Q&A with Flipper

Lafortezza · 13-04-2007 5:23pm #1

From the other thread, Flipper has agreed to answer questions.

I think he said he wouldn't be around til Sunday to answer.

1) What games are you currently playing online? Stakes/sites?

2) How good is your bankroll management?

3) How could the poker forum be improved?

4) If you could ban one person from the forum who would it be?

5) Are you Busto?

Captain Tom · 13-04-2007 5:35pm

ive heard numerous times about your investments outside poker.exactly what are these investments and do they generate much money for you?or are they more long term?(fair enough if this is too personal)

would you consider yourself pro/semi-pro atm?how many hours a week do you play?

in one of your recent threads about a live hand in macau you said something like your holdem game was fairly weak.do you honestly beleive this?

Flipper · 13-04-2007 5:36pm

lafortezza wrote:

From the other thread, Flipper has agreed to answer questions.

I think he said he wouldn't be around til Sunday to answer.

1) What games are you currently playing online? Stakes/sites?

2) How good is your bankroll management?

3) How could the poker forum be improved?

4) If you could ban one person from the forum who would it be?

5) Are you Busto?

Hey, I'll be able to answer questions for about an hour and maybe for a little bit late tonight but it will be Sunday before I'll be able to sit doen and give some time to them.

1)I play Stars, Prima, Ladbrokes, Sun Poker, Full Tilt and Betfair. I suppose the game I play the most is $3/$6 to $5/$10 but I can be found playing anywhere from $1/$2 to $25/$50. At this very moment in time, I'm playing $2/$4 to $5/$10 on my girlfriends' Full Tilt account (because I wanted a new screen name. Obv, I mostly play PLO. I'm a NLH fish.

2) Worse than useless. It's funny, I ADVISE loads of people on bankroll management buy rarely practice it myself. I am good at spending money I've earned on stuff thou so I don't leave it in the poker community!

3) At times it can be very unfocused. 2+2 has loads of different sections and you can find exactly what you want but boards isn't big enough for that yet IMO.

4) NtlBell and 5Starpool as they seem to have a particular disliking for me for no apparent reason.

5) No. Up to 6 months ago, I have no seperation between my poker "roll" and life "roll" and now I do. For that reason, I'm not playing with as much money as I used to. I have a decent income outside of poker and it's nice to not have to rely on it for a wage. I don't think I could be a full time "pro" but I admire the likes of KPnuts, Scott Grey, Tony Cooney, Halibut etc who do.

Flipper · 13-04-2007 5:42pm

Captain Tom wrote:

ive heard numerous times about your investments outside poker.exactly what are these investments and do they generate much money for you?or are they more long term?(fair enough if this is too personal)

would you consider yourself pro/semi-pro atm?how many hours a week do you play?

in one of your recent threads about a live hand in macau you said something like your holdem game was fairly weak.do you honestly beleive this?

1) I have a lot of money in shares in an oil company which are performing well. That's not really a topic I want to discuss in a public forum but if we meet in person, ask me and I'll chat to you no problem. I chat to a lot of my poker friends about this stuff fairly often. SOME of them are smart and want to put some of their big tanks into use!

2) I'm not really sure atm. I play a lot less than I used to live and a little more online. I might go 3 weeks now without playing live but up until the big PLO game in Cork ended (where I built my roll initally), I was playing 4-5 nights a week for 8-10 hours a night. Right now, I might put in 12-15 hours online a week.

3) It's rusty. I think I'm a well above average NLH tourney player and honestly think I'm one of the best situational readers in the Irish scene (without sounding bigheaded). As for cash, I think I'm a donator in the long run in NLH. I probably don't have enough mass on the money to make big laydowns etc. Bad characteristic really.

Killme00 · 13-04-2007 5:45pm

Who do you rate as the best PLO player playing now?

What is your favourite live tournament?

If you were to play a six seater tournament with five other players of your choice, who would those five players be? What stakes and what game would you play?

What is your favourite Omaha starting hand?

How did you progress to playing 5/10 or whatever PLO? Did you play up through the levels or just sit down?

Was there a point where you finally started to understand PLO ( like a light switching on ) or are you still in the dark?

Whats the best piece of advice you have ever been given in the real work and in the poker world?

Thanks alot

Captain Tom · 13-04-2007 5:50pm

cheers flip.

cooker3 · 13-04-2007 5:53pm

Do you think you are unfairly targeted or abused on boards?

Flipper · 13-04-2007 5:58pm

Killme00 wrote:

Who do you rate as the best PLO player playing now?

What is your favourite live tournament?

If you were to play a six seater tournament with five other players of your choice, who would those five players be? What stakes and what game would you play?

What is your favourite Omaha starting hand?

