Ianmc38 in the well

Glowingmind

LuckyLloyd wrote:

The correct answer was the Sports Bar. The evil and incorrect answer was the Forum. Carry on.

Wrong.

El Stuntman

LuckyLloyd wrote:

The correct answer was the Sports Bar. The evil and incorrect answer was the Forum. Carry on.

<mental picture of a slightly younger LL perving on the women's aerobics classes from the height of the Sports Bar :rolleyes:>

LuckyLloyd

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bops

getting slightly OT, but in my day (94-98) the sports bar was full of tossers (upturned rugby collars) and mental farmer agg science students

the student bar was the place to be

i dunno what/where the forum is??

do you own many rugby shirts Lloyd?

ianmc38

Glowingmind wrote:

Wrong.

QFT.

1. Student bar
2. Forum bar
Distant 3rd Sports Bar

LuckyLloyd

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5starpool

Ya, stop talking about UCD. Ididn't go there, therefore can't join in, therefore want you all to get back on topic.

Edit to say that Bops is finally right about one thing, '94 was THE year to start college.

HalfBaked

ianmc38 wrote:

He's v good on playstation. Average on the xbox, but I hear he's been working on that. We have a bit of a rivalry going with HalfBaked and another friend of ours who play 4 player on the Xbox. Myself and HJ against the other 2. On the last 3 outings before I left ireland, we took a bit of a hammering.

A bit of a hammering? If it was a boxing match the ref would have stopped the fight.

ianmc38 wrote:

I'm hoping with all the practice he's gotten in that we'll dish out some soul destroying defeats when I come home for Christmas.

Lol, no chance.

Nothing like the pro ev needle.:D

semibluff

nah gotta be student bar, all day sesh and pool tables for the win- then sports bar, and then the post grad/ hippie bar (forum)


back on topic, very good read so far

1. is there anyone on boards who you would follow from table to table online?

2. how much of a disadvantage is it if others know you SN, apart from it not being any of their business

3. have you encountered the scary lady boy phenomenon yet? (scary depending on preference of course)

4. now that your away from the SE and wont see anyone there in awhile . . .

... pick you least favourite and favourite final table of a tournament

and the same for cash . . (9 names for each)

thanks again!

marius

Great Reading Ian,

Few questions.....

What was it like arriving into Bangkok - did you have a 'holy sh1t wtf am I doing here moment'?

What is the 'long term' plan? Are you sticking around in Thailand for long?

What do you think your biggest leak is? (in NLH)

Also - go to Chang Mai and Chang Rai.....by far the best places in thailand....

califano

ianmc38 wrote:

Well i've a maid who cleans my apartment every day so she looks after the bins. I just leave a do not disturb sign hanging on my bedroom door.

Yeah judging from the photos looks like she has her work cut out for her the poor thing.
I suspect its a running joke at her dinner table.
"I go in again today and Mr Ian still asleep with a no disturb sign like it hotel lol. So i go to sleep on couch lol."

tribulus

You mentioned firing more c-bets, 2nd/3rd barrels, floating etc. Obviously this can be player dependant but do you need to vary these depending on the stakes, i.e more so at 5/10 than 2/4?

Is this a gradual transition as you move up stakes or something you employ consistently regardless of what level you're playing?

What about for microstakes (say .10/.25, .25/.50) how would your stats look then and what would you consider good stats or I suppose the stats of a player to avoid at those levels?

Heisenberg.

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ianmc38

marius wrote:

Great Reading Ian,

Few questions.....

What was it like arriving into Bangkok - did you have a 'holy sh1t wtf am I doing here moment'?

yeah it's a huge city and can be very intimidating at first. once you get to know your way around its a ncie place to live. loads of stuff to do and see every day.

marius wrote:

What is the 'long term' plan? Are you sticking around in Thailand for long?

Travelling indefinitely with a friend around the world. I'd guess for about 2 years.

marius wrote:

What do you think your biggest leak is? (in NLH)

Firing too many 3rd barrels in really bad spots where it's obvious the person isnt folding.

marius wrote:

Also - go to Chang Mai and Chang Rai.....by far the best places in thailand....

yeh ive heard both places are great and theyre the only places ive yet to see. looking forward to it.

ianmc38

tribulus wrote:

You mentioned firing more c-bets, 2nd/3rd barrels, floating etc. Obviously this can be player dependant but do you need to vary these depending on the stakes, i.e more so at 5/10 than 2/4? Is this a gradual transition as you move up stakes or something you employ consistently regardless of what level you're playing?

