VanDice is In the Well

con_leche wrote: »

Thanks for doing this.

np, thank BCB

con_leche wrote: »

1. Do you enjoy playing live? If so cash or tourny and why?

not really, i must sound like a social retard at this stage
if i was playing live i'd prefer to play a high buyin tournament or else 10/20 cash game, where i'd definitely feel focused.

con_leche wrote: »

2. Do you feel posting has helped develop your game, and do you use 2p2?

Yes for sure. It helps reinforce things I know/should know, and it's especially useful because it makes me articulate what I subconsciously think. Kinda goes back to knowing 'why' something is a good play rather than just doing it instinctively. So it's really a selfish thing

con_leche wrote: »

3. Do you wish you started playing 2-3 years earlier.

I wish I put time into learning the game 3 years ago. I think if I could transport current me to 2005 (in my De Lorean!), I could play the highest games online. I don't think that's egotistical, I think you could say the same about any decent mid-stakes player today. It's just how far the game has advanced, like Commodore 64s.

con_leche wrote: »

4. Name a live player whose game you respect and why?

I don't play anywhere near enough live poker to know

con_leche wrote: »

5. List a good book, DVD, film and album.

hmmm. Good books I read recently: The Remains Of The Day, The Van, Lord of The Flies, 1984, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. I could probably add hundreds in there though. For just reading on travel, I kinda like Tom Clancy's books like the Hunt For Red October.

Airplane, Pulp Fiction, Little Miss Sunshine, Zoolander, Under Siege, Indiana Jones - Last Crusade, Monty Python - Holy Grail, Gladiator, True Lies, all Bourne films.
what can I say, I'm an airhead.
(Johnny Dangerously is LOL funny too, just have a few pints beforehand)

album: i haven't got one in ages. whoever posted up lastfm here a while ago, ty. it's brilliant.
The best album I've ever heard though is 'The Stone Roses', and I don't think it's close at all

No questions and just happy to read your replies to other posters..Its shaping up to be a great well..wp

thedini wrote: »

gl in the well.
do you still do sportsbetting on a regular basis and if so at a serious level? what sports/ markets do you concentrate on ? what gives you the edge that you need?
Betfair or Betdaq?

hey. yeah still do, i guess it would be called a serious level. The main stuff I look at is racing and football, but if there is live tv sport on I'll have a look and see if I think I would have an edge. My general approach is to look for something that the public as a whole really like, and bet against it, or find something they can't stand, and bet it.

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The markets have definitely got a lot more efficient over the last few years. I still think they're mispriced on a lot of occasions though. Just a couple of examples - there was a race just a few mins ago at Kempton. Gary Moore trained a horse called Smokey Ryder in the race, and he has an extremely good record with horses in claiming races if they have good last time out form. Smokey Ryder won last time out, and the runner-up went on to win his next start. On his only previous Polytrack start, he ran much better than 9th of 12 would appear - he ran wide on an early bend, and actually ran quite well. I think he was almost certainly overpriced.

At Fairyhouse over the weekend, I thought Donnas Palm was a fantastically good price. Cousin Vinny was having his first ever hurdles start in a Grade 1, which is an almost impossibly high task to be set. Hurricane Fly is the most fashionable type of horse, a French import trained by a top trainer. Even with his good summer form, I thought he was very likely to be overbet/underpriced. Donnas Palm looked clearly best of the remainder, and everything about his previous wins looked top class. He also had the added advantage of being the apparent stable second string (people prefer betting on jockeys than horses). He was 8/1 the evening before, which again looked to drastically underestimate his ability.

Football is tougher, because it's easier to quantify. All numbers are easily available, and can be used statistically without much adjustment. Also, the markets are much more liquid due to some huge companies/syndicates, so the prices are much more likely to be accurate. Even still there are good opportunities.

Right after the takeover/Robinho, Man City were way too short for their next few games. They were being priced as if they were a top 6 team, which they patently weren't at that stage. It was just a case where there was so much hype that everyone wanted to back them.

One last thing - I talk too much lol - in spread betting you can bet on the number of corners per match. Last year the average in the Premier League was 11.06. On betfair you can buy or sell, but they have a rule that the minimum make-up is 5 and the max is 17. So if there were no corners, it would be settled at 5, if there were 25 corners, it would be settled at 17.

