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Interview with Barry Greenstein.

September 13, 2007 | 2 Comments

When the owner of highstakesreport had his website unfairly and abruptly taken down, I was annoyed. The loss of traffic hurts both financially and emotionally to a site’s owner. So when the owner of the site asked me to contribute something to “get the site going again,” I felt both flattered and pressured. I didn’t want to let him down. I searched for youtube videos, and was going to post a repeat of this week’s episode of the WSOP Main Event from ESPN. But then I thought, “wow, that is pretty unoriginal.” Then I was going to post a video clip from the History Channel, part of a show about the history of poker. But that had technical issues, and besides, I knew I could do better. I thought for a while what would be a good read, something unique and interesting. I noticed that my interview with Boosted J was the most popular interview on this site. So I decided to post an interview I did in the Spring of 2006 with none other than “The Robin Hood of Poker,” Barry Greenstein. As far as respected poker players go, it doesn’t get any better than this, so I hope you enjoy this interview. And please keep reading this site and recommending it to friends.

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Interview With Justin Smith, aka “Boosted J”

May 10, 2007 | 1 Comment

Justin Smith talks about online poker, tv donkaments, donating to charity, and players getting “booosted.”

Photo courtesy boostedj.com.

Let me say, when I first heard of this guy, Boosted J, I was skeptical. When I heard more about him, I was more skeptical. But when I watched him play, I knew he was special. And after spending an hour on the phone with him, I was even more impressed. He’s a soft spoken, well mannered, poker guru, mature far beyond his 19 years. He’s got all the confidence in the world, but backs it up at the tables. I was really pleased with what he had to say, and pleasantly surprised at his high maturity level.

A little background, courtesy of Boostedj.com:

Justin Smith was born in Hartford, Connecticut on January 8, 1988. Although he lived in New York for two years, he did most of his growing up in Kissimmee/Poinciana, Florida. During his senior year of high school, he was involved in a near-fatal motorcycle crash that left him handicapped in a wheel chair for the remaining four months of his senior year. As a “bagger/clerk” at a grocery store, he was forced to quit his job and find a way to make money elsewhere. After talking to a long-time friend on the Internet, it was decided he would learn micro-limit online poker to start making a few bucks here and there.

Besides becoming one of the most feared high stakes short handed cash game players on the Internet, Boosted J has made himself seen in the tournament world. He chopped 1’st place in the Full Tilt Poker FTOPS III Main Event for $232,000. Although just a couple days before that, he final tabled FTOPS III Event #6 $216 Omaha Hi/Lo for a 5′th place finish. With these two strong finishes he was awarded the FTOPS III Player of the Year Award for most points collected throughout the series.

I started watching boosted j a few weeks ago, and he really impressed me. He has played at the highest levels, including the “big game” on fulltilt, the $1k/2k horse mixed game.

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BlackMetalHead Interview

October 20, 2006 | 3 Comments

Hey all, here is an interview I did with BlackMetalHead of FTP. He is a very accomplished tourney player, a big cash player on FTP and a real cool guy. So here it is and enjoy!

Name: Tommy Rau
Age:28
Sites you play on: Fulltilt, Stars, Bodog, UB, Pokerroom
Screen Names: BlackMetalhead, OneRoundEye, Breastmilk
Years pro: 2

JZarse:What games do you normally play? (stakes, variation)
BMH:I guess I should start by saying I love to gamble. Poker is the only form of gambling other than the stock market I have ever had any success with. That said, give me some cards and some chips and I’m ready to go; you can teach me the rules as we go. NL Hold’em is my bread and butter though, anywhere from 5/10 to 50/100. Although I usually don’t play the higher unless I think the game is good. I’m always looking for a good game and 5/10nl and 10/20nl is almost always a good game. 25/50 and up just sometimes isn’t worth it for me. I find that if I take a big hit there it can affect my game and I start spewing money everywhere else I’m playing. I’ll play any form of poker though. I really love all of them. I’m just not very good at some.

JZarse:How did you get started playing poker? Who was your biggest inspiration?

