English Community Round-up

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Our Community round-up is your weekly source for all that happens inside the PokerStrategy forums. If you missed something last week and you still want to be in touch with our community, here are some of the most important posts. This is just one of many community-related projects being set up.

Our community amassed winnings of $15,158.19 this week.

Congratulations to all of our winners, which included:

• itscrazy recorded their first tournament win, which just happened to be PokerStars Nightly $70k. Congrats on your win and the $12,348 prize;
• Tournament wins also for alejandrosh, mafaz and snaker3;
• mafaz so nearly qualified for the WSOP Main Event too, finishing 11th from a field of 698 in the Full Tilt Main Event Race Final, sadly only the top 8 won the coverted packages though, but very well played all the same, excellent attempt.
  

As hinted earlier, our interviewee this week is a very popular community member from New Zealand and no expense has been spared in obtaining the interview. Whilst long haul from my home in England, I flew all the way..... up the stairs to my study and modern messaging technology did the rest.

Spotlight on community member delete461, interviewed by eaglestar88:

PokerStrategy: Hi delete461 welcome and thanks for agreeing to an interview for the community.Tell us a little bit about yourself.

delete461: Hello, my name is Aaron, I am 33 and I am a crop farmer from the far south of New Zealand. I am married with two children.

PokerStrategy: Is there a story behind the nickname, does it have any special meaning?

delete461: Nah I just took it off my keyboard lol

PokerStrategy: Ah I see lol nice one. How did you first start in poker?

delete461: I saw some WSOP on TV, saw an ad for PokerStars and thought I would give it a go. About a year ago, I downloaded the PokerStars software and started throwing playchips around.

PokerStrategy: How would you describe your poker style?

delete461: TAG

PokerStrategy: Which variants are you currently playing and at what levels?

delete461: I play advanced SSS, mostly NL50 and NL100.

PokerStrategy: Do you ever play any live events, or are you mainly online based?

delete461: For now I am mostly online based, but I live near a major ski resort which is always full of rich tourists who think they can play poker. I plan to build my bankroll and my skills online then start grinding the local casino.

PokerStrategy: If you had to have a theme tune to enter a poker tournament to (like boxers when they enter the ring), what would it be?

delete461: Moneytalks by AC/DC.

PokerStrategy: Cool. Who are your favourite poker pro's and why?

delete461: I liked Stu Ungar, he had a freakish talent for the game. If he was still alive I think he would wipe the floor with most of todays high profile players.

PokerStrategy: What has been your biggest success/achievement in poker so far?

delete461: Not going broke.

PokerStrategy: If you had the opportunity of playing a final table with a selection of people of your choice, who would be seated there with you?

delete461: Anybody who cant play poker.

PokerStrategy: What do you like most about PokerStrategy?

delete461: I like the wide variety of learning tools - other sites have some good strategy articles, some have good videos, some have coaching etc, but Pokerstrategy is the only site I know of that has everything.

PokerStrategy: Do you have a favourite blog that you are currently following?

delete461: At the moment its terrorblade, a fellow New Zealander who is doing very well for himself.

PokerStrategy: What advice would you give to our newer members just starting out in poker for the first time?

delete461: A lot of inexperienced players convince themselves the game is impossible to beat - the strategies dont work, there are too many shortstacks, they keep getting sucked out, even claiming the sites are rigged. You have to stay positive, every poker player has faced the same problems you are facing now. Keep reminding yourself that many pokerstrategy members before you have overcome these problems and gone on to make a lot of money.

PokerStrategy: Good point. Is there anyone in particular from the community you'd like to give a shout out to?

delete461: Thanks to gerv for all the work he puts in to helping other SSS players.

PokerStrategy: Do you have any hobbies outside of poker?

delete461: I spend a lot of spare time with my family, but I get out to sea fishing when I can. I also have a large vegetable garden although it tends to get neglected until some halfwit knocks me out of a tournament with J5, then it gets frantically weeded and dug.

PokerStrategy: If money was no object, what would you buy?

delete461: A nice house and a Ferrari.

PokerStrategy: Well thank you for doing this interview delete461, you've given us all a great insight into the person behind the nickname and we're very grateful for you taking the time out to talk to us today. We wish you continued success with your poker and look forward to seeing you in the forum and on the green felt soon.

delete461: Thank you, its been a pleasure.

Would you like to appear yourself one week or maybe you'd like to nominate a fellow member who you would like to know more about? Drop me a reply in the feedback thread and maybe your wish will come true 🙂

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