im not using any at the minute altough there defnitly something i would consider as typing in bet sizes sometimes isnt possile

3. started the year on +$43k i think got off to a really good start. my graph until this year was excellent because i didnt play turbos or as many tables as i do now. b4 i decided to go for elite i knew my graph would change drastically. i took this into account before starting. decided if i could get elite by breaking even or better then itd be worth it. dont think i would have made as much if i had stuck to non turbos altough my graph would have looked a hell of a lot better. i ran really bad at the $500s put it down to variance but im prob just not good enough to beat them. no theres no way i could have made elite by sticking to the lower games. ud have to play 40k $60sngs to make elite

4. id have been broke lol so no choice

5. the 400% fpp bonus is just so good! its hard to resist playing as many $100-$225s as i can even if it means making little or no profit. like lets say i play 15k $225 sngs. and im down around $20-30k actual profit on sharkscope or whatever. in reality id be up well over $100k sounds weird to some people but its true

LuckyLloyd · 04-01-2009 8:36pm

This post has been deleted.

califano · 04-01-2009 9:04pm

What did your parents think at the time of you going fulltime?

Do you ever play with drink on you and if so it this a leak for you?

Do you have any desire to play other card games other than Holdem?

Do you make it your business to watch some favourite tv or do you just watch whatever is on?

What do you think is a better quality for a player to have, a very big ego or no ego at all?.

Do you get approached by reps from other sites to play on their site?

Did you ever get attacked by any hooligans on any of your man u outings or have you ever encountered unprovoked violence at the football and
if so describe the scene?. If not give an account of an interesting story on one of your trips to see utd?

Enjoyed reading your responses, well played and good luck at the tables.

RoadSweeper · 04-01-2009 9:12pm

Well done mick, great achievement.

One question general question. Whats the difference in monetary terms of supernova and supernova elite?

AKQJ10 · 04-01-2009 9:46pm

nice one on doing the well mick, i totally forgot that u just use a laptop for playing.

Do you think you will get a proper set up at some stage?

Wat do you think about when you've made a bluff and the villain is giving you a long sweat?

Why bulgaria for the apt?

Do you try satellite into many events on stars?If so any joy?/If not why?

Whats ur favourite piece of jewelery that you own?

Well done again on the SNE, gl for 09.

BIGMICKG · 04-01-2009 10:38pm

rounders123 wrote: »

What did your parents think at the time of you going fulltime?

Do you ever play with drink on you and if so it this a leak for you?

Do you have any desire to play other card games other than Holdem?

Do you make it your business to watch some favourite tv or do you just watch whatever is on?

What do you think is a better quality for a player to have, a very big ego or no ego at all?.

Do you get approached by reps from other sites to play on their site?

Did you ever get attacked by any hooligans on any of your man u outings or have you ever encountered unprovoked violence at the football and
if so describe the scene?. If not give an account of an interesting story on one of your trips to see utd?

Enjoyed reading your responses, well played and good luck at the tables.

werent 2 impressed at 1st obv there ok with it now

no never online maybe the odd live game but nothing serious

no none really grab my attention

just watcj whatevers on im a big fil fan about 500 dvds and go the pics at least once a week

a mixture of both really. i reckon about 99.999% of serious poker players overrate themselves anyway

nope

no thank god! lol no interesting stories just the usual drunkeness

BIGMICKG · 04-01-2009 10:40pm

RoadSweeper wrote: »

Well done mick, great achievement.

One question general question. Whats the difference in monetary terms of supernova and supernova elite?

theres no comparison. to reach supernova uve to pay $20k rake for elite uve to pay $200k. no real benefits of elite except 250% bonus on fpps. with elite u get 400% and the tourney entries milestone bonuses etc

BIGMICKG · 04-01-2009 10:46pm

AKQJ10 wrote: »

nice one on doing the well mick, i totally forgot that u just use a laptop for playing.

Do you think you will get a proper set up at some stage?

Wat do you think about when you've made a bluff and the villain is giving you a long sweat?

Why bulgaria for the apt?

Do you try satellite into many events on stars?If so any joy?/If not why?

Whats ur favourite piece of jewelery that you own?

