Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest
Q + A with El Stuntman
-
26-03-2008 11:04am#1
Comments
-
-
-
-
-
-
Advertisement
-
-
-
-
This is going to be great.....
My first batch of questions.
1. You've been a consistent winner online at medium stakes but have always stopped playing. Have you put you finger on the reasons why?
2. Poker is about having fun or making money. Discuss
3. What big event do you plan on playing?
4. Tournies versus cash. What blows up your skirt?
5. Best investment you ever made.
6. Fatherhood. Has it been as expected and has it changed you outlook on life?
7. What's the best meal you ever had?
8. One place you recommend seeing before you die.
9. What is the best bit of advice on life you ever got
10. What one change would you like to see on the live poker scene?
Cheers for this!0 -
-
Advertisement
-
LuckyLloyd wrote: »Bowing to cheers from the rabble, El S has graciously agreed to answer a few questions.
Glyn Murphy authors a popular blog and can be found stumbling into the sporting emporium half cut for some late night cash at least once a week.
lol, how did I get into the Hendon Mob db?
I'm actually playing sober atm (although I do look locked in that picture :pac:) and driving in to play
The blog is so popular that I received an offer of 72 million dollars for it!LuckyLloyd wrote: »1) What games are you currently playing? Levels?
the 1/2/5 pot limit or no limit games in the SE generally. I only play once or twice a week. I'm trying to qualify for the cash league for the first time ever, God knows why (but it's a good excuse to explain to Mrs S why I 'have' to go and play
)
I'll play the occasional live donkament for kicks and enjoy burning money in live satellites (I have NEVER won a ticket in one although I have won a few online
)
I haven't played online at all in March. Played a small bit in Feb and Jan but have kinda lost interest in it. Plus it's rigged....LuckyLloyd wrote: »2) Are you running well or badly in the last month or two?
I'm running good (12 winning live cash sessions out of 13 this year and up in donkaments too). Only loser is them damn satellites!
I am definitely running lucky as well though which helps. ollyk1 will confirm this!
Up a few hundred in my small bit of internet play this year.LuckyLloyd wrote: »3) Live or online, why?
Live. The standard is much, much worse than online, certainly for cash play. Tournament players suck in all forms! As I get better (debatable I know), I'm placing a lot more stock in tells as well which obviously doesn't apply to online play. As a recreational player, the social side of the game also appeals to me - you do meet some very interesting people over the felt....
I spend most of my working day looking at a battery of monitors so have no interest in sitting in front of a PC at home as well. As a poker traditionalist at heart, I also feel that the array of 'tools' that the pros bring to the online game (PT,PAHUD, fish finders etc) is a subtle form of cheating. The only tools you bring to the poker table should be the ones in your head.0 -
-
-
-
-
BigCityBanker wrote: »biggest weakness in your own game?
insufficient aggression, especially in tournamentsBigCityBanker wrote: »biggest strength?
discipline and patience (most of the time anyway), I rarely tilt anymore
being a total and utter luckbox!!BigCityBanker wrote: »4 live players you dont want sitting to your immediate left?
Halfbaked
John Swarbrigg
Jayminator
you (when you're playing well)BigCityBanker wrote: »4 players you would walk a mile barefoot in snow to play poker with?
The Chief
Murat
That crazy dude who was playing in the NL game before Xmas and buying in for about 3k a time - Shane somebody?
YULETIRED (for entertainment value, not value)BigCityBanker wrote: »Favourite wines?
This is the kind of question I was hoping for!
whites: Albarino (Galician, very good with seafood), Garganega (Italian), Riesling. If I have the money, a classic white Bordeaux cannot be beat - Graves is the best.
reds: Southern Rhone reds (Gigondas, Vacqueyras, Chateauneuf du Pape), Vino Nobile di Montepulciano is lovely. Again, if I have the money, Bordeaux reds - either Margaux for big meaty dishes or St Emilion for more subtle stuff.
