Monday, November 5, 2007
The biggest pacificpoker video games advantage that I have to my play is... you can teach anyone the basic strategy of poker. Most of my opponents consider me extremely aggressive. I was elated to the amateur poker league in Canada. I dealt out a hand here. Sid Wyman would bet $25,000 on a baseball game and that was pretty big back then. Many players do not think skill can overcome the luck of the cards. He was perfect We got our picture on the front page of the Calgary newspaper, me and ol' Ace. I believe that's a rare and valuable combination. You were talking about making decisions based on 'stack size'.
He halfway frisked me and asked, "Man, do you carry a gun?" "Hey, I don't even carry a nail file," I answered. My opponents may think it does, but it really doesn't. I receive mail from players who consistently "cash" in tournaments, but rarely make it to the final two or three spots where all the money is. That's a beautiful question.
I'll tell you why it was hard to tie one fast -- because the calves weighed an average of about 330 pounds. "Josh plays a very aggressive, wide-open, pedal-to-the-medal kind of pacificpoker bonus," notes veteran poker journalist Andy Glazer, who has played against Arieh at high-stakes private games in Atlanta." At 32 years of age, he is living a very happy life and enjoys traveling all over the world to play poker. Well, I won't tell tales out of school because I've discussed my TOC opinions with Mike Sexton (former President of the TOC). Before you think those are long odds, TJ Cloutier and Eric Seidel are the co-favorites at 125 to 1.
What happened? I mainly play in no-limit events because that's what I'm used to, and I don't want to pay $5,000 to sit down at a game that I'm sure I'll make plenty of mistakes in. Except for an occasional call/fold tossup decision on the river, the players act quickly and confidently. It's even harder. Ouch! Darden has since won two major No-Limit tournaments. Can you talk about what spirituality means to you? Sometimes, all you had was your word. I really don't. I take it you don't carry processed cheddar cheese in the foamy version. The cardroom was upstairs.
