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I liked the Q & A section of the site. I would like to ask a question.Not sure if this is the right place....but WTHWhat advice would you give to young players regarding bankroll management?Thanks

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For Charley Swanye.With your topic on deception. Just for clarification. Is that similar to 'mixing it up', as in, deception is a move you'd only use every now and than to throw off you're opponents reads, etc?Thanks.

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Bad beats, everyone takes them and makes them, but what are common things players do to put themselves in situations to take bad beats that they could avoid?

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A question for Daniel...When applying the aspect of your small ball strategy of raising in late position with hands your just looking to steal with or pick up the pot on the flop....how do you deal with a table that has multiple early limpers every hand? Also when your playing at a table of calling stations...and a 2.5-3X size raise gets called by 5 players min....its seems too hard to chop away using small ball in these situations. Can you please offer me some suggestions?Thanks heaps, love the site btw...looking forward to some new vids!

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I'm with Hightower on that question. For example: I have A-x in late position and have 5 limpers and make a 2.5x raise and everyone calls. It's happened most of the time to me lately. If the A-x hit, I won more but if not, it was a wasted bet. Do we just concentrate on the stack slowing rising over time in these situations or should we make the raise say 5x the blind when so many limp in?One last example that happened last night. I saw this twice by the same gut. He was out of position both times. I was in the big blind and he was in middle position. I caught Ace's (just like another guy did earlier against the same guy) and had this guy and an early position limp. I raised it 5x the blind and had both call me. The other guy had raised 3x with his and lost to Q-10 and a strait. I thought the bigger raise would knock out the junk. We flopped 4x-5x-6x and it was checked down to me and I made a nice raise and the donkey had 7x-8x. Maybe there's just nothing you can do against a guy like that. When he knocked me out, he was the chip leader in the room of about 90 and I never saw him play a quality hand. Would also like to know how to play flopped trips.Thanks again Daniel.

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My question is for Adam Junglen. You talk a lot about the range of cards you put a player on when they push in the late stages of a tournament. Can you elaborate on how you put together this range. Is it just based on your experience?

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Daniel or any of the other pros,Do you have any advice on what's the best way to keep records? What kind of record-keeping system do you use?
Pokertracker is without a doubt the best way to go as far as keeping records. For live play, I suggest keeping a journal.
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If you guys have any other questions for future Q&A segments, go ahead and post them here. We'll reference back to them.
In the next couple of weeks we will have a more solid plan in place for getting timely responses to your questions.I'll keep you updated.Big thanks to Adam, BoostedJ, Daniel, and others for doing their best to answer questions here in the forum.
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In the next couple of weeks we will have a more solid plan in place for getting timely responses to your questions.I'll keep you updated.Big thanks to Adam, BoostedJ, Daniel, and others for doing their best to answer questions here in the forum.
I plan on answering some of these in studio for VT.
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Question for Adam, I have been watching your tournaments Sunday Million and 1K of FTP. I have noticed that you play about 1 to 2 hands every 2 rounds and most these hands are pretty decent starting hands as in quite premium in my book. When I look at some of my hand histories, well not always getting these type of hands in these positions. My question is, could you talk a bit about the number of tournaments you play, number of cashes and returns you get to be profitable. The material you have up to now is really cool so keep up the good work. Learning a lot here, but still plenty of work to get out of my break even cycle.

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Question for Online Pros:How do you guys transfer money. Are you guys using netteller? How much should I left in my Acount and how much should I cash out?Wanna build a bankroll and I am afraid transfering money arround could be expensive. Thanks

