Bobostonepony

I’ve seen this questionnaire on 2 poker blogs so far so I figured I’d post it on mine as well. Feel free to copy and post on your poker blog.

1. What is the biggest mistake people make at a NL table?

People over value top pair.

2. What is the biggest mistake people make at a Limit table?

They aren’t playing no-limit.

3. Why do you play poker?

It is a great way for an Al Bundy ex has-been to compete. After I FINALLY realized that I would never get to play football again there wasn’t anything out there that I felt I could really compete at. Not that I think I’m a great competitor in poker, but at least there is potential.

4. If you weren’t playing poker, what would you be doing?

Eating, masturbating, pharting, and then dropping the kids off at the pool.

5. What is your favorite poker book and why?

Poker Nation by Andy Bellin and Phil Gordon’s Little Green Book. Why? Because they are the only 2 that kept my attention. And….. to be honest, the only 2 I’ve completed. Phil Gordon’s book is the least boring of all the poker books. You can read my review of Poker Nation by clicking HERE.

6. Who is your favorite poker player and why?

I Like Sammy Farha because he is a fantastic cash game player. I feel like I most closely identify with his style of play (during cash games, not tournaments) because I truly like to gamble. However, I also realize that aces, kings, or queens don’t always hit the flop so it makes sense to bet up your 6 8 offsuit every so often. To the fans Sam Farha is a genius, but when I play those hands I’m a donk and it pisses everyone off.

You know what? If you don’t like it…… RAISE! Bitches.

7. Which poker player do you dislike the most and why?

I don’t dislike anyone really. I sometimes am annoyed by the ego on Helmuth but I also think he’s a great tournament player and self promoter. I do however dislike players that berate and attempt to coach other players at the table when they themselves are no more than amateurs.

8. Do your coworkers know about your blog?

some of them do

9. What is the most you have won in a cash game or MTT (both live and online)?

I won $1279 on an online MTT at Titan. You can see the screenshot by clicking HERE.

I think the most I’ve ever won at a live cash game was around $250 and I’ve won around $1700 during a ring game on Titan.

The most I’ve won at a live MTT was $375 for 4th place at Binion’s during my last Vegas trip.

10. What is the most you have lost in a cash game or in one day total (both live and online)?

$1700 and we shall never speak of that day. However, my initial investment was only $50.

11. Who was your first poker blog read?

April’s This is not a poker blog.

12. What satisfies you more, your aces holding up for a big pot or a bluff working for a big pot?

Aces holding up satisfies me more, that tells me that the universe is truly in line at that particular moment in time and poker justice has prevailed. When I have a successful bluff, I’m more relieved than satisfied.

13. Why do you blog?

Because I can. Technology is fantastic. I’m a nerd and I use it to my advantage. One day, someone will walk up to me and say “hey, aren’t you that guy from bobostonepony.com? ” At that moment, I will say “yes” and then tell him to get lost because he is a loser and obviously beneath me.

14. Do you read blogs from an RSS reader like bloglines or do you visit each blog?

both because some blogs are blocked at my work.

15. Would you rather play poker for a living than do what you currently do for a living?

Yes. Without any question or doubt. Yes.

16. Do you wear a tin foil hat on occasion?

No

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?

Great poker players have fantastic instinct, acting ability, and self control. Great poker players are methodically aggressive and have the ability to create constant discomfort for their opponents.

18. What is your poker nickname?

I do not have one but sometimes people call me bobo because the title of my website is bobostonepony.com. I am not Bobo Stonepony. I heard that name way back in the day from one of my old football coaches. That coach’s son, Wade, would call me Bobo Stonepony from time to time because I thought the name was so funny. Wade passed away a few years back, and as a tribute I named the site Bobostonepony.com

19. What is your primary poker goal and are you close to accomplishing it?

My primary poker goal is to win a WPT or WSOP event. I am not close to accomplishing it.

20. What is your primary online site and why?

Unfortunately, my primary site is Titan because I seem to win an average of one MTT a month there. That is the only reason I play there.

21. What site do you dislike and why?

I dislike bodog. You can read why HERE.

I feel that there are very few, if any, poker sites that are legitimately 100% fair. I have played on many different sites and have noticed patterns that lead me to believe that the programming within the site’s random card generator is not random at all.

I won’t bore you with my conspiracy theory but I will predict that the online poker sites will be heavily responsible for the crash of the poker craze. I think everyone who plays online poker regularly knows what I’m talking about. And.. if it doesn’t end soon, it will destroy this new poker explosion. The poker magazine’s can’t expose the problem because the advertising from the poker sites are what pays the rent. They wouldn’t dare run a story that exposes the fraud that takes place within those sites. The pro poker players won’t say anything because they too make a high percentage of their salaries from poker endorsements.

It would take an outside source that is completely unconnected to investigate and expose this epidemic.

I may be the only person in the world who almost welcomes government regulation of the online sites because then at least someone would regulate the software. When there is no one to answer to, it’s real easy to cheat.

Ok, enough about that.