Deconstructing ..... pppspecial

Ste05

Right, I'll try another of these, but might give them a break until after the WSOP when more people are around based on how this goes, according to this thread pppspecial is up next.

Usual 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 with by a 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 pppspecial.

BigCityBanker

great player when playing well.

calling station when playing poor.

sickpuppy

Plays final tables like the bubble of a sng pushes any ace any two picture cards fairly predictable too.

DITTag

You'll never Limp again!

Flushdraw

This could be a long thread...I'm going to make some popcorn....

Jayminator

Very tilty after loosing a few chips. Tries too hard too quickly to get them back. Very good player though. Plays position very well but too often underestimates other people at the table. A blind stealing fudda mucker..

Have some other info too but hey why give it all away. Keep smiling Dave my name is on the list too

ianmc38

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DeVore

Good player, one I dont want to see on my table. Could do with calming down a bit but not sure if that would work with the rest of his style! I think some patience for hands might be in order but I dunno, seems to get results!
I know the speech play gets on some people's nerves but it doesnt bother me. I dont think it adds to his game though.

DeV.

LuckyLloyd

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ianmc38

As i've told you loads of times, stop slowplaying. Play big hands and vulnerable hands such as bottom two fast. Get as much money in as quick as possible to build big pots when you're ahead instead of waiting until you're behind to put all your chips in.

Raise aces. Another weakness which you fail to acknowledge as one. Do it. Raise them.

Playing way too loose.

You know yourself about these things and in spite of my incessant repeating of basics such as these you never acknowledge them and instead harp on about my lack of tournament results. The things I have tried to advise you on are very basic poker fundamentals and you need to fix these first before you can develop any further as a serious player. They have absolutely no relation to whether I've had any results in any tournaments.

Anyways, I think you definitely have the ability to become a very good player but your stubbornness and unwillingness to recognise mistakes and become learned in the area of poker theory could be a long term impedament.

ocallagh

I think there is merit to limping in this new aggressive world with about 30BBs or so, but not every time! You need to protect your hand at times as Ian mentioned.

Goodluck2me

ocallagh wrote:

.... in this new aggressive world ....

???
lolcallagh

Doc Farrell

ianmc38 wrote:

As i've told you loads of times, stop slowplaying. Play big hands and vulnerable hands such as bottom two fast. Get as much money in as quick as possible to build big pots when you're ahead instead of waiting until you're behind to put all your chips in.

Raise aces. Another weakness which you fail to acknowledge as one. Do it. Raise them.

Playing way too loose.

You know yourself about these things and in spite of my incessant repeating of basics such as these you never acknowledge them and instead harp on about my lack of tournament results. The things I have tried to advise you on are very basic poker fundamentals and you need to fix these first before you can develop any further as a serious player. They have absolutely no relation to whether I've had any results in any tournaments.

Anyways, I think you definitely have the ability to become a very good player but your stubbornness and unwillingness to recognise mistakes and become learned in the area of poker theory could be a long term impedament.

it's impedIment bitch! ImpedIment!

not bad advice.
also Llyod's (can't spell it) is actually too good.
you're bastarding good online, too womanly yappy in real games and steam money away when you are losing like plenty of good players whose egos are hurt by donkey play.

i'm only telling you this because you are one of the few i've played who i think could be unbeatable if they got their tilt under control.
whether you already have or will do is none of my business really. but you asked.
I could recommend a number of books that would help anyone become aware of their emotional nature but it would be beyond irony for a hothead like me to do so.
(Marcus Aurelius. Meditations)


wishing you well.

lloyd's post really was rather good for a whippersnappers.

DeVore

In this new aggressive world is spelling pedantry on the increase as well or is there something in the water lately?

IanMc, I dunno if you intended it but your post reads kinda whiny and more like you are sore from PPPSpecial saying blunt things about your record. Not that I disagree with what you say, just sayin'...

DeV.

ianmc38

DeVore wrote:

In this new aggressive world is spelling pedantry on the increase as well or is there something in the water lately?

IanMc, I dunno if you intended it but your post reads kinda whiny and more like you are sore from PPPSpecial saying blunt things about your record. Not that I disagree with what you say, just sayin'...

DeV.

Not at all. I'm mates with Dave and have tried giving him friendly advice on loads of occasions when we've met up but he's hard headed and tries not to listen! My post may seem whiny, because Im constantly whining at him when he recounts a beat that has come from slowplaying. I think he could be a great player if he just changed a few aspects in his game. Obviously there's a time and a place for slowplaying aces, but by default they're a hand that should be raised the majority of the time.

Dave doesnt need to tell me im a donk, I already know that!

HalfBaked

ianmc38 wrote:

My post may seem whiny, because Im constantly whining

I took the liberty of cutting out the noise from you last post. I believe this was the main point.

Brayruit

Doc Farrell wrote:

... womanly yappy in real games ...

lol... so true and yet so bitchy... also why it is always entertaining to have Dave at the table!

Can't offer any deconstruction other than that I think that Dave has a great memory for players' styles / habits / ...

Lazare

Don't go for smoke breaks.

kincsem

Dave,

I'm not playing much, and afaik have never been on a table with you. I've heard your table talk is a feature of the table. In one SE monthly game you were on a table with The Chief, and I was hoping to get moved there. :eek:

In the Irish Open you were under average chips on the TV table and softly played AA. As far as I remember Elvis had QT, the flop came QQT (correct?), and he slow-rolled you. If I have the detail correct, why did you not help Elvis leave the building with an uppercut?

ffs I said slow-played when I meant slow-rolled. I can't even talk poker now.

Lazare

kincsem wrote:

Dave,



In the Irish Open you were under average chips on the TV table and softly played AA. As far as I remember Elvis had QT, the flop came QQT (correct?), and he slow-played.

Lol, there was less sandbaggin done during hurricane Katrina.

charlesanto

I have only been at your table once...
Really enjoyed it, nice guy, love the constant speech play, couldn't believe how you could talk people into getting their chips in when they were obviously miles behind.

pppspecial

a lot off very sound advice. thank you all for taking the time to reply to this thread.