BMH:I have been playing cards since I can remember. Pinochle was always the game of choice in my family. I still love that game but rarely get a chance to play anymore. If it was spread at the casino I would play all the time. As far as poker is concerned I learned how to play 5 card draw and 7 card stud when I was a wee lil’ kid. When I was playing music full time I started playing poker online during downtimes (which is a lot). I used to play so many freerolls it was sick. I actually started skipping band practices to play in tournaments, and I was awful. I had no hope, seriously. Finally by some freakish stroke of luck I cashed in a pacific poker 1mil. guaranteed tournament. I’m not sure how I even got into that tournament but it was my first taste of a bankroll. It probably lasted about a week. Eventually I was working a 9-5 and putting half of my paychecks into poker every week in an attempt to learn the game. One day I started playing a 1/2nl game real LAG and something just clicked. I don’t know how else to explain it. I mean I wasn’t good but at that moment I realized I could beat the game. And a few months later I had a 50k bankroll and I quit my job. My inspirations generally fall outside the realm of poker and more into the art/music genre. Anyone who is an innovator or defied odds really inspires me. Charles Mingus, who was a jazz musician/composer was an incredible person and has an incredible story. Malcolm X and Rocky Balboa are also on my top ten list.
JZarse:What is the best and worst thing about playing poker for a living?
BMH:I played music for a living before poker and the lifestyle was something I was really struggling giving up when I had a “real” job; getting that back was something that has been one thing that I haven’t ever regretted for a second. On the flip side of the coin, I never realize how much time I actually spend playing poker unless I’m either reminded of what a degenerate I am or I step back and realize I played 100 hours of poker in a week . For me though when you are getting up at 7am every morning to go to work it’s a fucking grind on your soul and playing poker just doesn’t feel like that. I love my job and when I want to do something else, albeit party or go somewhere I can do that.
As far as swings are concerned yeah they suck a lot and it can be ridiculously frustrating but it comes with the territory and .until you get past it I don’t think you are ready to play for a living.

JZarse:Recently, you had a great run taking 5th place in the 500k guaranteed on FTP,
what were your feelings on the tournament and what did you do to celebrate?
BMH:First of all I love FTP tourneys(free plug-red me), the blind structure is really flat and in the later stages if you manage to get some chips you can actually play some post flop poker occasionally. As far as that tourney is concerned, aside from one or two hands it actually went extremely smooth until the final table. The one hand that sticks out occurred when we were down to about 15ish and I had raised two off the cutoff with a6o. The cutoff, who I have played with a lot and is definitely capable of making some moves with marginal holdings, shoved on me. I was getting 2.3-1 and after some deliberation I made the call. He had QQ and I ended up with a boat and won a big pot. Later I ran his range through pokerstove and depending on what I gave him as his range it was a marginal call. I could have easily been a 3-1 dog, I could have easily been ahead too. In the end I think I wanted to knock someone out and I wanted to send the message that I wasn’t just going to fold anytime someone raised, and I needed to make that known while I still had the chips to do it. Regardless that was the only hand that I played that I think was questionable. Most tournaments I play I can usually find something to beat myself up over, but in that one I was pretty happy except for the fact that I didn’t suck out to stay alive at the final table.
As far as celebrations I really didn’t do shit after that one. September was a pretty bad month for me in cash games so the money just replenished what had previously dissipated. I still owe myself a night of debauchery though, oh and I owe myself a hot tub I’ve just been too lazy to get one. But not because of the tourney win, just cause a man’s gotta have his stuff.

JZarse:Do you have any superstitions when you play poker? (Certain hands, routine)

BMH:I’m an extremely laid back and potentially lazy son-of-a-bitch so for most of my short poker playing career it has essentially been wake up and start playing until I either pass out or build up an enormous stack at a cash table and then donk it off when I can’t lay down an overpair because the guy with the set, is “on a flush draw.” Recently though after some introspection I decided that I would try to be a bit more disciplined. I actually get up, pretend to throw some weights around, shower, eat breakfast, and try to actually have some semblance of focus when I start my day. I think at a point if you want to become a great player you have to realize it’s not enough to want to just be good enough to beat the people that you are playing with. You really want to be able to dominate them. And I think to do that you have to always try and expand your game to new levels and be focused on the game. It’s so easy to play online poker half-assed. I mean I do it all the time, whether it be talking to people, watching TV, getting high, or whatever. It’s just easy to not be all there and then play like shit because of it. Even more than that though I think the time I spend not being focused as time when I could be improving. As far as superstitions are concerned I do own a “luckbox” that I bought on ebay after running bad and a buddy hit me up on IM and said “you need a new luckbox.” I got on ebay and typed in luckbox and one actually popped up. It was a Tibetan luckbox that was 17 cents, shipping was 27 dollars from China but it was so hilarious I had to get it. We’ve been together ever since. So I got that going for me, and I’ll sell it for fifty grand if anyone is interested.