How did you progress to playing 5/10 or whatever PLO? Did you play up through the levels or just sit down?

Was there a point where you finally started to understand PLO ( like a light switching on ) or are you still in the dark?

Whats the best piece of advice you have ever been given in the real work and in the poker world?

Thanks alot

1)In Ireland? Halibut2, Tony Cooney, Tom Hanlon and Denis Winters in that order. I also hear Peter Roche is very good but we've only played online. I'm up on him a little in PLO but way down in NLH cos I lost a $15,000 pot to him with AK vs As9s on a Ah3s6sXx board.

2) I love the festivals in the Macau. Ran well with great structues. I loved the E-WSOP in Vienna last year also.

3) I have 5 in mind but it wouldn't be right to list the 5 worst omaha players in Ireland on here. We can play as BIG as they want

4) Hands like AAJTds or 5678ds. Play well HU or multiway.

5) I went through phases. Sometimes I'd lodge in big amounts of cash and play with 4 buyins in my a/c and other times I'd deposit say $1,000 and try to play smaller to build it. i'm doing that a lot lately because I'm trying to plug my biggest flaw - jumping into bigger games. I can't wait for Stars to bring in the "set your table limits" option!

6) I picked it up pretty fast in the game in Cork. I was in over my head at the time and basically ran well (back in '05). I was in college and built a roll to about €40-50k playing that game over a few months before winning the Irish Championship in Jan '06. The game consisted of both terrible players (will remain nameless) and great players that I learned PLO from (Gavin Stephens, Zeik Tuit, Tony Cooney etc). You had to learn fast in that company - otherwise your roll would disappear! I'd ask a lot of questions and constantly ask myself "why did he do that?" etc.

7) I suppose money management is everything. That's a hard question. I'll think about it and edit this later.

Flipper · 13-04-2007 6:00pm

cooker3 wrote:

Do you think you are unfairly targeted or abused on boards?

A little but it doesn't bother me. I ask for it half the time. I hold no grudges with anyone and would be as quick having a pint with any of the guys that have abused me in the past as I would with friends I've got through poker.

Duff Man Jr. · 13-04-2007 6:06pm

Why do you think you are abused here? As someone who dosnt know you I have no reason to dislike you but when you post a lot of people jump on the I hate flipper bandwagon.

AKQJ10 · 13-04-2007 6:07pm

how did you originally build up your bankroll?
who is your favourite pro?
what are both your best and worst moments in poker?

Flipper · 13-04-2007 6:14pm

Duff Man Jr. wrote:

Why do you think you are abused here? As someone who dosnt know you I have no reason to dislike you but when you post a lot of people jump on the I hate flipper bandwagon.

I'm not sure. At the time I won the Irish Championship, the Dublin poker scene was very clicky. I guess that's where the hatred started and it was jeleously. Mybe I'm wrong. As it happens, I'm friends with a lot of guys from the "click" now!

Bandara · 13-04-2007 6:16pm

How the Fock do you use this without going blind ?

Have you ever actually played 12 x SNG's?

will you take a €10 bet that you can't play 12 Turbo SNG's without losing the will to live halfway through?

http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5444/2728/1600/871924/Monitor%20Setup.jpg

Flipper · 13-04-2007 6:22pm

AKQJ10 wrote:

how did you originally build up your bankroll?
who is your favourite pro?
what are both your best and worst moments in poker?

I made a packet from dvd "duplication" when I was in college. I mean A LOT. I started playing all the weekly tourneys in the Macau and had some great results. I eventually started playing the €1/€2 round of each game for 8 hours a night and for the other 16 hours, I was pretty much analysing the hands from the night before. I beat that game fairly well and jumped into (over my head) the big PLO game. It played massive with me with an €800 stack and everyone else with at least €2k. Cooney might occassionally sit in with a million or something.

"Big names" that I am quiet friendly with like Mel Judah and Roy Brindley are great ambassadors for the game. Dave Colcough is one of my favourite players since I started playing I think

Flipper · 13-04-2007 6:29pm

Hammertime wrote:

How the Fock do you use this without going blind ?

Have you ever actually played 12 x SNG's?

will you take a €10 bet that you can't play 12 Turbo SNG's without losing the will to live halfway through?

http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5444/2728/1600/871924/Monitor%20Setup.jpg

1) Lol, I couldn't live without it! I typically don't play more than 2-3 tables at a time but I'll use 1 screen for internet browsing and the other for watching videos. I'm big into 24, Prison Break, Heroes, CSI, Criminial Minds, Lost etc. I have 2 x 250gb drives nearly full of video!

2) Ya a few times but it's hard. Personally, I'd rather work in McDonalds than to play SNG's for a living. (no disrespect to anyone who does!)

3) For sure! I'll bet on anything!