I drink very little New World wine as the stuff we get here tends to be very second rate. Having said that, I travel to South Africa quite often and they make some lovely stuff - Pinotage, Shiraz, Chardonnay etc - but it doesn't seem to be exported to here
I spend quite a bit of my poker winnings on wine (no, I'm not an alco - I think). These guys are without doubt the best retailers in the country0 -
-
-
I always thought you were a young teeny bopper student?
well, that's your problem. I'm an old fcuker like youIs it true you're an actual real person with a job house/wife/kid?
most people are 'actual real'. What's wrong with you?What's the most important lesson you have learned from other peoples Q & A's?
deVore's was excellent, I can't remember any specific lesson but he has a very good attitude to lifeWhat's the best bit of advice you have read on boards?
don't go all-in with pocket twos against Jamie GoldFavorite hand?
JT soooootedHeads up for rolls hj or rooney dives?
I like HJ so RD (don't know him)Do you smoke dope?
not any moreAre you really a stuntman?
Yes, yes I am0 -
-
Advertisement
-
Some more since a lot of my original questions have already been answered.
1. Whats your favorite forum on boards outside of poker?
2. What posters do you watch out for and read on Boards or do you just read everything?
3. Who do you fancy for the Irish rugby coach?
4. Have you ever been shocked by behaviour at a cash table? Somebody going south, tilting or being abusive etc etc.
5. Gouging drunk players for all their monies. Any qualms of conscience?
6. Best blog yours or Rounders circa 2005/2006?
7. Tilt. Do you really think you've cured tilt from your game or is it just easier when you run good? Or is it normally a case of external factors being the primary influence in any event?0 -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Advertisement
-
-
-
-
-
-
with most its sort of an unspoken rule that although you can chat for hours at a table, realistically there'l be no invites going out for a sunday brunch!
but to agree with smurf - when i heard a story about one of the SE regs getting ripped off about some greyhound story- i was nearly tilting (lifes new word for wanting to pound the fook outa a scumbag)
Also to say about mates from poker . . . rumor has it hussy, hector and co have been camping outside Donal Nortons house!
ok gonna have to throw a few Q's in now.
If you had to put your finger on it - whats the reason why they SE is now so successful??
Do you remember the dark days when tournies used to get cancelled there regularly?what were they doing wrong then??
Random Q, What do you think are the magic ingredients for opening and successfully running a cardroom and/or casino??
How much time throughout the year do you spend reading boards?
Although you earn alot of enjoyment from it, surely when you add these hours/days together its time that you may never get back. Wasted??
What did you study at college??
How do you envisage poker - both live and online , going over the next few years? will it follow the economies of the countries that it is played in? (touching on a point made by GL2M)0 -
Advertisement
-
LuckyLloyd wrote: »1) How did you get into the game? Did you go to a hockey school back in the day or was it something you fell into when you got to college?
family, my mother got a few caps for Ireland and my dad also played (he was a keeper like you, back in the good 'ol days where you wore a pair of rickety cricket pads for protection and nothing else. he gave up when they made wearing a helmet compulsory. Old Skool!
)
I grew up spending most Saturday afternoons arsing around beside various hockey pitches so it only seemed natural to start playing the game.LuckyLloyd wrote: »2) How seriously did you take it? Did you genuinely maximise your potential within the sport?
I took it reasonably seriously - training a few times a week etc but social life always took priority if I am honest! Our club was always known as a social place to play which no doubt gave us an excuse not to really push ourselves to the max. I played Division 1 level for a number of years (from about the age of 16) before going to UCD, going there definitely made me a worse player as it was very much a drinking/socialising culture. I was never as good again as I was aged 18/19.
I didn't maximise my potential but I had great times. What's more important?LuckyLloyd wrote: »3) I sometimes think that there were paralells between the way Irish poker players look after themselves and focus when they are in Vegas and the way that hockey players who played representative / international level when I was on the scene dedicated themselves to what they were doing. Did you come across people that were kidding themselves during your time at UCD and Corinthians?
Yes, including myself no doubt. It's an Irish thing to some extent and an amateur sport thing as well. In some ways I think it's healthy; it really is only a game (and you can apply that to poker as well)LuckyLloyd wrote: »4) Do you miss competing? Does poker fill the void?
I don't miss playing and I haven't watched a live match for about two years. I certainly miss the camaraderie.