JZarse:What do you think is the most important bit of information you could give to a
starting player?

BMH:If you are serious about the game, think about the game as much as you can. Learn the math, and then play the game that makes you feel comfortable. Our styles should always be evolving and be a reflection of us as individuals on some level if we want to be playing our best and improving. I guess I’m trying to say that you have to play a game that is true to yourself. And of course you are going to absorb players you watch and admire, but you can’t be successful by pure emulation. You have to find your game. That sounds real cheesy but that’s how I feel, so whatever. Also you have to have a lot of gamble in you to be successful in this business. You can’t be scared to put your chips in the middle. There is a great story in A. Alvarez’s book about him learning the game with his father when he was younger. His dad was a mathematician who had a lot of insight into game theory and they were discussing whether or not to put your chips in the middle in situations where it might be unclear as to whether or not you are ahead or behind. What his dad told him was to put them in. Not for reasons hinging on mathematics but because it’s more fun. It’s like what Slim said, “it feels better in.”
I look at poker as an art form. You should be cognizant of how every move you make is painting a picture in your opponents head and use that to your advantage. And be creative, there are so many ways that you can take down a pot in this game. People are always saying, “never limp with aces,” or “never just call,” or “never do a lot of stuff” but I think that’s complete bullshit. There is nothing you should never do. There is a time for everything in this game and people who say never do this or never do that are never gonna be great.

JZarse:As most players know, poker can be a very frustrating game, was there any
point where you wanted to give it up? How do you deal with terrible nights
and running bad?

BMH:I have never wanted to give it up. Sometimes I have had brief moments of fear where I know I’m running bad and also probably playing bad and am just kind of like “what the fuck is going on?” I think these times are where you have to really man up and show the competitive side of yourself. You gotta get pissed off at yourself, get back up, and get at it harder than before. Running bad is a lot like getting your ass kicked by your big brother when you are a kid, it’s an unwinnable battle but you get up and you hit him again and again and again. Eventually he’ll get tired of pummeling your face, you’ll flop a boat and life will be good.

JZarse:What do you do to continually improve your game, do you read books? If so
which do you feel is the most important to your game?

BMH:HOH v.2 is in my opinion the single most important tournament book that has ever been written. That being said I think that reading every piece of shit that’s ever been written about poker is extremely beneficial to your game. Reading trash and understanding that it’s trash and why it is what it is a huge confidence builder not to mention the fact that it gives you a better perspective as to how other people play the game, which in itself is an extremely important aspect of the game. That said, there are some great books about poker, like the new Sklanksy NL book, which is definitely worth picking up. On the question of improving continually I think that it’s a life long process and that as long as you are thinking about it, talking about it, and playing it, you will continue to improve.

JZarse:What’s the first expensive thing you decided to buy when you became a
successful poker player and why?

BMH:I have a big ass TV, an insane amount of musical equipment, and I spend a fairly healthy amount of money on things of consumption. I also bought a truck, but I think I’m gonna get a caddy soon. And I live in a pretty sweet house. I need a hot tub though. Did I mention that already? Honestly though I’m just trying to build a bigger and bigger roll.

JZarse:What are your plans for the future as far as poker (ex. any WPT events,
traveling) and life in general?

BMH:I’m going to start playing more of the big live tournies pretty soon. I play them occasionally but I want to play more. I’m hoping now that I’ve shifted my focus from cash games to tournaments that I will be able to score some sponsorship. Other than that I’m gonna just keep having fun being a degenerate and try to keep myself away from the blackjack tables.

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Laaur2 Interview

September 6, 2006 | 1 Comment

Laaur2 on the right, his friend Christer Ronquist on the left.

Everyone who watch games on Prima have surely seen Laaur2 there, playing on $50/$100, $100/$200 and sometimes even $200/$400 No-Limit tables.

Laaur2
Staale Egenes AKA “Notorious, MrGoodies”
Age 21
Oslo, Akershus, Norway
Plays on: LadBrokes, NordicBet
High School, never worked

How did you start your poker career?

