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Q&A with NickyOD
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04-12-2006 6:08pmNext up is Nicky. Standard stuff applys as with the other threads.
1) What games/levels are you playing right now?
2) How many tables at once?
3) Are you running good or bad in the last few days?
4) Who do you think is the biggest knobjockey on the poker forum?
5) M&M's, with peanuts, without peanuts?0
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Do you think you're starting to loose your love for poker?
Have you any regreats about going pro?
What was the hardest thing about turning pro?
What's you're opinion on the current state of poker in Ireland?
What part of your game do you spend most time on trying to improve?
On a scale of 1-10 how do you rate your reading ability in...
NLHE
LHE
Who on the poker scene in Ireland do you admire most and why.
How highly do you rate Keiran Walsh? Have you played against him much? if so was it cash/tournaments
Who is the most "creative" poker player you know personally.
If you have music on in a tourney what are you usually listening to?
How did you get involved in writing poker articles?
Have you considered it as a full time job?
How do you rate K4o?0 -
1)What is the best hand you have ever played?
2)What is the most memorable hand you have ever played?
3)If there is one hand you would like to have played differently what is it and why?
4)Do you think you have good bankroll management?
5)Is there any mistakes that you know you are making but can't seem to stop making?
6)At the final table of a EPT event and everyone at the table has exactly 10bb left. You are in the bb, every player up to you has gone all in and you look down at kk. Do you call? or hope to get headsup with a distinct chip disadvantage but with a healthy amount of money in your pocket for coming at least second.
7)What is your favourite post-poker tourney late night snack food?
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lafortezza wrote:Next up is Nicky. Standard stuff applys as with the other threads.
1) What games/levels are you playing right now?
Right now I'm playing 50 1 on Tribecca and Irisheyespoker. Before I did my brains in Vegas I was comfortably beating 1-2 and 2-4 on Party.lafortezza wrote:2) How many tables at once?
I'm 3-tabling at the moment. I used to 5-table, but I'm still not totally confortable with more than 3 tables on the Tribecca interface. When I started on GJP I 4 or 5-tabled and made lots of mistakes.lafortezza wrote:3) Are you running good or bad in the last few days?
I'm running really well right now. As everyone probably knows I was broke not so long ago. About 3 weeks ago I put $500 online again and since then I've made about $2200 on top. I've been very unlucky not make more, as I've taken a couple of nasty beats when close to 4 figure cashes in tourneys. One was the 20K Gtd on Party and the other was the 20K Gtd on Stars where I was 12th of 3078 runners when I lsot with AJ V AT AIPF. My confidence is very high right now. I can't remember when I've played better to be honest.lafortezza wrote:4) Who do you think is the biggest knobjockey on the poker forum?
lol! haven't heard that term in a while. An uncle of mine used to think "Have you got a jockey" was a good chat up line and for some reason you just reminded me of him.
Honestly I think think there is almost no one on this forum that I dislike, and that really says a lot about boards coming from someone like me. If I had to pick one person who posts here, I would have to say Pokerevents is the biggest knobjockey.lafortezza wrote:5) M&M's, with peanuts, without peanuts?
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Hi Nicky,
I enjoy reading your blog - it's painfully honest!
and now for de questions.....
what factors led to you going broke?
what have you learnt from going broke?
can you see it happening again?
have you any defined poker goals for the next year?
have you ever been to the Sin Bin?0 -
ntlbell wrote:Do you think you're starting to loose your love for poker?ntlbell wrote:Have you any regrets about going pro?
ntlbell wrote:What was the hardest thing about turning pro?ntlbell wrote:What's you're opinion on the current state of poker in Ireland?ntlbell wrote:What part of your game do you spend most time on trying to im
prove?ntlbell wrote:On a scale of 1-10 how do you rate your reading ability in...
NLHE
LHEntlbell wrote:Who on the poker scene in Ireland do you admire most and why.ntlbell wrote:How highly do you rate Keiran Walsh? Have you played against him much? if so was it cash/tournamentsntlbell wrote:Who is the most "creative" poker player you know personally.ntlbell wrote:If you have music on in a tourney what are you usually listening to?
At home when playing online I prefer to be much more relaxed. There I listen to a lot of Reggae, and more chilled out stuff like Morcheeba, Zero7 and I really like Blur.ntlbell wrote:How did you get involved in writing poker articles?ntlbell wrote:Have you considered it as a full time job?ntlbell wrote:How do you rate K4o?0 -
shoutman wrote:1)What is the best hand you have ever played?
It's hard to pick one hand. I remember it took me about 3 seconds to fold Kings preflop against James Browning. He showed me Aces. That wouldn't be the one I'd pick though.