The lower I play the less I bluff as a general rule. As you move up through the levels, the games become progressively more aggresive, so you need to adjust all these frequencies accordingly. If you dont play aggresively you'll just get run over.

tribulus wrote:

What about for microstakes (say .10/.25, .25/.50) how would your stats look then and what would you consider good stats or I suppose the stats of a player to avoid at those levels?

I'd look to avoid people who's PFR% is close to their VPIP, the 22/18 and 18/16 types, they're usually the better players but i dont know if they're around the lower levels. People who I buudy list are generally loose preflop - VPIP of 30+, quite passive preflop, PFR of 10 12 or less and passive postflop. These types of players are just so easy to read that it's like free money. Obviously the higher someones VPIP goes the better. Even at 2/4 and above you still find the occasional 70/3/1.2 fish.

ianmc38

The Scientist wrote:

What advice would you have for stop loss policies?
I find my biggest problem is knowing when to stop, both when im winning and losing.

I would recommend stopping if you're feeling bad, tired or tilted or if your losses are affecting your game. If you're still feeling great but are just running badly then I think it's fine to play on. I often stop when Im stuck for 3buyins regardless of whether im playing well or not, because I think there's probably some kind of subconscious reaction to knowing that you're well in the hole for the day.

The Scientist wrote:

Did/do you ever cap your play by hours/hands played/amount won/lost?
Cheers.

Not really. Sometimes I'd play 1k hands and then stop but now I just play until I'm not in the mood/running bad/feeling tired

ianmc38

Flushdraw wrote:

Ian top job so far answering these questions. Its been a great read. I have a couple for you.

1. If you could invite 4 people to dinner, past or present, who would in be?

Hmmm. Good question. 4 random people I think are cool, though im not sure what they'd be like as conversationalists at a dinner table are Bill Hicks (the greatest comedian of all time), Bob Dylan (probably not the greatest dinner guest), Ted Hughes and DaVinci (with interpreter)

Flushdraw wrote:

2. On the subject of food, it you could be the meat in a human sandwich, which 2 women would you chose?

Scarlett Johansson and Heidi Klum

Flushdraw wrote:

3. If you were rolled to play the $300/$600 omaha game on FT, would you expect to be a big winner in it? Who would you class as the fish?

I would expect to be destroyed in the game. I've no idea who the fish are but I hear Gus Hansen is a big donator.

Flushdraw wrote:

4. If you were to win only 1 tournament in the world, and money was not a factor, which torunament would you hold in the highest prestige?

I think an EPT/WPT event.

Flushdraw wrote:

5. Michelle while we were in vegas..did you?

lol

Flushdraw wrote:

6. Ladyboys..any close calls?

no comment.

ianmc38

Glowingmind wrote:

His name wasn't fergus by any chance was it?

God bless fosters dollars.

What'd you do in UCD?

Nah his name was Stephen and I did CS.

ianmc38

semibluff wrote:

nah gotta be student bar, all day sesh and pool tables for the win- then sports bar, and then the post grad/ hippie bar (forum)
back on topic, very good read so far
1. is there anyone on boards who you would follow from table to table online?

None that I can think of.

semibluff wrote:

2. how much of a disadvantage is it if others know you SN, apart from it not being any of their business

Miniscule if any. I just like the privacy. A lot of people who plays the same levels as me on boards have swapped SNs.

semibluff wrote:

3. have you encountered the scary lady boy phenomenon yet? (scary depending on preference of course)

Yeah they're everywhere in Thailand, but Bangkok has the most by far. I was reading the Bangkok post the other day and saw an ad for a cosmetic surgery clinic. All regular treatments advertised and then "sex change $1400" down the bottom. I would have thought that a procedure that complicated would have cost way more. Apparently there are loads of foreigners come to Thailand every year to get sex changes. Each to their own I guess.

semibluff wrote:

4. now that your away from the SE and wont see anyone there in awhile . . .

... pick you least favourite and favourite final table of a tournament

and the same for cash . . (9 names for each)

thanks again!

Jesus. Lets just assume both tables are the same. There are loads of people who would make the list but I have no idea what their namesare.

Favourite cash - Chief, Eddie The Eagle, Tadhg, Mick The Lip, Michael Jackson, Bad Beat Joe, Ravi, Murat and Kelly (god bless her)*

Least favourite pokerwise - Jbravado, Buchan, HalfBaked, Liam Barker, Lloyd, NicNic, Dave Masters (just cos he never shuts up ), AKQJT and Flushdraw.*

*Lists are liable to change at any given time and would probably be different if i was asked again in 10 minutes. I'm really just pulling names out of a hat and im sure there are people ive omitted who'd definitely make those lists

ianmc38

semibluff wrote:

nah gotta be student bar, all day sesh and pool tables for the win- then sports bar, and then the post grad/ hippie bar (forum)
back on topic, very good read so far
1. is there anyone on boards who you would follow from table to table online?