Well done again on the SNE, gl for 09.

dont know if ill ever get a proper setup, played on a friends 4 monitor setup and found it weird but he had them beside each other id like to try a set up with the monitors in a box like 2 on top of 2. 16 tables no overlap. not sure if i could adjust tough id say itd take time

lol no comment u fcuker!

bought a 1 bed apartment for 30k where else would ye get. so just cos of price i suppose. had a decent bit of cash last year and didnt want to completely blow it so thats why i bought the apt

no dont try many sats, mainly cos i dont like playing mtts online cos they take too long. also cos my mtt record online sucks!

lol again, would have to be me bracelet

robinblinds · 05-01-2009 12:12am

I have to say this is a fantastic Q&A/Well, cheers Mick. Impressively straight, honest no bull**** answers and it really shows how far the online game has evolved in the last few years. For a young Irish player its a milestone achievement. You should be applauded for setting yourself a goal, taking control of it and getting there.

I've only got a quick question.

What games do you see yourself playing in three years time?

AKQJ10 · 05-01-2009 1:57am

BIGMICKG wrote: »

dont know if ill ever get a proper setup, played on a friends 4 monitor setup and found it weird but he had them beside each other id like to try a set up with the monitors in a box like 2 on top of 2. 16 tables no overlap. not sure if i could adjust tough id say itd take time

lol no comment u fcuker!

bought a 1 bed apartment for 30k where else would ye get. so just cos of price i suppose. had a decent bit of cash last year and didnt want to completely blow it so thats why i bought the apt

no dont try many sats, mainly cos i dont like playing mtts online cos they take too long. also cos my mtt record online sucks!

lol again, would have to be me bracelet

I wasnt gaggin ya for the 2nd question, lately i cant keep a straight face wen im bluffin, its ridiculous.

Why dont you try the steps satellites?

Macspower · 05-01-2009 2:13am

Hi Mick,

WP on SNE and a great honest well..

I always found you to be one of the honest poker players when it comes to your results... I've been keeping an eye on your sharkscope as you know from time to time... Interesting to see the route it's taken from a major winner to break even from play ....prob making more on rb.. was this a consicious decision to play more tables/games and decrease winrate for rake?

your due a good score in a mtt soon..... then you can get on hendon mob and be a real player!

good to see a nice guy do well

BIGMICKG · 05-01-2009 3:07am

robinblinds wrote: »

I have to say this is a fantastic Q&A/Well, cheers Mick. Impressively straight, honest no bull**** answers and it really shows how far the online game has evolved in the last few years. For a young Irish player its a milestone achievement. You should be applauded for setting yourself a goal, taking control of it and getting there.

I've only got a quick question.

What games do you see yourself playing in three years time?

ye thx man. im very determined to reach goals, targets that i set myself helps to keep u motivated. can be hard to get urself to play when u dont have to like. elite was great for making me play last year

only time will tell i suppose. im afraid to say sngs cos i know people are gonna start saying theres no way i can keep up what im doin now but ill see. hopefully ill have had a huge score by then and be touring the world playing when i want :cool:

BIGMICKG · 05-01-2009 3:23am

Macspower wrote: »

Hi Mick,

WP on SNE and a great honest well..

I always found you to be one of the honest poker players when it comes to your results... I've been keeping an eye on your sharkscope as you know from time to time... Interesting to see the route it's taken from a major winner to break even from play ....prob making more on rb.. was this a consicious decision to play more tables/games and decrease winrate for rake?

your due a good score in a mtt soon..... then you can get on hendon mob and be a real player!

good to see a nice guy do well

thx paul. ye i mentioned this already before i decided to go for elite i knew there was no way i could maintain my winrate from the 2 previous years. but decided i would be happy if i achieved elite by breaking even. i know it may not look like it but i think this is more profitable for me long term than playing fewer tables and non turbos altough my winrate according to ss as u said is basically 0 now. in 07 according to ss i made $43k profit total profit for the year was $50 after rakeback and bonuses etc. in 08 i made $9k however my total profit for the year was around $150k. u see were im coming from. in 08 if i had stuck to my optimal game (non turbos) 9 tables max. i reckon i could have maintained my excellent looking graph and made somewhere around $60-$80k. but this would only have worked out around $80-$110k total profit for the year. and bein elite now of course im getting 400% bonus on fpps which is unreal and will hopefully enable me to make more this year. so going for elite was defnitly a consicious decidion and kind of a 2 year plan.

i am a real player lol i have a hendon mob profile. even if it is only 3 small cashes and not even me in the picture lol. they got me mixed up this year at the wsop i think. check it out name is michael graydon.