I wouldn’t exactly call it a “poker career”, but I started my gambling career when I was very young. I’ve always loved to gamble, and I tried to gamble everything I could. I used to play with my big brother and his friends, he big brother was my idol. About 3 years ago I started to play Texas Hold’em at Pacific Poker’s sit & go tournaments. A while after that I started to play fixed limit. A few months of fixed limit, and I was already playing $30/$60. My brother was satisfied with the income, but I always wanted more, so I moved to No-Limit tables, and after few days of practice, I was above average at $5/$10 No-Limit tables. From there I just got to the bigger stakes, and now 3 years later I’m on top of NordicBet. Nowadays I teach my brother how to play, and I’m his idol.

Did you get any help in the beginning?

No, I learned it on my own. I’ve always been like that. If I start something new, I won’t stop if I’m not of the best. That goes for everything, not just poker & gambling. I wanted to learn poker on my own, kinda create my own style, without the books that everybody read.

What do you consider as the most important thing for you when you stated?

Definitely the passion for poker. I’ve always loved to play and still do. And of course the “winner instinct” I told you about. I’m good at reading people, and I have already had people around me who I could discuss poker with.

How much do you play poker nowadays?

I used to play all day long, actually I played 1 year straight! About 8 hours a day for the first year. Not as much now as I used to play, but still more than average.

What was the hardest thing for you when you started, aside of knowing how to play? Is there anything you possibly could have done any different?

I think I’ve always learned more if I made a mistake, so probably wouldn’t change a thing. The hardest thing for me was my family, they didn’t want me to play. And they really didn’t like when I told them I would play poker for living. But they have nothing against it now, we Laaur2 an♦ ♥i♠ brot♥er are giving them money and vacations all the time.

Is your brother a big player too?

He doesn’t play as high as I do, but he’s a solid player and makes good money.

How have you done recently? Were you at the WSOP?

I’ve had some rough times lately but what goes around comes around. That’s why I’m starting up at some new sites, because of Prima has very good players nowadays, and I could use some change, been on Prima for so long. No I didn’t go to the WSOP, but I’m planning to play a lot of live games in the future, for example the EPT-tournament at Barcelona.

Where does your nickname Laaur2 come from?

I know, it’s really bad. My friend’s last name is laauratzen, and we made him an account which was named Laaur. Then I asked my friend to create me an account, he didn’t figure out a nickname and couldn’t reach me because I was on vacation in Italy, so he created Laaur2. I was so pissed off, it’s the worst nickname ever!

What is the most you have won/lost?

I have won $180,000 in one session, and lost $90,000, those are the biggest ones.

The best/worst things when being a poker pro?

I can decide when I want to work, no angry boss yelling at me if I’m late. All the money is a great thing, I can do basically whatever I want. I love to travel, that’s great. As the bad things I would say that my days aren’t very functional, and the surreal way of handling money.

So what do you plan to do in future?

Well I have some things going on at the moment that I can’t speak of, but they will probably come up in the next interview. It’s a very interesting project. I will play Texas Hold’em, that’s for sure, I really love the game. And probably will move to Vegas with some friends in the future.

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High Stakes Poker Interview with iRockHoes

August 29, 2006 | 2 Comments

I did an interview with iRockHoes, a $50/$100 and $100/$200 No-Limit player. He has basically made his name on Full Tilt. He is currently student at the University of Notre Dame, a senior and majoring in Finance. Scott used to be a waiter, but now poker is his sole income. Well, enough of introductions, here we go:

Name: Scott Augustine

Age: 21

Nationality: USA

Plays on Full Tilt as ‘iRockHoes’ and on UltimateBet as ’saugustine’.

How did you start your poker career? Any teachers? What was your age?

I started playing cards at an early age just for fun. My freshman year of high school, my friends started playing a regular game. We would play a lot of random games to keep things interesting like Acey Duecey, Guts, and Pass the Trash. The blinds/antes were small, and losing 20 dollars was a big loss. I was at best a break even player in these games. Then I came to college, and my dorm started a lot of frequent games. We would play .50/1.00 blinds no-limit hold ‘em, usually about 6-handed. By the second semester I was one of the biggest winners in the game. Then summer passed, not playing much at all. I really started learning the game in a serious fashion the first semester of my sophomore year. At the end of that semester, some of my friends started putting money on PartyPoker. I had them transfer me money a few times to try it out with no success. The last transfer of 50 dollars at 3 am from my roommate was the charm. Todd, my roommate, said, “We could study for our test that’s tomorrow…or I could 50 you (the minimum transfer allowed) on Party and we could play all night.” I chose the latter and the decision garnered my first success in online poker. I finished 3rd in a 30 dollar buy-in tournament for a 2700 dollar score. I haven’t looked back from that win. As far as who taught me to actually play hold ‘em happened when I was 15 when my friend Chris taught me the rules that he learned from Rounders. In reality, all my friends taught me how to play. Some players were too aggressive, while others were too passive. I picked up on things that worked for them and tried to piece together the best parts of everyone’s game.

