PRO CHAT TRANSCRIPT - March 19th 2011
QUESTION FROM McVegas 1: Matt, biggest diff's between Limit and NL? Why I am continually puuling my hair out at 5/10 with people getting there on the river?
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: ecause you're not getting there enough yourself on the river! Limit is not always about folding when you think you're worst--it's really about getting there when you barely have the right odds, and knowing that they're barely good enough to hang on is
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: what great limit players do
QUESTION FROM Hero_Value: Matt you beautiful man! We going to play again one of these days?
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: just letting you build your roll up so there's more for me to win
QUESTION FROM cara2cara: Matt can you give me any tips on how I can improve my game, any books or what would you recommend?
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: mathematics of poker by jerrod ankenman and bill chen
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: sorry guys, will be faster after i dispatch my opponent :)
QUESTION FROM Kovalchuk19: Do you speak french ?
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: un peu
QUESTION FROM cara2cara: Matt, How did you get into poker and how long have you being playing?
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: I started playing a little bit in college and won a satellite to wsop. Then I worked for a finance firm that has you play poer as part of trader training. it's the same company bill chen works for.
QUESTION FROM McVegas 1: Matt, u should do a Limit book. Not enough Limit strategy out there......
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: People only write books when their strategy is antiquated :P
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: i dunno, does a fly swatter enjoy crushing flies? it's just what i do. The fly never had a chance.
QUESTION FROM RangeMergeX3: matt, did you enjoy raping phil hellmuth on ub? when you were crushin him with 10 4 double suited
QUESTION FROM Artiom11: ituation like that in a NL holdem tournament: you have 5k of chips the blinds are 200-400 you are in a SB holding 88 the guy on the cut of raises to 3bb fold call or push ?
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: puuusssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!
QUESTION FROM kilko123: how many tournaments have you one
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: a bunch online. The biggest was the 5k 6max no limit at wsop 09
QUESTION FROM Gary Alderdyce: I'm starting a series called the "paper cup" where only the biggest donks can enter. Will you host 1 event?
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: only if you promise to post your $150 entry and then not play
QUESTION FROM PhishN4chips: Are you gonna play the oynx series ????
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: it's really tempting, but i have a pretty crazy schedule this spring away from poker
QUESTION FROM cara2cara: what do you do away from poker?
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: I run (training for ottawa marathon), practice martial arts (jiu jitsu and kung fu), and do some volunteer work on a counseling hotline. Also a dedicated fan of the harvard and princeton hockey teams, and the westside warriors out of kelowna in the BCHL
QUESTION FROM Gary Alderdyce: Matt. Boxers or Breifs, boxer briefs, underoos, or boxerthong?
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: actually since i'm playing online, i'm not wearing pants of any sort at the moment.
QUESTION FROM PhishN4chips: Weeeee ~ Snappers & gl MATT ;-)
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: thx barbara!
QUESTION FROM cara2cara: are you looking to get into mma or just to stay active? will you be watching Shogun and Bones tonight? if so, who you got?
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: don't need any more head trauma in my life, but will probably compete in jiu jitsu. i wrestled D1 in college. Shogun/Bones will be an electric fight. I've got bones but i think it's a tossup. So many questions marks (like bones's sub defense)
QUESTION FROM Klikfer: ??????? ??????? ????? ????? ??????? ???? ? ????? ?? ?????????? ??????? ???????
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QUESTION FROM infinitodraw: my poker is verry aggressive because it does not pay?
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: i'm not sure what you are asking. can you rephrase the question?
QUESTION FROM PhishN4chips: What class did ya rasle in ? In College wrestling ~
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: Heavyweight and 197. My senior year, I had to cut from 235 to 197. I got down to about 220 naturally then had to suck water weight the rest of the way for each match.
QUESTION FROM bbinidaho: Is there anything that can be done about the table with the 2 players sitting out?
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: i see that. Trying to get someone on it--not sure what can be done.