So, adjusting for those constraints, the average works out at exactly 11. As the estimated corners in a game rises, so the gap should rise between what the true price and what the price on betfair should be.

People haven't seemed to fully realise that yet.
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thedini wrote: »

From reading I see that you dont play live much due to boredom/lack of tables etc is it your goal however to get a big live score, Irish Open/ World Series etc.

Yeah, I'd like to win something in a live tournament this year. I played one WSOP event in Vegas this summer, finished something like 270/2000-odd, with ~200 getting paid. I'd been pretty short-stacked all tournament though so it wasn't that enjoyable, just finding spots to shove. Then I got a lot of good spots and got up to around average stack. Then I ran QQ into KK. C'est la vie.

Plus if I cash in something big I can get a Hendon Mob profile, then I will be Hollllaments hero imo

thedini wrote: »

thanks

np. thanks for the interest.

RoundTower wrote: »

why havent you been playing the ucd football recently?

I haven't been around Dublin very much, and when I have been I've just been too busy catching up with other things. I'm like Wayne Bridge, retired early from football. I can't make any of the weeks before Christmas either
Will be around some evenings though, so if you want to go for pints, I think that would be a suitably athletic replacement activity!!

Van Dice wrote: »

The best album I've ever heard though is 'The Stone Roses', and I don't think it's close at all

Well played on the above,good to see some sense on this forum at last,the most complete album of all time imo.:)

Excellent well so far VanDice,triffic read,back with some q's later.

RasTa wrote: »

Was Keane a good signing, thoughts so far..

I thought so, but it's not working out at all. He's not playing well, linking well or scoring. Maybe it will improve, he has only been at the club a couple of months after all. Still, I don't see much to complain about when the 18-time title winners and 5-time European Cup winners are where they belong at the top of the table

RasTa wrote: »

Do you think 'this' is your year?

I think it will depend if we can beat Man U at Anfield. oh wait...
(honestly no, I think Man U have had the hardest opening set of fixtures, and they aren't far enough behind. I think they'll win, but I'd be happy with Liverpool if we got ~83 points. I think that'll be a couple short though)

RasTa wrote: »

Did the big serb scare you off footy in UCD?

hahahah

colquhom wrote: »

sn on full tilt so i can rail you?!

I don't play on there any more, it wouldn't be much fun anyway I assure you! durrr/cts are infintely better and more fun to watch

YULETIRED wrote: »

1. I see BCB hero worships you to a degree, does this unsettle you at all

lol. he used to keep posting me locks of his hair though. that didn't end well for anyone

YULETIRED wrote: »

2. tell us some of your observed online tells.

when fish check, snap call a continuation bet, and then time down and check the turn, barrel them. Always. They have a very weak pair or A high, and they're afraid to call more bets.
when an average reg times down/timebanks, and then raises the river, just fold.
also a very quick 4-bet is AK much more often than it should be, given people's 4-betting ranges.
when people change their c-bet size or open raise size suddenly, it's almost never a strong hand. People understand the need to be consistent when they have a strong hand.
When someone is limp/calling, and randomly spazzing out postflop, they are most likely called Giancarlo, Antonio or Francesco.
When someone times down, times out and doesn't reconnect, they are probably ****ed. (actually I did wonder that recently, if anyone has collapsed while in a poker hand)

YULETIRED wrote: »

3. How do you manage tilt control ?

not playing games underrolled, lots of practice, getting older, more chilled out generally. I used to tilt a little bit (mainly having a psychotic vendetta against anyone who 3-bet me more than once), but each time I made a play that was emotionally driven, I'd force myself to sit out from the tables, and go for a 5-min run. Cramp/rain made me see the light, and I've consciously tried to maintain focus since. Doesn't always work, but I'm pretty sure I tilt less than anyone else in my regular games.
I also try to do to them what I know used to tilt me, like 3-betting frequently from the button, checkraising frequently, etc.

YULETIRED wrote: »

4. How much from your bankroll do you require to live each month.

I have absolutely no idea. I generally just pay rent and stuff when they come in, but I never add up money for food or anything. The amount spent in Coppers is horrifying though, I'd hate to hear that figure.

