14c- The Newbie Cronicles- some questions on origin, mdlm

[Easy E]

mdlm,
I was curious about the original thoughts behind your Poker Odyssey (triggered by my response to Clarkmeister, I went searching and reviewed your original series of posts):

1) Why did you decide on an 18 month tour? Gillian would have killed you (or the Professor would have)

2) I can understand why you'd want to get a solid foundation of poker knowledge before risking moocho dinero in live games (are you planning b&m or online as the first attempts?)...
**I'm assuming that what I presume are free tourneys on PokerPages, since you haven't been spending any $$, do not count as live games

... but why did you feel that 6 months was the correct amount of time? Short of dealing with a lot of theory and simulated game sessions, I'm curious what you think you'll be gaining over the next (last) 3 months of Phase 1.

3) Since it seems that you have stopped spending money in Phase 1, will that extra $500 get rolled into Phase 2 ($1500 rather than $1000 bank), or will you remove it and start fresh?

Later,
Easy E

PS- I just noticed that you planned to use TTH, but switched to Acespade because of problems with your two-monitor system. What is this unusual equipment setup you have, and are you still using it?

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I have decided to try to become a semi-pro poker player within eighteen months.

In particular, my goal is to make $1,000 per month for three consecutive months before March 30, 2004. I estimate that the probability that I will succeed in this quest is less than 3%.

I will write a short article under this heading once a week and solicit advice and feedback on my progress to date.

I plan to split the 18-month period into three segments of six months each. During this first six month segment my goals are to:

1. Read and study Hold ‘Em Poker by Sklansky.
2. Beat Turbo Texas Hold ‘Em
3. Beat Masque World Series of Poker.
4. Score 85% over a one month period in PokerPage’s hold ‘em tournaments.

Of these four goals, the last is by far the hardest.

I expect to work approximately 20 hours a week to meet these goals and have allocated a budget of $1,000.

Over the course of the next week I plan to purchase 1-3 and participate in several PokerPage tournaments.

mdlm, The Newbie

[Homer]

Wow, I don't think I ever read mdlm's initial post. Approximating your chances of making $1000 a month for 3 consecutive months as 3% is way too low, in my estimation. I achieved this goal after spending about a month reading WLLHE and HPFAP, then jumping right into 2/4 and 3/6 online. I realize I probably had some positive standard deviation to be able to do this, but regardless I think you are overestimating the competence of your opponents if you are only giving yourself a 3% chance of success.

-- Homer

[Easy E]

Friend who does GUI development says it's often used for large items that don't fit on a single screen, or for overview/fine detail work....

But why would you use this setup in your use of a poker game/tool?

She also said that many programs don't test for dual monitor use (since it is so rare for customers to have) and problems can often crop up as a result, if different resolutions are used....

Thus endth my FYI portion of this program...

[Munga30]

Because he's going to write a book about it if he's successful.

Rapid Chess Improvement

[Kurn, son of Mogh]

Great piece of investigative reporting!

[Glenn]

Do we get royalties?

[mcr]

Very nice work! But I'm dying to know... how the heck did you figure this out?

[Vehn]

Nice Munga. I did a little digging myself based from your starting point (I'd assume you started here) but really wasn't able to get far, certainely nothing as nutty as we've seen here. I'm thinking (hoping) that his relationship with this nutball is coincidental, he seems to be some kind of "poker system" peddler or something.

[Munga30]

Yep, it was a Turmel post that got the ball rolling.

I think mdlm is probing the limits of Turmel's "system," so I don't think there are any unholy alliances in the near future. From the same Turmel post on rec.gambling.poker:
</font><blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr />
MM: John,
Two more hands that I'd like your input on.
1. I have KcJc and the flop is JdQhQc. In general, what does
your system say when there is no such thing as "top pair"?

JCT: Now you're delving into complexities raised by Randy
abouve that I've been trying to systematize for years. [blather omitted]

. . .

MM: 2. I have 5c7c on a flop of 9c3h7s. I have second pair
and two backdoor flushes (?) and a backdoor straight. Three
opponents. 5.5 bets in the pot. I need to call one bet.
What does your system say? Thanks, Michael

JCT: Not fair. Tripling opponents changes too much. [again, sans blather]

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