Poker fulfills some sort of need in relation to competition alright: I am naturally highly competitive and hate to lose.LuckyLloyd wrote: »5) Best hockey moment?
It was actually a Second Team season. We won every competition available in Leinster with an incredible team scoring over a hundred goals(no-one has ever done it before or since). We used to regularly beat the Firsts in training games and it got to the stage where players would refuse to be promoted to the First Team!LuckyLloyd wrote: »6) Worst?
Losing an Irish Junior Cup semi-final in Cork in the last minute of extra-time, when a player chested the ball into the goal (for the non-hockey followers, you cannot do this!)LuckyLloyd wrote: »7) What position did you generally play?
anywhere at the back, sweeper by preferenceLuckyLloyd wrote: »8) Why did you quit when you did?
lol, when I sat down for a pre-match teamtalk and realised that, besides my friend macker, the next oldest person on the team was 19! Also recurring back injuries and the fact that I'd moved to the NorthsideLuckyLloyd wrote: »9) Favourite and least favourite places to play? My fav was the front pitch on Grange road and least fav the back pitch at Belfield.
lol, you young fellas were spoilt if you're naming an Astroturf pitch as your least favourite. We played a season in a school called Sancta Maria in Rathfarnham at one stage. Their pitch was gravel and was dotted with potholes and fist-sized boulders. The ball would often be rolling along the ground to you and then take off straight for your face! Good times....
Pembroke is my favourite ground, nice location, nice club, nice bar0 -
-
-
1. Whats your favorite forum on boards outside of poker?
the politics forum can throw up the odd interesting thread. Most other forums are uninteresting to me (except Mustard of course).
My favourite online forum is The Property Pin. Essential reading.2. What posters do you watch out for and read on Boards or do you just read everything?
Hotspur's posts are invariably excellent. Hectorjelly posts goot as does Lucky Lloyd. I'd say I read about 1/3 of the HH posts, hardly any of the tournament stuff and I follow the BBV thread religiously!
There are some posters who are clearly deluded, both as to their poker ability and their connection to reality3. Who do you fancy for the Irish rugby coach?
not Kidney, he's only ever been a success in Munster. This may just be my Leinster-centric opinion coming through.
let's just rob Nick Mallet from the Eyeties!4. Have you ever been shocked by behaviour at a cash table? Somebody going south, tilting or being abusive etc etc.
I've never been utterly shocked in a jaw-dropping way. I've been taken aback many times, mainly by rudeness towards dealers5. Gouging drunk players for all their monies. Any qualms of conscience?
I used to have. Not any more, if they're fit enough to be allowed in, they're fit enough to play. Some other gangster like you will only get the loot anyway!
I'm pretty libertarian in my views anyway6. Best blog yours or Rounders circa 2005/2006?
Rounders, by several country miles7. Tilt. Do you really think you've cured tilt from your game or is it just easier when you run good? Or is it normally a case of external factors being the primary influence in any event?
I'm in remission from tilt, no doubt it will come back to haunt me again some day. You're right though - it's easier when you run good!
I don't think external factors have ever caused me to tilt - my life is pretty good.0 -
-
Advertisement
-
-
El Stuntman wrote: »the politics forum can throw up the odd interesting thread. Most other forums are uninteresting to me (except Mustard of course).
My favourite online forum is The Property Pin. Essential reading.
I'm a big time lurker. I can't be bothered doing the research to make a decent contribution but I'll gladly lap up and read the work of others! I've seen one or two of your posts there.El Stuntman wrote: »I used to have. Not any more, if they're fit enough to be allowed in, they're fit enough to play. Some other gangster like you will only get the loot anyway!
I'm pretty libertarian in my views anyway
I went through the same transition myself! But the dark side has totally consumed me now. I actually kept a game going for two hours from 4am to 6am shorthanded just to try and clean out a guy who was absolutely wasted...:rolleyes:El Stuntman wrote: »I'm in remission from tilt, no doubt it will come back to haunt me again some day. You're right though - it's easier when you run good!
I don't think external factors have ever caused me to tilt - my life is pretty good.
By external factors I meant tiredness and such things. I wasn't implying that you'd be gambling after a row or anything!
Thanks for taking the time Glyn.0 -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Advertisement
Advertisement