YULETIRED wrote: »

5. You are playing near the bubble of the WSOP, you look down at AA, some guy raises you , suddenly a guy falls to the ground choking purple faced on a nearby table and you are the only one who seems to know that he needs the Heimlich Manoeuvre, Do you reraise or flat call in this position ?

In whirling around, I'd accidentally knock multi denominations of chips in which would count as a raise. While the other guy was levelling himself into a shove, I'd save the purple faced guy, and smoothly ease back to my seat to snapcall his all-in. I'd win the hand en route to steamrolling to the win, and get the girl too.

YULETIRED wrote: »

6. Have you ever swallowed a spider ?

Don't think so. I have swallowed flies when cycling really fast downhill, it's horrible.

YULETIRED wrote: »

7. Name yer three
fav chicks

Salma Hayek in Desperado, jesus.
Allison Stokke, just something about athletes.
Adriana Lima for being phenomenal.

YULETIRED wrote: »

fav tunes

Stone Roses - This Is The One
Belle & Sebastian - Sleep The Clock Around
Oasis - Masterplan
also have a weird fascination with Fleetwood Mac's Everywhere

YULETIRED wrote: »

fav movies

pick 3 from the ones I gave above, though Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is def one of them. I've watched that more than any other film, it's just brilliant.

YULETIRED wrote: »

Fav quotes

good question. I don't know if I can think of three off the top of my head, I might have to come back to this.
Bill Shankly had a couple of great ones, not hard to see why he was such a great motivator.
"Aim for the sky and you'll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you'll stay on the floor."
He had lots of very funny quotes too, worth looking up if you have time.

I really liked Churchill's quick response here, wish I had that kind of quick wit!
After dinner Lady Astor presided over the pouring of coffee. When Churchill came by, she glared and said. "Winston, if I were your wife, I’d put poison in your coffee." "Nancy," Churchill replied to the acid-tongued woman, "if I were your husband, I’d drink it."
He also has tons of great quotes.

If I think of another one I'll get back to this

YULETIRED wrote: »

8. If online poker was banned tomorrow what would you do? (for da monies)

back to work, I have a degree in Finance/Economics, which isn't the best area to be looking, but I know some people in that industry quite well who I'm pretty sure could help me get fixed up. I think I'd be able to hold my own in an interview process too, maybe time will tell

YULETIRED wrote: »

9. If you could be any movie star for a day, who would you pick and why?

Jessica Simpson, and I wouldn't leave the house

YULETIRED wrote: »

10. If you saw you mammy kissing Santa Claus underneath the mistletoe, would you wake daddy and watch the carnage unfold, or would you wait until you got over the christmas to break the news to the ol fellow.

this is a trick question imo

OpenEnded wrote: »

dexter or the wire?

I almost never watch tv so idk. I'm going to get The Wire over Christmas though, because I've heard too many great reports not to. Plus I don't want to watch Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory on Christmas Day again.

I did see season 7 of Family Guy on dvd, and I'd recommend that to anyone. It's way better than earlier seasons.

pok3rplaya wrote: »

Any leaks in my play that you picked up while we were playing together on betfair?

not really, i didn't play many hands v you anyway. it was a long time ago so some of this may be bad memory/small sample size, but you had an extremely aggressive style of play.

As far as things which I thought I could maybe look to exploit, I think I remember you folded a high % to 3-bets and 4-bets, bet ~ 100% of the time when the PFR checked to you, and folded ~ 100% of the time when you raised preflop and checked the flop.
I also think you had a slightly wider opening range from UTG/MP than most.

I hope you don't get the wrong idea with that, I definitely don't mean that as a criticism, you were comfortably one of the better players at the 2 levels I played you at. They're not even criticisms as such, more observations (which may even be my memory being wrong)

Also I remember playing a flush draw horribly against you, please delete that hand from your mind.

Anyway if you could return the favour, that would be appreciated

digiman wrote: »

Hey, nice reading so far.

ty

digiman wrote: »

What's the biggest pots you have ever won and lost? HH would be nice!

not all my HHs are on this laptop, so these are just the last couple of months. I think there was a bigger one in the very few hands at 25/50, and maybe bigger at 10/20, idk

I doubt anyone in the world could have played this hand as well as me.