BIG-SLICK-POKER · 13-04-2007 6:33pm

How do u stay alive out of the water Flipper ???

I Officially give this thread the perfect stamp

bottom feeder · 13-04-2007 6:33pm

just a quick question, when you won the ipc how long where you playing poker...?
Will you play the WSOP this year....?
And are you and sideshow really twins...?

Flipper · 13-04-2007 6:37pm

BIG-SLICK-POKER wrote:

How do u stay alive out of the water Flipper ???

Funnily enough, I can't even swim

Flipper · 13-04-2007 6:40pm

bottom feeder wrote:

just a quick question, when you won the ipc how long where you playing poker...?
Will you play the WSOP this year....?
And are you and sideshow really twins...?

1) I was 23 then and I've been playing since I was 16. Back then, I played in a €5 deal or €5 ante (big that time - it's €40 a round of the table) of 5 card draw, joker wild, southern cross, badugi, bad hand buy twice, rollin' joker etc. i suppose that's where I learnt the game.

2) Maybe.. Mybe not. Depends on if I can take that much time off work (would like to go for 3-4 weeks) but probably yes.

3) Not quiet. He's much more handsome.

BIG-SLICK-POKER · 13-04-2007 6:49pm

On a Serious note Kieron , In my opinion you get unjustified comments on this forum alot .. I have met u a good few times and regard you as a friend , I always feel comments are not justified on Boards against you .. Does this get to you when u see these comments .

Where do u see yourself this time next year in The poker World ...

nicnicnic · 13-04-2007 6:52pm

will you learn how to do multiple Quotes in your answers?

how come when you report things in your blog that i have witnessed live there bear no resemblance of what really happened?

besides me who is the best poker player in Cork?

I've got to go now but will be thinking of multiple questions over the next few days

Flipper · 13-04-2007 6:56pm

BIG-SLICK-POKER wrote:

On a Serious note Kieron , In my opinion you get unjustified comments on this forum alot .. I have met u a good few times and regard you as a friend , I always feel comments are not justified on Boards against you .. Does this get to you when u see these comments .

Where do u see yourself this time next year in The poker World ...

It's spelt KIERAN, ok Neoille? Ya I like you a lot and think you've done great things for poker in the south. I always try to support your events. Addressed this already and it does a little at times but I'm pretty thick skinned. I give as good as I get and get a major kick out of winding some of the boardsies up! Bops is still the #1 man at that thou!

I hope that next year I'll play better, less often and even bigger than I do now. I play for the rush of the game and there's no bigger rush than ripping a MTT final table apart. Last time I did that was the final table at the Xmas festival in the Macau. It felt good

Flipper · 13-04-2007 7:02pm

nicnicnic wrote:

will you learn how to do multiple Quotes in your answers?

how come when you report things in your blog that i have witnessed live there bear no resemblance of what really happened?

besides me who is the best poker player in Cork?

I've got to go now but will be thinking of multiple questions over the next few days

1) Probably not as it's far too difficult. You're welcome to edit them if you want... Although, I'm not sure if I'd trust you with my Boards password... Come back tomorrow to find a hot thread entitled "I've slept with my aunt... What next?..." or something like that in the after dark section!

2) I have selective memory. Why do you so obviously try to copy my Ralph lauren polo shirt look? We're both far too fat for it anyway

3) you're not in Cork. PLO: Tony Cooney without a doubt. I'd put myself in the top few thou. Zeik Tuit has great ability but a terrible temperment for the game. Gavin Stephens can be very good when he wants to be. He sees things on much the same levels I do. Eoin Tobin is a great young tourney player but he sucks at cash.

connie147 · 13-04-2007 7:05pm

Hi flipper, best of luck on this mission in the "well"

1:--What happenened that the big omaha game in Cork broke up?

2:--Is there any reason in particular that most of the big players are not now playing in the Maccau and is there any truth in the rumour that a new poker only club is due to open in cork city?

3:-- What do you work at outside of poker?

4:--Is the fact that your now keeping your gambling "roll" seperate from your living roll the reason yopu didnt play in the IO?

5:-- Did any sponsorship offers arise after you won the IPC last year? Being both young and a winner, I'd imagine a sponsorship deal should have been possible?

Hope theres nothing too personnal there.

Connie

nicnicnic · 13-04-2007 7:10pm

Flipper wrote:

"I've slept with my aunt... What next?..." .

you sick fcuk, is she hot?

Flipper wrote:

") I have selective memory. Why do you so obviously try to copy my Ralph lauren polo shirt look? We're both far too fat for it anyway .

I wouldn't be seen dead in those gay colours you wear I'm going for autumnal colours these days and yes playing Internet poker has made me fat:o

Flipper wrote:

"you're not in Cork. .

