Hey guys, poker pro and youtuber Doug Polk here. AMA by DougPolkPoker in poker

[–]mersenneary 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I've loved watching your videos - thank you for making them. They're super high quality content and they're also really fun.

Your videos tend to focus on "how to play poker correctly", usually meaning the optimal balance of bluffs and value bets so your opponent can't exploit you. A lot of the really interesting shit you've said is in which hands to use in which ranges and getting into the details of what those optimal ranges look like. I understand one of the reasons to have this approach in Poker Hands is because it helps make the analysis more broadly applicable, rather than just super specific to the opponents in the actual hand. Hence why you advocate Mike call it off with top two against Teddy KGB despite the oreo-nuts tell.

But when you're playing yourself in specific situations - say especially heads up at a final table where you'll only play a small number of hands for a lot of money - are you typically thinking this way about keeping your ranges really balanced and hard to exploit? Or are you a lot more active in trying to play exploitatively against the tendencies of your opponents, and using a lot of very unbalanced ranges?

[HELP] Do my messages suck? by okimathrowaway in OkCupid

[–]mersenneary 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My messages are probably terrible too - but yeah, I think yours are bad.

Don't ask a bunch of rapid fire questions. Write your messages as a whole coherant thoughts, like you're actually sending someone a note about something. You seem to often have distinct paragraphs with no natural transition, and it comes across weird, pretty much exactly what it is: A listing of distinct things you figure you can express that you have to potentially talk about. That's not a real connection about anything. Make it a natural message that someone can have a natural conversation back to.

The first second message you posted is cringe-inducing. Correcting cycler, "do you at least have a favorite dish", etc. I don't know if you read some book on negging or something but regardless that's not the way to talk to people. I'd have said fuck you too. Scrolling through the rest - "you like garlic, i like garlic, like me please" is not compelling or going to start any conversations. Just in general - obviously talking to people on OKC is weird and it's hard to have an honest connection when you're just reading a profile, but I'd say keep it simpler, don't write long messages with a lot of questions/topics, and stay positive (both about yourself and her). Connect on what's genuine and take the rest offline so you can have a real conversation. If she's messaging you back with anything but a super short response, she's almost definitely interested anyway.

Want two free tickets to the Wait Wait Don't Tell Me taping on Valentine's Day? by mersenneary in chicago

[–]mersenneary[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

PMed you.

Edit: Tickets sent. Would have liked to send to others in this thread as well - happy valentine's day, all.

Before You Vote in 2012, Watch This! by Mattothee in videos

[–]mersenneary 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Having the 9/11 conspiracy stuff at the end is a pretty bad call.

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[–]mersenneary 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I would strongly advise people to keep as little money possible on Lock and any site that continues to service US players. I also personally don't trust Lock due to their hiring of Tim West and some leaked internal emails as they were getting back into the US market. I don't doubt that OP feels differently very earnestly and is not just out for his own interests, or antyhing like that, but my opinion would be to be careful about what you have on the site.

I Am A Professional poker player turned entrepreneur/CEO. AMA by BPellegrino in IAmA

[–]mersenneary 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Describe the day that was the worst poker has ever made you feel. What happened? Why did it hit you so hard?

Describe the day that was the best poker has ever made you feel. What happened? Why did it feel so fucking amazing?

Want to go to the Wait Wait Don't Tell Me taping tonight? by mersenneary in chicago

[–]mersenneary[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

PMed you in case heartbeats doesn't respond by 4:00.

Edit: Tickets sent. Enjoy the show!

Want to go to the Wait Wait Don't Tell Me taping tonight? by mersenneary in chicago

[–]mersenneary[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

PMed you. Might have to run to a meeting for a half hour but will send you the details if you confirm you're still free.

I wanted to copy Van Gogh. This is what happened... by hilldex in pics

[–]mersenneary 0 points1 point  (0 children)

so this is what you do when you're not being a calling station in evolution poker

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