Deconstructing ..... Iago

Ste05

Iago is up next for this following on from this thread then I'll go back to El Stuntman

Same Rules:

There can be NO flaming, this isn't a chance for people to have a shot at who ever goes in. Entrants to the Deconstructing series will have their thick skins on but forum rule breaches will be dealt swiftly and harshly (1 week ban), so you have all been warned.

Just to spell it out: NO PERSONAL ATTACKS, criticise and critique his game and NOTHING else!

Keep it constructive and good luck Iago.

Jippo

Iago has no conscience. He is an angry man and is happy to take down everyone around him to get what he wants: revenge. It is in Act 1, Scene 3, that he devises his evil plan. Here we can see inside Iago's mind. It is easy to see that his primary motivation is jealousy: jealousy that Othello may have slept with his wife, and jealousy that Othello chose Cassio over him. As he plots his revenge, it is clear Iago respects and cares for no one.
(Act 1, Scene 3, 378-381) I hate the Moor,
And it is thought abroad that ‘twixt my sheets
H'as done my office. I know not if't be true,
But I, for mere suspicion in that kind,
Will do, as if for surety.
Iago states here he suspects Othello may have slept with his wife. He is not sure of this, but declares that surety is not necessary. I believe Iago is not so much concerned with his wife being unfaithful, but that he can't stand the thought that it may have been with Othello.
(Act 1, Scene 3, 381-382) He holds me well;
The better shall my purpose work on him.

Marq

He's not black.

Iago

My favourite Iago quote...

He hath a person and a smooth dispose
To be suspected, framed to make women false.
The Moor is of a free and open nature
That thinks men honest but that seem to be so,
And will as tenderly be led by th' nose
As asses are

anyway for the purpose of this thread, I'm going to reveal some SNs. I haven't played a lot over the last 12-18 months, but when I have played I've tended to lose more than win. at cash tables, and cover those losses and make my profit at SNGs and MTTs.

So feel free to be as critical as you like...

FullTilt: golly
Tribeca: golly & kingofish
Ipoker: kingofish

Doc Farrell

I've only played against Iago a few times and never wish to do so again.
His SNG game has no flaws. I suspect he makes evil pyramids with his fingers whilst he plays.

IAGO: But men are men; the best sometimes forget.


Othello, II, iii

IAGO: Reputation is an idle and most false imposition: oft got without merit, and lost without deserving: you have lost no reputation at all, unless you repute yourself such a loser.


Othello, II, iii

IAGO: When devils will the blackest sins put on,
They do suggest at first with heavenly shows.


Othello, II, iii

IAGO: So will I turn her virtue into pitch,
And out of her own goodness make the net
That shall enmesh them all.


Othello, II, iii

IAGO: How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?


Othello, II, iii

Iago

Doc Farrell wrote:

I've only played against Iago a few times and never wish to do so again.
His SNG game has no flaws. I suspect he makes evil pyramids with his fingers whilst he plays.

ok you can close this thread now

Cheers Des, may have to add that to my signature

RedJoker

when I have played I've tended to lose more than win. at cash tables

Stop playing cash tables.

Lazare

Iago, I'm not sure if I've ever played with you (live), same goes for a lot of boardies.
Maybe post a pic of yourself?

ocallagh

I don't think I've played you much before, definitely not online anyway and I can't remeber offline. Lazare's idea might work

ArmaniJeanss

Played you a little in STTs in Tribeca about 18 months ago.
My notes had you as someone who generally knew what they were doing at all stages of game.

You made a post about 15 months ago which struck me at the time.
You were effectively complaining that you were 'only' up about €8K on STTs that year, running at about 10% ROI, and you were wondering whether it was worthwhile to continue on or not.

It occured to me that you were one of those players who had excessive ideas about how much they could earn at the game, whereas I thought that 8K extra is fkin marvellous for someone with a full-time job, and maybe you should just be happy that you were a decent winning player.

Now you say you are a losing cash player, so perhaps you are still after perceived 'easy money', maybe you should stick to the at times horrible grind of STTs.

Iago

Lazare,

I don't think I've played live against many of the "new" (by new I mean anyone who's here less than 3 years, pfft youngsters ) boardsies at all. When the forum started out I played a lot of live poker against the likes of DeV, Hyzepher, lafortezza, dappergent, musician etc. but I think I've played maybe 2 live games in the last 18 months. Family and work commitments limit the time I can play, I'd rather spend time with my family than play poker, and unfortunately as much as I'd rather play poker than work with most live games going until at least 2-3 in the morning, having to be in the office for 8 is definitely -EV. I found I was pushing a lot of marginal situations early on in order to either get a big chip stack or get home early, so I wasn't playing anywhere near optimally.

I figured it would be difficult to get feedback, but thought that some players might have played against me online and have records in their PT databases.

ArmaniJeanss wrote:

Played you a little in STTs in Tribeca about 18 months ago.
My notes had you as someone who generally knew what they were doing at all stages of game.

You made a post about 15 months ago which struck me at the time.
You were effectively complaining that you were 'only' up about €8K on STTs that year, running at about 10% ROI, and you were wondering whether it was worthwhile to continue on or not.

It occured to me that you were one of those players who had excessive ideas about how much they could earn at the game, whereas I thought that 8K extra is fkin marvellous for someone with a full-time job, and maybe you should just be happy that you were a decent winning player.

Now you say you are a losing cash player, so perhaps you are still after perceived 'easy money', maybe you should stick to the at times horrible grind of STTs.

I remember making that post, and your reaction. There is no easy money to be made in this game. There's a lot of money to be made, but no easy money. I have to illusions on that score, I see a lot of players from here and other forums who have challenges against themselves to make $20K or $50K or $100K+ a year and fair play to them. I don't have the time to dedicate to the game to get to those levels.

When I made that post I was questioning whether my time was better spent elsewhere, not from a financial point of view, but a quality of living point of view. Sure I made around $8K in 12 months, but I had to spend a lot of nights hunched over a laptop to do it. I was questioning the time that I put into making that money, and whether I was getting value out of my time. $8K isn't really a great deal of money, it's not going to change my life and as such maybe my time was better spent doing things with my family and friends instead.

So I stopped playing for about 6 months, and didn't really miss the game or the money at all. Then I played intermittently for another 6 months, just a couple of hours here and there, but I wasn't really interested so it didn't take hold. In the last 3 months I've started playing a lot again, but I'm not playing optimally by any means. I'm playing a lot of cash games rather than SNGs, I want to develop my cash game, and when playing cash I can get up from the table whenever I want. There's also the issue of the lack of SNGs available on Ipoker, there never seems to be more than one game going at $30-$50 level, and you're often waiting 10-20 minutes for the next one to start up.

I wasn't dismissing the $8K, which is a nice amount of money for any part-time job, I was more questioning whether the money was worth the sacrifice of time and other interests. I don't think it is, maybe if I could make that with half the effort it would be more palatable.