None that I can think of.

semibluff wrote:

2. how much of a disadvantage is it if others know you SN, apart from it not being any of their business

Miniscule if any. I just like the privacy. A lot of people who plays the same levels as me on boards have swapped SNs.

semibluff wrote:

3. have you encountered the scary lady boy phenomenon yet? (scary depending on preference of course)

Yeah they're everywhere in Thailand, but Bangkok has the most by far. I was reading the Bangkok post the other day and saw an ad for a cosmetic surgery clinic. All regular treatments advertised and then "sex change $1400" down the bottom. I would have thought that a procedure that complicated would have cost way more. Apparently there are loads of foreigners come to Thailand every year to get sex changes. Each to their own I guess.

semibluff wrote:

4. now that your away from the SE and wont see anyone there in awhile . . .

... pick you least favourite and favourite final table of a tournament

and the same for cash . . (9 names for each)

thanks again!

Jesus. Lets just assume both tables are the same. There are loads of people who would make the list but I have no idea what their namesare.

Favourite cash - Chief, Eddie The Eagle, Tadhg, Mick The Lip, Michael Jackson, Bad Beat Joe, Ravi, Murat and Kelly (god bless her)*

Least favourite pokerwise - Jbravado, Buchan, HalfBaked, Liam Barker, Lloyd, NicNic, Dave Masters (just cos he never shuts up ), AKQJT and Flushdraw.*

*Lists are liable to change at any given time and would probably be different if i was asked again in 10 minutes. I'm really just pulling names out of a hat and im sure there are people ive omitted who'd definitely make those lists. It would make for a juicy cash game though!

valor

who the fk is Kasia?

semibluff

the other blonde polish dealer, john's girlfriend (zoulking from SE)

robinlacey

ianmc38 wrote:

I go out occasionally, but I havn't really made much of an effort to meeet new people. I met some of the 2+2 peeps one night but havnt met up with them again since.

did you meet kane kung fu?

if so what's he like?

cardshark202

semibluff wrote:

1. is there anyone on boards who you would follow from table to table online?

ianmc38 wrote:

None that I can think of.

Liar!

Also would like to know which 2p2ers you met?

Good well so far too.

ianmc38

cardshark202 wrote:

Liar!

Also would like to know which 2p2ers you met?

Good well so far too.

Ah alright then, I followed reggie a few times when he was on tilt before he knew my screen name.

Didnt meet Kane, met up with Degens mates who own a bar called the Fun House on Sukhumvit 11. Good guys.

MrPillowTalk

Well played Ian just caught up on the whole thread, cant really think of any questions at the moment but very interesting.

Apartment looks savage enjoy life out there.

ianmc38

Disclaimer: All events recorded below may or may not be based on real events

When I was 19/20 myself and a load of friends all got into the rave scene. So many legendary stories, but this is one that always sticks in my mind.

So one weekend a couple of our friends were DJing at a gig down in Wexford. We'd stocked up on all the necessary commodities which were entrusted to me in a ten pack of John Player blue in the back of the car. As we were leaving my estate, I was already half way through the makings of a joint, when a car drove up on the curb beside us and told us to pull over.

I suddenly realised that the box of party materials was sitting right beside me on the back seat of the car. Gripped by panic, I did a palm and slide up the sleeve that David Blaine would have been proud of. So, we were asked to get out of the car at which point I handed up the nodge from which I'd been working. Qucik unintrusive pat down, details taken and we were away again. Phew.

The next hour or so went swimmingly other than the fact my 3 companions in the car were grief stricken about the DS' find earlier so now they were forced to chain smoke cigrettes instead. Passing through Wicklow and suddenly the car starts shaking. Then crash. A huge bang followed by a loud screeching noise comes from the car. We look back and see the cars gear boxing sparking along the road.

Still naive that the weekend is ill fated, we abandon the car on the hard shoulder, get on the phone to some of the other people who are en route and they pick us up for the last leg of the journey.

shrapnel222

have you been to the casinos on the thai cambodia border? and if you have, what was the standard of poker there?

Goodluck2me

Glowingmind wrote:

Wrong.

+1

Student bar is numero uno, The sports bar closed for a reason, and now the "center bar" (not centre bar", formerlly forum bar) is actually ok, but still hippie city.

LuckyLloyd

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