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I liked the Q & A section of the site. I would like to ask a question.Not sure if this is the right place....but WTHWhat advice would you give to young players regarding bankroll management?Thanks
Daniel has a couple of videos on the Q&A and just added one on tips. Check them out.Good luck!
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I am having the same problem at the low levels. I swear people think its safe to limp because they are UTG and no on has acted yet, then you get 5 limpers. Then I guess you should use the pound limpers in position play ,but guess what, no matter what amount you bet your getting called by atleast two. So Thats why I have posted questions about early stages because once you get through those and people are just saying hey I have an Ace so I call the small ball theory works amazing but having ZERO fold equity it doesnt work. Then even if you have a hand that has some good implied odds like suited connectors and small and middle pairs If you flop a draw the amateur player makes massive over bets, I'm talkin like 2x and 2.5 ex pot. So you would have to flop an open ended sraight draw with a fush draw to call profitably. I Dont mind this in a cash game at all I love it actually but in a tourney where blind stealing is essential it kinda sucks. But I played a live 100 person tourney and when deep stacked with fold equity small ball is great. I took 3rd in the tourney and I was chip leader and lost a huge pot with AA vs KJ all in PF. Maybe watching Daniel or Junglen play like a 2 dollar tourney on stars would be a good way to see handle these spots. And Also you dont mind it if you are gettng nice cards but if you are card dead it sucks.

I'm with Hightower on that question. For example: I have A-x in late position and have 5 limpers and make a 2.5x raise and everyone calls. It's happened most of the time to me lately. If the A-x hit, I won more but if not, it was a wasted bet. Do we just concentrate on the stack slowing rising over time in these situations or should we make the raise say 5x the blind when so many limp in?One last example that happened last night. I saw this twice by the same gut. He was out of position both times. I was in the big blind and he was in middle position. I caught Ace's (just like another guy did earlier against the same guy) and had this guy and an early position limp. I raised it 5x the blind and had both call me. The other guy had raised 3x with his and lost to Q-10 and a strait. I thought the bigger raise would knock out the junk. We flopped 4x-5x-6x and it was checked down to me and I made a nice raise and the donkey had 7x-8x. Maybe there's just nothing you can do against a guy like that. When he knocked me out, he was the chip leader in the room of about 90 and I never saw him play a quality hand. Would also like to know how to play flopped trips. Thanks again Daniel.
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I am having the same problem at the low levels. I swear people think its safe to limp because they are UTG and no on has acted yet, then you get 5 limpers. Then I guess you should use the pound limpers in position play ,but guess what, no matter what amount you bet your getting called by atleast two. So Thats why I have posted questions about early stages because once you get through those and people are just saying hey I have an Ace so I call the small ball theory works amazing but having ZERO fold equity it doesnt work. Then even if you have a hand that has some good implied odds like suited connectors and small and middle pairs If you flop a draw the amateur player makes massive over bets, I'm talkin like 2x and 2.5 ex pot. So you would have to flop an open ended sraight draw with a fush draw to call profitably. I Dont mind this in a cash game at all I love it actually but in a tourney where blind stealing is essential it kinda sucks. But I played a live 100 person tourney and when deep stacked with fold equity small ball is great. I took 3rd in the tourney and I was chip leader and lost a huge pot with AA vs KJ all in PF. Maybe watching Daniel or Junglen play like a 2 dollar tourney on stars would be a good way to see handle these spots. And Also you dont mind it if you are gettng nice cards but if you are card dead it sucks.
Rob,What is helping me a lot since this post is the video on how Daniel reads people and Charlie's videos. Remember also what Daniel says the key to small ball is.It really depends on the type of tournament you are in also. In deep stack tournaments, I like to go crazy with those little nits. I like to build a pot fast off of these guys. You can do that with large stacks. The problem is, as you saw in the ME, most of the pros do the same thing and either go bust early or get a large stack early. They are feast or famine, and I may be wrong, but I think that is why you see so many bust out early in the ME.I am having more problems on this in the rebuy tournaments with small stacks where the bets are way too high for the blinds. It's for that reason that I have started playing extremely tight in the early levels. I really pick my spot here and start blasting away after the rebuy is over and around the bubble. It is not unusual for guys to raise 10x or 15x when