My favourite hands usually involve making plays for pots from the blinds, trying to represent raggy or paired boards. The hand I played against Ocallagh in the recent boards game where I 3 bet the turn and he called me down with Queen high and won (He had QJ, I had Q9), that was a lot of fun.
Here's one on the bubble ont he 20K Gtd on Stars the other night that I enjoyed. The Villain said he folded A-9.
PokerStars Game #7261440704: Tournament #36701433, $3.00+$0.30 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIII (1000/2000) - 2006/12/01 - 23:27:33 (ET)
Table '36701433 43' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: KGBCI (11060 in chips)
Seat 3: Socks0814 (12847 in chips)
Seat 4: superman1975 (111923 in chips)
Seat 5: jp28810 (40076 in chips)
Seat 6: NickyOD (34885 in chips)
Seat 7: TomWy (16900 in chips)
Seat 8: slcikjim (28770 in chips)
Seat 9: cousinb1971 (22515 in chips)
KGBCI: posts the ante 100
Socks0814: posts the ante 100
superman1975: posts the ante 100
jp28810: posts the ante 100
NickyOD: posts the ante 100
TomWy: posts the ante 100
slcikjim: posts the ante 100
cousinb1971: posts the ante 100
jp28810: posts small blind 1000
NickyOD: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to NickyOD [ 2c 6h]
CardShark_yB is connected
TomWy: folds
slcikjim: folds
cousinb1971: folds
KGBCI: folds
Socks0814: folds
superman1975: folds
jp28810: raises 2000 to 4000
NickyOD: calls 2000
*** FLOP *** [Ac 5s 5h ]
jp28810: bets 2000
NickyOD: calls 2000
*** TURN *** [Ac 5s 5h ] [Ts]
jp28810: bets 2000
NickyOD: raises 6000 to 8000
jp28810: calls 6000
*** RIVER *** [ Ac 5s 5h Ts ] [Kh]
jp28810: bets 2000
NickyOD: raises 18785 to 20785 and is all-in
jp28810: folds
NickyOD collected 32800 from pot
NickyOD: doesn't show hand
CardShark_yB said, "nb"shoutman wrote:2)What is the most memorable hand you have ever played?
Smooth calling a raise with Aces from Nick Gibson in Vienna when he raised my BB for the 3rd time and then talking him into to calling down with 3rd pair. He's so tilty it totally changed the dynamic of the table afterwards. There's also hand I played against Badgirl which I remember for all the wrong reasons. Let's just say I somehow found a way to overplay T-7o.
The biggest cash game pot I won was about €2100 and was with Queens full in Omaha. I'll never forget that one because the villain in the hand was somone I dislike very much.shoutman wrote:3)If there is one hand you would like to have played differently what is it and why?shoutman wrote:4)Do you think you have good bankroll management?
Yes I definitely do. My problem isn't playing above my limits its my spending habits away from the poker table.shoutman wrote:5)Is there any mistakes that you know you are making but can't seem to stop making?
Misplaying AK from the blinds.shoutman wrote:6)At the final table of a EPT event and everyone at the table has exactly 10bb left. You are in the bb, every player up to you has gone all in and you look down at kk. Do you call? or hope to get headsup with a distinct chip disadvantage but with a healthy amount of money in your pocket for coming at least second.
Ugh! I hate these question because I often end up changing my mind later. I would fold because i'd expect someone to have Aces, and even if they don't i'm getting positive equity from the huge jump in money. You should fold Aces here. Plus if I am at a table of 9 players with equal abillity then my chances of coming first should be 1 in 9 which should be the same as the odds of wining heads up with a 8-1 chip disadvantage., but in the second scenario I make a lot more money, so yes I definitely fold.shoutman wrote:7)What is your favourite post-poker tourney late night snack food?
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LuckyLloyd wrote:Do you have long - term ambitions within poker? By this I mean - can you see yourself using poker as your sole source of income (whether it be writing about it, running a card club, playing etc) in the long - term or do you have plans to move onto something else?
i don't want poker to define my life, but I'm sure it was always be a huge part of it. I'm very ambitious and I won't be totally happy unless I win an international event, but I can think of 1000 more important things to worry about. unless the poker bubble bursts at some point I think I will be working in poker and playing poker for the rest of my life, but I wouldn't rule out anything else, except IT. I'll never go back to working in IT.LuckyLloyd wrote:From a purely playing perspective, do you believe that grinding out a living would allow you to maintain an interest in the game, or is it a case that you would need to move up levels and start taking big tourney scores to still have a desire to play in 10 years time?