Hectorjelly · 05-01-2009 3:24am

Interesting read, well done again Mick

BIGMICKG · 05-01-2009 3:28am

AKQJ10 wrote: »

I wasnt gaggin ya for the 2nd question, lately i cant keep a straight face wen im bluffin, its ridiculous.

Why dont you try the steps satellites?

i assumed u were winding me up about bluffing cos u totally caught me at it in tramore.

gave the steps a decent shot in noivember bought into arount $3k worth of step 4s. got to 2 step 6s played both of them within a week. played 1 like a fcukin donkey! and ran set into set in the 1st level of the other so i kinda gave up on them after that. will prob give them another go in february. or/and before wsop as i heard they can be pretty soft around then

BIGMICKG · 05-01-2009 3:36am

Tight Ted wrote: »

Another question. Do you find you lose a lot of poker hours because of being hung-over? I find after a night-out I'm just wrecked, can't play my A game at all. Even if I had the full day for playing poker after a night out, I'd rarely be able to play even 1000 hands.

lol ye big problem for me this year. main reason i hardly played on the weekends cos if i wasnt out drinking i was recovering and in no mood of playing poker. so on sundays while most of the regs are playing all the sunday tourneys im usually recovering,chilling out, actually i go the pics quiet alot on sunday nights

BIGMICKG · 05-01-2009 3:45am

Hectorjelly wrote: »

Interesting read, well done again Mick

thx daragh ive never actually even met u altough u were pointed out to me in the past, people i know have also spoken highly of u regarding coaching etc. doubt u know what i look like but ill introduce myself if i see u again

GoodEnough · 05-01-2009 12:51pm

when you say you started at $5 SnG's what would you suggest how much you should have in your account starting at this level Thanks

Drakar · 05-01-2009 5:20pm

Will you try to keep your SNE status from now on?

adzer86 · 05-01-2009 5:46pm

Are you ever gonna teach Mick Snr to play? If so can you talk Bob under your wing also. Ive given up trying

rag2gar · 05-01-2009 7:07pm

Thanks for doing the well Mick, interesting read.

How did you come about playing so many tables at once? Did you make a conscious effort to play as many tables as possible? Was it difficult when you kept being sat out or worse still seeing AA folded in front of your eyes without being able to stop it! What tips would you give to help playing 8 tables +?

How come you don't play lots of satelites as well as stt's? Stars do lots of diff types too with mtts, steps etc. I would have thought they open the door to a really big scoop in an EPT etc, not to mention deliver a softer standard of play than the reg $200 stt and you would prob have an excellent game for the closing stages of a sat from you turbo stt experience. Even only as a small side to what you are already doing? Do you/will you be playing sats in '09 and if so what for?

Have you ever considered dropping Stars and your pursuit for SNE and proposing yourself to the highest possible RB offer from any given poker site? I'm sure there would be many out there tthat would love to have you and offer extremely high RB as a result.... Perhaps I'm wrong. Have you looked into changing sites?

Favourite CD/Book/Film/Person/Poker Player of all time?

BigCityBanker · 05-01-2009 8:24pm

good read, no questions other than what have been asked already.

Just a story from our brief play together - I rem playing a hand with you one night in the SE and we were sitting sitting side by side, both of us had been playing really really tight, I was playing tight waiting for the blinds to go up and antes to come in and I assumed you were doing the same also so you could start nipping.

Anway, limp from LP, you raised the button, and I shoved the SB. You went into the tank for a few mins and finally folded after mumbling 'jaysus - you must have a hand, ive not played one for 30 mins and i know u recognise this so you can only be reshoving with the goods' - lol, i had a bag of spanners obviously.

There wasnt another player in the tournament who if they had played that tight for that long that I would have reshoved against - take this as an indication of how highly I rate and respect your game.

Your a great guy and you carry your success in poker very very well, its always a pleasure to play with you and meet you. Like you, I also hope you get a big score in one of your 3 key events this year.

MarkT1234 · 05-01-2009 8:37pm

Hi Mick.....just like to say very well done m8...some achievement :cool:!!!!

Just don't let anyone know you're Supernova Elite on Stars during live tournies...it'll completely ruin your otherwise very loose image

.

05-01-2009 8:38pm

BigCityBanker wrote: »

good read, no questions other than what have been asked already.

