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Poker Video: Misc/Other by KRANTZ (Micro/Small Stakes)

Very interesting and insightful. Some of the connections to poker were maybe a little tenuous (imo), but that doesn't make the stories uninteresting nor cheapen the advice. Thanks for doing this.

If you were going to literally create a poker blueprint for somebody fairly new but not uninitiated -- let's say a micro or SSNL reg who wanted to move up as far as they could -- what would it be? Apart from problems with self control, what pitfalls should they look out for?

Awesome first ep.

Thanks for sharing Krantz.

Very nice!

Epic first episode...

What could be better than a poker video with Star Wars and LOST references!!!11...

Another question maybe for future episodes other than what would you guys do differently:

What were your "aha" moments when certain things just clicked for you? Where you felt yourselves plateauing or hitting a wall, what they were and how/why you got over them.

And maybe Krantz will appreciate my new Victorian Boba Fett in a suit and top-hat avatar

Very interesting and insightful. Some of the connections to poker were maybe a little tenuous (imo), but that doesn't make the stories uninteresting nor cheapen the advice. Thanks for doing this.

If you were going to literally create a poker blueprint for somebody fairly new but not uninitiated -- let's say a micro or SSNL reg who wanted to move up as far as they could -- what would it be? Apart from problems with self control, what pitfalls should they look out for?

honestly i'd spend a good amount of time constructing that blueprint out of things i can find at DC. it's all here already (and we hope to use the MTR data to organize things better). i just always tell people to watch Haj School!

a big pitfall is falling into einstein's definition of insanity, doing the same things over and over again and expecting different results. that's a huge problem for poker players when they hit a wall, they just can't see the forest from the trees and are either too frightened to make a big change in their game or make changes that are the wrong changes. along the way up the proverbial mountain you really want to be doing all the good things you can do that everyone always talks about doing to get better, as there is a need to have that trustworthy analytical framework in place, that framework that can allow you to take a step back and make thoughtful adjustments in your game in the face of a big downswing.

Epic first episode...

What could be better than a poker video with Star Wars and LOST references!!!11...

Another question maybe for future episodes other than what would you guys do differently:

What were your "aha" moments when certain things just clicked for you? Where you felt yourselves plateauing or hitting a wall, what they were and how/why you got over them.

And maybe Krantz will appreciate my new Victorian Boba Fett in a suit and top-hat avatar

obv appreciate that beautiful mug

a big aha moment for me was when i figured out you could call on the river with ace high and win pots, you might think that that would just encourage calling station tendencies but realizing that really helped me to think about hand ranges a lot better...

another was when my mind fully started thinking about the money as points and not as actual money

this is a freaking awesome series idea! love it!

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Mine is the cheesy Verizon slogan "Make progress everyday", pretty much the same thing

Krantz, lately I have been having a lull in my game. It seems I have been playing my C game a lot more often. It is nice to be reminded of the things that work for people to get back into the correct mindset of improvement. This video illustrated a lot of those points to me very well. Thank you for the story telling.

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How much is, or was, poker the means to an end for you?
To use your steps analogy from the first story, now that you've made a lot of money playing poker, was it more of a step toward writing for the goal of television/movies or was playing high stakes poker the goal?
Is poker past tense for you now that you don't need to grind it?

It seems like for a lot of people who do make good money, poker is not a career as much as a means to other opportunities.

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When do you plan to release Boom?

I'm liking it and interested to see how the different personalites handle making the videos differently. I am glad you were able to think out of the box a little on coming up with stories and using them to express your points. I also liked the fact you mentioned several things that someone interested in a point can go and research further, like the Galfond article or Robusto vids.

Any chance you can leak who is next on the list???

How much is, or was, poker the means to an end for you?
To use your steps analogy from the first story, now that you've made a lot of money playing poker, was it more of a step toward writing for the goal of television/movies or was playing high stakes poker the goal?
Is poker past tense for you now that you don't need to grind it?

It seems like for a lot of people who do make good money, poker is not a career as much as a means to other opportunities.

poker is for sure a means to an end for most people (we wouldn't be playing poker if we weren't playing for money right...). when you're a poker pro you deal with risk on a daily basis in a way that 99% of the population doesn't and so it's really rare to find the player who just keeps playing for a living because they love playing poker. especially after you've made enough money to enjoy a lot of freedom. you don't have to work so hard anymore, so you have time to really think about what would make you happy and if there's anything out there for you that doesn't fry your brain and mood so much when you have a bad day. i see this happening with a lot of my peers - david benefield and cole south went back to school, so did sauce, timex retired... i don't think too many people start out playing poker because they have a dream of doing it forever, and those who start with that dream often don't have the same dream once they experience the reality.

anyhow, i always planned on writing and that interest has only grown, since it's a challenge i haven't tackled so to speak... whereas at poker i've hit all the highs and lows anyone can reasonably conceive of. despite all that, poker will never be past tense for me... (i.e. i will never retire!!!) it's just too much fun to compete at, too interesting to me and too much a part of me at this point that i'm always going to play it and try to make money at it. right now i just feel like i have little to gain from grinding 60k hands/mo and a lot of time to lose doing things that would make me happier or have more long run payoff.

my story is pretty unique though, i was in a place where there was a lot of opportunity at the right time. now howard lederer and chris ferguson, those guys really cashed in

When do you plan to release Boom?

when it's ready to be seen :-)

it's too early to tell right now, but i'd say we're like 2% to be out before the end of 2011.

we'll put some cool stuff out in 2011 though, let people know more about the story as we go