TripJax Question & Answer...

I am jumping on the boat as if anyone cares... Here goes!

1. What is the biggest mistake people make at a NL table?
I think that people tend overvaluate TP way too much. I have found this to be more true in cash games than tournaments for some reason or another.

2. What is the biggest mistake people make at a Limit table?
I don't play a whole lot of limit games but I would have to take a stab with calling too much with mediocre hands.

3. Why do you play poker?
I love the competition and a hobby where you can make money is always a plus.

4. If you weren't playing poker, what would you be doing?
On a typical poker playing night (I don't play every night) if I wasn't online playing I would be massaging my wife's back. As such my wife hates poker!

5. What is your favorite poker book and why?
Absolutely, positively no question... The Harrington on Hold'em Volumes. Be on the lookout for Volume III which is due out on May 30th. Honorable Mention goes to Bob Ciaffone's Improve Your Poker.

6. Who is your favorite poker player and why?
Daniel Negreanu because he seems like a genuine happy go lucky type of guy. Honorable mentions go out to Barry Greenstein and Marcel Luske.

7. Which poker player do you dislike the most and why?
I don't really care for Josh Arieh. I totally believe this stems from the way that he was portrayed by ESPN at the 2003 WSOP. Arrogance is just so unbecoming and I just can't help but think he does exhibit too much of this characteristic.

8. Do your coworkers know about your blog?
The ones do that I consider my friends outside of work.

9. What is the most you have won in a cash game or MTT (both live and online)?
I won several hundred dollars (never over a thousand) in Tunica a number of times. Online my largest cash ever was the most recently played Blogger WSOP satellite where I won a seat.

10. What is the most you have lost in a cash game or in one day total (both live and online)?
I dropped $300 once in Tunica. Online I tend to not have a whole lot of money in my bankroll (because I get scared I will tilt and lose it) and my losses there have never been substantial. My largest loss in a day was probably around $200.

11. Who was your first poker blog read?
Poker Prof

12. What satisfies you more, your aces holding up for a big pot or a bluff working for a big pot?
Showing them the hammer, baby!!!!

13. Why do you blog?
I blog for the community. I am not a good writer and as such much prefer reading them.

14. Do you read blogs from an RSS reader like bloglines or do you visit each blog?
I visit each blog. I know Bloglines would be easier but I just prefer it that way.

15. Would you rather play poker for a living than do what you currently do for a living?
Absolutely not. I don't have the personality to withstand the rollercoaster ride of being a poker professional.

16. Do you wear a tin foil hat on occasion?
I have one on right now!

17. If you had to pin it down to one specific trait, what does a great poker player have (or do) that separates them from an average player?
Concentration (which goes hand in hand with observation at the table as well).

18. Is Drizz the coolest person on the planet for naming his baby Vegas?
Quite possibly.

19. What is your primary poker goal and are you close to accomplishing it?
Other than the obligatory "I want to make it to the Main Event", I would like to make a large cash. I know large is relative so I will justify that by saying a large cash to me would be $10k plus. This would actually allow me to comfortably play at a higher level than I presently do. Right now I run the roll up to $1k and pull out $500. Run it up to $1k and pull out $500 and so on and so forth. DoubleAs tells me that I'm a sissy and you know what??? He's right!

20. What is your primary online site and why?
FullTilt because they give me free money and the interface IMHO can't be beat. I do play at Pokerstars a good bit as well.

21. What site do you dislike and why?
I can't stand Party Poker for some reason or another. This is probably because I started out primarily as a tournament only player and Party Poker's SNG formats were absolutely pathetic. I need to go back there though and check it out because I hear they have gotten better.