$10/$20 No Limit Holdem
PartyPoker
6 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($3772.25)
UTG+1 ($693.00)
CO ($2478.00)
BTN ($6920.50)
SB ($1710.50)
Hero (BB) ($3572.00)

Pre-flop: ($30, 6 players) Hero is BB
3 folds, BTN raises to $70, 1 fold, Hero raises to $280, BTN raises to $670, Hero raises to $1310, BTN raises to $6920.50, Hero calls $2262

Flop: ($10502.50, 2 players)

Turn: ($10502.50, 2 players)

River: ($10502.50, 2 players)

Final Pot: $10502.50
BTN shows:
Hero shows:

BTN wins $3348.50 ( lost -$3572 )
Hero wins $7151 ( won +$3579 )



I can't remember losing any pots bigger than this
$2.5/$5 No Limit Holdem
PartyPoker
6 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($253.60)
UTG+1 ($557.82)
CO ($599.10)
BTN ($1168.55)
SB ($487.23)
Hero (BB) ($742.15)

Pre-flop: ($7.50, 6 players) Hero is BB
2 folds, CO raises to $17.50, 2 folds, Hero folds

Final Pot: $25

CO wins $25 ( won +$7.50 )

digiman wrote: »

What age are you?
If you are 25, what do you see yourself doing at 30 or just in general in 5 years time?

spot on. old!
I really doubt I'll be playing poker in 5 years. I'm not sure apart from that, I've never been one for having a strict career path.

digiman wrote: »

What do your family think of you playing poker for a living?

I'd imagine they would be happier if I worked 9-5, but I doubt many parents would be as supportive as mine. They know I'm not a complete idiot, so they trust that I'm making at least semi-competetent decisions. It's one of the reasons I want to start doing something else soon though.

digiman wrote: »

Would you sit at a 25/50 deep table that had jman, durrrr, Phil Ivey, Patrick Antonius and krantz? The game would be 200bb min (auto rebuy!) and is going to be recorded for a training video where all cards are revealed. The catch is though that everyone must play 200 hands and then the game breaks. Would like to hear reason for a yes or a no!

Jesus no. I'd be eaten alive. With so many coaching sites I think I could get that level of info for a good deal cheaper!

digiman wrote: »

If Guy Libertie was sitting at a high stakes HU table but it would mean that it is 10% of your roll would you play?

no way, I can play people of a similar skill level with much less variance. Besides, I'm not great at HU.

digiman wrote: »

Do you play pool/snooker?

I'm no good at snooker. I play a bit of pool though, not hustler standard but able to give most people a good game in a pub. There just aren't many pubs in Dublin with tables

digiman wrote: »

Most balla thing you have bought after a really good winning session?

I'm the most unballa person you could imagine! I can't even think of anything for this, I've never spent a whole bunch of money just to have something extravagant. I'd rather just go on a holiday with friends/weekends away etc, nothing crazy.

digiman wrote: »

If you could play a 6max 2/5 game with 5 other boards players who would they be and why?:D

hmm tough one. valor, cos I'd say he's prob the best player to post on boards. el stuntman/hotspur because I really like the way they post, and I think they'd be good company. yuletired for the almost certain carnage he would cause.
and hollllaments to be the soft spot and get the game running lol

Great well so far VD.

1. What did you find the hardest level to beat when moving up?

2. What do you think are the main reasons for poker players not being able to beat MSNL fter beating SSNL?

3. If you won the lotto would you still play poker? If yes, would you move up levels?

4. Do you have a threshold for quitting a session when down x amount of buyins?


Thanks!

YULETIRED wrote: »

5. You are playing near the bubble of the WSOP, you look down at AA, some guy raises you , suddenly a guy falls to the ground choking purple faced on a nearby table and you are the only one who seems to know that he needs the Heimlich Manoeuvre, Do you reraise or flat call in this position ?

i dont think people here say this enough to you but i love you

Vandice gl in the well i might find a question or two to ask later

philthefish

RoundTower wrote: »

do you find your memory (short and long term) has suffered since you started playing a lot of internet poker?

I had an interesting and very enlightening discussion with a friend about this recently, I'm going to make a thread on it when I figure out what I want to say and where to put it.

Wow please do this. My memory is shot to bits since I started playing poker.