Who needs resolutions?

[terrencechan]

I played a whopping 2407 hands today, which I believe is more than I played in any one day of 2007. I guess high-limit hold'em isn't dead for me, after all.

I also went to the dentist, got some banking stuff done and did some hill sprints. Muay Thai gym opens back up tomorrow, and BJJ on Monday. Off to a good start!

Comments

[joepro]

I'm curious about two things you touched upon, but seemed a little unclear:

1. What is the aversion to becoming a "name player?" (although I think maybe your idea of the amount of money they are actually being paid could be a lot higher than reality.) I guess it's also nice to not be restricted or pushed to do things by somebody, but I would imagine there are some great perks as well. Wouldn't it make sense to see what they are offering?

2. What is the aversion to playing other games than sh limit? I think this could tie in to #1, you could sit in some of the big cash games around the circuit.

Also, FYI there was a writeup on highstakesreport dot com in which David Oppenheim was playing against your buddy hoss tbf. They had an interesting handicap-match setup which allowed hoss to play all of the horse games except holdem in exchange for playing heads up limit holdem. I guess this is a creative way of getting action, although Oppenheim is no slouch at sh limit, either.

Anyhow, Happy New Year!

I'll take a crack ...

[freelikebeer]

at question #2. When you play hu lhe, you have to play a lot of hands to shape your distros. This makes it plain old fun.

When you start adding more players to the mix, you have to start ramping down on the number of hands you play. When two people draw numbers from a hat, numbered 1-1000, the average winner is 667. When six people draw from the same hat, the average winner is 890-ish. So, when you add in your hands for balance, you're still probably not playing as many hands as your heads up winners. This makes it plain old boring (well, for Terrence, it probably makes it plain old boring).

[terrencechan]

1. It's not an aversion to being one as such, it's an aversion to trying to become one. I have nothing against other people flagrantly trying to self-promote, it's just not me.

2. I have no intention of playing live cash. I did it a bit at the '06 WSOP. It sucks. It hurts my back, you're forced to eat casino food, it's slow, there's some potential for forms of cheating which don't exist online, all of that.

As to your addendum, Hoss has a lot more gamble (and a much higher winrate) than I do. :)