Question 1: What is your motivation for playing poker?
I got married half a year ago, and now I am a proud father of a little baby girl. Working the third shift leaves me with a couple of hours a day where I can do something productive, and not just watch tv and buzz on the net. Needing a couple extra dollars a month, and a brain stimulant, I decided to play poker again. Why I started playing poker in the first place is a whole different thing tho (no kidding, no wife and kids then
). I am a really good chess player, or I was when I was training it, and this was a pretty good substitute for it, than could earn me a few bucks on the side so I gave it a try. I love the challenges and the competition.
Question 2: What are your weaknesses when playing poker?
Mostly playing only my hands, and sometimes not having enough concentration. Also, when I get into a bad situation, for example they see me raising pre flop and folding on the flop, somebody starts exploiting me and I don't know how to get back to my regular play against a player that started dominating me, I am better when I am the aggressor (same story in chess
). Also, I need a lot of work on afterflop play including the amounts of bets, when to put more when less money in, and I rarely try to put my opponents on a specific hand, but at 1 2 cents NL, its not always easy to do that, so at some point I gave up
. Also because I had an initial success with poker, I never got the habit to analyze my hands, instead I focused more on the playing part.
Question 3: What does it mean to play tight aggressive?
Choosing your hands preflop, playing in position, mostly raising or folding, rarely calling (u need a better hand to call than to raise rule), playing more aggressive when rest of the table is passive and vice versa, putting big money on big hands, controlling pots with small hands.