How did you know it’s time for playing poker professionally?

Technically I am still a student, so I do not consider myself a professional when I am in school. I am a senior right now, however, and being that everyone in the games I play are playing for a living, I am probably going to pursue this as a career after school ends this May. I think turning pro is a decision not many can make without a lot of consideration to the aspects of going pro. There are a lot of downsides to playing pro, but I can’t imagine doing anything successfully if I had never given poker a chance. I think I would always wonder if I could have made it, and I need to at least give it a shot given my present success.

What do you consider being the most important thing for a new player (other than “knowing how to play”)?

The most important thing is to stay inside your bankroll. Even the best no-limit players need at least 20 max buy ins for the level they are playing. The more aggressive ones need even more. Once you are properly bankrolled, play as much as you can. Experience is the best teacher, as there are so many situations that occur that no one could write a book out about all of them. Success comes once you have logged thousands of hours at the tables. Multitabling 6 max tables helps you expediate this process, but you still need to practice as much as possible.

How much do you play in a week on average? How many hours per session?

I average about 4-5 hours a day, 7 days a week in the summer. I had to take a little time off in the summer for my brother’s wedding, but other than that I played pretty much every day. During school, I have a lot of obligations with class. Plus I still hit the bars with my friends and hang out with my girlfriend, so poker sometimes takes a backseat. I usually try to play almost every day, but the sessions are shorter and more sporadic.

How have you done recently in poker?

I hit my best streak ever at the end of April this year. I ran well and was playing amazing. Then at the end of July I hit a very cold streak. So cold that the streak made me take a break for a couple weeks. After that I have rebounded to almost my full bankroll before the cold streak, and I feel that I am playing some of the best poker of my career. As long as I stay away from the high pot-limit Omaha tables at Tilt, I should continue doing well.

You’re one of the most famous players on Full Tilt, have you always played in there? If you haven’t, where did you start and why did you decide to move to Full Tilt?

I started my career on Party. At the middle of January ’06, I had worked my bankroll up to about 22k. I had taken shots at Pokerroom and a few other sites, but I really liked the interface at Full Tilt. Also the draw of playing with named pros was intriguing to increase my game. I decided to take about 5k of my bankroll and transfer it over to Tilt. I was playing 3/6 and 5/10 at the time, and played well enough to work my bankroll up there. Today I play mostly on Full Tilt and Ultimate Bet, as they have the best combination of interface and frequency of games for high no-limit games.

Where did the name “iRockHoes” come from?

There is a song by Nas called “Ether.” In it Nas disses Jay-Z’s record label (Roc-a-fella) saying, “I rock hoes, ya’ll rock fellas.” I thought it was a sweet line so I used it as my screenname. Once I made the change I started winning, so I just rolled with it.

What do you think as the best/worst things being a poker pro?

Best thing is the freedom to set your own schedule, especially with internet poker now being so huge. You can log on and play anytime, anywhere. Another great thing about being a pro is the travel. I just completed my first trip to Vegas for the World Series and loved every aspect of it. The worst thing about being a pro is the lack of steady income. While I am still in college, I am not too dependant on an income. After school though, if I hit a downswing, bills still have to be paid. I think becoming a poker pro takes a unique combination of gamble and control. The more successful pros have mastered this balance, while the less successful ones still struggle with it.

What do you think you’d do if you weren’t a poker player?

I’d probably become a stock trader, or do some work with the market. I am a finance student and very interested in debt and equities. Once you get used to swings of hundreds of thousands, a job making 50k a year coming out of college is hard to take serious. If I can’t take it serious, I can’t be passionate and success will be very hard to come by. I have to at least try the pro thing, or else I’ll always wonder, “What if?”

What do you plan to do in the future? Anything special planned?