Dan your right guess I've got Langer envy

Solksjaer · 13-04-2007 7:19pm

i don't know ya either so to me yer just one of the young guys who appear to be successful at this ol game of cards. The boards berating ive not thought too bad from what i've seen.

Leinster V Munster at poker, who would win? and pick two teams of 5 for the match.

Where do you see yourself in 2 years?

Who is the most annoying person on this forum (after me that is)?

Have you ever won a big online tournament?/

'Flipper' is this name after the dolhin or becuase you don't curse?

good man at taking the stick on the chin, it could be worse they could just ignore you.

Flipper · 13-04-2007 7:20pm

connie147 wrote:

Hi flipper, best of luck on this mission in the "well"

1:--What happenened that the big omaha game in Cork broke up?

2:--Is there any reason in particular that most of the big players are not now playing in the Maccau and is there any truth in the rumour that a new poker only club is due to open in cork city?

3:-- What do you work at outside of poker?

4:--Is the fact that your now keeping your gambling "roll" seperate from your living roll the reason yopu didnt play in the IO?

5:-- Did any sponsorship offers arise after you won the IPC last year? Being both young and a winner, I'd imagine a sponsorship deal should have been possible?

Hope theres nothing too personnal there.

Connie

Hey Connie, see you in a couple of weeks! PS: put me down.
1) Combination of things... Too much borrowing money went on and it eventually got out of hand. Mick was the first to be barred but that was just as I joined. Pat was then barred and was a big loss as he was always another body. They brought the internet into the Macau and that took Gav and the doc out of the game. Those people were barred for stupid reasons and it's a shame. Finally Bob and Gavin were barred and that was the end of it.

2) They don't play cos there's no game. I believe there is to be another club. Sideshow will know more than me on this. No comment other than that!

3) I'm involved in a family company that has lots of interest from property to steel and everything in between. Personally, I'm into the specialised welding side of things - robotics, micro plasma etc. Sounds cooler than it is. They also do all the imports for Johnson & Johnson's biomechanical plant. I've nothing to do with that thou.

4) No. €3.5k isn't a problem if my heart is in the tourney. It wasn't.

5) I was breifly approached by Blue SQ but I put them off as Boyles said they wanted to do something with me. A week or two passed and I heard nothing. I contacted them and they said they changed their minds. That pissed me right off. I've had a few little talks with people but nothing has ever came out of it. obviously, I'd love if it did.

Flipper · 13-04-2007 7:29pm

Solksjaer wrote:

i don't know ya either so to me yer just one of the young guys who appear to be successful at this ol game of cards. The boards berating ive not thought too bad from what i've seen.

Leinster V Munster at poker, who would win? and pick two teams of 5 for the match.

Where do you see yourself in 2 years?

Who is the most annoying person on this forum (after me that is)?

Have you ever won a big online tournament?/

'Flipper' is this name after the dolhin or becuase you don't curse?

good man at taking the stick on the chin, it could be worse they could just ignore you.

1) I assume you mean tournament poker? Leinster would win easy. Halibut, Masters, Niall O' C, Dave O' C and Norwich fan rob vs Me, Eoin Tobin, Nicky Power, Caoimh O Sullivan and I'd put Cooney in if the stakes were high enough to get him to play properly

2) Hopefully much the same as where I am right now but a little richer.

3) Sideshow cos he can't type and it's impossible to read his posts. Gholimoli's are also hard to read but they're good so that's ok!

4) I won the $100 rebuy on stars once and qualified for the Poker Million netting $14k along with the $23k ticket. Don't play many tourneys online actually. I won the $162 turbo on Betfair a few nights ago on a friends a/c actually. We shared the winnings.

5) Because me hair is in the shape of a fin. Sharp people down here in Cork :rolleyes:

Lazare · 13-04-2007 7:53pm

How's the book project going?
How soon before we see it on the shelves?

Flipper · 13-04-2007 8:00pm

Lazare wrote:

How's the book project going?
How soon before we see it on the shelves?

Pretty well. I have a post written for my blog on the topic and I'll put that up in a couple of days. I got Fast_Freddie to appear so that's good.

Going to the cinema now with my girlfriend and I'll post more when i get back

Macspower · 13-04-2007 8:37pm

Hi Flipper, I've only played with you once and found you to be a top guy btw... great man for action!

1) you mentioned in another thread that next to Andy Black you were the biggest earner in Ireland last year... did I pick up on this right?

2) whats the biggest cash pot you've ever won?

3) reverse the above question....

4) where would you see the irish poke scence in 1/3/5 years?

5) have you any theory on lost?

6) Like you I'm a big fan of tv shows but have missed all of 24...should I start from the beginning?

Fair play to you for gettin into the well....

Mac

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