Grinding sucks if you''re a professional. Your brain would crack if you kept it up for too long. It would just take over your life. You've got to have other interests or other ideas brewing to keep your mind active. From a playing perspective, you've got to keep trying to raise the bar, test yourself and keep trying new things. While I would always rely on a solid cash game as an income from poker, I defintely always have the urge to try and win a big tournament.0 -
handsfree wrote:do you feel you have improve or disimproved since taking your job in the casino
I feel like i'm getting better all the time. I still play a lot even though I don't play as often. Plus you can actually learn a lot from watching begginners play from the common mistakes that they make, then using that to your advantage when playing similar oponents. Some new players can surprise you. I dealt a game last night where a player folded Kings against Aces preflop and he was getting seriously good odds to call. He was a beginner but he read the villain perfectly. That really impressed me. A lot of begginers can really surprise you like that sometimes and when they do you learn something new and can add it to your own game.0 -
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Good evening captain.
I hope you are keeping well.
Do you take any lengthy breaks from poker? I'm talking weeks and months.
At all times are you aware of how interested you are in the game, the effort you are putting into it, and your tilt angle?
Do you have someone to offload your bad beats to, or to discuss the game in general?
Like all Limerick people, do you go to work on a horse?
Happy Christmas, cos I'll probably not see you until you are playing a tourney in Dublin.0 -
El Stuntman wrote:what factors led to you going broke?
Basically it was Vegas. The funny thing about it was. I didn't go broke playing poker I actually broke even in Vegas from poker thanks to a big tournament win at caesers. I lost a fair bit in a few brutal cash game sessions bt overall I tihnk I was even or up slightly from playing poker in Vegas. My downfall was the table games at the Rio, mainly Craps and Texas Holdem Bonus Poker. I did not have one good session. It was so bad that at one point where i was shooting dice with a couple of Boardsters They would bet together I I would bet against them for a while and I would lose, then started betting with them and we would all lose, then I'd switch back again and they'd start winning and I'd continue to lose. It was awful.
When I returned from Vegas I still had enough money to generate an income from poker but I was suffering from burn out and was lacking confidence. I overspent on a few things, I didn't play much poker to compensat for my spending habits and eventually had to relinquish my online backroll to pay the bills.El Stuntman wrote:what have you learnt from going broke?
Basically that I need to manage my money better I guess. Also when you are at the point of being so broke you're living off bread and soup it helps you to appreciate that there is are lot more important things in life than poker, and that having money is actually more important than I thought it was. That sucks actually. I'm not a material person, I like spending money but I don't have a huge desire to be rich. I guess the most imprtant thing I've learned is that no matter how good thinfs are going for you, you always have to have a plan B. I didn't have one at the time. In future I will always have a back up plan.El Stuntman wrote:can you see it happening again?
Nope, Statistically Variance has to swing my way the next time I go to Vegas, so next year I am devoting my entire bankroll to hammering the craps tables and I'm certain I will take the house down.El Stuntman wrote:have you any defined poker goals for the next year?
Play more big festivals. Get more European Ranking points. Win a big event. Firstly though i need to get back to being bankrolled to play 2-4 online.El Stuntman wrote:have you ever been to the Sin Bin?
Yeah a couple of times. I hate the place. Every night at the Sin Bin is Grab-a-Granny night.0 -
kincsem wrote:Do you take any lengthy breaks from poker? I'm talking weeks and months.kincsem wrote:At all times are you aware of how interested you are in the game, the effort you are putting into it, and your tilt angle?
I guess there isn't a day that goes by where I don't think about a poker scenario. I'd prefer to take a couple of weeks a year off completely but at the moment I don't have someone to spend that time with.
I'm not sure what you mean by tilt angle? I don't think I ever go on tilt. I have gotten very upset through poker but I've rarely let that change the way I play. I think I'm one of the best players at putting others on tilt though.kincsem wrote:Do you have someone to offload your bad beats to, or to discuss the game in general?
Yeah I have a couple of friends who I share my poker stories with. They are obviously poker players too. It's a two way thing. It wouldn't work otherwise. I think if I met a non poker playing girl who would still look at me with loving eyes when I told her I just got my Kings cracked by 7-4o I would ask her to marry me on the spot.kincsem wrote:Like all Limerick people, do you go to work on a horse?
I live in a 4th floor aprtment and there isn't enough room on the balcony for the sulky, plus I don't think the landlord would let me keep my horse in the front room so unfortunaltely not.
By the way not a lot of people on boards realise this but i actually consider myself more of a Donegal man than from Limerick since that's where I grew up.0 -
why dont you post advice as much as you used to on boards? you were one of the players i took a lot from when i started playing a year ago and i delved into the archieves for some very good threads.0
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NickyOD wrote:I took a break of almost 9 months (during which I almost got married). Before then I was a losing player. When I became single I started playing online again. I didn't make another deposit for over 2 years.
I'm confused
Are we talking about sex here?0 -
sikes wrote:why dont you post advice as much as you used to on boards? you were one of the players i took a lot from when i started playing a year ago and i delved into the archieves for some very good threads.