QUESTION FROM Klikfer: ??? ???????? ???????? ??? ???? ? ?????. (????? ? ????? ????? ??? ????) ? ????? ????? ??????? ???-?????? ?? ??. ?????? ???????????? ??? ???????? ??????
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: ??? ????????? ?? ????, ????.????? ????????? ?????????? ?? ??????? ?, ?????? ??????? ???????? ???????. ?????????? ??????? ?????????? ? ????? ?????????? ???????? ???? ? ??????????? ????????? ???.????? ???????? ??? ??, ?????? ????? ???? ??? ??????.
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: He asked how to overcome anxiety when playing live. It was a good question. It used to happen to me, too. Te more mentally active you are, the less room there is for fear. So try to fill your brain with problem-solving questions--like thinking about
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: his distribution and your own distribution.
QUESTION FROM Gary Alderdyce: So you're all healed up from your " calf injury" .? I will challenge you to some kind of contest of physical strength or endurance, scince I'm pretty sure you would hurt me in a mental dual.
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: I'm running in the Across the Bay 12k tomorrow in san francisco, looking to take down the Clydesdale title.
QUESTION FROM peny87: hey how much did u rougly win hu against fishosaurus rex TD?
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: sorry, it's a seeeeeecret
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: ey are annoying me, too. I'm trying to get somebody to fix it.
QUESTION FROM ovidiupoker: So ? Nothing you can do ? Sorry for pushing second question.
QUESTION FROM JJDobro: I have certain holes in my game. Can you suggest an online poker school I can use to improve my game ?
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: Soon! Exciting news about a new type of coaching soon to be available, but can't discuss it just yet.
QUESTION FROM TheClowns: Does the fact that playing cards don't really help anyone make you feel a bit bad about poker? What are you doing outside of playing poker?
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: I donate a bunch to charity--some years into 6 figures. I also do some volunteer counseling.
QUESTION FROM TheClowns: And how do you feel with all the prejudice about poker? How do you manage it?
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: There's really not that much prejudice, and there are always people who want to judge you without knowing you. I find those people tend not to be worth knowing in the first place :)
QUESTION FROM AM_A_DONK: Did you ever work before playing poker professionally?
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: I worked in finance for 2 years
QUESTION FROM NoTilt: FREE THE MIIFTOPS 2047!!!!! We're held hostage!!!!!!!!
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: I'm tilted too. Unfortunately, since there wasn't a rule about this in place at the start of the tournament, FTP won't do anything. We're stuck waiting until level 22. I'm just as frustrated as you guys and hopefully it'll be fixed by the next HU tour
QUESTION FROM kamikaze baby: don't we need to wait til level 25?
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: oh yes, you're right. doh.
QUESTION FROM MADMEL1: ni there i just what to know if you can loan me $5 plz and i will pay it back plz
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: Go find Gary Alderdyce and ask him. I saw him give someone $150 this other day.
QUESTION FROM OMGTaylorSwift: I heard your family had slaves until the mid-1900's. How did you all pull that off?
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: won em in a poker game. They were actually mike matusow's grandparents.
QUESTION FROM OmahaHIstory: Why haven't you been playing limit games?
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: been focusing a lot on heads up triple draw. fun game!
QUESTION FROM ptrebmoney: how has your math strategy changed for the draw that you've been playing recently?
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: the big ideas of balancing distributions and readying your own hand are all the same, but the way they change applies from game to game. that's why math guys will ultimately win all the money.
QUESTION FROM GAME4WAR: do you think no burn cards in online poker as oppose to live poker greatly affect the game?
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: yes.
QUESTION FROM DBowaa: Hi Matt! Whats the best single bit of advice u can give for heads up matches? apart from play AA's
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: be stubborn, but not tooooooooooo stubborn.
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: okay guys, good news, i've got a resolution for the last 2 remaining players
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: if nobody wins in the next 5 minutes, we're going to force one of them all in on the next hand!
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: oh wait--i meant 15 minutes. my bad.
QUESTION FROM OMGTaylorSwift: thanks %!#&#%
ANSWER FROM Matt Hawrilenko: np, bro