Just a story from our brief play together - I rem playing a hand with you one night in the SE and we were sitting sitting side by side, both of us had been playing really really tight, I was playing tight waiting for the blinds to go up and antes to come in and I assumed you were doing the same also so you could start nipping.

Anway, limp from LP, you raised the button, and I shoved the SB. You went into the tank for a few mins and finally folded after mumbling 'jaysus - you must have a hand, ive not played one for 30 mins and i know u recognise this so you can only be reshoving with the goods' - lol, i had a bag of spanners obviously. There wasnt another player in the tournament who if they had played that tight for that long that I would have reshoved against - take this as an indication of how highly I rate and respect your game.

Your a great guy and you carry your success in poker very very well, its always a pleasure to play with you and meet you. Like you, I also hope you get a big score in one of your 3 key events this year.

Cliffnotes: I think you are a great player but aren't I ****ing deadly too?

BigCityBanker · 05-01-2009 9:00pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Cliffnotes: I think you are a great player but aren't I ****ing deadly too?

or maybe its just easier to detail the hand rather than say 'oh i played a hand against you and wouldnt have played it the same way against anyone else', to which mick mite respond 'oh what hand was that' to which id have to respond in turn telling him about the hand.

cliffnotes: maybe ur a prick?

digiman · 05-01-2009 9:28pm

Good well Mick, no questions luckily for you. Well done on SNE, great to see you made it after everything. See you at the next live tourney I play, hopefully GJP festival.

bops · 05-01-2009 10:34pm

howdy mick!

great playa, super achievement, i've spent a week trying to think of worthwhile questions:

1) have you learned yet that when you raise from EP on the bubble of a live tourney and the best player in the world ships that you should fold KK??

2) when you (continously) suck out against me on stars, do you think to yourself: a) LOL im a sick luckbox,
b) wow ul, that guy totally owned me, i wish i was that good, or
c) both a and b

3) what's your dog's name??

cya at the tables

cooker3 · 05-01-2009 11:21pm

This is actually being pretty interesting. No questions but good job and well done on getting SNE

05-01-2009 11:43pm

BigCityBanker wrote: »

cliffnotes: maybeur definitely a prick?

FYP:p

Only having a giggle Noel.

BIGMICKG · 06-01-2009 12:22pm

rag2gar wrote: »

Thanks for doing the well Mick, interesting read.

How did you come about playing so many tables at once? Did you make a conscious effort to play as many tables as possible? Was it difficult when you kept being sat out or worse still seeing AA folded in front of your eyes without being able to stop it! What tips would you give to help playing 8 tables +?

How come you don't play lots of satelites as well as stt's? Stars do lots of diff types too with mtts, steps etc. I would have thought they open the door to a really big scoop in an EPT etc, not to mention deliver a softer standard of play than the reg $200 stt and you would prob have an excellent game for the closing stages of a sat from you turbo stt experience. Even only as a small side to what you are already doing? Do you/will you be playing sats in '09 and if so what for?

Have you ever considered dropping Stars and your pursuit for SNE and proposing yourself to the highest possible RB offer from any given poker site? I'm sure there would be many out there tthat would love to have you and offer extremely high RB as a result.... Perhaps I'm wrong. Have you looked into changing sites?

Favourite CD/Book/Film/Person/Poker Player of all time?

cheers gary, for a long time i only played like 6 tables max and tried to study my opponents etc. but then i decided to start adding a few more and just kept adding tables really. main reason for this as i said was going for elite. i dont get sat out, folded hands very often. if this was happening alot id prob play less tables.

ye next month im gonna give the steps another go. try play an ept before monte carlo

no havent really considered it altough a few people have suggested it to me. im happy enough on stars tbh so dont really feel the need to change

fav cd... havent really got 1 in paticular. wouldnt be a big music fan. i do like rap and dance music. was a huge oasis fan when i was younger but i kinda wore off them.
fav. book...dont think ive ever ead 1 outside of school
fav. person... no real role model
fav. poker player... either daniel negranu or phil hellmuth both are great 2 watch imo

BIGMICKG · 06-01-2009 12:30pm

BigCityBanker wrote: »

good read, no questions other than what have been asked already.

Just a story from our brief play together - I rem playing a hand with you one night in the SE and we were sitting sitting side by side, both of us had been playing really really tight, I was playing tight waiting for the blinds to go up and antes to come in and I assumed you were doing the same also so you could start nipping.