I try to, but I guess there are lot of better players here now who get there before me and i'd just be repeating what has been said many times before. I'm actualy embarassed by a lot of those old thread. I don't think i've always given the best advice, but I definitely tend to put a different spin on hand analysis sometimes which is a good thing.0 -
El Stuntman wrote:I'm confused
Are we talking about sex here?
no i think that was about 2 months, but I'm willing to answer questions on any non poker related topic too.0 -
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even though you are pro, do you still pull the scratcher?0
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DeVore wrote:Favourite memory from playing poker (or poker trips)?
My most vivid memory is probably the first time I walked into the Fitzwilliam card club, which was actually only in April 2005, so not that long ago really. I had been to the Macau a few times before that but back then it was smaller and the players in the Macau have never come across as very welcoming IMO.
But my first time in the Fitz was a different story. I played the Saturday €15 round of each rebuy and came 4th. It was the first time I'd been around what I would have considered real characters of the game like Vivian and Player X. The kind of players who frighten the crap out of you. In Limerick at the time i was afraid of no one because they were all the biggest donkeys ever. Back then there was no player in Limerick that I knew who had real character or staying power. I was at a different level to everyone else and I was only a very average player at the time. When I first played in Dublin I was a just little fishy really, playing with the big boys, so this was a new experience. That weekend was also the first time I played Pot limit cash games and did really well. for a month afterwards all i could think about was going back to the Fitz again. It was the first time I felt I knew that I wanted to be a professional poker player.0 -
DeadParrot wrote:even though you are pro, do you still pull the scratcher?
I looked this up in the urban dictionary and I still don't know what it mean's. I always just thought a scratcher was a bed but apparrently it means a lot more.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=scratcher0 -
RasTa wrote:Do you watch the Sky News interview at least once a month?
I've never watched it again. I hated it. The TV3 one was better, but the Sky News one was really negative. It was a stitch up really. They asked me a lot of good questions, then only aired the negative ones, relating to gambling and addiction, then brought out some idiot psychiatrist who said all these people playing poker are just degenerates who are fooling themselves. I'll never do an interview for sky again. lol! I'm just waiting for that phone call so I can say no to them. It should be any dny day now.0 -
Hi
1. As a poker pro describle a normal day.
2. Whats you biggest tourney win.
3. Are u tight with money or are u the guy that always buys the last round.
4. Whats your favourite poker move if u are card dead to accumulate chips.
5. Whats the best online tourney in your opion at the moment.
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NickyOD wrote:It was so bad that at one point where i was shooting dice with a couple of Boardsters They would bet together I I would bet against them for a while and I would lose, then started betting with them and we would all lose, then I'd switch back again and they'd start winning and I'd continue to lose. It was awful.
LOL. That was hilarious. Betting against you on that table was probably the reason I DIDN'T go broke in Vegas, cheers Nicky!:)0 -
How do you think the poker forum could be improved?
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NickyOD wrote:
I looked this up in the urban dictionary and I still don't know what it mean's. I always just thought a scratcher was a bed but apparrently it means a lot more.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=scratcher
Apologies, some of our Dublin posters may have got it, are you on the Dole, with your years of PAYE, you should be entitled. I was just wondering if pros are also on the Dole.0 -
1.)What did you think of the book 'Angelas Ashes' by author Frank McCourt?.
2.) Did you ever bonk into a swimming pool or cinema or public facility without paying and what was your modus operandi?.
3.) How long ago was the last physical fight you were involved in and what was it over?0 -
dacman wrote:1. As a poker pro describle a normal day.
I don't really have a routine because i'm involved in a lot of different things right now. I basically play when I find time. Usually at night time. Also because I have a deal with pokernews to write for them every week I sometimes just start writing as soon as I think of an idea. That could mean getting up at 3 in the morning, writing until breakfast time, then I might go out and get breakfast and afterwards go to bed until the afternoon. I do that at least twice a week. Other days I might have a normal 9-5 schedule. I'm also travelling to and from Ennis a lot at the moment, and won't be moving there until the new year. My sleeping patterns are all over the place right now.dacman wrote:2. Whats you biggest tourney win.dacman wrote:3. Are u tight with money or are u the guy that always buys the last round.dacman wrote:4. Whats your favourite poker move if u are card dead to accumulate chips.dacman wrote:5. Whats the best online tourney in your opion at the moment.0 -
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Daithio wrote:LOL. That was hilarious. Betting against you on that table was probably the reason I DIDN'T go broke in Vegas, cheers Nicky!:)
Well I glad you won it and not TJ Cloutier. Apparrently he actually went o cash out $26 in chips. Even I wouldn't bother with that. He probably needed it for the cab fare.0
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