All future plans are on hold until I graduate in May. After that I will review my financial standing, and probably start to play some of the larger 10k events, as I really liked the live tournament atmosphere of the series. Hopefully I will continue my success from poker and more opportunities will arise from that success.

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Thank you Scott for this great interview, hopefully everyone enjoyed reading it! You can check out iRockHoes’ website.
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Biocid Interview

August 6, 2006 | 1 Comment

BIOCID’s INTERVIEW

If you have watched the higher cash-games on Prima–network, name “biocid” must be pretty familiar. His story is, how could I say, extraordinary. He went pro after only 2 weeks of playing, starting with $13 bankroll and $0.05/$0.10 NL tables. After he started, he has never had a losing month.

- I didn’t even know the meaning of “bankroll” in the first weeks, but still I survived and here I am.

Biocid, like many other top players nowadays, is from Sweden. He started poker on April 24th and is now in the age of 23 playing all the No-Limit games that go over $10/$20. Though lately you have seen him playing on Prima’s $50/$100 and $100/$200 No-Limit tables earning tens of thousands in one session.

- My worst session ever has been losing $30,000, but the best winning session goes to $70,000. I have some success in tournaments too. I came 2nd in an online tournament with 640 field and $1,000 buy-in. I was the chip leader for 6 out of 13 hours, and when it got to heads-up I had $4,000,000 and the opponent had $2,000,000 in chips. Well I got disconnected and came 2nd getting $95,000. The 1st place would have been $159,000 so it was a little bad beat.

There has been a lot of discussions on the “poker book” matter. Do they really help you or not? Doyle Brunson’s legendary “Super System” was the one that biocid read:

- Doyle’s “Super System” improved my game in the beginning. But then you just gotta play to get experience. Experience is everything.

Biocid attended the World Series of Poker too, but it didn’t go as planned.

Got really bad cards all the time. I wasn’t over at any point $10,000 in chips. But I’ve recovered from it and I’m heading to a $10,000 buy-in tournament in Bellagio in few days. That’s where I’m planning to get my revenge.

However biocid hasn’t played cash-games in Vegas. But he has played online and in his own words “online has been good lately”.

For all the new players who dream of playing poker professionally, here’s what biocid says:

- When you play poker professionally, you have the freedom of working whenever and wherever you want. And if you’re successful the money is a good thing too. But one of the worst things are swings, one day you’ll do good and second day can be very poor. Remember to play at the stakes that you can afford. Grind that level and move up when you win regularly.

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Quick interview with JimPoker

August 2, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Hey everyone!

I did an interview with “JimPoker”, a 24 year-old poker player from Finland. He’s the one who won for example LadBrokes $50,000 guaranteed on the other day which I reported here.

HSP: Why are you playing poker, and how long have you played?

JimPoker: I’ve played now about two years, mainly because I heard that there’s a lot of free money available. I was doing some sports betting before but didn’t really make any money with it.

HSP: What are the games you usually play (stakes, variation, etc.)?

JimPoker: I play mostly tournament with $109 buy-in, or $5/$10 NL Hold’em at LadBrokes, Party Poker, Poker Stars and some other rooms.

HSP: Are you doing anything else besides poker for living? What are the good/bad things in it?

JimPoker: I’m a student but I make my living off poker. Good things are definitely the certain freedom & access to bigger income. A bad thing is that I’m sitting so much in front of the computer.

HSP: Have you won any other bigger tournaments?

JimPoker: I’ve won Party’s saturday $300+$20, the $50,000 guaranteed and then some smaller tournaments on CryptoLogic-network and Prima-network.

HSP: When did you decide to play poker ’seriously’?

JimPoker: I started right off pretty seriously from microlimits because I wanted to make money quickly.

HSP: Have you read any poker books, if you have did they help you at all?

JimPoker: I’m not really into reading books, they just sit in the self all the time. Harrington’s Volume 1 is the only book that I’ve read a little longer, but didn’t finish it. I think books can help if you’re just starting up, but now a bit later it’s hard to find the right motivation.

Thank you JimPoker for this interview, we appreciate it! Good luck in your future games!

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No serious poker today to report. Prima had some $100/$200 NL 6-handed but it’s hard to report when the game is 6-handed, not so much action. Anyway I want to say that “biocid” was the big winner, leaving with $120,000 when the buy-in was only $20,000. As I watched it, he mostly won pots worth like $5,000-$15,000, nothing big that should be reported.

Tomorrow shall be a better day, cya!

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