PRO CHAT TRANSCRIPT - August 11th 2010
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ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: Hello Everybody
QUESTION FROM Renan94: hello tomas
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: hello
QUESTION FROM king1corona1: sup ?
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: this might be fast and furious today :-)
QUESTION FROM Adande Lounge: Thomas what are you thinking about when your all in and need to dodge 2 cards
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: if online i tend to look away from the screen inbetween cards coming onto the table :-)
QUESTION FROM Renan94: What poker game do you like most?
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: Currently 7-Game but it changes
QUESTION FROM king1corona1: are you any good?
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: My bank account and the bracelet on my arm say a big fat YES :-)
QUESTION FROM Renan94: do you know andre akkari?
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: nope
QUESTION FROM Denman98: do u use poker tracker?
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: nope
QUESTION FROM king1corona1: oh good 4 y buddy
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: .
QUESTION FROM Renan94: say vamoooo from brasil!! is a luck word
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: :-)
QUESTION FROM king1corona1: just looked you up youre GOOD!
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: thx
QUESTION FROM Denman98: what did u start playin on ftp before you were a red pro?
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: pretty much the same games as now, the high limit SnG and some cash game
QUESTION FROM NeasK: Hi Thomas
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: Hi
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: Up to 1.120 chips in FTOPS
QUESTION FROM king1corona1: WHO DID YOU LOOK UP TO IN DA BEGGINING?
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: Howard Lederer was one of my immediate favoruites when I started in 2004
QUESTION FROM TheCashCompany: Do you push any A in the Superturbo 300 chips in late posi?
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: At 20/40 definetly, at 13/30 probably
QUESTION FROM NeasK: Can we play hi/low HU ? 2/4 ? :).
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: not today too busy
QUESTION FROM Denman98: do u think its possible to make a living gringing the 26$ and 55$ mtts?
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: if you are very good then Yes
QUESTION FROM Dr Schnute: super Buzzer - danke für Antwort im Forum bzw. Deinen Beitrag zu meiner Anmerkung, dass Rush + super-turbo = Bingo. Habs ausprobiert für 5FTPunkte und was soll ich sagen 180Player, die ersten beiden kriegen ein Ticket für BLT und was soll ich sag
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: gerne und GL
QUESTION FROM king1corona1: BUT HE ONLY HAS 1 GEAR??????????????
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: are you sure? :-)
QUESTION FROM Dr Schnute: ich habs gewonnen jipiehh thx und weiter soooo!!! freue mich auf Deinen Bericht
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: grattu und gl
QUESTION FROM king1corona1: YOU OBV. DONT PLAY WITH 1 GEAR! DID YOU WATCH THE POKER AFTER DARK EPISODE WHERE HELLMUTH TOLD LEDER TO LEARN TO PLAY OUTSIDE OF HIS LITTLE BOX!!!!!!!!!!! LOL
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: nope have not seen that yet
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: Grrr busted JJ vs QQ but will be here a while longer for chatting
QUESTION FROM king1corona1: YOUTUBE IT BABY ! FUNNY &&% HELL 4 ME !
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: .
QUESTION FROM king1corona1: so,you playn fultime now????????????
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: have ben doing so since may 2004
QUESTION FROM king1corona1: wow thats impressive-the swings must!!!!!!!!!!! suck!!!!!!!!! do you do any cash games?
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: I play a lot of Rush Poker these days
QUESTION FROM Adande Lounge: how much money did you start in your bankroll when you first started playing
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: bankroll was never an issue i used to be an succesful stock broker before that
QUESTION FROM RomanHLD: hey
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: hey
QUESTION FROM Dr Schnute: zum Thema emoEV könnte ja auch sein ,einen profi im Turnier zu eleminieren - aber dann müsste man den Bontygewinn berücksichtigen - richtig? dann würde evtl. -EV zu +EV?
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: so ist es!
QUESTION FROM king1corona1: how do you handle the stress that comes with the swings? BECAUSE it cant be avoided!!!!!!!! i mean? you MUST TILT from time to time and not realize it at the moment ? right?
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: everyone tilts once in a while. he who says he never does is lying :-) but you have to reduce Tilt to an ABSOLUTE minimum, it sets you back such a long way...
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: nope, never have been and not in a hurry to do so :-)
QUESTION FROM ZINISTER: are you married?>
QUESTION FROM BigShadi86: hello i have a STEP 2 ticket how do i use thta to buy in to a tourney? or the next step tourney?
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: I think you can use it for any MTT with the same Buy-In. If you need additional assistance please contact the helpdesk.
QUESTION FROM king1corona1: thank you for being honest! so you just try to catch yourself and give it up for the day????
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: exactly
QUESTION FROM RomanHLD: wo spielst du live in deutschland und dann welches spiel und welche blinds?
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: ich spiele momentan sehr selten live und wenn dann eher nicht in deutschland
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: you are correct, marriage counceling is not my field of expertise ;-)
QUESTION FROM ZINISTER: You probably aren't the one to ask how I go about convicing my new wife of three years I want ot return to the felt no jobs to be had in Ohio and played and supported myself an ex for 8 years this one has a good job and refuses to listen to any s
QUESTION FROM ImGnnaHav2MovIn: wat up tom
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: all fine here
QUESTION FROM RomanHLD: Was würdest du sagen ist der größte Unterschied zwischen einem guten livepokerspieler und einem guten onlinepokerspieler?
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: Also im Livepoker kommt es viel auf das Lesen der "Tells" an was im Onlinepoker fast komplett entfällt
QUESTION FROM ocupieer: Hallo Thomas. Machst du am Sonntag auch mal beim Freeroll vom Deutschen Pokerblog mit?
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: ich werde es versuchen wenn ich zeit habe. ich habe ja schon 2x mitgespielt.
