Ask citanul anything:

[citanul]

Please use this thread to ask anything you want.

Particularly any newbie questions can go in here, and you will receive quality responses from me.

Hopefully this will relieve some clutter of questions that would otherwise be repetitive, be amusing maybe, and improve the FAQ in the long run.

enjoy,

citanul

[ClaytonN]

Hi Citanul:

I have 2k net worth, going to college in the fall. I have played 100 11's with a 14% ROI and 16 22's with a 45% ROI.

Going into college SNG's will take a backseat somewhat until I am confident I can manage them along with my studies.

Now, the question: What's the proper amount of money to invest in poker with 2k net funds? Part of me thinks it boils down to personal preference, but if it were you, would you take x amount and put it into the 11's, or put more money into 22's? 33's are not an option at the moment for me, even though it's probably only half my net worth when you factor a somewhat comfortable 30 buyins.

Basically, how much of your net worth are you risking? Are you going to risk more to make more or start small and build all over again?

[curtains]

citanul the $200s seem much tougher lately. Is this trend going to continue? Where are all the fish? HELP!! Feel free to delete [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[citanul]

Clayton,

This all depends on several things:

a) are you going to have a job or another source of income while away at college?
b) how much time will you have available to play?
c) etc.

If you're going to be playing the 11s, and not that often, for instance, it's hardly worth it at all to sacrifice time you could be spending doing schoolwork, hanging out, doing activities, etc. The time will be much better spent doing anything at all other than making a few bucks playing cards, even taking a job at the library.

If you simply must have poker in your life, and the money isn't really meaningful to you, I'd start play at the 10s and move up from there, keeping a dedicated bankroll, that way you will not impinge too much on your net worth.

citanul

[citanul]

curtains,

The 200s feel harder because you were on a hot streak before. You were winning a whole lot and now you are winning less. This is because you actually kinda stink at poker. And life.

Alternatively it's because FieryJustice is getting all the fish money before you get to it, because he is willing to play more games per day than you.

Never fear, WSOP coverage is coming, and with it, zillions of new fish.

citanul

[Colonel Kataffy]

Ok, so my friend takes me to this stupid house party the other night. While I'm there, I meet this girl that is all over me. I get her phone number and all is good. I call her up, I make a date. Then a few hours before I'm gonna meet up with her, this stupid son of a bitch basically tells me that he's into her and he's been pining over her and what not. I don't know what to do, this girl is clearly willing to sleep with me any time i want. Finally, I say F it, and I tell her i gotta go and ditch her.

How F'd up is my friend. I mean, shouldn't he have told me right off the bat. If he wanted to call "dibs" on her, isn't there some kind of obligation to do it before I make a date with her. Anyway, what should I have done? Slept with her or appease my jackass wussy friend that can't get her anyway?

[The Yugoslavian]

True friends don't cockblock unless you've found a hidden iceberg or are Orca hunting while very drunk. If this is the first time you've heard about your friends 'pining' and he's leveraging it on you as a cockblock...then you need new friends.

Yugoslav
A true friend should offer his car/house/couch/shirt off of his back to assist you in your quest for batches...

[vinyard]

I realize that your gf tolerates you being up with the 'puter on at 2 in the morning because you need to play to make a living. How pissed do you think she'll be when/if she finds out that you were actually up moderating this board and playing poker's version of Dear Abby?

[Mr_J]

This one isn't even close. Your mate is a moron, you got in there first so she's all yours. I wouldn't have ditched her.

[Colonel Kataffy]

Thanks Yugo, thats how I feel about it. He's definitley dropped in my book.

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A true friend should offer his car/house/couch/shirt off of his back to assist you in your quest for batches...

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This is so true. I've done this for other guys in the past. Once I gave an out of town friend my room for the for the night so he could get lucky. I slept on the F''k'n floor. I didn't mind cause he'd do the same. This other guy is definitly a dick now as far as i'm concerned. Though i'll prolly be less pissed off about it in the morning when i'm sober.