the blinds are so low in the small tournaments. When the blinds are 5-10, 10-20, and 15-30 and you start with $800 in chips, the guys don't think $150 is too much into a $15 pot! They'll make the play there with something as stupid as 10-4 because "It's their favorite hand" (Junebugs). Instead of making the crazy calls in the first rounds, I really tighten up my starting hands and use the first three rounds to build my information data base. I spot the crazies and set a lot of traps for later when the blinds are bigger and it won't take so much of my stack.If these guys are playing "They're favorite hand" a lot and announce it, look for it. Don't be afraid to lay down a big hand when you aren't sure of it's place in the Nuts factor. Be aware of where the guys are and be ready to pull the trap door when the time is right. I have won or at least cashed in most of these tournaments with just the startup stack after the break. When they are faced with the knowledge that I called their hands they go on tilt and will play wilder hands later that fall into easy traps. You are going to have to get a real good read on the nuts that will play anything and be prepared to change your play accordingly. Since I have won a lot of tournaments lately, I have found that I am getting more people wanting to take me out since I have knocked most of them out several times over the past few weeks. Be weary of the guys you knocked out in the past. I have one guy that tells everyone that I have knocked him out of the last four tournaments or so and then he goes after me with allins over and over. The traps work great for them Learn to bait them and then go in for the kill.You are going to have to work on your memory big time. I have to remember hands against guys from weeks before. I never thought I could but it is happening. I am calling guys hands over and over. The problem you have to work out for yourself after you start calling hands so well is to reallize that if you call 99 hands the one you are wrong on will bust you. That's why small ball is perfect for guys that call hands well. You can get off of a large pot if you have to and can rebuild. Don't let them put you on tilt with Aces. You have to learn when Aces are nothing more than a pair and be willing to toss them when the board tells you to. Play the "Nutz" game over and over so you can spot the best hands. Remember that you want the guy with second best and third best in the hand with you when you have the nuts. As far as the last little think I asked Daniel, it wasn't a prediction of how he would go out. It's how I have gone out on some major events myself and wanted advice on how to play trips on the flop. Sucks! Sometimes you learn how to play on other peoples money. Watch every hand that is played to learn from their mistakes. Remember of of the rules of the game is "USE OTHER PEOPLES MONEY TO SAVE YOU MONEY!"GL man! It sounds like from your other post that you are well on your way to being a great pvt success story!
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seeing how this is the Q&A thread, i guess this is a good place for my question.How do you go about filing for taxes? Do you have to file online winnings? How often? Is it every win, or just over a certain dollar amount? Also with casino wins, do you have to file after every time you win? Say I win $50 at a $1/$2 table does that need to be filed? Also, can you deduct loses? Say i go to the casino and lose $1000 over the course of the year, can I get that money back? I don't know if you can answer all these questions but seeing how you guys are professional players I figured this is something you have to deal with or it will come to bite you in the ass.

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I posed these questions in another post, but I'd like to repeat them here.These are for Professor Swayne.We have all heard the word VARIANCE. All poker players use it. They say "IN THE LONG RUN, VARIANCE will work out."My questions are:Can you give a short definition of variance?How does variance apply to poker?How long, in real life terms, is "THE LONG RUN?"How many hands would a poker player have to play to make variance irrelevant?I'd love to hear an answer from a Math Professor.Thank you

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Never mind Professor.It was a trick question anyway.Besides, after listening to the mind numbingly boring narrations of the semi-literate "young guns" I am ready to put a bullet in my brain.Enjoy your time in the sun kids, and save lots of money. You will all need it in THE LONG RUN.

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New to VT, love it so far. The Math section recommends you spend time looking for straight draws, I'm not bad at it but is there a technique I can use to make it a little easier? I don't mind putting in the practice but yeah, is there a slightly quicker method of watching for them? Many thanks.

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I think we need a section on playing against others members who are using the SB techique in tournaments such as our Neg Open not just in the Math section maybe Daniel and Adam can do a video on this one by using our Neg open as an example.

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