Anybody know what happened to davidross?
 

I loved reading his I'm going pro series and haven't seen him around. I also noticed you can't PM his username.

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I wonder to. I hope he didn't tap out. Considering he was a nice guy and had a family to support. I do know he was running real bad at the beginning of the year and was freaked out by it. If he were single he would be made in the shade. But having a family and having bad months can kill your enthusiasm to play for a job...... [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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i can attest that he's been playing some 15/30 on party.

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davidross still plays on Party 15/30. I have played on the same table as him a few times in the last few weeks. I don't beleive he has posted here for quite some time, though.

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I don't beleive he has posted here for quite some time, though.

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hmm. Any idea why?

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i can attest that he's been playing some 15/30 on party.

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Me too.

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I don't beleive he has posted here for quite some time, though.

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hmm. Any idea why?

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Becuase people tell him he's wrong and he hates learning.

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Becuase people tell him he's wrong and he hates learning.

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That's pretty harsh. It's tough for any of us to go through a very bad downswing which obviously involves a lot of horrible luck and be able to critically and unemotionally look at our game and accept the sometimes vicious criticism of this site - especially as a high profile posater like DR.

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Becuase people tell him he's wrong and he hates learning.

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That's pretty harsh. It's tough for any of us to go through a very bad downswing which obviously involves a lot of horrible luck and be able to critically and unemotionally look at our game and accept the sometimes vicious criticism of this site - especially as a high profile posater like DR.

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He refused to learn from his mistakes long before he posted about his big downswing. Whether it involved horrible luck or horrible play, who cares? What does that have to do with an unwillingness to listen to criticism from very smart people?

Fwiw I don't think I would call davidross a "high profile poster". He has a sort of cult following of a bunch of people that read his journals a couple years ago, but most of the people that have seen his strategy posts or played with him wouldn't refer to him like that.

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He posted 2 or 3 mths ago that he went on a vacation and didn't play a single-hand for 10 days which was a first since he turned pro.


He qualified for the PokerStars Bahamas PCA event. Don't know when...just happened past his name under the 'cash-qualifiers' so I suppose congrats are in order for that. He seems to have a fairly strong tourney game as best I can tell (have been at his table a few times).

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He has a sort of cult following of a bunch of people that read his journals a couple years ago, but most of the people that have seen his strategy posts or played with him wouldn't refer to him like that.


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Okaaay. I guess I didn't read too many of his strategy posts. Didn't know there were sour feelings. I guess I was part of the journal cult. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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He definitely received some criticism regarding his limit-game strategy.

Some have accused him of being too weak-tight at times.


I played a limit game with him about a year ago and I believe he limped UTG with AK or AQ as I recall.
I even sent him a PM asking why he did that and he explained that he had been experimenting with that play some.

He certainly thinks about the game...but some of his ideas went a little against some of the more aggressive strategies that many 2+2'ers believe in.

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Fwiw I don't think I would call davidross a "high profile poster". He has a sort of cult following of a bunch of people that read his journals a couple years ago, but most of the people that have seen his strategy posts or played with him wouldn't refer to him like that.

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His journal is probably the biggest reason that we now have thousands of semiprofessional and professional players who multitable the internet games. When he first starting writing about it, there were only a few people doing this.

In early 2003, he was absolutely destroying the Party 3/6 games while playing a very weak/tight strategy. Of course, the games have gotten much tougher at all limits since then.

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Some have accused him of being too weak-tight at times.

that and calling 3 bets cold with QJs [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

i have seen him at 15/30 like others. there is life after 2+2 afterall [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Some have accused him of being too weak-tight at times.

that and calling 3 bets cold with QJs [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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That and QJo.

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He's playing Party 15/30 and posts mostly in the Multi Table Tournament forum, often in the big party tourneys.

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Some have accused him of being too weak-tight at times.

that and calling 3 bets cold with QJs [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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That and QJo.

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Apprently you underestimate the value of being able to make TWO straight flushes!

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He mutli-tables the Party 15/30 still. I play with him a lot. He's still weak tight. I haven't seen any bad cold-calls, but he doesn't get enough value from his good hands, doesn't protect his vulnerable hands, and calls down too light sometimes.

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Some have accused him of being too weak-tight at times.

that and calling 3 bets cold with QJs [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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That and QJo.

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Apprently you underestimate the value of being able to make TWO ROYAL flushes!

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FYP.

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The table averages in the evenings have dropped 50 percent from that time period. I remember seeing plenty of 50+tables now it's one tilted whacko table with a waiting list 10 deep.......

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So he has to beating the games still? I can't see him donating as the game is too expensive for a family man not making 250K or more a year....... [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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Some have accused him of being too weak-tight at times.

that and calling 3 bets cold with QJs [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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That and QJo.

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Apprently you underestimate the value of being able to make TWO straight flushes!

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ROYAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

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He died and a tragic gasoline fight accident.

RIP

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He died and a tragic gasoline fight accident.

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Thats not true. I heard he broke his neck trying to suck his own dick.

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I too saw Clerks on Comedy Central this weekend.

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This is a good question. I really liked his posts on cash games as well as tourneys. Hopefully he is just on hiatus and will come back stronger than ever.