QUESTION FROM cRaZeDDP: I love you
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: :-)
QUESTION FROM RomanHLD: Was denkst du, in welchem Bereich kann man heutzutage am meisten Geld machen und wieso? Onlinecash, Livecash, Onlineturniere und Sngos oder Liveturniere?
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: das hängt von deiner bankroll und spielstaerke ab. aber leichter wird es nicht :-)
QUESTION FROM ocupieer: Achso, Ok. :) Dann wohl die 2x wo ich nicht dabei war. Oder so unscheinbar gespielt :P
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: hahaha, sogar 1x gecasht ;-)
QUESTION FROM king1corona1: i have skill,a small bankroll all my friends say i should play bigger CASH or bigger tourneys(witch i hate by the way cause youre FORCED to gamble to do anything!) i can pretty much out playm all day long on cash?wht wuld u do in my situation?
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: stay with whatever you are comfortable! and consider SLOWLY moving up with parts of your bankroll.
QUESTION FROM RomanHLD: Weil ich spiel grad alles. Onlinebankroll 10k und Live 30k. Empfehl mir bitte mal was...
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: also die bankroll ist ja nicht von schlechten eltern. aber ohne dich und dein spiel persoenlich zu kennen ist es nicht moeglich serioese ratschlaege zu geben. do what you do best ist mein ratschlag.
QUESTION FROM king1corona1: take shot on tourneys here n there you mean????????
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: if u hate tourneys and are succesful in cash game stick with cash game. consider slowly moving up the casdh game ranks with parts of your bankroll.
QUESTION FROM cRaZeDDP: who are you? english only at the tables please
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: google me. and was asked by full tilt to also answer questions in german for the non english speaking customers.
QUESTION FROM ocupieer: ab jetzt auf english. :) You wrote today that you can not think there is a bingo effect in Rush-Super-Turbo after you busted now you still this opinon?
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: well I ran JJ into QQ that can happen in any MTT. I will rarely lay down JJ I play to win ;-)
QUESTION FROM lasvegasboy7: bist du veim ftop min event auch dabei?
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: main event? yapp
QUESTION FROM king1corona1: oh great advice tx man ill shake your hand in person sonner or LATER .
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: gl with your game
QUESTION FROM ocupieer: In which bank you did your apprenticeship as an bank clerk and how you started as an stock trader? Because I am very interested in doing an apprenticeship in the same department.
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: I started at Deutsche Bank Munich later worked in Frankfurt for Bank Julius Baer, Dresdner Bank und Merrill Lynch
QUESTION FROM ocupieer: Did your mathematic skills etc. you learned in this job helped you much to get a pro player?
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: yes for sure
QUESTION FROM RomanHLD: Ja reicht halt für die 5/5 Partie in der Spielbank Berlin und HU Cash bei FT,aber online ist es echt schwierig auf den hohen Cashpartien Geld zu machen und Liveturniere haben halt mit sehr viel Glück zu tun. Livecash ist schon am fishigsten,oder
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: wenn man die richtige partie findet dann auf jeden fall. dafuer ist aber der umsatz geringer.
QUESTION FROM game_buster06: hey hey how u doin their thomas the train?
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: that would be a brand new nickname :-)
QUESTION FROM RealestBeast: who r u
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: google me
QUESTION FROM game_buster06: lol,well from ur's truly, your welcome
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: .
QUESTION FROM ocupieer: I think 75k is also a huge amount of money for you. It is some kind of crazy that maybe one guy will win this in under 11/2 hours in the FTOPS 22 isn't it?
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: MTTs are always a shot at a nice payday.
QUESTION FROM Slay the Play: whats your favorite hand?
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: AA, no surprise there...
QUESTION FROM b1os x: who do you think are the 3 best cash game players at the moment ?
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: thats such a tough question. a lot of guys deserve big respect. and it also depends on the game.
QUESTION FROM sketch077: How old were you when you started playing poker seriously, did you work hard at it? What stakes did you play as an amateur?
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: I started in May 2004 so I was 29 years old. Yes you have to work hard and continue to improve your game and gather experience.
QUESTION FROM b1os x: NLHE / PLO
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: impossible to answer (see above)
QUESTION FROM RIPDimeCFH: Who in your opinion is the sickest player out there?
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: Durrrr I guess :-)
QUESTION FROM DJWhiteGuy: Do you liek fishing?
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: neither in poker nor at the lake :-)
QUESTION FROM sketch077: What was the most revealing poker book to you?
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: Everyone Sklansky wrote when I started
QUESTION FROM Slay the Play: did u play in the WSOP 2010 this year?
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: nope, I did play last year took a pass this year
QUESTION FROM ocupieer: Kannst du mir deutsche Pokerbücher für NL holdem cashgame auf kleinen Limits empfehlen?
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: leider nein
QUESTION FROM megabillon: hi there
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: hi
QUESTION FROM iLOVEhumus: what is your biggest tournament cash ?
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: winning the bracelet in Horse 2007 WSOPE
QUESTION FROM didiexiv: u play alot of super turbos and rush.. Are those easy to make a profit?? I mean the format has little skill involved at higher stakes icant imagine anyone making serious mistakes.. gl at turney
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: It is not easy for sure, have to grind it out! Super Turbo reduces the skill but there is still enough skill involved. Rush does NOT reduce the skill factor it actually helps as you play more hands per hour or blind level.
QUESTION FROM Slay the Play: have u every won a bracelt in teaxas holdem WSOP
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: nope, "only" the one in Horse but more than happy with that.
QUESTION FROM sketch077: Poker Idol?
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: Howard Lederer impressed me a lot when I first started. Nowadays I do not really have an idol but do respect a lot of players.
ANSWER FROM Thomas Bihl: Ok guys that is it for today. GL at the tables!