Anway, limp from LP, you raised the button, and I shoved the SB. You went into the tank for a few mins and finally folded after mumbling 'jaysus - you must have a hand, ive not played one for 30 mins and i know u recognise this so you can only be reshoving with the goods' - lol, i had a bag of spanners obviously. There wasnt another player in the tournament who if they had played that tight for that long that I would have reshoved against - take this as an indication of how highly I rate and respect your game.

Your a great guy and you carry your success in poker very very well, its always a pleasure to play with you and meet you. Like you, I also hope you get a big score in one of your 3 key events this year.

cheers noel really appreciate that.
ye i remember the hand ur on about altough i didnt think i was the button. though i was mp. i remeber thinking at the time my 1st thought was u were making a play on me then i thought would he really cos ive been so tight, u must have given me a very small range. and there were still players to act. but u obv did so welldone sir. ill put that in the notebook and seek revenge next time we play

BIGMICKG · 06-01-2009 12:37pm

bops wrote: »

howdy mick!

great playa, super achievement, i've spent a week trying to think of worthwhile questions:

1) have you learned yet that when you raise from EP on the bubble of a live tourney and the best player in the world ships that you should fold KK??

2) when you (continously) suck out against me on stars, do you think to yourself: a) LOL im a sick luckbox,
b) wow ul, that guy totally owned me, i wish i was that good, or
c) both a and b

3) what's your dog's name??

cya at the tables

1. lol sorry bout that 1 bops felt bad calling

2. defnitly b

3.my dogs name is snoop i have him since hes 6 weeks old hell be 8 next month ive used him as my avatar on stars since ive started playing there and have no plans of changing it

aya14 · 06-01-2009 4:38pm

Dunno if you already spotted this but your famous on 2+2.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/36/stt-strategy/114-kk-vs-bigmick-380254/index3.html

Just one question how did u deal with those days when you didn't want to play but knew you had to?

brady23 · 06-01-2009 5:25pm

hey mick im just wondering how much would u suggest depositing on stars wit da idea of doing it full time i lik sit n go's also so wat buy in did u start off in?????

fatguy · 06-01-2009 5:28pm

Are you MickG160 on iPoker? If so, see you at the APT sat tonight. I'm AndyFB.

BIGMICKG · 06-01-2009 6:46pm

aya14 wrote: »

Dunno if you already spotted this but your famous on 2+2.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/36/stt-strategy/114-kk-vs-bigmick-380254/index3.html

Just one question how did u deal with those days when you didn't want to play but knew you had to?

lol at the famous on 2+2. i dont read it tbh

same way as every hungover person getting out of bed on a monday morning having to go to work that day feels. obv u dont want 2 but u have 2. poker is actually much worse imo because u dont actually have 2 u can just laze around all day and make no money if u want. important to set urself goals etc. to keep urself motivated. going for elite was great for me in this way

The_Chopper · 06-01-2009 6:46pm

Nice read Mick.
1. The rakeback you would have gotten on some sites from raking 200k could have been as high as 100k. How do you think stars FPP & reaching supernova elite competes with this?
2. Are you going to save all your fpps and get a car from stars?
3. When you were moving up levels in STT's what sort of BR mgt did you keep 20bi, 50bi? Also when you started playing 12-16 tables what sort of BR mgt would you recommend?

BIGMICKG · 06-01-2009 6:51pm

The_Chopper wrote: »

Nice read Mick.
1. The rakeback you would have gotten on some sites from raking 200k could have been as high as 100k. How do you think stars FPP & reaching supernova elite competes with this?
2. Are you going to save all your fpps and get a car from stars?
3. When you were moving up levels in STT's what sort of BR mgt did you keep 20bi, 50bi? Also when you started playing 12-16 tables what sort of BR mgt would you recommend?

answered all these already man but elite worked out as getting $120k of the $200k back (including the $40k worth of tourney packages)

DubTony · 07-01-2009 10:37am

Just saw this. Congrats on last year Mick and continued success in 09. I have no questions that haven't already been answered except, who's pic is in your Hendon Mob profile and did you have it in that 2+2 HH ?

rx8 · 07-01-2009 10:59pm

Well done Mick on finally getting to "Elite",and for doing the Q'n'A.
A very enjoyable read it was too...

No doubt we'll see you at the tables soon.

Best of luck for 2009.

Just one question.......What's the best place for a pint near Old Trafford on Sunday?

:D

See you soon,

Martin and Colette.

Q&A with BIGMICKG

Comments